MIT World: The Future of Digital Public Media

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EDUCAUSE: May 19th: The FCC and Network Neutrality

Sign up for the Educause Live! web Seminar on Network Neutrality: EDUCAUSE Live! Web Seminar May 19: The FCC and Network Neutrality May 19: The FCC and Network Neutrality Speakers: John Windhausen, Jr., President, Telepoly, and Cathy Sloan, Vice President Government Relations, Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) Date: May 19, 2010 Time: 1:00 p.m. [...]

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LIBRARY NEWS: Happy Summer 2010

From: Cathy Michael, Communication and Legal Studies Librarian Re: Happy Summer 2010 Dear Faculty: My, this year went quickly!  Thanks to everyone who used my guides, sent orders, booked an instruction session, offered feedback, and sent students to me for consultations.   Let me know how I can help you and your students access the information [...]

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RIT Future of Reading Symposium

From Anna Raugalis, Student Assistant, RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection: RIT Future of Reading Symposium Rochester Institute of Technology June 9 –12, 2010 A symposium with keynotes by Margaret Atwood, award-winning author Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief, “Wired” Magazine Join us in at RIT for provocative and challenging presentations by world-class authors and experts in writing systems, [...]

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paidContent: Conan At Googleplex: Marketing Has Changed Forever, With Twitter, Etc.

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Slate: Admongo, the gov. video game that teaches kids about the perils of advertising

Stevenson, S. (2010, May 10). Admongo, the government video game that teaches kids about the perils of advertising. Slate Magazine. Retrieved May 11, 2010, from http://www.slate.com/id/2253449/ An excerpt: The whole project seems relatively harmless. (Some adults might even benefit from a little “ad-ucation,” as the FTC terms it.) Yet Admongo has its detractors. Two primary [...]

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NYTimes.com/Editorial: Video games and free speech

Video Games and Free Speech. (2010, May 6). The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/opinion/06thu3.html?th&emc=th Final paragraph: California lawmakers may have been right when they decided that video games in which players kill and maim are not the most socially beneficial form of expression. The Constitution, however, does not require speech to be ideal for [...]

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FCC: The Third Way: A Narrowly Tailored broadband framework

From the FCC: 5/6/10 Statement by Chairman Genachowski, “The Third Way: A Narrowly Tailored Broadband Framework”.Word | Acrobat | HTML Littleton, C. (2010, May 7). FCC revises broadband plan. Variety. Retrieved May 7, 2010, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018893.html?categoryid=10&cs=1&nid=2248 Wyatt, E. (2010, May 6). F.C.C. Proposes Rules on Internet Access. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/technology/07broadband.html?src=linkedin

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The Communicators: Michael Copps

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MediaPost: Consumer groups ban Boucher Privacy bill

Davis, Wendy. (2010, May 5). Consumer Groups Pan Boucher Privacy Bill. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved May 5, 2010, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=127478&nid=113992 An excerpt: “The online ad industry has dodged a regulatory bullet here,” Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, said in a conference call with reporters. He added that the measure relied on [...]

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PowerPoint is evil, the enemy – is it a myth?

Johnson, Dave. (2010, May 4). Deliver Better Presentations by Understanding PowerPoint’s Top 3 Myths. Business Hacks | BNET. Retrieved May 5, 2010, from http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=7320 The article refers to this one: Silverman, David. (2010, April 28). PowerPoint Is Evil, Redux. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved May 5, 2010, from http://blogs.hbr.org/silverman/2010/04/powerpoint-is-evil-redux.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29 And that article refers to this one: [...]

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The Nation: Scahill – secret Erik Prince tape exposed

Scahill, J. (2010, May 3). Secret Erik Prince Tape Exposed | The Nation. The Nation. Retrieved May 5, 2010, from http://www.thenation.com/blog/secret-erik-prince-tape-exposed An excerpt: In the speech, Prince proposed that the US government deploy armed private contractors to fight “terrorists” in Nigeria, Yemen, Somalia and Saudi Arabia, specifically to target Iranian influence. He expressed disdain for [...]

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WSJ: Google to sell E-books

Vascellaro, J. E., & Trachtenberg, J. A. (2010, May 4). Google Readies Its E-Book Plan, Bringing in a New Sales Approach. wsj.com. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575224232417931818.html An excerpt: Google says users will be able to buy digital copies of books they discover through its book-search service. It will also allow book retailers—even independent shops—to sell Google [...]

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SSRN: Lee on “Remixing Lessig”

Lee, Edward, Remixing Lessig (March 28, 2010). Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property, Science & Technology Research Paper No. 10-026; I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 41-66, 2010. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1579646 Abstract from SSRN: This book review analyzes – and remixes – Lawrence Lessig’s last copyright-related book, [...]

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CSM: Fair Use at the BEA

Darby, Claire. (2010, April 27). Fair Use at the Broadcast Education Association Convention. Center for Social Media at American University. Retrieved May 3, 2010, from http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/blogs/future_of_public_media/fair_use_at_the_broadcast_education_association_convention/ Darby summarizes meetings with Gordon Quinn (Kartemquin Films) and Michael C. Donaldson (entertainment lawyer) on, “how filmmakers lost and have since re-gained their right to claim fair use on [...]

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UTNE: Inside the 2010 Utne Independent Press Awards

To see who won, visit UTNE here.  UTNE posted this video of their voting process: more about “UTNE: Inside the 2010 Utne Independen…“, posted with vodpod

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OnlineMediaDaily: FTC & data collection on minors under 13

Davis, Wendy. (n.d.). MediaPost Publications Privacy Advocate And COPPA Architect Urges FTC To Strengthen Protections For Data Collection From Children 04/29/2010. Online Media Daily. Retrieved May 3, 2010, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=127088&nid=113891 There was a Senate Commerce Committee hearings on Thursday April 29th about new technologies and COPPA.  You can play the Archived webcast.

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paidContent: Google’s TV app expected

Tartakoff, Joseph. (2010, April 30). Google’s TV App Platform May Be Announced Next Month. paidContent. Retrieved May 3, 2010, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-googles-tv-app-platform-may-be-announced-next-month/ Google — more new stuff. wow.

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Link TV: ViewChange

From Link TV: “Link TV is launching ViewChange.org — a digital media hub that highlights progress in reducing hunger, poverty, and disease in developing nations. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ViewChange.org combines powerful video stories with the latest Web technology to make videos, articles, blogs, and actions readily available to key audiences [...]

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