Jeffrey Chester, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, weighs in on the real battles over who controls what online:
“Fearful of the growing dominance of Google, some of the country’s most powerful media companies are seeking to rein in the digital giant. Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google’s YouTube and the […]
Via a new blog I am following from PodCamp NYC, The Click Heard Round the World:
“The US Holocaust Museum has teamed up with Google Earth to offer a startling and powerful overlay of the region of Darfur onto Google’s interactive earth map. You can see where all the of the refugee camps are, which […]
16 Apr
Posted by Agnes Varnum as Big Picture, Policy
Nothing like having our priorities in line. Via Variety, “Calling piracy ‘the most significant threat to the future of global economic growth and security,’ NBC Universal general counsel Rick Cotton said headway against counterfeiters won’t be achieved until the federal government establishes a Cabinet-level position reporting directly to the president about the problem.” Read the […]
I’ve written some basic information about a number of software packages you can use to run your website, but OpenSourceCMS allows you to test drive the software. Use the left sidebar to choose the software you would like to test drive and you will be taken to a page with basic information and a link […]
13 Apr
Posted by Agnes Varnum as Big Picture, Policy
By Matea Gold, Times Staff Writer
NEW YORK — “Operation Homecoming,” a documentary running Monday as part of PBS’ “America at a Crossroads” series, offers a searing look at war through the personal writings of soldiers, including a profanity-laced description of a bloody firefight in Iraq.
But except for in a handful of communities around the country, […]