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December 11, 2005 - December 17, 2005 Archive

December 13, 2005

Telcos Lobby for Two-Tiered Internet

Plan to swap out net neutrality for faster links, better quality-of-service, infinite power.
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SF: The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction

The San Francisco media group Artists' Television Access hold a benefit with EFF alumna Annalee Newitz, PowerPoint presentation art, and neighbourhood public radio.
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Does Sharing Tastes Leads to a Bigger Market?

Derek Slater looks at how taste-sharing technologies can do the media's marketing work for them.
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December 12, 2005

The Cultural Commons as Pic-A-Nick Basket

The New York Times (out of Furdlog) notes how Hanna Barbera remixed popular culture to create Yogi Bear.
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UK Building a Database of Its Own Kids

Britain is planning a $400 million centralized database to hold details of every child in England and Wales.
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Who Owns Your CD/DVD Collection?

Pulitzer-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik takes on Hollywood's attempt to control content use.
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