Author and journalist Michael Specter believes that public fear and skepticism of technological developments -- from vaccines to genetically modified foods to synthetic biology -- threaten to undermine scientific progress.
| Apr 1 | Indiana Court: Finding Drugs On One Person Means Everyone On A Bus ... A whole new level of constitutional wtf-ness has emerged from the Indiana state Appeals Court. Here’s how John Wesley Hall sums it up on FourthAmendment.com: If you’re riding a bus and drugs are found on one, are all subject to search. The a... |
| Mar 31 | Mariah Carey Defeats Ridiculous Copyright Suit Over ‘All I Want For... It appears that Mariah Carey got a very late Christmas present this year. Several years ago, Carey was sued by Andy Stone over Carey’s hit holiday song, All I Want For Christmas Is You. The whole lawsuit was a complete mess. The fact it was ... |
| Mar 31 | The Real Cost Of DOGE: Musk’s Government Cuts Creating Massive New ... Imagine you had pretty much unlimited power over the government and wanted to save taxpayers’ money. You could: Or you could do what Elon Musk did with DOGE: declare everything wasteful, start firing people at random, and claim you’re saving... |
| Mar 31 | The Reckoning At The Town Hall The footage is hard to watch—not because it’s shocking, but because it isn’t. Because we’ve seen this coming. Because we’ve written it down. Because it’s what happens when performance fully replaces governance, and people are a... |
| Mar 31 | Lawyers Last Chance To Pick Which Side Of History They Want To Be On America’s largest law firms are facing an existential choice that will define not just their legacies, but potentially the future of constitutional democracy: fight against clearly unconstitutional executive orders designed to destroy the ab... |
| Mar 31 | Daily Deal: Rosetta Stone (All Languages) Embark on the journey of language learning with the Rosetta Stone lifetime subscription for all languages. Trusted by top-tier organizations like NASA, Calvin Klein, and TripAdvisor, Rosetta Stone has been the go-to software for language learning ... |
| Mar 31 | An Unfortunate Update: DOGE Dodges An Injunction There is a disquieting update to my last post about a district court victory in Does 1-26 v. Musk that had enjoined DOGE, given its likely unconstitutional exercise of power, particularly in the context of its dismemberment of USAID. The Fourth Ci... |
| Mar 31 | Supremes Hint They May Reject Bid (By Fake Consumer Group) To Make ... The FCC runs an $8 billion federal subsidy program to help bring phone and broadband services to lower income homes and schools called the Universal Service Fund. Started by Reagan and expanded by Bush Jr., the program was historically a bipa... |
| Mar 30 | Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is frankcox with a comment about the horrifying abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk: Masked abductors? The people doing this are obviously ashamed of themselves because they are wearing masks to pre... |
| Mar 29 | This Week In Techdirt History: March 23rd – 29th Five Years Ago This week in 2020, the pandemic news continued. Some people were attempting to leverage it to call for longer patent terms, while we were calling for loosening the intellectual property reins, and the DOJ was using it to justify ind... |
| Apr 19 | Struggling with a Moral Panic Once Again I have to admit that it’s breaking my heart to watch a new generation of anxious parents think that they can address the struggles their kids are facing by eliminating technology from kids’ lives. I’ve been banging my head agains... |
| Mar 20 | Degradation, Legitimacy Threats, and Isolation New research on census, youth, mental health; a recent talk and an upcoming one tl;dr: 1. New paper with Janet Vertesi: “The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations” 2. “Tec... |
| Jan 31 | KOSA isn’t designed to help kids. Congress is using kids to hold Big Tech accountable. Kids will get hurt in the process. In a few minutes, the Senate Judiciary will start a hearing focused on “Big Tech and the Online Child Exploitation Crisis.” Like most such hearings, ... |
| Jan 28 | Brain Candy, STS Opportunities, and Girl Scouts I know I’ve been doing a crap job of sharing updates or juicy blog posts. Sorry! Here are some varied updates. And hopefully I’ll pen a proper commentary shortly. I’m (hopefully) going to come back later this week with more thoughts on... |
| Oct 9 | Best Entry-Level Mirrorless Camera of 2024: Canon EOS R50 For creators/vloggers/influencers who need more than a phone but don’t want to spend thousands, the Canon EOS R50 is a good choice. It is relatively affordable, takes amazing photos and videos, and it’s easy to use. The post Best Entry-Level Mirro... |
| Sep 26 | The Screens are the Symptom. I decided to re-read Fahrenheit 451 with my eldest this last week. I don’t think that I have read this classic Bradbury text since high school. What I had remembered about the book was that it described a world in which books were banned and... |
| Sep 19 | The Top-Ten Must-Have Accessories for Your Home Office Video Calls ... It’s time to step up your game for Zoom and Teams calls. Here’s my top-10 list of “must have” accessories for home-office video calls in 2024. These are curated equipment and gadgets to help you look fabulous during office video calls ... |
| Aug 6 | Still Trying to Ignore the Metaverse Perhaps surprisingly, I don’t particularly like technology. And certainly not technology for technology’s sake. My brother was always the one who picked up every new gadget to see what it did. I tended to shrug and go back to reading a... |
| Jul 19 | Dear Alt-Twitter Designers: It’s about the network! Last week, tech commentators were flush with stories about the speed of new users on Threads. Unprecedented downloads! A sign that Meta is stronger than ever! Networks born in one service can transfer to another! This week? There’s a lot of specul... |
| Apr 26 | Too Big to Challenge? I find it deeply disturbing that the tech industry represents 9% of the U.S. GDP and only five Big Tech companies account for 25% of the S&P 500. Prior to Covid, most of the growth in stock market came from Big Tech (not the Trump Administrati... |
| Apr 21 | Deskilling on the Job When it comes to AI’s potential future impact on jobs, Camp Automation tends to jump to the conclusion that most jobs will be automated away into oblivion. The progressive arm of Camp Automation then argues for the need for versions of universal b... |
| Apr 10 | Protect Elders! Ban Television!! (Some thoughts on the efforts to regulate children’s use of social media) Have you noticed how many people ages 65+ watch television every day? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost 90% of those in this age bracket watch TV Ever... |
| May 27 | Sol Cinema gives Wales the Royal Treatment |
| Apr 6 | Free radical counter culture videos to good home |
| Dec 30 | Majority of Government press meetings are with right wingers |
| Nov 1 | Watch LIVE reports from COP climate talks & resistance in Glasgow |
| Sep 30 | Court rules undercover policing operation against protest movemen... |
| Sep 26 | Exploding Cinema- video art in the 1990s- new book out |
| Jun 15 | Crane protest in support of Palestine at Vauxhall, London |
| May 28 | Rich man V skateboarders of Mumbles (beep beep) |
| May 19 | Solar powered Cinema accepts first cryptocurrency payment |
| Apr 30 | How i helped stage a Leicester Square cinema premiere for iconic ba... |
| Mar 29 | The Ultimate 2021 Home-Office Video/Zoom Kit: Lights, Camera and Ba... GOOD News. I’ve updated this for 2024… see the top 10 list of my favorite video and office gadgets and accessories. Let’s face it. Looking bad on Zoom is now the professional equivalent as having bad breath and a cheap suit. For ... |
| Mar 26 | Did Police manipulate the media? |
| Mar 26 | Interfaith for Palestine UK release a video of support for member n... |
| Mar 5 | When Are Pranks Funny and When Are They Mean? Buzzfeed featured my YouTube prank antics in an article today titled “An Early Dad YouTuber Reflects On The Viral Prank Videos That Made Him Famous — And Ones He’s Since Decided To Delete.” It’s part of an ongoing series by Tanya... |
| Jan 22 | Performers fear loss of another entire season following the announc... |
| Dec 16 | IDAD 2020 sent Netflix and DRM a message December 4th was the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and its Defective by Design (DBD) campaign's fourteenth International Day Against DRM (IDAD), and we couldn't have done it without your help. Given that we were unable to organize in person this ... |
| Dec 4 | The International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is today -- here's what yo... There's no time like the present to stand up against Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). Fittingly, today is the Defective by Design campaign's annual International Day Against DRM (IDAD)! As months of quarantine have only tightened the strangl... |
| Dec 2 | International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is almost here: Stand with us ... Although many of us are in quarantine, that doesn't mean that we have to cease our fight against Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). The International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is just two days away, and we're here to let you know how we can all s... |
| Dec 1 | How to Loop a Video to Fake Paying Attention on Zoom Calls Getting tired of paying attention on Zoom calls? Here’s how you can create a looped video of yourself paying attention… so you can relax. While you’re here, this is my list of the top-10 “must have” accessories for wo... |
| Nov 25 | Help in the fight against DMCA anti-circumvention rules by December... The United States Copyright Office is now accepting comments in support of exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) anti-circumvention provisions, and we need your help by December 7th to ensure that every new exemption is grant... |
| Nov 24 | Platform exclusivity, DRM, and independent authors: A cautionary tale This is a guest post by Rory Price. Rory is a science fiction author and free software supporter who releases much of his own work under free licenses. You can visit his homepage at https://roryprice.net . Imagine, for the sake of argument, that y... |
| Nov 19 | FSF Giving Guide: It's the thought that counts, so think freedom Even though we're still in the midst of the pandemic, the holiday season is upon us, and with it comes the time people around the world give gifts to show their appreciation. Companies are starting their sales early this year, and as usual are foc... |
| Oct 21 | Streaming services, beware: International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is... The fourteenth International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is coming soon, and the Defective by Design (DbD) campaign needs your help to spread the word. This year's annual day in protest of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) will be on December 4th, ... |
| Sep 29 | Reflecting on the journey of independent grassroots media |
| Sep 22 | Cos'è successo e dove siamo arrivati: Una breve storia del DRM The following blog post is by FSF fall intern Leonardo Vignini. To read it in English, go to https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/what_has_happened_and_where_weve_come_short_history_drm . La lotta della Free Software Foundation (FSF) contro i si... |
| Sep 8 | How to Hack Zoom Call with Fake Loop Video in Just 7 Steps Getting tired of paying attention in Zoom calls? Here’s how to create a looped video of yourself to make people think you’re paying attention. See video here (it’s only 2-minutes and it’s for Apple/Mac not PC) 1) record abo... |
| Aug 31 | The DMCA could use an update, but not the one US Copyright Office r... The United States Copyright Office has released a report recommending updates to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), while leaving anti-circumvention rules unchanged. Over twenty years ago, the United States enacted a law known as the DMC... |
| Aug 7 | How news is reported.Spot the difference |
| Jul 24 | What has happened and where we've come: A short history of DRM The following blog post is by FSF fall intern Leonardo Vignini. For more information on interning with the FSF, please click here . The Free Software Foundation's (FSF) fight against Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) goes a long way back, with... |
| Jul 18 | Police V our video cameras |
| Jul 13 | Howard Marks and Cannabis |
| Jun 4 | Black Lives Matter |
| Jun 3 | Media and the Spectacular Society by Gillian McIver |
| Jun 3 | Alternative Media, Undercurrents and Indy Media Centres |
| Jun 1 | Orwell fits the news today |
| May 31 | TV crew shot LIVE on air by Police |
| May 9 | 'Propaganda' what does it mean? |
| May 5 | Mainstream or Alternative Media |
| May 2 | Why it is important to film Police |
| Jan 24 | Russia’s Anti-Piracy Deal to Delete Content From Search Engines Ext... The ground-breaking anti-piracy deal signed by Russia-based content and Internet platforms in 2018 will not be written into local law any time soon. The agreement, which sees search engines voluntarily delete allegedly-infringing links, was suppos... |
| Jan 23 | Mystery as PortalRoms Disappears Leaving 4 Million Gaming Visitors ... PortalRoms, a popular index for ROM and emulators for a wide range of gaming systems, has disappeared without trace. Up until a few days ago the site was servicing more four million visitors per month with links to download content via torrents. H... |
| Jan 23 | Popcorn Time Domain Suspension Was Triggered by Falsified Court Doc... This week, one of the most used Popcorn Time forks had its domain name suspended. We later learned that the registrar took this decision based on a US court order. That's nothing out of the ordinary if it wasn't for the fact that the document was ... |
| Jan 22 | Popular Pirate eBook Site Ebookee.org Has Domain Suspended Popular eBook download platform eBookee has lost control of its main .org domain. The suspension was carried out by the Public Domain Registry but it's not yet clear what specific issue caused the domain to be suspended. However, since the site is... |
| Jan 22 | Hive-CM8 Accuses TOPKEK of Leaving Watermarks and Tracers in Pirate... Infamous pirate release group Hive-CM8 is accusing rival group TOPKEK of putting people in danger by leaving watermarks and tracers in its recent releases. If true, this could spell trouble for those involved. Screener leaks are considered to be m... |
| Jan 21 | Registrar Suspends Popcorn Time Domain Name Following Complaint (Up... PopcornTime.sh, one of the most popular Popcorn Time applications, has lost control over its domain name. The registrar suspended the domain following a complaint, according to a Popcorn Time spokesperson. Further details were not provided but the... |
| Jan 21 | Italian Court Orders ISPs to Block IPTV Sites Over Serie A Piracy An Italian court has ordered 'preventative measures' that requires the websites of 15 'pirate' IPTV providers to be blocked in the country. The complaint was filed by top Italian soccer league Serie A after the IPTV providers reportedly broadcast ... |
| Jan 20 | UFC 246 Twitch Piracy Fail Raises Questions For Amateur Pirates & U... The much-heralded return of Conor McGregor this weekend ended in a stunning 40-second victory for the UFC's biggest star. The event also resulted in one of the biggest piracy fails in recent memory when a Twitch user broadcasting the PPV event ill... |
| Jan 20 | Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 01/20/20 The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Joker' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'. 'Countdown' completes the top three. Source: TF , for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent s... |
| Jan 20 | New Pirate Sites Line Up to Fill IndoXXI’s Shoes Pirate streaming giant 'IndoXXI,' stopped offering pirated movies at the start of the year. This left millions of Indonesian pirates without their favorite site. However, according to anti-piracy group AVIA, many others have jumped in to fill this... |
| Jan 19 | Most Canadian ISPs Are Staying Quiet on Pirate Site Blocking Canada is a relative newcomer when it comes to pirate site blocking. At the moment it remains unclear how most ISPs will technically implement these blocks and whether they'll communicate this information to the public. To find out more we reached... |
| Jan 19 | Ebook.bike Owner Risks Crippling Sanctions Over Piracy Case Discove... Former Pirate Party Canada leader and Ebook.bike operator Travis McCrea is facing the possibility of crippling sanctions if the plaintiff in his copyright infringement lawsuit has his way. After McCrea failed to produce discovery as ordered by the... |
| Jan 18 | ‘Local’ Pirate Sites Are Thriving Around the World The Pirate Bay, YTS and Animeflv are well-known pirate brands that are hugely popular in many countries. The same can't be said for Mrpiracy, Filma24, and Cimaclub. However, the latter and many other 'local' sites dwarf these major brands on their... |
| Jan 18 | ‘Casting Couch’ Movie Company Orders Cloudflare to Unmask Tube Site... Adult movie company AMA Multimedia has obtained a DMCA subpoena from a Washington court to help it track down individuals who uploaded content to various 'tube' sites. The subpoena orders Cloudflare to hand over the identities of uploaders and pot... |
| Jan 17 | Manga Scanlation Teams Don’t Want War, They Want Accessible Content Huge scanlation platform MangaDex recently revealed that legal pressures had, among things, restricted its ability to receive donations from users. Following our report, a server administrator connected to several other groups gave us additional i... |
| Jan 17 | Pirated Copy of ‘1917’ Leaks in Massive Screener Dump Six pirated movie screeners have leaked in the span of just a few hours. The screener dump includes a copy of Golden Globe winner 1917, one of the most prominent leaks thus far. Also notable is the involvement of the group TOPKEK, which hasn't rel... |
| Jan 16 | RomUniverse’s Request to Dismiss Nintendo Piracy Lawsuit Fails A California federal court has denied RomUniverse's request to dismiss Nintendo's piracy lawsuit. The site's operator, who is leading his own defense, argued that he is protected by the DMCA's safe harbor provisions. However, the court notes that ... |
| Jan 16 | Kim Dotcom Wins Back K.im Domain After Dispute & $100K Sell-Back Offer After falling into third-party hands the main domain of Kim Dotcom's K.im project is set to be reclaimed. The Isle of Man domain recently expired and was quickly snapped up but, following a dispute process, it could be transferred back to the cryp... |
| Jan 15 | Jetflicks Piracy Trial Delayed After Canada Hands Over Masses of Di... The trial of six defendants who allegedly operated the 'pirate' streaming service Jetflicks will now take place in July 2020. The delay is in response to Canadian authorities handing over masses of discovery data, including subscriber information ... |
| Aug 23 | Top News and Politics Sites for July Highlight Digital First Video ... The Top 10 U.S. news creators Leaderboard for July 2018 highlights how digital first publishers, and the digital arms of traditional broadcasters, are generating huge views online. The post Top News and Politics Sites for July Highlight Digital Fi... |
| Aug 17 | Viral Entertainment Facebook Publishers Surge in Popularity in July... July 2018 saw billions of views across Facebook video publishers, many of them stemming from the viral entertainment genre in particular. Here's what Tubular's latest leaderboard can show you about this trend! The post Viral Entertainment Facebook... |
| Aug 17 | Family-Friendly Content Monopolized YouTube This Summer: Top YouTub... Our July leaderboard is here for the top YouTube channels of the month, and with it, we saw millions of views on children's programming and kid-friendly channels. Read on to see what other brands and creators held notable positions in the top 100!... |
| Aug 16 | Brands Sponsor Top YouTube Celebrities to Generate Millions of Vide... Major YouTube celebrities have massively engaged audiences, and many brands are leveraging the sponsored video opportunities this creates. Check out the latest Tubular global sponsored video chart for details. The post Brands Sponsor Top YouTube C... |
| Aug 15 | 10 Knockout Tips from Top Video Experts For an Insights Driven Vide... As the video landscape continues to grow, brands need to know how to use insights to grow their content strategies. We hosted a panel of experts to talk about this exact topic and here's what we learned. The post 10 Knockout Tips from Top Video Ex... |
| Aug 11 | Shane Dawson’s Jeffree Star Special Tops the Sponsored Video Chart Shane Dawson's spotlight on cosmetics guru Jeffree Star not only set YouTube buzzing, it created millions of sponsored video views for a last minute brand partnership. The post Shane Dawson’s Jeffree Star Special Tops the Sponsored Video Cha... |
| Aug 10 | The Masters Of Creative Selling: How Ogilvy Understands the Social ... Ogilvy is an advertising & marketing powerhouse which uses data-driven insights to keep ahead of audience trends and behavior on behalf of the brands they work with. Learn how data is helping the agency overcome some of the biggest challenges... |
| Aug 9 | 14 Killer Video Trends and Insights From the 2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to video insights. Tubular teamed up with OMD on a 'World Cup 2018 Wrap Up' to bring you the big stories from the tournament. The post 14 Killer Video Trends and Insights From ... |
| Aug 8 | Fortnite Fails Are an Addicting Video Trend (And Brands Should Care... Tubular's Q2 State of Online Video report discovered Fortnite fails and funny moments are trending on YouTube. Here's why brands should care about this phenomenon and how they can use it in their own video marketing! The post Fortnite Fails Are an... |
| Aug 2 | Cocktails, Soccer and Luxury Travel are the Big Winners in Sponsore... Summer cocktails, soccer, and a glimpse into luxury travel generated the most sponsored video views across Facebook and YouTube this week. Check out the latest Global Sponsored Video Leaderboard from Tubular to get the latest insights. The post Co... |
| Aug 1 | How TV Networks Can Utilize the Room Tours Trend in Their Digital V... The "room tours" trend has been one of the most-watched types of content on YouTube in 2018. Here's how brands, and in particular TV networks, can use this trend in their digital video efforts! The post How TV Networks Can Utilize the Room Tours T... |
| Jul 27 | Delicious Deal: Food-Based Sponsored Videos Order Up Millions of Views For the week of July 15, the majority of the most-viewed sponsored videos all had to do with one delicious thing: food. Check out which brands and publishers landed on this week's chart! The post Delicious Deal: Food-Based Sponsored Videos Order U... |
| Jul 27 | How the World Cup Helped These Brands Climb to the Top of the Leade... The World Cup may be over, but it had a huge impact on the online video success of many brands and creators in June. Read on to find out who was on the sports leaderboards around the world last month! The post How the World Cup Helped These Brands... |
| Jul 26 | ‘Aquaman’ Was The Most Viewed and Talked About Movie Trailer from S... A huge range of movie trailers were released at San Diego Comic-Con 2018. Aquaman generated the most buzz online, but find out which others attracted millions of social video views. The post ‘Aquaman’ Was The Most Viewed and Talked Abo... |
| Jul 26 | Here’s Why “Street Food” and “Mukbang” Are Still Huge Video Trends ... Tubular's Q2 2018 State of Online Video Report discovered audiences on Facebook and YouTube can't get enough of "street food" videos, as well as "mukbang" (watching other people eat). Here's which creators and brands contributed to the explosive g... |
| Dec 11 | Bert Healy from Annie: “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile” My son and I were in Annie over the weekend, and I played Bert Healy, the host of the Oxydent Hour of Smiles. He sings “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile.” Yeah I bought a Barber Shop hat (Skimmer) but the director wante... |
| Dec 11 | How to Create Killer Online Video for Marketing Here’s an infographic from Entrepreneur magazine, in an article titled “7 Ways to Create a Killer Marketing Video” authored by Emily Conglin. I have some additional thoughts, as a marketer (currently leading strategy for an Omni... |
| May 5 | Online-Video Spending and Insights Since I was dangerously close to having a “dark blog” here, I thought I’d share some recent online-video information that’s worth knowing. Online-video ad spending continues to grow, with 2017 looking to be passing $9 billi... |
| Aug 5 | Yes, Climate Change Has Helped The Spread Of Zika In The United States The amount that the virus has spread thus far may be due to longer mosquito seasons caused by climate change. The post Yes, Climate Change Has Helped The Spread Of Zika In The United States appeared first on ThinkProgress . |
| Aug 5 | Nevada Court Rejects Solar Power Ballot Initiative As ‘Inaccurate’ ... Voters will not get a chance to reinstate the old solar rates. The post Nevada Court Rejects Solar Power Ballot Initiative As ‘Inaccurate’ And ‘Misleading’ appeared first on ThinkProgress . |
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