Sunday, August 10, 2003

Mister Bond. The man who runs the world's largest bond fund talks about the bond market's swoon, his blackjack bender and the idiocy of terrorist-futures. By Interview by Emily White. [New York Times: Business] 7:49:22 PM    comment []

Howard: Stealing the Internet. Jeff Chester, executive director of The Center for Digital Democracy has written an eye-opener about Stealing The Internet. Ten years ago, in The Virtual Community, I wrote: ""What we know and do now is important because it is still possible for people around the world to make sure this new sphere of vital human discourse remains open to the citizens of the planet before the political and economic big boys seize it, censor it, meter it, and sell it back to us." The window of opportunity to defend the freedom of citizens to publish, debate, broadcast, and organize is closing rapidly. 7:46:30 PM    comment []

Two from Lessig: reason at Warner. Jonathan Percy runs a cool site called Green Plastic, which is a fan site for the band, Radiohead. The site hosts, among other things, lyrics from the band. In June, Warner/Chappell Music contacted Percy to ask him to remove the lyrics. This is of course increasingly common. Lyrics are copyrighted content. Posting lyrics makes a "copy" of them. Therefore, copyright owners who believe more control is better banish lyric sites to darkness. But this time, the story was a bit different. Percy complied, and took the lyrics down. Fans were upset, and complained to Warner and to the band. Warner Chappell then contacted Percy again, and gave him a free license to post the lyrics. The lyrics have now returned. Percy thus has permission to spread culture. Good for Warner Chappell. on colleges and blog-like things. There's an interesting story to be found in the thread here about a recent decision by Grinnell College to shut down a discussion space, Grinnell Plans, which was an important and vibrant community for students, staff, and alumni alike. The site has now moved to a private server, and the conversations continue. The link above does a nice job in laying out the arguments that led to the removal, and arguments the school made for closing the community. Is Grinnell's decision common? 7:44:19 PM    comment []

The Italian Job: Someone's in the kitchen with Rocco, and on The Restaurant, it's his mom, Nicolina DiSpirito. By Maile Carpenter, TimeOut NY. 2:26:01 PM    comment []

Even more Corn Cam! 9:24:03 AM    comment []

comedy enclousres. I'm a big Jon Stewart fan, I've known jon for years, dating back to the first MTV beach house, which was the ramp up to his show on the channel. We get a condensed weekly version of the daily show on cnbc europe, but hunting around the net usually gives me a few more clips. Wouldn't it be awesome if comedy central (or anyone for that matter) created an rss feed of clips as enclosures? No more searching and hunting, just subscribe. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 7:45:13 AM    comment []