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...video, that content is "copied" from a server somewhere to the hard drive in your computer. The same is not true when you crack open a book: "For most of American history it was extraordinarily rare for ordinary citizens to trigger copyright law ... RO culture in the digital age is thus open to control in a way that was never possible in the analog age ... For the first time, [copyright law] reaches beyond the professional to control the amateur." And when it comes to prosecuting copyright infringement, Lessig doesn't spare members of his profession: "The threat of litigation...
...database is meant to address this age-old a cappella quandary. It’s unclear how exactly such disputes were solved before the database existed, but in this particular case, the Opportunes won—“Change in My Life” has been one of their signature songs for over a decade...
...obsessions: the playlist. “What’s on your playlist?” is the “What’s your sign?” of the new millennium. We’re too indie for astrology anymore.The playlist-check is the ultimate Information Age interaction. There, in glowing black and white, is a complete set of personal information. Conversation? Unnecessary. Just scan the iPod. Within it lies infinite personality indicators. What are his 25 most played? Is she a rater? How long did it take him to get the new TV on the Radio...
...racism that defines these swing voters is not necessarily founded upon stereotype or prejudice. It’s not the kind that claims that black kids are good at basketball, brown kids are good at math, and white kids are good at running the country. In this day and age, most of us have declared those statements unacceptable. And, in this case, they are groundless: I won’t list what stereotypes exist for young black men, but Obama, a law professor and family man, clearly does not fit the mold.In this election, racism has taken another turn...
Born in Enid, Okla., Dalton was married and divorced twice before the age of 21. It was not long until she made her way to Greenwich Village at a time when residence all but required one to be a bard or a banjo player. She was beautiful, too. “Karen was tall, willowy, had straight black hair, was long-waisted and slender, what we all wanted to look like,” Lacy J. Dalton, a self-described “hard-luck” chanteuse and former fellow West Villager, has said. She could certainly sing...