Another brilliant animation of Coltrane’s Giant Steps. The video capture process behind this must be like setting up a room full of cascading dominoes.
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From MichaelGeist.ca: In June 2008, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-61, new copyright legislation that closely followed the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The public response to the bill was both immediate and angry - tens of thousands of Canadians wrote to the Minister and their local Members of Parliament, leading to town hall meetings, negative press coverage, and the growing realization that copyright was fast becoming a mainstream political and policy issue. This film, produced by Michael Geist and Daniel Albahary, asks Canadians from across the country and from a wide range of sectors the question - “why copyright?”.
I get my TV through an … err, alternative delivery mechanism. One that for me, makes more sense than channel surfing, remembering to program the PVR, or sitting myself down in front of our aging TV set at an appointed time and being subjected to idiotic commercials and the bombastic media hype of an industry in its death throes.
In the US, interesting developments in free online TV and movies have evolved over the last couple of years, from Joost to Hulu. Even YouTube is talking about streaming movies in the near future.
Unfortunately geo-blocking is preventing us from accessing much of this content in Canada, but the business model for content delivery will change here too, quickly.
Here’s an interesting podcast on why and how this will all come to pass.
Article link: Legal and Free: TV Shows and Movies on the Net
Podcast link: Listen
(via Bill St-Arnaud)
I can’t wait to see how this plays out with the evangelicals.
But seriously folks, make a coalition government happen (via cmkl.ca)
From the genius online comic strip, xkcd.com
So fitting on a morning like this. Feel free to substitute DRM with podcasting, iPhone, the Mets or John Coltrane’s classic quartet.