DJ Spooky says… L O O P S O F P E R C E P T I O N sampling, memory, and the semantic web by Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky “free content fuels innovation” – Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas I get asked what I think about sampling a lot, and I’ve […]

I fundamentally agree with Leah that we are having a ten year old conversation. However, it isn’t as though we haven’t been doing anything in those last ten years. Many, if not all of us, have been moving forward. That’s what’s missing at this conference. We all know the issues, let’s discuss innovative approaches to […]

Actually, Chris’ characterization of copyright law isn’t quite accurate. Unless he’s planning to charge his daughter’s friends to attend the birthday party, he can read a book (or perform music, show a movie, etc) to his heart’s content. Here’s the relevant quote from US Copyright Law, title 17, section 110 “Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption […]

Rebecca MacKinnon is talking about “young reporters that are just there for a few years while they work their way up the rungs”. Vacancies in Vacaville, from the American Journalism Review, talks more about that: Barney wants this symbiotic relationship to last two years, about the average stay for young reporters and copy editors who […]

On screen now: “Insure content security with baked in Digital Rights Management.” Chris: What’s the point? Michael Silberman: I think DRM could be used to keep people from stealing, and get them to pay for content. And it could be used to facilitate the making of content. No. Not. DRM for news? Okay, your content […]

Tim Porter’s got comments on on First Draft: “No one needs an editor. Reporters don’t. Bloggers don’t. Even other editors don’t. But last night I realized why I want an editor. I was too busy yesterday to keep up with all the intellectual activity at Mediamorphosis, an API Media Center conference underway in San Diego […]

I’d like to revisit my comments from yesterday about the impact of rich media on news sites. Let’s not forget about the opportunity that multimedia gives us to reach, inspire and persuade our readers. Persuade them, that is, to be interested. Thought I’d share two new reader emails that arrived this morning. ———————- Subject: (Webmedia) […]

Stuff we’re not talking about, things I value in a newspaper, views from a young member of your target audience. What about newspaper editorials & opinion pieces? They’re an important part of the paper, something that no other media really does. There’s tons of editorial and opinion online, but it doesn’t have as much thought […]

Some folks at the conference asked about how they can post on this group blog: 1. Get an account–email smernit at aol dot com or come talk to me and we will set you up. 2. Post in the comments section under a post you want to talk about.

80 people in the room, laptops open. Dale and Andrew ask: So how do you like the conversation so far? There isn’t much holding back. Some comments: William Weiss: We need to remember that the technology is strictly an incident…It’s the knowledge of new consumers that matter in building these businesses. Leah Gentry: I am […]