Disney Goes Too Far
2007-09-06 00:45:12 Posted
by: mikeod Category: Copyright
A grieving British couple requested to be allowed to use an image of Winnie the Pooh on their child's gravestone. Disney rejected their request saying that using the image would amount to a breach of copyright.
The stone mason, Aaron Clarke, threatened to go to the press with the story and Disney reluctantly relented to allow the parents to use the image.
This is madness. Disney goes too far. UPDATE |
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2008-10-15 23:04:03 Posted
by: Mobile Web Category: Other
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2008-01-27 02:22:57 Posted
by: Mobile Web Category: Copyright
This image and message are being posted to the Total Recut Blog from a mobile phone in a remote location. This is a test... UPDATE |
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2007-09-08 15:43:52 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Technology
Opera have just released a new version of their amazing browser for mobile phones, Opera Mini. This browser basically sends the web page you searched for to Opera's servers who rejig it into a much smaller size before sending it to your phone. The end result is a web page that loads really quickly and looks as close to the original page as you can possibly get on a mobile phone. Highly recommended. It also has an excellently intuitive zoom in and out feature as well as a handy virtual cursor. Download it! Here are some of its features...
New full screen mode
Browse in landscape mode. Jealous of the iPhone? Opera Mini may not rotate when you turn your phone, but a quick shortcut key (‘#’ and ‘*’) makes it easy to change the screen orientation
Add the search engine of your choice to the start page, just like the Opera desktop browser.
A number of optimizations for BlackBerry phones including a native menu
Supports SSL connections for banking sites, Amazon and more (though we would advise caution nonetheless)
Improved support for small fonts, cookies and more. UPDATE |
2007-08-30 23:51:09 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Education
A highly creative group of technical individuals have produced some fantastic video tutorials on a wide range of traditionally technical issues. Common Craft reduce this complex information into its simplest form and produce a cut and paste paper explanation video tutorial. Watch and learn... UPDATE |
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2007-08-30 23:48:49 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Digital Rights
Truth Happens ar Red Hat Magazine have produced an excellent animated video signifying the imminent death of the tragically misguided Digital Rights Management fiasco. They have released the video under a Creative Commons share alike licence and are encouraging people to remix it.
[ This is a prototype of a video designed to tell the story of DRM. The life and death, the rise and fall, the here today, gone-tomorrow story of DRM. ] UPDATE |
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2007-08-30 23:49:05 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Copyright
An extremely interesting and up to date documentary by Danish filmmakers Andreas Johnen, Ralf Chrstensen and Henrik Moltke. An excellent entry point for anyone interested in the digital Intellectual Property debate. UPDATE |
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2007-08-30 23:49:25 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Copyright
Australian copyright authorities report Friday that the recently released "The Simpson Movie," which a 21-year-old Australian allegedly filmed with a mobile phone last month while in a Sydney suburb movie house, has been widely distributed on the Internet without Twentieth Century Fox's permission. (courtesy of Wired) UPDATE |
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2007-08-30 23:49:38 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Technology
A new site called vConvert allows you to convert and download videos from YouTube in a matter of seconds. They have a good range of options, including mobile 3GP, mp4, wmv and Quicktime movies. A very useful service... UPDATE |
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2007-08-30 23:49:54 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Technology
The old model of TV broadcasting the same content to be viewed by millions of people at the same time is dying. Users of the web want content they have chosen to watch, on demand. And they want to be able to mix it up, put their own spin on it and put it back out there. Web Video is coming on leaps and bounds. Already, one can hook their laptop up to the 42" and stream movies, TV shows, cartoons, you name it, from sites that collect video links from elsewhere on the web. Why don't the owners of these shows offer them legitimately in this way? For free, but surrounded by ad content to pay the bills. Perhaps a very minute charge could be applied to movie streams, but charging $9.99 to watch a streamed movie online is not going to take. Perhaps the idea of a blanket licence fee is the best option. Divide it among the artists based on views, ratings, downloads or such similar measuring tools. A fair and reasonable monthly charge on top of the broadband bill in exchange for the privilege of accessing a celestial jukebox of audio visual content would be fine by me. UPDATE |
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