Category Archives: copyright

PeerTube, Sonic Outlaws, and UbuWeb

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Reverend

https://twitter.com/ubuweb/status/1370825664258056192 Over a week ago Tim got a one-click installer working on Reclaim Cloud for PeerTube. He got the details up on the Reclaim Hosting Community site already, so you can read more there. Getting one-click installers working for a … Continue reading →

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Steal from Work

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Reverend

I recently listened to Jason Scott‘s “Now and Then, Here and There” talk for the Eleventh Hope (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference. Jason is a free-range archivist working at the Internet Archive. His work with browser-based software emulation over the last few years … Continue reading →

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Conan Cracking Nostalgia

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Reverend

One of my favorite C64 games from “back in the day” was Datasoft’s Conan: Hall of Volta (1984). I went looking for it as soon as I got my ZoomFloppy up and running, and it was as good as I remembered. But … Continue reading →

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Zombies, Pirates, and Copyright

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Reverend

Audio from Zombies, Pirates, and Copyright presentation Last night I had the distinct pleasure of presenting on the convergence of three topics that fascinate me in light of our cultural moment: zombies, pirates, and copyright. All three are big both … Continue reading →

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Terminated with Extreme Prejudice

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Reverend

This post is part of an inadvertent series of posts about my attempts to fight various media companies claims of copyright infringement on my uploaded YouTube clips. You can see part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, and … Continue reading →

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YouTube, Copyright, and the ongoing Claims on our Culture

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Reverend

This post is part of an inadvertent series of posts about my attempts to fight various media companies claims of copyright infringement on my uploaded YouTube clips. You can see part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here … Continue reading →

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More News from the YouTube Liberation Front

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Reverend

I have had some fun watching the dispute emails come in from YouTube about the videos I have uploaded over the years. And I am actually excited to report 4 of the last 5 disputes were decided in my favor. … Continue reading →

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Who’s afraid of the big bad #sopa?

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Reverend

…I am! And in the latest episode of DTLT Today Boone and Wally Gorges lay out a pretty compelling case why anyone doing anything related to open education online in higher education should be too. Boone and Wally brilliantly talked … Continue reading →

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Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Reverend

UMW Art Historian Marjorie Och recently sent around this Press Release from the Visual Resources Association’s Intellectual Property Rights Committee that seems to take a strong stand in asserting a rather broad and liberal interpretation of the fair use doctrine … Continue reading →

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TEOTWAWKI

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Reverend

Having taught online for years and being one of those overproduced PhDs who was forced to work in the for-profit sector to eat, I think we are at Chomsky’s stage 6. I developed a course for Embanet and it was … Continue reading →

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