Behind the cut are some links to videos and a few other bits and pieces about IP and remix, just so you can see the kind of stuff I'm marinating in.

( step right this way for remix: the musical! )

I'm finding the current Pirate Bay case fascinating. The swirl of issues surrounding the conflict between established IP laws and the actual online practices of digital natives have come to a head in this case. And it's pointing up more clearly than ever how poorly the established power monopolies understand digital practices -- the tighter they squeeze, the more PR ground they lose. The long-term outcome for IP still isn't clear, but the fight is no longer the David and Goliath showdown it used to be: billions of dollars on one side, and millions of net-savvy users on the other.


A Little Compromised, by Stan Schroeder, June 5th 2008, on Mashable.


If File Sharing is a Crime, We’re All Criminals, by Stan Schroeder, February 18th 2009, on Mashable.

Swedish Pirate Party Doubles in Size After Bay Verdict, by Wired Staff, April 22 2009, on Wired.

Pirate Bay Founder Devises DDo$ Attack, by BP TEAM, May 10 2009, on Blog Pirate.

Pirate Bay Bias Charge: ‘Random’ Judge Assignment Wasn’t, by David Kravets and Kerstin Sjoden, May 15 2009, on Wired.

Artists Don’t Want Pirate Fans to be Disconnected by Ernesto, on May 18 2009, on TorrentFreak.

Record Labels Increase Legal Pressure on Pirate Bay, by enigmax, on May 19 2009, on TorrentFreak.

Biased Pirate Bay Judge Judged by More Biased Judges, by Ernesto on May 20 2009, on TorrentFreak.

I'm trying out a lot of Web 2.0 apps for work at the moment, so I thought I'd link to some of them here.

• twitter
  
• delicious
  
• The Rhizome Factory

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