Hope you all had a good holiday, and are ready to get back to whatever it is you’re up to. 7 days from now I’ll have had my viva and will be contemplating revision, most likely.<\/p>\n
Not much in the links these past few weeks – it appears that the only thing going, really, has been SOPA. I wonder if anybody’s making money off of the circus that is the American Legislative System. Really: they’re such a farce with this, it’s unbelievable. Of course, that seems to be an underlying theme in US Politics these days.<\/p>\n
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\nCensorship<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’ve placed link 4 in this section because, although it relates to SOPA, I’m not sure that everyone understands just how far the legislation would go in terms of censoring free speech. It’s a good analysis, and worthy of a read.\n<\/p>\n \nCopyright \/ Patent<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The first 5 links pertain to the same issue: Universal issued a bogus DMCA takedown of a YouTube video, admits that it was bogus, and just doesn’t care. Link 6 really ought to pertain to WikiLeaks, but since it’s about how the US bullied Spain into implementing a SOPA-like blacklist in order to protect US copyright I thought it belonged here; once again, a leaked diplomatic cable demonstrates just how … well, illegal politicians can be in violating the sovereignty of other contries, I guess.\n<\/p>\n \nEducation<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you’re at all a creative person, read link 1 and be afraid (and wonder just how many creative people have been pushed out of the educational system because it’s not really for<\/i> them). Link 2 questions the nature of certification and education. Link 3 demonstrates (with some cool graphics) citations between different academic fields.\n<\/p>\n \nEFF<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n These 4 links are EFF’s Year In Review. I’m a big fan of EFF, in case you couldn’t tell. These nicely wrap up some of the major issues of 2011.\n<\/p>\n \nLaw<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you live in the US, read link 9. Please. I wish I’d read it before I sat on a jury, as I think the outcome would have been radically different. Link 2 didn’t go into the censorship bucket because, well, it turns out that she wouldn’t have been protected by a shield law in any event (although that’s what all the furor is about). It’s a good legal analysis.\n<\/p>\n \nMiscellany<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Links 1, 3, and 5 are about … well, people in groups; very interesting, really. I didn’t quite know where to put link 2 – probably should have called it Politics – but it’s disturbing, in any event. Link 4, though, is well worth a read.\n<\/p>\n \nMuseum \/ Library \/ Archive<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read link 4 (same as link 4 in the previous section) if you’re at all concerned with records or archives, and with intellectual property. It’s really an interesting tale, and one I think should be thought about and discussed by people who are interested in pursuing a career having to do with records \/ archives.\n<\/p>\n \nOpen Source \/ Access<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Link 2: way to go, Munich! Why buy an “Office” package when there’s a good one out there which is free!? (And, incidentally, just plain works well.)\n<\/p>\n \nPrivacy<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Link 16 is about the only happy link in here: North Dakota Supreme Court has come down to say that if you weren’t convicted or if the case was never brought to trial, those electronic records shouldn’t be released to the public. Awesome judgment. After all, otherwise the records amount to hearsay or worse.\n<\/p>\n \nSecurity<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Link 1: if we all encrypt, the world will be a better place. No? I think so, and could spend a long time discussing it, but give it some thought.\n<\/p>\n \nSOPA<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This past month has been all about SOPA. GoDaddy has been battered because they support it. Wikipedia (link 3) and all manner of other sites (link 35) are saying that they’ll basically shut down their operations if SOPA go through, because it’s an evil and wrongheaded piece of legislation. Have a look at link 30 to get an idea of why this is such a terrible idea. Of course, the politicians are being paid lots and lots to push it through (link 12).\n<\/p>\n \nTechnology<\/b>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I really like<\/i> link 4, and think that more companies should realize that the technology is here to allow people to work from wherever they happen to be, rather than to drag themselves into an office where they’ll be forced to endure all manner of misery just so they can be watched over.\n<\/p>\n -D<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hope you all had a good holiday, and are ready to get back to whatever it is you’re up to. 7 days from now I’ll have had my viva and will be contemplating revision, most likely. 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