Month: July 2007
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Minidisc in Bizzarro World, or, It’s a Wonderful Format
CNET.uk has a feature on “Format wars: the tech that should have won,” sizing up some media and computer systems that lost out in the marketplace, despite their technical advantages. The article imagines a world where technologies like the 8-track and Betamax predominated, instead of cassettes and VHS. Two of my favorites–that I still use–are…
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Make Noncommercial Online a Little More Like Noncommerical Broadcast
According to Broadcasting and Cable the Association of Public TV Stations has created a Digital Rights Coalition in order to ensure that some of the same Fair Use rights they enjoy for noncommercial TV broadcasts. Some of these rights are: 1) use copyrights audio in their shows without asking permission or paying, so long as…