Guardian: The US schools with their own police
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/09/texas-police-schools Ther is not much to say but: INSANE?! and then post
Santorum is nuts
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/01/04/santorum-will-tell-you-how-and-when-you-can-have-sex/
Reeding material: Peer review, open acces, open sience
For som reeson i started reeding about peer review, and i ended up reeding a lot of interesting articles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_review Two quotes stand out, copyd from the Criticism section: “There…
Review: Dick Taverne – The March of Unreason
317 pages. Can be found here. ETA: Apparently, that link got DMCA'd. Here is the book: The.March.of.Unreason.Science.Democracy.and.the.New.Fundamentalism I thought it was an interesting read. It is one long rant against…
Article: Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration
Read. Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration Some unusual copyright views for a creative industry member to have but worth considering. Ought artists to be paid like…
“Don’t be evil” then again maybe not…
Somewhat paradoxically, "And then there’s Google of course. The search engine that pulled out of China over censorship concerns, announced just a few hours ago that it will censor auto…
Re: The future of the music industry
In two articles one can read about the how some people think we should save the music industry. How to save the music industry by Paul McGuinness. U2's manager: how…
Ad: Rip – A Remix Manifesto
Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as…
Moron of the day: Jacqui Dean
Wikipedia on Jacqui Dean. "Jacqueline Isobel (Jacqui) Dean (born 13 May 1957 in Palmerston North) is a New Zealand politician and the current Member of Parliament for the Waitaki electorate."…
Article ads: "The Future of Copyright", Rasmus Fleischer; “The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution.", Peter Biddle, Paul England, Marcus Peinado und Bryan Willman
"The Future of Copyright", Rasmus Fleischer Link. A concise and good explanation of the current copyright situation and it's history. CV: "Rasmus Fleischer is a Swedish historian, writer, and musician.…