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Are Mathematical Communities Unique?

October 04, 2011 14:18

Contrary to my off-hand assertion about the replicability of community models from mathematical sharing groups a couple of items came to my attention today that argue the opposite case: that these communities are not like others. The blog entry on m-phi is initially concerned with discussing how a...

Only Amateurs Care About Copyright Registration (in Hollywood)

June 15, 2011 15:57

Television writer Chad Gervich has some pretty strong opinions on people who are concerned about protecting their ideas in the world of television script-writing. In a piece for Scriptmag online earlier this month he responds to readers' questions about the need for registering their works with...

CNET (and others) Get It Wrong, Miss the Actual Story

March 24, 2011 13:36

I've been avoiding writing about the LimeWire debacle, not least because of potential conflict of interest (*). As always, I speak for me and nobody else. Not Corante, not my company, and certainly not Gorton or LimeWire. With that out of the way, let me just say: CNET, you're wrong. Your...

Sometimes Things Couldn't Be Better

February 26, 2011 14:30

The band Arcade Fire recently won a Grammy and, as they're not a big-name, mass-produced, Cartel-controlled act there was a good bit of whining from that contingent over it. Suck it up and deal. I particularly liked this response from Scott Rodger, the band's manager: "Arcade Fire are now one of...

Pistols at Dawn, Sir!

July 15, 2010 18:02

Jane Park, Communications Coordinator for Creative Commons wrote to let me know that Lawrence Lessig has thrown down the gauntlet on behalf of CC against the accusations made by ASCAP. Lessig has challenged Paul Williams, the president and chairman of ASCAP, to a debate. Why? Well, it seems that...