Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Good Editor Journalist here: RIAA Now Blames Journalists For Its Piracy Trouble
| from the who's-to-blame dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 24, @22:24 (Music)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/11/24/2336248/RIAA-Now-Blames-Journalists-For-Its-Piracy-Trouble?from=newsletter
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adeelarshad82 writes "RIAA executives have [0]written a letter to PCMag
expressing 'deep disappointment' for publishing an article on [1]Limewire
Alternatives. While the article includes a disclaimer from PCMag that it
does not condone the download of copyrighted or illegal material, RIAA
executives believe that 'PCMag is slyly encouraging people to steal more
music.' The letter goes on to ask PCMag to retract the article from their
website. PCMag's [2]Editor in Chief has responded to the letter by
stating that music industry's charges remain groundless and that it reeks
of desperation. He points out that PCMag covers all aspects of
technology, which includes the products, services and activities that
some groups and individuals might deem objectionable. He defends
publishing the article by saying 'We covered these Limewire alternatives
because we knew they would be of interest to our readers. We understand
that some might use them to illegally download content. We cannot
encourage that action, but also cannot stop it. Reporting on the
existence of these services does neither.' PCMag has also refused to
retract the article."
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/24/2336248&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i39b5c49ccd74a21f9f4fb80d8c7ba149
1. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371590,00.asp
2. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373273,00.asp
| from the who's-to-blame dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 24, @22:24 (Music)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/11/24/2336248/RIAA-Now-Blames-Journalists-For-Its-Piracy-Trouble?from=newsletter
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adeelarshad82 writes "RIAA executives have [0]written a letter to PCMag
expressing 'deep disappointment' for publishing an article on [1]Limewire
Alternatives. While the article includes a disclaimer from PCMag that it
does not condone the download of copyrighted or illegal material, RIAA
executives believe that 'PCMag is slyly encouraging people to steal more
music.' The letter goes on to ask PCMag to retract the article from their
website. PCMag's [2]Editor in Chief has responded to the letter by
stating that music industry's charges remain groundless and that it reeks
of desperation. He points out that PCMag covers all aspects of
technology, which includes the products, services and activities that
some groups and individuals might deem objectionable. He defends
publishing the article by saying 'We covered these Limewire alternatives
because we knew they would be of interest to our readers. We understand
that some might use them to illegally download content. We cannot
encourage that action, but also cannot stop it. Reporting on the
existence of these services does neither.' PCMag has also refused to
retract the article."
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/24/2336248&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i39b5c49ccd74a21f9f4fb80d8c7ba149
1. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371590,00.asp
2. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373273,00.asp
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Some of you might be interested in this:
Inuit Prints: Japanese Inspiration
■ Friday, January 21 – Tuesday, March 15
Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery, Tokyo
Some fifty years ago, the small community of Cape Dorset in the Canadian Arctic was introduced to the ancient traditions of Japanese printmaking. James Houston, then a government employee, introduced printmaking to Cape Dorset in 1957. To learn more about printmaking himself, Houston travelled the next year to Japan to study for three months with Un'ichi Hiratsuka, one of the world's leading masters of the art. Houston went back to the Arctic in 1959 to share his knowledge and his collection of Japanese prints with the fledgling printmakers of Cape Dorset.
"Inuit Prints: Japanese Inspiration" will feature exquisite and historically significant works of art from Japan and the world-renowned Cape Dorset print studio. By juxtaposing the works, the exhibition reveals the many ways in which the Cape Dorset artists creatively "localized" Japanese influences.
Inuit Prints: Japanese Inspiration
■ Friday, January 21 – Tuesday, March 15
Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery, Tokyo
Some fifty years ago, the small community of Cape Dorset in the Canadian Arctic was introduced to the ancient traditions of Japanese printmaking. James Houston, then a government employee, introduced printmaking to Cape Dorset in 1957. To learn more about printmaking himself, Houston travelled the next year to Japan to study for three months with Un'ichi Hiratsuka, one of the world's leading masters of the art. Houston went back to the Arctic in 1959 to share his knowledge and his collection of Japanese prints with the fledgling printmakers of Cape Dorset.
"Inuit Prints: Japanese Inspiration" will feature exquisite and historically significant works of art from Japan and the world-renowned Cape Dorset print studio. By juxtaposing the works, the exhibition reveals the many ways in which the Cape Dorset artists creatively "localized" Japanese influences.
We have talked about flash crowds and here is something else that might be useful for Journalists Crowd sourcings:http://gigaom.com/2010/11/17/can-you-crowdsource-fact-checking-truthsquad-says-yes/
Can You Crowdsource Fact-Checking? Truthsquad Says Yes
By Mathew Ingram Nov. 17, 2010, 9:36am PDT 2 Comments
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NewsTrust, a non-profit startup aimed at improving the credibility of media, spent a week earlier this year on an experiment it called Truthsquad — a project that tried to “crowdsource” fact-checking, and specifically some of the major statements made by public figures and special-interest groups about issues such as health care. NewsTrust founder Fabrice Florin has released some of the results from that experiment, saying the project was a success, and NewsTrust and its partners plan to expand the effort over the next year. Among the things NewsTrust learned, according to Florin:
* Game mechanics work. NewsTrust says the Truthsquad experiment generated twice as much participation as some of its other pilots in 2010. Users gave 10 times more answers per quote than reviews per story; over half the participants read linked stories; and a third answered a Truthsquad quote. Florin said the high level of engagement was partly due to the game-like quality of the user experience, which started by inviting people to guess whether a statement was true or false.
* Pros and amateurs can work together. Truthsquad was a collaboration with advisors and journalists from the Poynter Institute and FactCheck.org, and Florin said having experienced professionals judge results and help users with the fact-checking avoided “some of the pitfalls of pure crowdsourcing initiatives, which can turn into mob scenes — particularly around politically charged issues.” Amateurs learned valuable skills, he said, and some community members posted links that were “critical to reaching our verdicts.”
* Crowdsourcing takes effort. Florin said despite high levels of participation, Truthsquad “didn’t get as many useful links and reviews from our community as we had hoped,” and as a result, the startup’s editorial team had to do a lot of work researching the evidence behind the statements they were checking, making the whole effort more labor-intensive than the group expected. Florin said in the future, NewsTrust is going to experiment with more visible rewards for input, such as badges, redeemable credits of some kind and possibly even prizes.
Truthsquad isn’t the only attempt to bring a crowdsourced element to media fact-checking; MediaBugs, founded by former Salon editor Scott Rosenberg, is another fact-checking-oriented site. MediaBugs is funded by a Knight News Challenge grant and recently announced it has moved out of beta and is going national. The startup has a widget that allows publishers to integrate crowd or reader-driven fact-checking into their websites, and is hoping to find other ways to distribute its services, rather than making people go to the MediaBugs site.
Like most blog-focused sites, GigaOM gets plenty of fact-checking from our readers, through the comments on our posts — and it’s a critical part of what we do (unfortunately, we aren’t perfect). Many traditional publishers, however, don’t get as much as they probably need, and both MediaBugs and NewsTrust are interesting efforts in that direction.
NewsTrust, meanwhile, says it’s hoping to fact-check one public statement a day for the next year using Truthsquad. Florin says he also wants to help train users and readers in how to fact-check statements by politicians and others in the media, using the skills of the startup’s advisors, including the Poynter Institute and FactCheck.org. That’s something we could probably all benefit from. If you want to participate, you can sign-up here.
Can You Crowdsource Fact-Checking? Truthsquad Says Yes
By Mathew Ingram Nov. 17, 2010, 9:36am PDT 2 Comments
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NewsTrust, a non-profit startup aimed at improving the credibility of media, spent a week earlier this year on an experiment it called Truthsquad — a project that tried to “crowdsource” fact-checking, and specifically some of the major statements made by public figures and special-interest groups about issues such as health care. NewsTrust founder Fabrice Florin has released some of the results from that experiment, saying the project was a success, and NewsTrust and its partners plan to expand the effort over the next year. Among the things NewsTrust learned, according to Florin:
* Game mechanics work. NewsTrust says the Truthsquad experiment generated twice as much participation as some of its other pilots in 2010. Users gave 10 times more answers per quote than reviews per story; over half the participants read linked stories; and a third answered a Truthsquad quote. Florin said the high level of engagement was partly due to the game-like quality of the user experience, which started by inviting people to guess whether a statement was true or false.
* Pros and amateurs can work together. Truthsquad was a collaboration with advisors and journalists from the Poynter Institute and FactCheck.org, and Florin said having experienced professionals judge results and help users with the fact-checking avoided “some of the pitfalls of pure crowdsourcing initiatives, which can turn into mob scenes — particularly around politically charged issues.” Amateurs learned valuable skills, he said, and some community members posted links that were “critical to reaching our verdicts.”
* Crowdsourcing takes effort. Florin said despite high levels of participation, Truthsquad “didn’t get as many useful links and reviews from our community as we had hoped,” and as a result, the startup’s editorial team had to do a lot of work researching the evidence behind the statements they were checking, making the whole effort more labor-intensive than the group expected. Florin said in the future, NewsTrust is going to experiment with more visible rewards for input, such as badges, redeemable credits of some kind and possibly even prizes.
Truthsquad isn’t the only attempt to bring a crowdsourced element to media fact-checking; MediaBugs, founded by former Salon editor Scott Rosenberg, is another fact-checking-oriented site. MediaBugs is funded by a Knight News Challenge grant and recently announced it has moved out of beta and is going national. The startup has a widget that allows publishers to integrate crowd or reader-driven fact-checking into their websites, and is hoping to find other ways to distribute its services, rather than making people go to the MediaBugs site.
Like most blog-focused sites, GigaOM gets plenty of fact-checking from our readers, through the comments on our posts — and it’s a critical part of what we do (unfortunately, we aren’t perfect). Many traditional publishers, however, don’t get as much as they probably need, and both MediaBugs and NewsTrust are interesting efforts in that direction.
NewsTrust, meanwhile, says it’s hoping to fact-check one public statement a day for the next year using Truthsquad. Florin says he also wants to help train users and readers in how to fact-check statements by politicians and others in the media, using the skills of the startup’s advisors, including the Poynter Institute and FactCheck.org. That’s something we could probably all benefit from. If you want to participate, you can sign-up here.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HAPPENING IN JOURNALISM TODAY:
WikiLeaks release: Why law is powerless to stop WikiLeaks from publishing
The structure of WikiLeaks makes it practically impossible for governments and other organisations embarrassed by its disclosures to make legal challenges against it.
The structure of Wikileaks makes it practically impossible for governments and other organisations embarrassed by its disclosures to make legal challenges against it.
PRQ, a Swedish internet hosting company linked to the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has said it provides Wikileaks with server space from a base in the Stockholm suburbs Photo: EPA
By Jon Swaine in New York 10:38PM GMT 22 Nov 2010
Many of the documents published on the site are classified or protected by copyright. Ordinarily the original owners would attempt to have them removed.
However, Wikileaks hosts its publications across several different servers, which “are distributed over multiple international jurisdictions and do not keep logs” that could be seized, the organisation says.
Julian Assange, the founder and editor, has said his group uses “state-of-the-art encryption to bounce stuff around the internet to hide trails”.
Mr Assange told a conference in July that Wikileaks passes its data through countries that offer relatively strong legal protection to people who leak information, including Sweden, Iceland and Belgium.
PRQ, a Swedish internet hosting company linked to the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has said it provides Wikileaks with server space from a base in the Stockholm suburbs
Mikael Viborg, the owner of PRQ, said Swedish authorities were aware of the servers’ location but had not made any attempt to shut them down.
He said Wikileaks also had backup servers in place in other countries that were ready to be activated if their primary servers were shut down.
Reports have also claimed some Wikileaks servers are 30 metres underground, in a Cold War nuclear bunker that was carved out of a large rock hill in Stockholm.
After Wikileaks released its Iraq war logs earlier this year, it emerged the organisation was also “mirroring” the data on US-based servers, in a move seen as a deliberate taunt to the Pentagon and US authorities.
WikiLeaks release: Why law is powerless to stop WikiLeaks from publishing
The structure of WikiLeaks makes it practically impossible for governments and other organisations embarrassed by its disclosures to make legal challenges against it.
The structure of Wikileaks makes it practically impossible for governments and other organisations embarrassed by its disclosures to make legal challenges against it.
PRQ, a Swedish internet hosting company linked to the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has said it provides Wikileaks with server space from a base in the Stockholm suburbs Photo: EPA
By Jon Swaine in New York 10:38PM GMT 22 Nov 2010
Many of the documents published on the site are classified or protected by copyright. Ordinarily the original owners would attempt to have them removed.
However, Wikileaks hosts its publications across several different servers, which “are distributed over multiple international jurisdictions and do not keep logs” that could be seized, the organisation says.
Julian Assange, the founder and editor, has said his group uses “state-of-the-art encryption to bounce stuff around the internet to hide trails”.
Mr Assange told a conference in July that Wikileaks passes its data through countries that offer relatively strong legal protection to people who leak information, including Sweden, Iceland and Belgium.
PRQ, a Swedish internet hosting company linked to the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has said it provides Wikileaks with server space from a base in the Stockholm suburbs
Mikael Viborg, the owner of PRQ, said Swedish authorities were aware of the servers’ location but had not made any attempt to shut them down.
He said Wikileaks also had backup servers in place in other countries that were ready to be activated if their primary servers were shut down.
Reports have also claimed some Wikileaks servers are 30 metres underground, in a Cold War nuclear bunker that was carved out of a large rock hill in Stockholm.
After Wikileaks released its Iraq war logs earlier this year, it emerged the organisation was also “mirroring” the data on US-based servers, in a move seen as a deliberate taunt to the Pentagon and US authorities.
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