Archive for December, 2004
Wednesday, December 29th, 2004
Wired has an interesting feature on BitTorrent including an interview with Brian Cohen. I've been fascinated by BitTorrent since I encountered it - far more than with other, earlier, P2P formats. In the manner in which it distributes the distribution burden it adds another link to the 'chain' that is ...
Posted in Computing Technology | Comments Off on Torrent feature
Wednesday, December 29th, 2004
As I've reported previously the Irish government has abandoned its commitment to reach by 2007 the target for overseas development aid (ODA) of 0.7% of GNP. The Labour Party has, as I mentioned previously, launched a campaign to bring them to task.In the wake of this, however, and in light ...
Posted in Income and poverty | Comments Off on Analysis of Overseas Development Aid figures
Tuesday, December 28th, 2004
The Guardian, belatedly, point to a Wired article on The Long Tail. The thesis is that, in an era of unlimited content availability, the 'tail' is more profitable than the items at the 'head' - those which would be carried in physical stores.
This is of course an enticing idea for ...
Posted in Alternative Media | Comments Off on Head and tail
Friday, December 24th, 2004
If you want to keep up to date with the situation in the Ukraine you could do worse than watch Orange Media, an English language news site. The site is partial - Orange is the (theme) colour of Yushchenko's campaign - but you're likely to get more, and faster, news ...
Posted in International Affairs | Comments Off on News from the Ukraine
Friday, December 24th, 2004
An interesting story in the Guardian today about a Europe-wide petition calling for some CAP funds - specifically half of those going to the top 2% of farmers, or 12.5% of the total funds - to be instead allocated to help children orphaned by AIDS in Africa. The petition is ...
Posted in Income and poverty | Comments Off on Petitions, farmers, aid and AIDS
Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
Media Minutes 2004-11-12
Media Minutes 2004-11-19
Media Minutes 2004-11-26
Media Minutes 2004-12-03
Media Minutes 2004-12-10
Media Minutes 2004-12-17
Media Minutes 2004-12-24
Posted in Corporate media | Comments Off on Recent Media Minutes Items
Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
Media Geek 2004-11-12
Media Geek 2004-11-19
Media Geek 2004-11-26
Media Geek 2004-12-03
Media Geek 2004-12-10
Media Geek 2004-12-17
Posted in Alternative Media | Comments Off on Recent Media Geek shows
Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
Media Matters 2004-11-14
Media Matters 2004-11-21
Media Matters 2004-11-28
Media Matters 2004-12-05
Media Matters 2004-12-12
Media Matters 2004-12-19
Posted in Corporate media | Comments Off on Recent editions of Media Matters
Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
Sometimes press releases draw attention to the darnest things...
Hands up everyone who knew that an EU Directive requires that libraries pay fees to copyright holders based on materials borrowed? I'd been unaware of the requirement, though it is consistent with the European approach to copyright.
The only reason the matter came ...
Posted in Intellectual property issues | Comments Off on Copyright fees and libraries
Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
The BCI has just announced the fifth New Adventures in Broadcasting scheme. Some of my U.S. based readers (or indeed others) may find it interesting that the regulatory body that licenses broadcasters should run a scheme aimed at subventing quality programmes on stations. In a way this is like having ...
Posted in Public Service Media | Comments Off on New Adventures #5