Terminal Reality

As the show marks lucky number 13 I decided to take the show in a little different direction this time around and talk about something that’s been nagging at me for a few months. This week we start a conversation on the issues surrounding copyright, digital rights management systems, and the effects these can have on creative expression. I’m joined by Andrea Blimling, Eric Traband, and Tyler Traband.

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Tyler and Eric had to leave but Andrea and I continued the conversation for over half an hour more. That can be found here:

Continuation of Episode 13

Corrections:
Michael Powell is a Republican politician who is currently the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission not a congressional politician.

Re: Radio broadcasts and payments to artists-
“Music is complicated. There are two potential rights at issue. One is the rights related to the composition. The other is the right related to the performance. From the very beginning, music played on the radio has been responsible for the composition rights. But what I was describing was the performance rights.

E.g., if Madonna records “The National Anthem” (a composition in the public domain) and it gets played on terrestrial radio, the station pays no one. If Madonna records “Happy Birthday” (still under copyright), then the owner of the composition rights gets paid, but still, Madonna gets nothing. The story is different if the “radio” is internet radio. For any digital audio recording, both the performer and the composer gets paid. Hope that helps.” -L. Lessig

LInks:

“Public Life in a Wired World”
Lawrence Lessig, Pamela Samuelson, moderated by Geoffrey Nunberg. Stanford University, Aurora Forum, May 5, 2003.

“Read-Write Culture”
Presentation by Lawrence Lessig
Produced for and included as content as part of IPac’s “Your Senator needs an iPod” campaign. 2006

“Who Owns Culture”
Presentation by Lawrence Lessig followed by discussion with Lawrence Lessig and Jeff Tweedy at the New York Public Library April 7, 2005. Wired Magazine

• Presentation with video

• Audio of presentation and discussion

Triangulation Episode #1
Conversation between John C. Dvorak, Leo Laporte, and Lawrence Lessig regarding Google’s effort to index printed works and make them searchable online.

This Week In Tech Episode 49A
Conversation between Leo Laporte, Ren Bucholz, EFF Policy Coordinator, and
Jake Fischer, Executive Director of IPac about the Information Policy political action committee

This Week In Tech Special: IPac Update
Leo Laporte and Jake Fischer discuss recent political happenings and what’s going on at IPaction.org

Creative Commons

IPac

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Digital Millennium Copyright act:
Sold under the banner of fighting “piracy,” this law has been used to stifle free speech, competition, and innovation
Legal Summary

Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act
One of the few good bills in congress in regards to information policy
Copy of the Bill

Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006
Also sometimes referred to the DMCA 2.
Copy of Draft

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Closing music: “Our Lives Change” Written and Performed by Tryad @ tryad.org

I feel as if I’m a pocket watch toting little white rabbit.

I apologize to everyone who’s been waiting for a new episode to come out. I really want to do shows in a dialogue fashion with other people but it turns out that coordinating with those persons is extremely difficult. Lame excuse, I know. But, there it is.

In this week’s episode I’ve got a special guest from back in the day who I snagged for the show before he left the country. We kinda ended up being a little long winded so I apologize about the length.

We talk about:
Tom’s experiences in Japan
Japanese fast food
First impressions
Random stuff
pr0n?

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Thanks again to Tom for taking the time out to do the show and to all my listeners who have continued to listen despite my tardiness.

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Ask and ye shall recieve!

Okay, so maybe only one person asked. Not so much asked really as simply inquired as to the state of the show… whether it was dead or not. Nevertheless, I come to you on this night (night for me) with great tidings…and… stuff. Mostly there’s a new show up and my brain is broken thus causing my ability to make with the wry humor and pithy statements to be… well…it’s AWOL. The 82nd Airborne is looking for it as we speak.

In this week’s episode we have not one, but two guests. This, I hope, will usher in a new age of more interesting content for you all. Given that my apparent selection for co-host, namely Mel, has a tendency to cause me to meander, I can make no promises that we will always stay on message. What I can promise you however, is that Matthew Santos will ensure that the safety of our nation is always the number one priority in…
Okay, so I just got done watching the first five episodes from the current season of The West Wing and I’m still reeling from it all. Most civilians had five weeks to digest it all… I’ve had… oh… 5 minutes.

Long story short: Things will likely be more spontaneous and sometimes less coherent. I will try to arrange a program each week so as to hopefully reign in the bananna boat parade a little bit. However things should end up being more interesting for you all. Topics may not always revolve solely around Japan but hey, I reserved that right way back when I named the show.

This week (in no particular order mind you):
-We’re joined by Mel and Andrea
-Pizza in Japan- Can you afford that late night delivery?
-We’ve been trying to edumacate the yout’
-Apparently the world is trying to tell me I need to read more
-Japanese trains revisited
-I don’t really need a newspaper subscription darnit!
-The West Wing
-A bit of Japanese politics (Warning: no prior research was done. Accuracy may be sketchy)
-Crazy Japanese fruit- Sometime I think Mel is a crazy Japanese fruit
-Caffeine
-Historical triva courtesty of Andrea
-Japanese people work…. a lot
-I’m retarded. So is Kansas.

Thanks again to Dan Hess for the closing theme

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This week I ramble for far too long about a whole lot of non-Japan stuff but manage to get to some good stuff:

-Penny Arcade vs. Jack Thompson: Check out the silly lawyer man at these links.
-Copyright is broken. Check out CreativeCommons.org, Lawrence Lessig, and This Week in Tech.
-Please ASCAP and Time Warner, can I sing Happy Birthday to my little sister?
-Kendo fun
-Seijo Four University Tournament
-Izakaya

Closing music by Dan Hess. You can subscribe to this feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/takingliberties or through the iTunes Music Store.

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A new episode of the show is up!

This week’s topics:
-New Apple iPod
-Pakistan earthquake- Who’s going from the US?
-Japan moves and shakes too
-Typhoon inbound?
-I run down some of the places I’ve been in the last week or so
-Karaoke
-Half response to comment from Dan about Pachinko and Video games

closing music by Dan Hess

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I’m going to make this quick for now. A new show is up and can be had here

-Fight the broadcast flag!
-Running tab of places visited
-The cost of living in Japan
-Some cultural differences and stuff

As always, thanks to Dan Hess for the use of his music.