What might look like a slow week on Signifying Media has in fact been exciting and filled with work in real life; after taking up my new job in Freiburg in December, I have now finally moved from the bed-no-breakfast-place I was staying and am beginning to turn a flat into a place to live. Whatever it will eventually turn into, I realize it cannot compare to anthills (via Kraftfuttermischwerk), and yet we call it home. So right now, I have nothing to offer but a belated collection of other sources. But I’ll be back with more soon, I think. »»»»
Tag Archive for 'Textual Control'
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What’s that? Signifying Media has been quiet for a week? And right in the middle of virtuality week, no less? Lies! Rumours! Hearsay! Er, and apologies. I think we’ll be back by tomorrow. I guess. Meanwhile, here are some things other people have been writing while I wasn’t. »»»»
While I’ve been writing about virtuality, I’ve been reading lots of stuff concerning textual control, with this week’s recent linkage devoted entirely to shades of censorship and regulation. Here we go:
“Don’t make me steal” is a ‘Digital Media Consumption Manifesto’. It argues that many who download copyrighted material for free on the internet do so not because they want to steal, but because the access provided to the same content by other media is inferior. On this basis, it calls for legal alternatives. »»»»
Did anyone notice I skipped last week? So here are 14 days’ worth of suggested reading.
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The ongoing reports about Egypt’s protests, being cut off from the internet, and alternative venues of communication are far beyond my competence. However, here are some of the sources I found more valuable than others. Please link to more useful resources in the comments. »»»»
Diesmal nur ein Verweis auf meinen kurzen Beitrag auf der Seite der Gesellschaft zur Comicforschung zum wahrscheinlichen Ende der CCA, das wahrscheinlich nicht das Ende der Selbstverpflichtung zur textuellen Kontrolle bei amerikanischen Comic-Verlagen ist.
Ganz kurzer Lektürehinweis: Wem die Diskussion um verschiedene Modelle der Vorratsdatenspeicherung seit dem Vorschlag der Justizministerin vor wenigen Tagen ebenso undurchdringlich geworden ist wie mir, dem helfen vielleicht vor den vielen anderen diese beiden Posts ebenso wie mir weiter: »»»»
A bit earlier in the week than usual, as I’m off to the workshop on fiction in Berlin. »»»»
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