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links for 2007-07-13

• Making an Impact on MySpace [The Bartlett Diaries]
  Senator Andrew Bartlett looks soberly at the use of MySpace in Australia for engaging the Australian population in poliitcs. While MySpace may very well not do much at all here, I'm still pleased politicians are willing to give it a try!
  (tags: myspace australia politics socialsoftware socialnetworking digitalculture)
• Going for a song [theage.com.au]
  "...British web monitoring company Envisional found that Aussies are the world's second-largest downloaders of online pirated TV programs (15.6 per cent), second only to Britain (18.5 per cent) and ahead of the US (7.3 per cent)."
  (tags: australia p2p bittorrent piracy ethics tyrannyofdigitaldistance tv)
• Lucasfilm's Phantom Menace by Lawrence Lessig [washingtonpost.com]
  "Turning consumers into creators is the latest fad among companies scrambling for new profits in the digital age. How better to revive a 30-year-old series than by enlisting armies of kids to make the content interesting again?"
  (tags: starwars copyright creativity participatoryculture participatorymedia)
• MySpace makes Impact [in Australia] with pollies [Theage.com.au]
  MySpace Australia "today launched its Impact channel for politicians and non-profit organisations, but don't expect to add the Prime Minister, John Howard, to your friends list. Labor politicians outnumber Liberals 2-to1 ..."
  (tags: australia politics myspace socialsoftware socialnetworking)