New report from the Centre for Social Media. Looks at the uses, motivation and challenges in using material currently under copyright in participatory media. US-centric in its looks at fair use, et al, but still an interesting read.
The companion website for Axel Bruns’ much anticipated Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage. Already lots of bits worth reading!
In their worst ever re-writing of their own universe’s history, Spider-Man makes a deal with the Devil and was never married (nor revealed his identity to the world). Seriously: worst retcon ever.
“Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Minister Kim Carr said the government had cancelled RQF because it was fundamentally flawed. “The RQF is poorly designed, administratively expensive and relies on an impact measure that is unverifiable and ill-d
“… One of the reasons that Heroes (and other NBC shows) shot to the top of this list is that NBC decided to sever their relationship with iTunes last year, meaning you couldn’t zap these over to your iPod at $1.99 a pop. …”
“64% of online teenagers ages 12 to 17 engaging in at least one type of content creation, up from 57% of online teens in 2004. Girls continue to dominate most elements of content creation. Some 35% of all teen girls blog…”