At last week’s Gnomedex, Dan Gillmor talked about his Bayosphere project, which is "launching soon." In a twist on net anonymity and hyperbolic excess, anyone who opts into the Bayosphere space as a citizen journalist pledges to be fair, accurate and transparent … and use a real name. But wait, there’s more! Terry Heaton talked [...]
Archive for June, 2005
Citizen Journalism News
Posted: 28 June 2005 by Kathy E. Gill in Convergence, Media, Personal Technology0
Dialcom Networks (Madrid, Spain) has launched a plug in that turns Skype into a video conferencing tool. The product, Spontania video4skype, runs only on Windows2000 or WIndows XP and is currently in beta (0.8.3). Reportedly, it will host up to four connections for a video conference. Apple’s iChat with Tiger also supports up to four [...]
Supremes Rule Against Grokster
Posted: 27 June 2005 by Kathy E. Gill in Convergence, Current Affairs, Legal, Personal TechnologyThe Supreme Court remanded a copyright case to the lower courts, unanimously ruling in MGM v Grokster that the summary judgment ruling against MGM was in error: One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, [...]
