Reprise of Globalism and the Internet

Last week's show archive failed, so what you'll see was edited from the low-res flash stream which results in poor video. We're going to do another session this week with our new facilities via Ustream.TV - and tighten up the show as well as add in some things that didn't get talked about last week and that have come up in the intervening week's news.

Tune in at 6PM Pacific tonight, Wednesday January 27th

Background and Other Reading/Watching

• A Global Perspective on the Internet - Richard Pitt - 4 part series
• The Statute of Anne and where copyright really began
• Canadian Copyright Law - Michael Geist on ACTA
• ACTA Lens site - mostly automated site that shows recent information on ACTA
• Fair Use defined - Fair Use and DMCA-style copyright in Canada 
• Digital Rights Management and Privacy and more Privacy and broken software
• Italian Licensing of internet Video Upload
• ACTA Facebook group - one of two but this one is the more active - join us in telling governments and people about what is going on.
• Latest Michel Geist post on DMCA - Transparency and ACTA Secrecy
• Richard's Squidoo Lens on ACTA - a central repository for the automated gathering of items from around the web on this topic

Note that the following DO NOT APPLY in CANADA!!! We Don't Have Fair Use!!!

• Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use
• Fair Use and Copyright - OpenCourseWare Best Practices
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video

But if everyone falls into line with these practices we may be able to lean the judicial system into recognizing that this is common law and in effect do an end-run around the current copyright law. It has already worked for time-shifting.