- nyBest practices for fair use in libraries
Pat Aufderheide sez, When is it OK for me to put copyrighted material on e-reserves for students? I've got an ancient VHS and the company that made it is defunct. Can I copy it to DVD for a prof's class? A student's thesis analyzes advertisements and…
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- nyVideo for "Brothers," by The War on Drugs
[Video Link] Amy Seidenwurm says: "'Brothers' by The War on Drugs was possibly my favorite song of 2011. They just released a supremely creepy video for it."
- 48 mins ago, 27.01.12, 22:54 -
- nyTrailer for Ethos: the truth about the U.S. Government and its corrupt system
[Video Link] Sounds like this documentary explores the same kind of mass psychological manipulation that Freud's nephew, Edward Bernays invented to convince Americans that it was a good idea to get involved in World War One, as well as convince women…
- 1 hour ago, 27.01.12, 22:33 -
- nyKlaus Schulze, live Moog madness from 1977
Klaus Schulze pilots his Moog spaceship through the composition "For Barry Graves" live in 1977. The track can be found on "La Vie Electronique Vol. 5." The Klaus Schulze La Vie Electronique series, which started in 2009, are reissues of The Ultimate…
- 2 hours ago, 27.01.12, 21:37 -
- nyHere's the utterly inconsequential recording that resulted in NZ PM John Key ordering raids on the free press
Juha Saarinen sez, 2Johns2Cups by goldenturkey New Zealand media were raided by police last November just before the general election, after the incumbent centre-right Prime Minister John Key made a criminal complaint over a recording of a conversati…
- 3 hours ago, 27.01.12, 21:05 -
- nyLA airport security scare caused by TSA mistaking insulin pump for gun
At Los Angeles International airport early this morning, TSA screeners mistook a woman's insulin pump for a gun. Screening and boarding at Terminal 4 were delayed as airport authorities searched for a woman they thought had a weapon.
- 3 hours ago, 27.01.12, 20:54 -
- nyThose racist, crazy 1990s Ron Paul newsletters? He signed off on every single one, associates say
“It was his newsletter, and it was under his name, so he always got to see the final product...He would proof it." Renae Hathway, a former secretary in Ron Paul’s company and former supporter of the Texas congressman, in the Washington Post today…
- 3 hours ago, 27.01.12, 20:26 -
- nyThe Great Hall of Hams
A worker checks in a special room where the Parma hams are hung to dry in Langhirano near Parma. Prosciutto di Parma can only be produced in a very restricted area of 29 sq km (11.2 sq mile) around the town of Parma in the region of Emilia Romagna, j…
- 3 hours ago, 27.01.12, 20:20 -
- nyArt Spiegelman exhibition in Angouleme, France
[Video Link] Short video of Maus creator Art Spiegelman getting a hero's welcome in France, where a museum in Angouleme is exhibiting a retrospective of his work. (Via Potrzebie)
- 3 hours ago, 27.01.12, 20:14 -
- nyAnti-aging mouthpiece
"This easy-to-use beauty and skincare product was developed by an ordinary housewife. Chikako Hirama was simply concerned about her own age and wanted an easy way to combat those telltale lines. Just try the yellow or pink Pupeko daily using such tec…
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