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Environmental Psychology
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iPhones of Mass Destruction and the Code War

By gtdonovan | Published: 08.26.2009
According to Apple, jailbreaking your iPhone violates Apple’s license agreement, constitutes copyright infringement – and – is a threat to national security. Meet the new weapon of mass destruction: the hacked iPhone. Just like Saddam Hussein’s WMDs, the iPhone of Mass Destruction is more red herring than reality. In a nation obsessed with security, particularly [...]
Posted in censorship, participation, privacy, property, security, surveillance | Also tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

piracy as creative practice?

By gtdonovan | Published: 06.23.2009
ars technica has an interesting summary/critique of a working paper, titled “File-Sharing and Copyright” by Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf. Since the genesis and intent of most copyright law is to stimulate creativity — not to protect authors and publishers — Oberholzer-Gee & Strumpf argue that while file-sharing might be harming the music business (“might” [...]
Posted in play, property | Also tagged | 1 Comment
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