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Can Technology Save Intellectual Property Without Crippling Our Culture?

adminn — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:16:00 -0400

The easy knock on Tarleton Gillespie's Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture is that it seems dated. In walking the reader through the many issues and arguments of digital copyright, Gillespie focuses on three seminal attempts at Digital Rights Management -- the Recording Industry Association of America's failed Secure Digital Music Initiative, moviemakers' somewhat more successful efforts to lock down DVDs, and the major television networks' push to require "broadcast flags" on digital television signals. All three battles, while important, were waged years ago; more recent, equally relevant examples are touched on briefly or not at… more

A Brief Window for Bipartisanship

Articles — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:47:00 -0500

With less than a week to go until the 2006 elections, the campaign trail is as muddy as ever. Conservatives claim a Democrat-controlled Congress would cut and run in Iraq, raise taxes at home, and engage in partisan payback across the board. Liberals warn of Rove-ian schemes and election-day dirty tricks. And campaign ads from both sides have alleged everything from racism and corruption to womanizing and smutty writing. Yet when the votes have been counted, and a new Congress convenes in January, there's the very real chance that Washington might actually accomplish something.

Why such optimism? After all,… more

The New and Improved NewAmerica.net

adminn — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:01:00 -0400

On Sept. 17, the New America Foundation launched the beta version of our completely redesigned Web site, www.NewAmerica.net. The result of several months of planning and development, this new site offers far more than a new look -- the expanded content, revamped navigation and new features reflect a markedly different approach to the Web here at New America.

Here's a quick sampling of what this new site has to offer:

More Multimedia

New America has long made audio and video recordings of the most recent events available for download, but our site now offers archival video of… more

Can’t Win for Losing

Articles — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:56:00 -0400

Washington -- In 2000, in the wake of the disputed presidential election, a Republican tchotchke-maker printed parodies of the Democrats’ bumper sticker, replacing “Gore-Lieberman” with “Sore-Loserman.” And while Al Gore has generally been a good sport in the years since -- his standard line is “Hello, I used to be the next president of the United States” -- Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut may soon prove there was some truth in that label.

Mr. Lieberman, of course, has drawn the wrath of bloggers and liberal Democrats for his support of the war in Iraq and now faces a strong primary challenge… more