I filed a video for the Mercury News from O’Reilly’s Where 2.0 conference. It’s an inside look at Tele Atlas’ tricked-out van.
Click here to watch the video.
photo by swiveler via flickr.
Cartoon: ‘A Fair(y) Use Tale’
Found this excellent satire/mashup via WFMU blog Apparently it’s been up on Stanford CIS blog since March. In it, cartoon characters from Buzz Lightyear to the Little Mermaid explain copyright law.
Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University provides this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms.
LA Times’ Steve Lopez Speaks at USC Annenberg Commencement
The inspiring and occasionally hilarious Points West columnist delivered the commencement address to graduating undergrads and graduate students of USC’s Annenberg School of Journalism last Friday.
Videos of MacArthur Park Mayday Police Violence
A couple truly outstanding videos came out of the unexpected police action during the May 1 Immigration Rights Rally at MacArthur Park on Wilshire and Alvarado Streets in LA, Tuesday. So, good, and important to see, that I’m compelled to offer them below.
The first video puts you right in the action, a great piece of live journalism by GameJew, aka Jonathan Mann.
Unbelievable to see cops chasing people like this.
The second video was shot by Sasha Constanza-Chock (his written account of the experience is here. The disturbing footage begins at about 2:00.