Over spring break I read The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas by Gal Beckerman (Crown, 2022), a new book offering an …
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First Amendment v. Copyright
This panel discussion took place in the Copyright in the Creative Industries (David Herlihy) and Introduction to Film Production (David …
A conversation with Tiffany and James / Eleven Films
I came across the work of Eleven Films looking for fresh examples of remix works to share with my students and I reached out to them to …
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The Trouble with Reality
Journalist Brooke Gladstone's new book, The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time, is a little gem of a book …
Dangerous Documentaries: Reducing Risk when Telling Truth to Power
Many of the most important issues facing our society are also those that powerful people or institutions don’t want made public. Documentary …
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Imagine a world without free knowledge
Right now the U.S. Congress is considering legislation (SOPA and PIPA) that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. For 24 hours, …
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