What Do You See In A Picture of A Picture. I came across this the Net Communications blog of Meg Watson. And saw her post regarding the issue of piracy and its role in fulfilling culturally important functions. She reinforced the idea of replication does enriches culture and information even though it may not do any good to authorship or originality. The example she used is a post-modern appropriation.

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Online piracy as a cultural practice to bridging the gap. Piracy, despite being an entirely commercially motivated activity carried out in black or grey markets, fulfils culturally important functions. In this regard, it is difficult to examine online piracy as a cultural agent to connect people who do not have accessibility to certain contents. The myth of YouTube celebrities.

On July 30, 2013 by Brodie. On July 30, 2013 by Brodie. On June 6, 2011 by Brodie. This statement is a bit more fanciful.

The Importance of Interface Design. The interface design of a website determines how long a viewer spends on it, as well as the likelihood of returning .

I found an interesting article. Is a fort on a platform in the North Sea, with an area of 550m2 and a population of 3 people. I like the idea though, of a small island working as a base for copyleft activists advocating file sharing and piracy. Posted in Other blog posts.

On reflection, Net Communications has taught me that there is far more to the Internet than I initially thought. I realized that there has been immense effort put in to make the Internet what it is today, in the form that our world tends to take for granted, and this subject has opened my eyes to this and numerous other issues that we, as a society, should probably be more aware of. Getting the creative juices flowing. June 5, 2011 4 Comments.

Can I please get some privacy? On June 5, 2011 by rinaldhooosterman. In week 5 of the course, we discussed the issues of privacy, and mainly the privacy statements made by Facebook. We also had a brief look at statement made by Mark Zuckerberg. On June 5, 2011 by rinaldhooosterman.

Why I added CC on my own blog? I would like remain to use CC to share stuffs and looking for entertainment. In the Realm of the Senses.

But this time with the release of the iCloud. The great file sharing debate has been revived yet again. Major newspapers such as The Age.