Public Address: July 4, 2011

#NetHui: it’s all about you 10:50 Jul 4, 2011 in Hard News by Russell Brown
When I had a brief conversation with Professor Lawrence Lessig on Thursday, I was able to tell him that he had played a singular role in the history of Public Address System. He was indirectly responsible for The Great Copyright
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Referendum Fact Check #2: Think Tank 0:24 Jul 4, 2011 in Legal Beagle by Graeme Edgeler
John Tamihere’s Think Tank panel show (TV3 Saturdays 11:30am) looked at the voting system referendum this week, with David Slack, Matt McCarten and political science student Jonathan Williams. It was an interesting and informative discussion, but as I sat watching,... http://publicaddress.net/legalbeagle/referendum-fact-check-2-think-tank/

That Book, The Ban That Isn’t, Farcebook And Outsourced Hypocrisy 8:35 Jul 1, 2011 in Muse by Craig Ranapia
Reports of the death of free speech have been greatly exaggerated, but there’s still reason to be very nervous about booksellers outsourcing their ethics to Facebook http://publicaddress.net/muse/that-book-the-ban-that-isnt-farcebook-and/

Life on Mars 10:11 Jul 1, 2011 in Up Front by Emma Hart
You probably won’t be aware of this, but I just had a discreet and utterly decorous short break in Wellington. I had some excuses: dear friends I hadn’t seen for too long, and of course SlutWalk, but whether I knew... http://publicaddress.net/up-front/life-on-mars/