I'm just going to blog when and where I can while I'm in Montreal. Hit targets of opportunity and hit'em hard. Like back when I was in the space rangers.
I just got out of a really interesting panel on intellectual property, featuring Cory Doctorow and Patrick Nielsen Hayden, among others. First they explained how copyright law is so antiquated that when you hit reply on an e-mail, and it automatically quotes the text of the original, you're technically violating copyright.
Then they talked about what Creative Commons is and how DRM is useless. I kept waiting for the party where Doctorow hugs me and tells me my industry isn't dying. Maybe he just ran out of time.
Cory told me he was going to do just that, but when I mentioned you hadn't seen BSG he just got this disgusted look on his face...
Church
Aug. 7, 2009 12:32:pm
at 12:32:pm
It seems to me that authors shouldn't be de-monetizing creativity simply because it's inconvenient (in the convenience vs. security sense) to manage it through modern technology.
dennitzio
Aug. 7, 2009 12:34:pm
at 12:34:pm
OT, but holy crap is the loading of these pages annoying. They bounce up and down like a debutante after the ball.
Lev, get the webmonkeys on that, will you?
Church
Aug. 7, 2009 12:51:pm
at 12:51:pm
Hear, hear! Drives me freakin' nuts. I'm ready to switch to Firefox only for this blog and adblock the hell out of it. I already have a Time subscription that shows up a day or two late every week. You hear me, Time? No ad revenue from me!
dennitzio
Aug. 7, 2009 13:02:pm
at 13:02:pm
"Like back when I was in the space rangers."
Space rangers? Seriously, you should have gone with, "Like back when I was a Colonial Viper pilot."
Kemper
Aug. 7, 2009 13:37:pm
at 13:37:pm
I third the motion! Especially the Kohl's ads, which, once their finished loading, cover half of the banner space, can't be closed, and prevent me from using the "Next" feature to flip through blog posts. Kohl's will never get my business as long as this is their advertisement model.
anon76
Aug. 7, 2009 14:42:pm
at 14:42:pm
Agreed very annoying, but somehow I think we're barking up the wrong TIME blogger tree. I knew those BSG comments would come back and bit us in the @ss!
yogi
Aug. 7, 2009 16:42:pm
at 16:42:pm
Now they're really screwing with us - the window is jumping to the BOTTOM instead.
Oh, and I blame you BSGalacticians. Pretty soon Lev's going to turn off comments altogether.
dennitzio
Aug. 7, 2009 19:09:pm
at 19:09:pm
That's just crazy talk, dennitzio. We add significantly to the blogs comment count. Besides, he wouldn't shut down the comments. He'd just ban the biggest pains in the
Kemper
Aug. 8, 2009 07:11:am
at 07:11:am
Oh, lord... I didn't think of that... If he banned all the BSG commenters it'd just be me and hordes of teenage vampire romance fans Time would force Lev to pander to...
*shudder*
dennitzio
Aug. 8, 2009 13:36:pm
at 13:36:pm
@dennitzio
I'd be there too, but my commenting is kind of sporadic. So you would be mostly all alone with them.
tereglith
Aug. 8, 2009 17:49:pm
at 17:49:pm