That is, does the closed-to-non-Facebookers nature of its photo archives kill Creative Commons and the art of the remixed photograph?
Tag: 12.14.12
Not The Biggest Shock: Rialto Bridge To Be Restored With Corporate Funds
“Mr. Rosso will foot the bill. In exchange, Mr. Rosso’s brands will get billboard placement on one of the city’s most famous monuments. Mr. Rosso said the ads would be non-intrusive ‘and creative — we hope to do something artistic,’ he said. He will also have access to city real estate for fashion shows and events.”
Warning: UK Theatre Endangered By Government Budget Cuts
“It has always struck me as odd that governments understand the necessity to invest in other kinds of industry, but somehow think that creative industries can survive on their own.”
European Union Settles E-Book Price Fixing Case
“The European Commission settled its antitrust case against Apple and four book publishing groups over e-book price fixing on Thursday, in what was described as a victory for the leading online seller, Amazon, and a setback for publishers fighting for the ability to set prices for electronic literature in the digital marketplace.”
Authors Versus Citizen Critics In Blogger Blow-up
It all started with a “snarky” (or “honest”, depending on who’s side you’re on) review of a much-hyped YA novel, Tempest by Julie Cross, just published in the UK by Macmillan Children’s Books. A sarcastic response and put-downs of reader views on the Goodreads site by Cross’s author friends, and comments by her agent, caused outrage. While Cross responded gracefully, other YA authors and agents took the fight to Twitter in a spectacularly misjudged bout of reader-bashing, “sneering at the people who make their ****ing books reach the NYT bestseller list”, The Bookwurrm judged.
The Sad Neglect Of A $25 Million Collection Of Musical Instruments
“A massive cache of musical treasures that’s grown to include a fragile harp-piano, the pioneering Moog synthesizer and the theremin used for The Green Hornet radio show has been shuffled over the years from a theatre to an unheated barn and now languish, rarely seen or heard, in a Michigan storage vault.”