It seems that the election yesterday has resulted in close to a dead heat between the major parties – a hung parliament. This can be seen as a major problem in that it can stop legislation going through, or, as I like to think, a huge opportunity for good sense. And this is why: When [...]
Hollywood is not the only casualty of P2P. In 1998, Forrester Research published a report on the online “adult content” industry which speculated on an industry-wide aggregate figure of $8-10 billion The prefix porno- is derived from the Greek term for a prostitute; hence, it may be argued that pornography is as old [...]
Pew just released a report (17th Jan) that shows that in the US there has been a huge surge in online activism. some 23% of people in the US created blogs or forwarded political commentary about issues or candidates in the recent US elections. This seems to reveal two interesting – and not surprising – [...]
There is a political lobbying group in Australia called Get Up. It is online and is growing. They have been raising money among other things to support buying billboard space to create awareness of the David Hicks matter and to put pressure on the federal government in Australia to “bring David home”. In their email [...]
I am not sure whether demonstrations are what is needed. I tend to think that it is personal action that is necessary. But on Nov 4th there is a demonstration in Sydney and you can be part of it. Here is where you can find more information. One thing that I know is important – [...]