Hollywood is Becoming a Virus
Dave Winer on a proposed bill in Congress that would sanction any copyright holder’s attempts to hack your computer if they think you might have illegal copies of copyrighted material on your hard drive. This is important. If you teach video in any capacity, you’re teaching a kind of literacy that depends on high-tech tools that face Big-Brother-like control… but not at the behest of some totalitarian government. This is done for the sake of an industry based on an outdated distribution model, an industry that has apparently bought and paid for government representation out of all proportion. They have the bucks and good lawyers. Fight them, for your sake, and your students’ sake. Do it now. *
I’ve updated the SIGGRAPH Followup for folks who attended our course. *
Ben Waggoner has posted PDFs of some of his articles about video compression (thanks to Judy and Robert). Make sure to see Ben’s recent article at DV.com about compressing his recently released tutorial CD on discreet’s cleaner 5. (You’ll have to log in to read it, though.) *
I’m looking for a host for a plain dvforteachers.com site. Userland has hosted this site for free at manilasites.com since its inception, but it’s time for me to pay my way. Can anyone tell me anything about fourbucks.net? I found them – via MacEdition – while reading about the dot-mac controversy. Fourbucks.net seems really inexpensive and they promise quality on a clean, pop-up free site. Too good to be true? Others here have recommended Earthlink, but something doesn’t feel right there; I’ve heard wierd things I can’t repeat, but I’d need some convincing. *——-