The New Copyright Legislation Proposals – A Help or a Hindrance?
At the beginning of June 2018, European lawmakers rejected a proposal by the European Parliaments Committee on Legal Affairs (known as JURI) to begin negotiations to update copyright laws for the digital age. The Parliament will now review once again in September. While the debate surrounding copyright continues to unfold, let’s take a moment to look at the main arguments in this controversial debate. The right of communication to the public under Article 3(1) of the Information Society Directive has been subject to many reviews and over time it has become increasingly complex but hugely [...]
Democracy im Rausch der Daten
About Swiss director David Bernet provides with this very detailed documentary, an insight into the legislative process at EU level. The camera follows the actions taken at the level of the EU institutions by a handful of people who try to protect society from the dangers of big data and mass surveillance. The main players are the young German MEP from the Green party Jan Philip Albrecht and the experienced former Commissioner for Information Society and Media and now member of the EU Parliament Viviane Reding. Jan Philipp Albrecht and are trying to [...]
Marshall McLuhan Digital Prophecies: The medium is the message
About McLuhan does not analyse the content, but the form in which this content is delivered to us by the media. Since the medium is the message, if you don’t understand the medium you don’t understand the message either. The form informs identity, the ways we perceive ourselves, and since the form changes (from the telegraph to...social media), also our perception of the world and of ourselves is shaped by this shift. Credits Narrated by Alex Chow, student leader 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella movement Directed and animated by Daniel [...]
The Internet’s Own Boy | The Story of Aaron Schwartz (2014)
About Depicts the life of American computer programmer, writer, political organizer, and Internet activist Aaron Swartz. Read our article about the importance of Aaron Swartz's activism here. Credits Directed & Produced by Brian Knappenberger
