Here's one to add to The Camera is the new gun list: http://tinyurl.com/6r9xwm
Men with 'highly sensitive' cameras arrested at airport Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels &Blog http://1timstreet.com On Apr 2, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Jan McLaughlin wrote: > Since we've gotten political, wanted to bring the newest Lawrence > Lessig > project to the fore. > > Lessig, the same fellow who brought you the Creative Commons. > > Yeah. > > This new project is http://change-congress.org : > > This non-partisan movement invites members of Congress to agree to: > > 1) Support public financing of elections > 2) Support banning earmarks > 3) Swear off taking money from Lobbyiests and PAC's > 4) Support transparency > > If the legislator agrees, Change-Congress will have a digital army > ready - > pledged - to send $X.00 campaign dollars their way. > > Don't agree? No money. > > http://change-congress.org/about/ > > Carrots, baby. > > Money talks. > > Jan > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Well yes the trend towards laws that crackdown on this sort of stuff > > is alarming, and does not bode well. > > > > Frankly I expected even worse by now, recalling that in the first > few > > years after 9/11, there were stories about how seemingly innocent > > video of tourist attractions was actually fiendish terrorist > planning > > videos. So the London police camera posters fill me with despair but > > the satirical treatment of them gives me some small hope. > > > > Even without a war on terror moron error, Im not someone who feels > too > > comfortable waving a camera round in public, as I know some humans > > feel it is invasive. > > > > I dont know about the USA but in Britain the internet is commonly > > mentioned on TV news & debate shows in a negative light, > paedophiles & > > terrorists, so I just roll my eyes when I see similar tactics in the > > newspapers too. > > > > Anyway you know I have speculated in the past as to what future our > > governments may be planning for, although its also possible that > there > > are more basic motives at work. The police usually want as much > power > > as they can get, more laws to be on their side, new weapons and > > evidence gathering devices. Some corporations make the technology > that > > suits this paranoid surveillance game, so theres the basic profit > > motive & potential to corrupt government there. > > > > As for this not arguing anymore, in order for that to work you > > possibly shouldnt mention most of the points argued about, or > goading > > those that 'defend the corporate agenda' to respond. Where does my > > position fit into that narrow representation? Because you hopefully > > know that I believe government imposed restrictions that affect > > vlogging are already here in some countries, and remain a real > > possibility at any time in the future. Restriction of such things is > > one of the first things governments tend to do when they feel under > > threat, and even in tines of relative security, its the sort of > right > > that ebbs away unless continually fought for. But this would > happen in > > a counry without corporations too. And you know I scoff at the idea > > that corporations have an agenda to crush independent media. Mostly > > because they dont need to. Corporations strengths over small > business, > > indies, individuals, is part of their design, business as usual > > assures their dominance, they dont need to take extra measures to > > crush. Now over the course of a generation the whole game could > change > > because of the internet, but its by no means a cert, and its > entirely > > possible they could dominate the net without taking any special > > measures or doing any deliberate crushing. > > > > I mean really, I am hardly a fan of corporations, I read lots of > stuff > > about bad things they do, just as i know small business and > government > > also cause bad, as do individuals. Due to their scale, governments > and > > corporations can do the harm on a far larger scale, and we have > > greater expectations about what good they should be doing instead. > And > > yeah, humans appear to be too hypocritical and corrupt to save the > > world. Some think that if we can only harness the sorts of thinking > > that can happen in war, but in the struggle against climate change > and > > resource depletion in a time of peace, we might stand a chance. I > fear > > that it will be harnessed through actual war. > > > > Can anybody imagine the global internet existing as we know it if > > there ws a non-nuclear war on the scale of world war 2 in future? > And > > that would also be an end the the complexities of debates about free > > speech, rights to photograph, gossip, whistleblow & be a real > > journalist or citizen? 'Theres a war on' will be the justification > for > > everything, and the grumbling will have to be more low-key than we > > have become used to. Now as much as the war on terror effect has > been > > used to bring in lots of legislation, and fight a few regionalized > > wars, and although it did cause a lot of critical debate to fall > > silent for several years in the USA, it has not had the huge impact > > that a real world war would actually have on all these issues. So > > whats my message here, 'this is as good as it gets?', 'you aint seen > > nothing yet?'. Hope not. > > > > Cheers > > > > Steve Elbows > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What a strange new world, eh? > > > > > > So interesting... > > > > > > These laws are yet another affront to a citizen's media. > > > > > > I've no desire to bring up another 'Net-Neutrality' and 'Crushing > > > independent content producers' argument, in fact I'm done with > > > argument, so I'll just say what I want to say and shut my mouth. > > > > > > I find the removal of cameras and criminalization of camera use in > > > public spaces to be very interesting, and it seems to me that > this is > > > the State 'Crushing' the independent content creators. I wonder if > > > this will bring the defenders of the Corporate agenda, and their > lack > > > of desire to crush independent content creators to the discussion. > > > > > > In an era of 'It's the Economy Stupid', a Cheap Labor Economy, and > > > feeding people to the Economy, I see no difference between the > > > authoritarian control by the State and need to feed a Corporate > Grow > > > or Die agenda. It's the same thing. They are entirely dependent > upon > > > eachother. > > > > > > See, I am attacking the government for the same damn thing. I am, > > > however, not attacking the idea of government, just as I was not > > > attacking the idea of economy. Both are absolute perversions of > their > > > foundational concepts. They are extremely unhealthy, BOTH of them. > > > We've got to fix them - BOTH. > > > > > > They are becoming one and the same, and I wish I could be more > > > persuasive because, like Global Warming, the environment, > perpetual > > > war and the destruction of Democracy, once it's readily apparent, > > > it's too friggin' late. > > > > > > It's so naked, how can people not see it. > > > > > > blech... > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 31, 2008, at 5:44 AM, Jan McLaughlin wrote: > > > > > > > Yeah, Ron, I concur: great post. > > > > > > > > Well, well, well... > > > > > > > > Cameras = guns. > > > > > > > > Based upon states' recent leaps to control 'em, you are onto > > > > something, > > > > particularly if these hand-held projectors will be battery- > powered. > > > > > > > > As you might imagine, find this product extremely exciting news. > > > > > > > > Already, images are being projected on sidewalks, floors, walls. > > > > Mostly > > > > logos, single words. Slideshows. Graphical. > > > > > > > > Narrative structure / storytelling will be affected because > people are > > > > deeply resistant to having their audio-space cluttered. Net- > net: these > > > > projected motion pictures will inevitably have to work as silent > > > > films. > > > > > > > > There's both rub and irony that in this beginning of the high > tech > > > > age, we > > > > return to the silent film. > > > > > > > > Perhaps advertisers will have Bluetooth-available audio? > Perhaps if > > > > the > > > > motion pictures are delivered via the web, one might stream the > > > > audio over > > > > one's cell phone. The challenge would be to sync the sound. > > > > > > > > I'm on fire with possibility. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:08 AM, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Great post, Mike! > > > > > > > > > > I can't wait to get my hands on one of those little > projectors! > > > > > > > > > > I share your concern with the ubiquity of advertising, but > > > > > > > > > > "The camera is the new gun." > > > > > > > > > > Is a HUGE statement! > > > > > > > > > > I think it is. One camera can take down a government. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > Ron Watson > > > > > http://k9disc.blip.tv > > > > > http://k9disc.com > > > > > http://discdogradio.com > > > > > http://pawsitivevybe.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 30, 2008, at 7:29 PM, Mike Meiser wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > One of my favorite things about pixelodeon was not the set > > > > > > screening room > > > > > > sessions but the widespread use of 17 macbooks for impromptu > > > > > > screening of > > > > > > all manner of videos over beers, at party's or simply > > > > gatherings in > > > > > > hotel > > > > > > rooms. > > > > > > > > > > > > It's these shared interactive viewing experiences that > really make > > > > > > video > > > > > > come full circle as a part of real world face to face > > > > conversations. > > > > > > > > > > > > If the following nytimes article is correct pocket-able > projection > > > > > > units are > > > > > > expected to hit the market by years end at $300-350. This > could in > > > > > > 2009 > > > > > > usher in a whole new possibility for impromptu video > screenings. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/business/30novelties.html > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd be curious to know if anyone has gotten their hands on > any > > > > early > > > > > > prototypes yet. > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps there is some potential for sponsorship here at > future > > > > video > > > > > > blogging events. > > > > > > > > > > > > Of course, cheap portable projectors could have far more > > > > > > ramifications then > > > > > > simple video blog screenings. > > > > > > > > > > > > I cannot begin to imagine how useful these things might > become in > > > > > > the next 5 > > > > > > years. > > > > > > > > > > > > As they get cheaper they could one day become as common in > laptops > > > > > > as video > > > > > > cams are now, and they have some interesting ramifications > as > > > > > > secondary > > > > > > information displays for "ambient" information such as > twitter, > > > > > > friend feed, > > > > > > Digg Spy, news, weather, and things we have yet to dream up. > > > > > > > > > > > > If they become ubiquitous enough they could further blur the > > > > spacial > > > > > > boundaries between office chair and arm chair, or put in > other > > > > > > terms between > > > > > > computer screen and tv. > > > > > > > > > > > > As an information architect I find this prospect of a more > > > > ubiquitous > > > > > > physical information space fascinating. > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone who has ever been on a trading room floor at an > exchange > > > > > > will know > > > > > > what I'm talking about by ubiquitous information space. > > > > > > > > > > > > Or for that matter anyone who's watched a scifi movie > where whole > > > > > > walls are > > > > > > information displays. > > > > > > > > > > > > Geography / real world space is the new frontier of > > > > cyberspace / media > > > > > > space. We've brought meat space to cyberspace, now we're > > > > increasingly > > > > > > bringing cyberspace back to meat space. > > > > > > > > > > > > This has tremendous implications for memory, productivity, > and > > > > > > privacy. > > > > > > > > > > > > If the medium is the message, such bringing of video to > meat space > > > > > > means > > > > > > that today's trends such as the personal and non-linear > nature of > > > > > > videos > > > > > > will be nothing in comparison o the non-linearity and > personal > > > > > > nature media > > > > > > created for this eventual future. Video made to be projected > > > > > > ubiquitously > > > > > > into the real world will have to be more non-linear, and > in order > > > > > > to grab > > > > > > our attention be more personal then ever. The narrative > will be > > > > ever > > > > > > increasingly abstracted and exploded. TV shows like south > park, > > > > the > > > > > > simpsons and so called "reality tv" that are increasingly > > > > dependant on > > > > > > direct references to larger narratives in culture rather > then > > > > their > > > > > > own sub > > > > > > plots will look as quaint as Leave it to Beaver in coming > years. > > > > > > This goes > > > > > > for MTV's non-linear programing as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > It also means our notions of information overload today will > > > > quaint in > > > > > > comparison to those of tomorrow. > > > > > > > > > > > > Case in point these cheap tiny projectors are not just > consumer > > > > > > technology. > > > > > > They may be used to assault our senses in yet new ways. > They are > > > > > > perfect > > > > > > for projecting advertising in all manner of unpredictable > > > > spaces... > > > > > > subways, > > > > > > public bathrooms, elevators and more since they will be much > > > > > > cheaper, easier > > > > > > to install, and easier to secure then today's ad display > systems. > > > > > > > > > > > > Of course a simple piece of gum will become a great weapon > for > > > > > > future ad > > > > > > busters. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm reminded of Jan of Faux Press's ideas of > "vlogvertising". > > > > > > > > > > > > We artists mine as well be the first to explore and exploit > > > > this newly > > > > > > opening media space. > > > > > > > > > > > > My dream of widespread true traditional gallery spaces for > video > > > > > > blogging > > > > > > will increasingly become possible, even probable. > > > > > > > > > > > > Of course my 1984 type prediction is projected media will > one day > > > > > > be as > > > > > > ubiquitous at assaulting our senses as video cam's are > already > > > > > > becoming at > > > > > > recording our every action. > > > > > > > > > > > > My answer to that is we as citizens must preserve our > right to > > > > give > > > > > > as well > > > > > > as we get in this future. Such is the important front line > of the > > > > > > battle > > > > > > with public photography and graffiti. The right to arm > oneself > > > > with > > > > > > a camera > > > > > > should be as protected as the right to free speech, or even > > > > more so > > > > > > then our > > > > > > right to Carry a gun. The camera is the new gun. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm continually reminded of William Burrough's > "Apocalypse". Art > > > > > > leaps from > > > > > > its frames. > > > > > > > > > > > > A whole new frontier is starting to open for media space. > > > > > > > > > > > > And you thought all the real innovation had already > happened. > > > > > > > > > > > > P.S. 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