Peter Bradwell
Researcher
Peter Bradwell is a researcher at Demos. He is interested in digital identity, technology and the ways that information and knowledge is shared...
"copyright"
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- Friday Rant - Simple Red I haven't ranted for a while so here goes...Mick Hucknall, in what I can only describe as the most perplexingly misguided and confused piece of writing I have ever seen, argued yesterday in the Guardian that copyright is fundamentally socialist, and implored 'real' Labour supporters who 'really' believe in Labour values to support the extension of copyright beyond the current 50 years. The piece is beyond nonsense... from : petebradwell 24th November 2006
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You are not anonymous
At the home of former file-sharing service Grokster, you will find a stern reminder of the illegality of p2p content sharing - followed by a thoroughly sinister last couple of lines:
"YOUR IP ADDRESS IS xx.xx.xxx.xxx AND HAS BEEN LOGGED.Don't think you can't get caught. You are not anonymous." from : petebradwell 17th July 2007 - We photo The Library of Congress recently began a fantastic trial with online photo sharing site Flickr. They've put up around 3000 of their photos up on their Flickr site. It's proving to be a really successful experiment - as of January 18th, apparently they had been veiwed over a million times. from : petebradwell 4th February 2008
- Video is not killing the video star We're in the midst of accumulating and reflecting on the material we have drawn from the various video workshops for this project. And naturally we're starting to revisit some of the questions we started with around the production and consumption of video. What is its value? What does it give to the people producing the content, or those watching or sharing it? Something that is hovering in front of us is the issue of intellectual property and copyright. from : petebradwell 27th May 2008
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The sheet music hits the fan
Indie 'lifers' Oasis have been causing quite a stir recently. Firstly, because someone assaulted Noel Gallagher on stage in Canada. Someone filmed it, predictably, and popped it up on YouTube.
But secondly, they are giving away a song book free with NME. The scheme has been widely hailed as helping to promote a new generation of musicians, by giving them the tools and encouragement to reinterpret their favourite bands' work. But that very activity is something parts of the music industry have been trying to stamp out... from : petebradwell 10th September 2008