ICTs and Culture : September 2006

Digital rights and wrongs

The Australian Government will sign up to the US driven Millennium Copyright Act, coming into effect 1 January 2007. Michael Dwyer presents a compelling argument for awareness raising to the implications of this Act, issues of digital rights management and...

Private Images and Public Debate

Craig Bellamy writes about the complex contexts in which individuals publish every day events to sites like YouTube. "From the bedroom to the battlefield, increasing amounts of seemingly innocent everyday occurrences are now recorded and distributed by individuals not always...

Why sharing videos is a risky business

Craig Bellamy critiques YouTube and the everydayness of material published there and the contexts authors are often unaware they are publishing in. "From the bedroom to the battlefield, increasing amounts of seemingly innocent everyday occurrences are recorded and distributed by...

Me, myself and I... the Summit

Andrew Garton critically reports on the iSummit 2006 that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between the 23 and 25 June. The 19-page PDF entitled "Me, myself and i... the Summit" presents, in a slick format, a rare amount...