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Edie Rubinowitz of Northeastern Illinois University provided a fascinating insight into Chicago Public Radio’s community radio project, :Vocalo, at the Convergence and Society conference. And yes, it is supposed to be “:Vocalo”, as Rubinowitz explained at the start of the talk.  The colon is a deliberate attempt to create an emoticon.

With financial institutions collapsing, developed countries slipping into recession and whole nations facing the possibility of bankruptcy there are few reasons to celebrate. However, for the world's poorest, living on a dollar a day or less the current credit meltdown may have come just in time.

Attorney John Dozier has already made a couple of memorable appearances in this space, first when he asserted in a cease and desist letter that it would violate copyright law for his target to post the text of that cease and desist letter in part or in full on the web, and shortly thereafter when

Manufacturing saleable news from Northeast India By Nava Thakuria How much casualties make a news item sexy for a news agency? Does a series of explosions in a State capital not enough for saleable news in the international media market?

October 6, 2008 Much is being made of a false rumor about Steve Jobs’s health that started as a “user generated news item” on CNN’s iReport.com site. Basically, someone using the handle “Johntw” claimed that Jobs had suffered a heart attack in an iReport posting around 9am on Friday morning.

Public Citizen Sues Dozier Over Failure To Serve Ronald J. Riley Techdirt Fri, 10/03/2008 - 14:15 We've written a couple times about lawyer John Dozier's highly questionable case against Ronald J. Riley. As I've pointed out, even though I disagree with Riley on almost everything, and find that he regularly insults me and my family, Dozier's lawsuit seems highly suspect.

I hate any kind of bullying or bashing, but a gay bashing is one of those hate crimes I simply can’t stomach. It’s amazing how much safety is taken for granted anywhere, and how religion, sexual orientation or race can create such amazing divides. We are all human beings, whether we like it or not.

Heard the latest joke about the current financial crisis? The Democrats did it. Actually, that's not a joke, but it's the sad excuse for one that corporate capitalist apologists are pushing. Ann Coulter even put out an entire rant with the typically subtle title "THEY GAVE YOUR MORTGAGE TO A LESS QUALIFIED MINORITY.

Jones Day v. BlockShopper.com, No. 08 C 4572 (N.D. Ill.) (Darrah, J.). As I have described in earlier posts (click here, here and here) plaintiff Jones Day sued defendants, BlockShopper LLC and two individuals associated with the website (collectively "Blockshopper"), for allegedly using Jones Day’s

Jones Day Afraid Of Letting Judge See Public Citizen, EFF Briefs... Techdirt Thu, 09/25/2008 - 14:36 Remember last week when the huge law firm Jones Day was called out for abusing trademark law by suing a small site for reporting public information about some associates at the law firm?