So, one of my photographs was the lead image on MotherJones.com today. Cool, right? Except they didn’t pay me, ask me, or even notify me. I just followed the incoming link from my flickr account and saw it up there.
Legally, they were well within their rights. Mother Jones is a non-profit news [...]
Tags: creative commons · journalism · media · photography · web2.0
In the latest in a long string of outrageous human rights and civil liberties violations perpetrated by the Thai government, political scientist Giles Ji Ungpakorn is facing prison for lese majeste — insulting the king — in a recent article about the 2006 Thai coup.
You can read the offending paragraphs here and judge for [...]
Tags: academia · Human Rights · media · politics · Thailand
I’ve been a bit out of the Philippines loop this past month, so I just now heard about Juana Change’s Youtube channel, which is making a huge splash in the Philippines right now (thanks Noah) — the Youtube view counts may not be all that high, but the videos have been replayed on major news [...]
Tags: Arroyo · media · multimedia · Philippines · politics · Youtube
