World Science Festival 2009: Snowball, the dancing cockatoo

Here’s Snowball, the sulphur-crested cockatoo that can dance to a beat.Prior to this, I had only seen the video of Snowball that’s on YouTube, and shorter snippets recorded by Ani Patel and his team who studied Snowball’s movements and measuring synchronisation with music. Previously, we thought that only humans could synchronise their movements with auditory [...]

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ESCOM – day 2 | Music and evolution

It seems that as the evenings are about socialising, the time for these daily posts is morning. This  hopefully means that what I write is better because it has been filtered through one night of sleep, but it could of course only mean that these are already out-of-date.
The second day started with two keynote addresses. [...]

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Science Commons – Jesse Dylanin video

more about “Science Commons – Jesse Dylanin video“, posted with vodpod

Liittyen aiempaan tekijänoikeuspostaukseen: “tieto” muuttuu. Sen luonne muuttuu kun sen saatavuus, kopioitavuus ja muoto/media muuttuu. Samalla muuttuvat myös omistussuhteet ja ansaintalogiikat. Ennen kalliit ja erityisosaamista vaativat tuotantoprosessit ovat nyt kaikkien saatavilla, passiivisen kuluttamisen sijaan lähes kuka tahansa voi olla aktiivinen tuottaja, kommentoija ja osallistuja. [...]

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Extending copyright of recorded music

The European Parliament is currently preparing their response to the Commission proposal to extend the copyright of sound recordings from the current 50 year period to 95 years. This proposal has been put together at the request of big record labels and follows a similar extension in the US.
This proposal is problematic to say [...]

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