Author Archives: Thomas Purves

Dead Media

Shel Holtz was in town yesterday to talk about blogging and social media and one of the things he had to say was “social media is changing everything” the other thing he had to say was something along the lines … Continue reading

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Important happenings in the policy world, ICT and DRM and other 3 letter words

# Michael Geist concludes 30 days of DRM Geist (as usual) has done a fantastic job of surmising the issues at stake with regard to DRM (Digital rights Management) and the potential outcomes of copyright “reform” in discussion by our … Continue reading

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Toronto FilmFest Mini Reviews Part II

Bliss 2 stars Apparently, in Chinese and “bliss” means something entirely different. beautifully shot film, of unhappy people in a grim, rainy, and bleak urban Chinese city I couldn’t identify. And they don’t get any happier. yikes. El Cantante 2-3 … Continue reading

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