{"id":3276,"date":"2012-01-19T06:25:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T11:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2012-01-19T14:03:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T19:03:44","slug":"coffee-conversation-catch-up-and-look-at-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/2012\/01\/19\/coffee-conversation-catch-up-and-look-at-the-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee &amp; Conversation: Catch Up and Look at the Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment3277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment3277\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Wired Magazine online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/threatlevel\/2012\/01\/sopa-piracy-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-01-19 at 6.14.32 AM\" src=\"\/dos\/files\/2012\/01\/Screen-Shot-2012-01-19-at-6.14.32-AM-442x300.png\" alt=\"From Wired: http:\/\/www.wired.com\/threatlevel\/2012\/01\/sopa-piracy-costs\/\" width=\"442\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/files\/2012\/01\/Screen-Shot-2012-01-19-at-6.14.32-AM-442x300.png 442w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/files\/2012\/01\/Screen-Shot-2012-01-19-at-6.14.32-AM.png 668w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment3277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Wired: http:\/\/www.wired.com\/threatlevel\/2012\/01\/sopa-piracy-costs\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a title=\"Spotify - Marvin Gaye's &quot;What's Going On?&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/kennelmore\/playlist\/5YKImYjxeCfR8St2cFZ3id\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s happened<\/a> while we were away?<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Buzzfeed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/zekejmiller\/stephen-colbert-to-hold-rally-with-herman-cain-in\" target=\"_blank\">satire hits the American political system<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"235\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/igZMahgu2_0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Reuters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/12\/18\/us-iraq-withdrawal-idUSTRE7BH03320111218\" target=\"_blank\">troops are home<\/a> and war is over?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tim Tebow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timtebow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Religious devotion breaking out<\/a> in the middle of crowds.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wall Street Journal\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970203735304577167261853938938.html\" target=\"_blank\">US able to shut down spots on the Web<\/a> on word from tattletales about possible copyright infringement. Power? Is this just a fight between two sets of content distribution industries? Ticked me off that I couldn\u2019t look up a few things up, but does this law really matter to most people?<\/p>\n<p>This is about lobbying, right? Tech lobbying in ways that they rarely do and the movie people trying \u2013 again \u2013 to stop us from acting the way we do. Battle between people who see a future for the internet versus folks looking to slow progress? Or, is this yet another example of out-of-touch-behind-the-times government representatives? Hey! Wait a minute! <a title=\"Walter Benjamin's &quot;The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marxists.org\/reference\/subject\/philosophy\/works\/ge\/benjamin.htm\" target=\"_blank\">What about the creators and the artists<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>So much to discuss; so little time. This week is a Coffee and Convo combo \u2013 catch up on what\u2019s been going on during the break and chat about <a title=\"ReadWriteWeb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/what_you_need_to_know_about_sopa_in_2012.php\" target=\"_blank\">recent legislation for our use of the Web<\/a> (and international copyright violations). Whew! I\u2019ll see you on Friday at the <a title=\"Boston University Howard Thurman Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\" target=\"_blank\">Howard Thurman Center<\/a> \u2013 3- 5 p.m. \u2013 with a <a title=\"Clear Conscience Cafe\" href=\"http:\/\/c3cafe.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">mess of cookies and plenty of coffee and tea<\/a>. No conversation takedowns allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s happened while we were away? The satire hits the American political system: &nbsp; The troops are home and war is over? Religious devotion breaking out in the middle of crowds. US able to shut down spots on the Web on word from tattletales about possible copyright infringement. Power? Is this just a fight between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1495,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1495"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3276"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3276\/revisions\/3280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}