links for 2008-05-24

• YaleGlobal: Jiang Wenran - Crisis and Response – Part III
  "Does rapid, open response to the quake disaster mark the birth of a more responsible, transparent China?"
  (tags: china earthquake)
• Google lets video uploaders claim copyrights on public domain/free footage - Boing Boing
  Very interesting. Comments also worth reading.
  (tags: copyright law youtube creativecommons IP video internet)
• China acts to stem impatience among quake survivors - Los Angeles Times
  "Beijing embarks on a $10-billion rebuilding effort as it curbs media reports amid growing survivor discontent."
  (tags: china media internet censorship earthquake chineseinternetresearch freespeech humanrights citizenmedia protest)
• How Human Rights Groups and "Hacktivists" Are Using Internet Technology to Buck State Censors | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet
  "More and more voices from around the globe are finding a place on the Internet -- even in countries where Web filters and censorship are the norm."
  (tags: internet freespeech circumvention hacktivism citizenmedia humanrights)
• Obama would take California in November, Times/KTLA poll finds - Los Angeles Times
  Yay!
  (tags: election2008 obama u.s.a. politics)
• Global Voices Advocacy » China: Political blogger arrested, computer confiscated
  "Has the Chinese government, as many foreign media are saying this week, truly demonstrated maturity in its handling of the earthquake disaster, through tolerating discussion and even criticism of its response? It depends who you ask."
  (tags: china internet globalvoices chineseinternetresearch freespeech media censorship humanrights arrests)

Comments

[Charles Liu]

Speaking of natural disaster, R, perhaps your students would be interested to find out GW Bush sent mercenaries from Blackwater to New Orleans after Kartrina to monitor and quell any dissent.

Have you heard what happened to this man named Rodney Dean? I sure's didn't:

http://www.neworleansvfp.org/node/4953