links for 2007-02-03

• Ejovi Nuwere » Racist Japanese Magazine-Book
  "Amazon, 7-11 and a full list of convenience stores in Japan have recently started selling a xenophobic and racist magazine that among many other things makes liberal use of the N-word".
  (tags: racism japan publishing)
• Jim Moore: The Viacom International Copyright DMCA debacle about YouTube videos--should we counter-sue???
  Jim Moore had a home video taken down from YouTube in response to a Viacom cease-and-desist letter. Given that it was a video of him and his friends eating ribs, this is uncool. Given Jim's ties to the Berkman Center at Harvard Law, things could get inter
  (tags: law IP youtube viacom copyright internet video)
• Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Hong Kong: I’ll get the job done
  On Donald Tsang's Chief Executive campaign slogan, Oiwan writes: "The local blogosphere is outraged by the implications of the campaign slogan to Hong Kong society and political development."
  (tags: blogs politics hongkong globalvoices)
• Joi Ito's Web: Japanese racism - available now at convenience shops near you
  "this "good old fashioned racism" in Japan is pretty deep rooted and held by people in high places in government and corporate Japan." UPDATE: Family Mart has agreed to pull the racist publication from its stores.
  (tags: japan racism)
• YouTube - Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us
  A fabulous visual explanation of how the web is changing the way we communicate and interact with reality.
  (tags: internet web2.0 RSS tagging)