links for 2008-07-08

• Global Voices Online » China: Let’s do push-up!
  Bob Chen explains why China's netizens have turned to push-ups as a bizarre form of protest against net censorship.
  (tags: chineseinternetresearch censorship cyber-activism protest internet freespeech weng'an)
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video -- Publications -- Center for Social Media at American University
  "This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use"
  (tags: copyright video IP law internet newmedia howto teaching resources)
• Recut, Reframe, Recycle -- Publications -- Center for Social Media at American University
  "many uses of copyrighted material in today’s online videos are eligible for fair use consideration. The study points to a wide variety of practices...all of which could be legal in some circumstances."
  (tags: copyright video internet tools teaching newmedia law IP)
• Please Update Your Browser
  "Overall, 45.2% of Internet users were not using the most secure browsers."
  (tags: security privacy software tools)
• China Digital Times » Netizens’ Anger and Wit Against Online Censorship
  "Despite the censorship, in this case, netizens have won the battle for public opinion..."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet censorship weng'an freespeech cyber-activism)
• Wall Street Journal gets it wrong on Weng’an | Fool's Mountain: Blogging for China
  "Phoenix TV and several HK stations, the Associated Press, Southern Metropolis, Caijing all had reporters on the ground.... Frankly, I think that should be the story. Painting this as a battle of “bloggers versus government” is simply wrong and mislea
  (tags: blogging journalism china chineseinternetresearch freespeech media newmedia government politics)
• Washington Post Signals Shift With a New Editor - NYTimes.com
  "Marcus W. Brauchli, a former top editor of The Wall Street Journal, will become the executive editor of The Post on Sept. 8, at a time of great upheaval in the industry."
  (tags: newspapers)
• Teaching Online Journalism » The survival of journalism: 10 simple facts
  "..2. Journalism CAN be done, and done well, without newspapers...7. Future generations will not read newspapers. Ever...10.Newspaper companies, in particular, seem unlikely to blaze the trail toward a viable business model for journalism..."
  (tags: newspapers internet journalism citizenmedia future newmedia business)
• Crackdown on 'illegal' online Olympic content
  “Over 20 video websites were "reprimanded" and asked to "stop infringement" by China's Copyright Administration, today's Beijing News reported. These websites are accused of broadcasting "Olympic-related content" without legal authorization. ”
  (tags: video internet chineseinternetresearch regulation law censorship)