FreeCultureNews.Com Bite sized FC Bits

Writes sarterus on our blog:

[Free Culture News][1] is a short form news blog. The format is simple:
brief summary, quotes, 2cents of commentary, links to other sources -
similar to Boing Boing or Slashdot. Reading it is an easy way to keep up
on FC related issues. It was started by [Conely][2] of [Free Culture at
Virginia Tech][3]. Their chapter use to post news up on their wiki every
week, and use these stories as starters for chapter discussion. The blog
is an out growth of their wiki, with a focus on sharing those stories
with the larger Free Culture community. The stories are not student
specific and cover everything from net neutrality and OLPC to fair use
and open access scholarly publishing.  I recommend giving it a try.

## Sample Post:

## [No Punishment for Comcast.][4]

August 1st, 2008

The FCC has voted to not punish Comast.  There will be (some) penalty
(maybe) next time.

> In a precedent-setting decision, the five-member Federal
Communications Commission voted 3-2 to uphold a complaint accusing
Comcast of violating the FCC’s open-Internet principles by improperly
hindering peer-to-peer traffic.

>

> “Subscribers should be able to go where they want, when they want, and
generally use the Internet in any legal means,” FCC Chairman Kevin
Martin said in a statement.

>

> Comcast said in a statement that it was disappointed by the decision
and was considering all its “legal options.”

>

> The measure adopted by the FCC does not include any fines against
Comcast. But it requires the company to cease impeding peer-to-peer
applications, to tell the FCC how the practice has been used, and to
notify customers about other network management practices it adopts in
the future.

Did we really expect anything different?

Disclaimer: I sometimes post to [FreeCultureNews.com][1] . There was an
open call on the SFFC list looking for writers a few months back. They
may still be looking.

   [1]: http://Freeculturenews.com

   [2]: http://wiki.freeculture.org/User:Conley

   [3]: http://vt.freeculture.org/

   [4]: http://freeculturenews.com/2008/08/01/no-punishment-for-comcast/
(Permanent Link to No Punishment for Comcast.)

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