International Visual Sociology Association Conference live stream

I have set up a live stream of the Cumbria conference with the hosts in Carlile this is the direct link:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cumbria-ivsa-2009
started at 10 am GMT 22d of july look for program on visualsociology.org

The Pirate Bay Sold for $7.8 Million

Another one going down in history with the likes of Mosaic (many will wonder what that is/was right???) and what about the first peep to peer file exchange software? name it in less then 2 seconds if you can. The name is more catchy but its faith equally predictable. Naturally the game is not over neither the debate.

Audiovisuality in the Era of Digital Convergence

This is the link to the Phd course on “Audiovisuality in the Era of Digital Convergence” that I organized in collaboration with Professor Taisto Hujanen. Selected contributions will be published in the forthcoming special issue of “Visual Studies”, “The New Economy of the Image” that I am editing for publication at the end of the year. Stay tuned for more details.

The Piratebay Saga Continues

A lawyer representing one of the men convicted in the Pirate Bay trial has called for a retrial after reports that the judge was a member of the same copyright protection organisations as several of the main entertainment industry representatives.
http://www.thelocal.se/19028/20090423/
from the article: “Pirate Party chairman Rickard Falkvinge has called for the verdict to be scrapped.
“The copyright lobby has really managed to bring corruption to Sweden,” he said in a statement.
One of the groups of which Norström is a signed up member is Svenska föreningen för upphovsrätt (‘the Swedish Copyright Association’), where he is joined by Henrik Pontén, Peter Danowsky and Monique Wadsted, all of whom represented the entertainment industry in the case against file sharing site The Pirate Bay.
The judge also sits on the board of Svenska föreningen för industriellt rättsskydd (Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property), a group actively advocating for more stringent copyright laws.
Norström argues that he was not however swayed in his judgement by involvement with copyright protection groups.
“My view has been that these activities do not constitute a conflict of interest,” Norström told Sveriges Radio.” REALLY!!!!!!!!????
Excerpt from the same article: www.thelocal.se

Search Engine Interesting (Visual) Evolution

I have been using  this relatively new search engine www.searchme.com for a while and it seems to have matured enough for you to try. The search engine seems to have taken the hint from the Leopard OS and iTune´s interface to adapt the rendition of its results. Although not perfect it has become one of my favorite search engines to use for a quick glimpse at basic search results and their contexts. A very simple, and powerful, yet strangely unexplored change in direction in a mostly text based endeavor.  The new Safari browser (4 Beta) seems to move also in an interesting direction in exploring new ways of visualizing the desktop environment. All a little bit rough at the moment but worth exploring. I wonder if Google inc is paying attention?