Free Culture @ NYU

“What if the web were created today?” A scary thought.

Sean (a once upon FC @ NYU member, and active passivist protestor) and I decided to start a podcast. DIY Culture, right? “Subscribe” to it by using this RSS feed URL in iTunes. Our first episode is also available
by here (~70mb mp3), but check out
http://iwasthere.fredbenenson.com for the blog and more links.
Thanks!
Fred

Here’s something a little different…Hollywood is planning to push for film distributors to embed an inaudible watermark in the soundtracks of films released to theaters. Then, if approved by the DVD Forum, HD DVD players would be required to have a special sensor that listens for the watermark and refuses playback if it is [...]

Check out Slyck.com’s coverage and a story on p2pnet.net Thanks again for coming out!

So we had originally planned our rockstar DRM protest for Tuesday October 25th at 7pm. But according to the National Weather Service, it looks like its going to rain. And since handing pamphlets out in the rain (as well as wearing a sandwhich board made with watercolor markers) isn’t the best idea.. We’ve decided to [...]

Sorry about the late notice, but we’re having a meeting tonight at 7pm.
Here’s the info
Free Culture @ NYU
7pm on the 7th floor of Kimmel
Washington Square South.

We now have a wiki up. There isn’t that much on there, but check it out at http://wiki.freeculturenyu.org .. Make sure to sign up so you can help out and edit!

FC @ NYU is meeting at 7:30pm on the 7th Floor of Kimmel
Today, September 19th 2005.
We’ll be discussing our budget, the DRM protest, FC national and what not. Read up on DRM here.

We’re having our last meeting of the 2004-05 school year. We’ll elect eboard members, hang out and reminisce, as well as plan for next year.
Thursday, April 28th 2005
5pm 7th floor of Kimmel
Let us know if you can’t make it but are interested — frederick [ at ] nyu .edu