Logie – Peers, Pirates, and Persuasion: Rhetoric in the Peer-to-Peer Debates
Logie, John. Peers, Pirates, and Persuasion : Rhetoric in the Peer-to-Peer Debates. Parlor Press, 2006. Print. Introduction: The Cat is Out of the Bag Early on L. notes that this book will consider the anti-piracy arguments of the content industry by analyzing the key terms and metaphors that underpin their claims (6). In addition, L. claims that he will “interrogate peer-to-peer enthusiasts’ various responses to these arguments, and the limited applicability... Read More
Intellectual Property, Plagiarism, and Web Justice?: A Tale of Two Tarts
While enjoying my obligatory “I’m not working tonight because it is Thursday and that means I don’t have to get up and do anything immediately in the morning” beer I ran across a pretty fascinating story that highlights intellectual property, plagiarism, and blog-based justice. Apparently Cook’s Source Magazine – a small independent publication out of Sunderland MA that publishes recipes, cooking tips, etc. – lifted a recipe published... Read More
New Music 8/31/2010
Hello again. I thought I’d share with you some of the new stuff I’ve come across this week. . . 1. Stornoway - Beachcomber’s Windowsill : Sharing their band name with a small city in the North of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, this Oxford based folk / pop outfit create soft songs with sometimes gritty instrumentation. Think James Yorkston’s haunting melodies without a lot of the pretense (please don’t tell James Yorkston I think he’s pretentious.... Read More
Yancey – Made Not Only in Words
Yancey, Kathleen Blake. “Made Not Only in Words: Composition in a New Key.” College Composition and Communication 56 2 (2004): 297-328. Print. Yancey begins this essay with a recognition that never before have the technologies of writing contributed so quickly to the creation of new genres. For Yancey these technological developments mirror the development of the reading public in the 19th century as the technological and economic changes of an increasingly globalized... Read More
Hardin – The Tragedy of the Commons
Hardin, Garrett. “The Tragedy of the Commons.” Science. 12/13/1968. Print. Hardin’s essay centers around issues that have “no technical solution.” In other words, he wants to address the commons as an issue that must be involved in human values or ideas of human morality. Hardin is pushing back against the “invisible hand” philosophy of Adam Smith in this piece asking whether individuals will – by acting in their own self-interest – also act on behalf... Read More
