Australian Blogging Conference tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1379922 2008-08-18T10:28:38+10:00 To be held at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Queensland on 28 September 2007 TypePad Legal P2P Music Service Doomed to Fail tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54323954 2008-08-18T10:28:38+10:00 2008-08-18T10:28:38+10:00 Legal P2P Music Service Doomed to Fail: If you can’t beat pirates, join them. This is Playlouder’s philosophy, a music download service that allows subscribers to download music from BitTorrent and other filesharing networks, while reimbursing the copyright owners. The... Pete Black

Legal P2P Music Service Doomed to Fail:
If you can’t beat pirates, join them. This is Playlouder’s philosophy, a music download service that allows subscribers to download music from BitTorrent and other filesharing networks, while reimbursing the copyright owners. The concept sure is interesting, but the current setup is naive, flawed and doomed to fail.

http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2008/08/legal-p2p-music.html It begins tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39488058 2007-09-28T11:11:01+10:00 2007-09-28T11:11:01+10:00 The Australian Blogging Conference kicked off this morning with Professor Michael Lavarch and Professor Brian Fitzgerald welcoming the participants. This was followed by a very interesting panel discussion with Senator Andrew Bartlett, Professor John Quiggin and Duncan Riley. You can... Pete Black <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Australian Blogging Conference kicked off this morning with Professor Michael Lavarch and Professor Brian Fitzgerald welcoming the participants.&nbsp; This was followed by a very interesting panel discussion with Senator Andrew Bartlett, Professor John Quiggin and Duncan Riley.</p> <p>You can follow the day via Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/blogoz">here</a>.</p></div> http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/it-begins.html Conference begins tomorrow tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39447982 2007-09-27T16:17:01+10:00 2007-09-27T16:17:01+10:00 Everything is pretty much all done for the Conference tomorrow. Everyone here at QUT/CCI is very excited about the prospect of almost 100 bloggers descending on the Creative Industries Precinct tomorrow. We hope it will be a fun, informative and... Pete Black <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Everything is pretty much all done for the Conference tomorrow.&nbsp; Everyone here at QUT/CCI is very excited about the prospect of almost 100 bloggers descending on the Creative Industries Precinct tomorrow.&nbsp; We hope it will be a fun, informative and at times provocative day.&nbsp; See you bright and early tomorrow morning!<br /></p></div> http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/conference-begi.html The Politics of Blogging tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39336889 2007-09-25T08:59:42+10:00 2007-09-25T08:59:42+10:00 If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ... Pete Black

If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ...

 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/the-politics-of.html Researching Blogging and Blogging Research tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39336875 2007-09-25T08:59:09+10:00 2007-09-25T08:59:09+10:00 If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ... Pete Black

If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ...

 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/researching-blo.html Blogs, Creativity and Creative Commons tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39336861 2007-09-25T08:58:47+10:00 2007-09-25T08:58:47+10:00 If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ... Pete Black

If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ...

 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/blogs-creativit.html Legal Issues tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39336849 2007-09-25T08:57:58+10:00 2007-09-25T08:57:58+10:00 If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ... Pete Black

If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ...

 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/legal-issues.html Citizen Journalism tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39336837 2007-09-25T08:57:27+10:00 2007-09-25T08:57:27+10:00 If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ... Pete Black

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 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/citizen-journal.html Blogs and Education tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39336823 2007-09-25T08:56:54+10:00 2007-09-25T08:56:54+10:00 If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ... Pete Black

If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ...

 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/blogs-and-educa.html Business and Corporate Blogging tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39336811 2007-09-25T08:56:22+10:00 2007-09-25T08:56:22+10:00 If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ... Pete Black

If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ...

 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/business-and-co.html Building a Better Blog tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39336789 2007-09-25T08:55:48+10:00 2007-09-25T08:55:48+10:00 If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ... Pete Black

If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ...

 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/building-a-bett.html The future for blogging - what's next? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39336743 2007-09-25T08:54:09+10:00 2007-09-25T08:54:09+10:00 If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ... Pete Black

If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ...

 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/the-future-for-.html The future for your blog - promoting your blog and building traffic tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39336771 2007-09-25T08:45:00+10:00 2007-09-25T08:45:00+10:00 If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ... Pete Black

If there is something you would particularly like to see discussed during this session, please begin the conversation now ...

 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/the-future-fo-1.html Discussion Leaders tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39308857 2007-09-24T22:11:16+10:00 2007-09-24T22:11:16+10:00 A detailed list of the Discussion Leaders for the Conference is now online here. Pete Black

A detailed list of the Discussion Leaders for the Conference is now online here.

 http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/discussion-lead.html Thank you to our Sponsors tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39308743 2007-09-24T22:06:57+10:00 2007-09-24T22:06:57+10:00 I wanted to take a further opportunity before the Conference on Friday to thank our sponsors. Thanks to their support, we have been able to keep our promise and have no registration fee for this Conference. So, a big thank... Pete Black <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I wanted to take a further opportunity before the Conference on Friday to thank our sponsors.&nbsp; Thanks to their support, we have been able to keep our promise and have no registration fee for this Conference.&nbsp; &nbsp;So, a big thank you to ... </p> <p><strong>Gold Sponsor</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com.au/"><img width="100" height="16" border="0" src="http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/images/2007/09/23/mslogo1_2.jpg" title="Mslogo1_2" alt="Mslogo1_2" /></a> <strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Microsoft has many online software solutions such as Windows Live Writer, and services such as Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Spaces. Using these pieces of software and services, businesses can start their online blogging experience with tools instantly.<br /><br />Using these tools daily, Nick Hodge (<a href="http://www.nickhodge.com/">http://www.nickhodge.com/</a>) is a self-styled Professional Geek working for Microsoft in Australia.</p> <p><strong>Premiere Sponsors</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.getup.org.au/"><img width="100" height="49" border="0" src="http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/images/2007/09/23/getup_logo_highres.jpg" title="Getup_logo_highres" alt="Getup_logo_highres" /></a> <br /></strong></p> <p>GetUp is an independent, grass-roots community advocacy organisation giving everyday Australians opportunities to get involved and hold politicians accountable on important issues. <br /><br />In the lead up to the 2007 federal election, GetUp aims to be at the centre of the national online conversation. To this end, it has developed a blogging platform that will present voices from a wide range of well-known Australian public figures and political bloggers. <br /><br />GetUp does not back any particular party, but aims to build an accountable and progressive Parliament - a Parliament with economic fairness, social justice and environment at its core. </p> <p><a href="http://www.kwoff.com/"><img width="100" height="31" border="0" src="http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/images/2007/09/23/kwoff.jpg" title="Kwoff" alt="Kwoff" /></a></p> <p>At Kwoff we believe the Internet abounds with items of interest to online Australians, but who has the time to find it all? </p> <p>No traditional 'masthead' can deliver this so we built Kwoff to help everyone find and share the interesting stuff. </p> <p>Items are 'found' by the Kwoff community and voted up, or down, based on collective opinion, the good bits naturally rise to the top. </p> <p>In an age of bland media ownership Kwoff provides a mechanism to declare what really matters .... we hope you enjoy what you find.</p></div> http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/blogoz/2007/09/thank-you-to-ou.html