Miguel Caetano

Bataille's theory of the accursed share led him to apply his general economics to the human sacrices of the Aztecs, the military enterprises of early Islam, the Lamaism of the Tibetans, the Protestant Reformation, Soviet Industrialization and the Marshall Plan. Writing in the late 1940s, Bataille maintained the belief that the socialist revolution would end in a return to a sovereign existence as he denes it. His project of a general economics therefore was ultimately an attempt to imagine a future society that reconciles social equality with individual sovereignty. But Bataille did not live to see this project realized. I therefore want to assert the bold claim that the movement of free culture can be read as a fulllment of Bataille's unrealized project of human sovereignty. For us, sovereignty is attained through contributions to the free economy of the commons and a mastery of computing environments. This is what I will call THE SOVEREIGNTY OF FREE CULTURE. - Miguel Caetano

"Such a list, of course, is bound to be both incomplete and filled with a number of implicit judgments and decisions, and is therefore hardly meant to be definitive. Rather, I hope it simply suggests some engaging starting points; nudges serious readers to pick up a few texts they might not have thought about picking up before, or just haven't had an excuse to pick up yet; opens a space for conversation about what comprises a "masterpiece"; and underscores the fact that reading is always a beginning, never a end." - Miguel Caetano from Bookmarklet

Hell yeah, I'm a cyber-collectivist and certainly not a cyber-libertarian :-)) - Miguel Caetano

"In days of old when knights were bold and toilets weren't invented, I wrote a k5 article about my adventures in self-publishing. In it I wrote, "I recommend self-publishing for anybody whose temperament and objectives resemble mine. All others should beware." That's still pretty my much point of view. Below the fold, I've updated & revised that original story & added some additional reflections based on the eight years of self-publishing experience I've amassed since then (including six years of making my books available for free download under Creative Commons license)." - Miguel Caetano

Musicians/songwriters/composers: I think most of what is exposed here can also be worthwhile to you and your work. - Miguel Caetano

"Enjoying responding to the mailing list around the forthcoming Digital Labor conference - apologies if it's overly-academic, but that's the kinda place it is..... here's my response to Andrew Ross's piece on Digital Labor Andrew is author of No Collar and Nice Work If You Can Get It." - Miguel Caetano

"We (the self-consciously creative/cognitive classes) will be poorer in the post-capitalist economy: however, we may well be more alive. What did Vaneigem say? "We refuse a world where the guarantee that we will not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom...We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity"." - Miguel Caetano

"How many years until when I say streaming is the answer that I get the same miniscule response? How long until you nod your head and say I’m right? The major labels are confused. They were for streaming a decade ago, then they were for ownership, and now they’re afraid somebody’s gonna come up with a streaming solution and become the new MTV and have all the power. But maybe not all the profits, the majors are investors in Spotify. But it’s no longer solely about Spotify. It’s about MOG. It’s about Deezer." - Miguel Caetano

"A copyright system is designed to produce an ecology that nurtures the creation, dissemination and enjoyment of works of authorship. When it works well, it encourages creators to generate new works, assists intermediaries in disseminating them widely, and supports readers, listeners and viewers in enjoying them. If the system poses difficult entry barriers to creators, imposes demanding impediments on intermediaries, or inflicts burdensome conditions and hurdles on readers, then the system fails to achieve at least some of its purposes. The current U.S. copyright statute is flawed in all three respects. In this article, I explore how the current copyright system is failing its intended beneficiaries. " - Miguel Caetano

"Litman goes on to suggest that the fact that so many people out there don't have any respect for copyright law at all is pretty clearly the fault of the current copyright holders who have twisted and abused the law to the point that people just don't respect it. So, her ideas for copyright reform are based on bringing back "legitimacy" to copyright law by focusing on four principles: " - Miguel Caetano

In The Google Trap - The Uncontrolled Global Power In The Internet Gerald Reischl describes the growing influence of Google due its monopoly in the digital environment. He calls for the reader to question the objectives of Google’s founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Reischl comes up with some interesting facts and aspects that reveal the enormous power Google has developed by providing many additional services that go far beyond the original search engine functionality. - Miguel Caetano

"copyright lockUna muy buena entrada en Techdirt, “Thinking about real copyright reform“, comenta un paper de Jessica Litman en el que la experta pone de manifiesto las verdaderas necesidades de la profundísima reforma que imperiosamente necesita el concepto de copyright: a pesar de la dura oposición de aquellos que piensan que todo debe seguir igual y que es lícito hacer lo que sea con tal de mantener artificialmente la situación que les permitió convertirse en imperios económicos, resulta evidente que el modelo actual no sirve a ninguno de los dos componentes fundamentales de la ecuación, ni a creadores, ni a usuarios, y únicamente es sostenido por la tozudez interesada de los intermediarios de la cultura. Como todo monopolio, el copyright ha generado una situación de radical ineficiencia para todos los implicados, menos para los que ejercían dicho monopolio." - Miguel Caetano from Bookmarklet

"twittercounter-edansLa gráfica de la izquierda (visión dinámica en TwitterCounter) muestra la evolución de mis seguidores en Twitter a lo largo del último mes: una línea relativamente estable, con un crecimiento suave y sostenido que ha sido así durante muchos meses. Hasta que el día 3 de noviembre se anunció Twitter en español, que incluía una nueva página con una lista de usuarios recomendados entre los cuales estaba yo (la lista es dinámica, solo te ofrece personas que no sigues. Si ya me sigues, no me verás en ella). Desde ese día, el crecimiento se disparó: 2.386 nuevos seguidores el primer día, 828 el segundo, 2.229 el tercero, y 3.014 el cuarto (es decir, ayer). De los nueve mil y pico seguidores que tenía el día 2, he pasado a unos dieciocho mil y, por el momento, sigue subiendo a gran velocidad." - Miguel Caetano from Bookmarklet

"A new 'alternative reality' game from Canadian studio Smoking Gun may just show the way to the future of videogame story telling..." - Miguel Caetano from Bookmarklet

"O texto dá uma ideia sucinta do surgimento da rádio em Portugal, de iniciativa privada e popular em 1924. Inicialmente com alcance local, as possibilidades tecnológicas permitiram chegar a distâncias mais elevadas, perdendo-se o conceito de proximidade. Após décadas de rádios nacionais, os anos 80 marcaram uma viragem e uma reaproximação ao local, com atribuição de licenças para emitir a partir das cerca de 350 autarquias." - Miguel Caetano

"A meu ver, e discordando de ECT, António Sérgio não levou a sua qualidade para uma rádio local. A Radar - com autores de programas como Inês Meneses, o dr. Ramos e Nuno Galopim - tem uma frequência hertziana local mas uma emissão global, graças à internet. A rádio é o meio mais implantado na internet. Podemos dizer que a rádio já não o é porque está toda na internet, e já faz vídeos, ocupando territórios de outros media. Nas ondas hertzianas, a rádio vai acabar o ano de 2009 com uma perda de investimento publicitário, mas inferior à perda na televisão e nos jornais. E com uma subida de audiências no último trimestre, o que contraria os que anunciam a sua morte" - Miguel Caetano from Bookmarklet

A rádio podia ser muito mais do que é hoje em dia se o governo levasse em consideração tecnologias como as que permitem um open spectrum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Miguel Caetano

"Le 9 novembre 2004 sortait Firefox. Dans un marché monopolisé par l’Internet Explorer de Microsoft, le lancement, par la Mozilla Foundation, de ce navigateur web libre et innovant a suscité un engouement rapide. Aujourd’hui, il a 24 % du marché et plus de 300 millions d’utilisateurs. A l’occasion de ses 5 ans, Tristan Nitot, président de Mozilla Europe, et « dino » de l’Internet, revient sur cette histoire et livre sa vision personnelle du Net." - Miguel Caetano

"On ne sait pas ce qui va marcher, mais il faut se mettre dans une position où on peut inventer et essayer. C’est pour ça que j’ai tant d’espoir pour Internet. Le futur ne va pas être inventé dans des labos par des types en blouse blanche. Au contraire, on va permettre à chacun de répondre à son propre besoin en bidouillant son outil. Et les meilleures bidouilles vont devenir des... more... - Miguel Caetano

é a habitual dependência em produtos microsoft que este país sofre!!! já agora parece que o m$-mobile está em vias de extinção! http://news.cnet.com/8301-10... - ovigia

Acho que é necessário que uma operadora de telemóveis lance uma campanha de charme a favor do Android como a Verizon tem vindo a fazer nos EUA. Mas por este andar acho que antes do final do ano não vamos ter mais terminais Android à venda. - Miguel Caetano

"Benjamin Bayart, c’est le président de French Data Network (FDN). C’est aussi l’homme de la désormais célèbre expression du « Minitel 2.0 » et de la citation suivante qui prend le même chemin : « l’imprimerie a permis au peuple de lire, Internet va lui permettre d’écrire ». Mais c’est surtout un « expert des libertés numériques » (dixit Nicolas Dupont-Aignan) et certainement l’un des meilleurs d’entre nous lorsqu’il s’agit d’exposer et d’expliquer ce sujet à la fois simple (à comprendre) et complexe (à défendre) qu’est la Neutralité du Net. C’est pourquoi cet article synthèse, au style plaisant malgré la rugosité du propos, nous semble important à lire et à faire lire." - Miguel Caetano

"This extravagant Jerry Lewis production #25, made at the height of the dynamo's big time solo movie career, was only his second directorial and (credited) writing effort. (Bill Richmond co-scripted. He and Lewis would continue to partner on screenplays, writing The Nutty Professor, The Patsy, and The Family Jewels, among others. Mel Brooks was fired off the film early on; he arbitrated for screen credit at the Writers Guild, but was denied.) As Lewis did in The Bellboy the previous year, this zany comedy of one hapless Herbert H. Heebert -- the "H" is for "Herbert" -- is essentially a parade of silly sequences, although, this time, a connecting plot thread and increased characterization exists." - Miguel Caetano from Bookmarklet

I was watching this movie right now but I stopped to take a walk. But this is a masterwork. So much of what I love in music nowadays shares the same aesthetical vision: dreamy, non-sense, cartoon, psychedelic sampled sketches with a optimistic-naïve tone: Dan Deacon, Teengirl Fantasy, Black Dice, Brian Wilson, No Age, Mutantes, Panda Bear, MF Doom and even Lil Wayne. - Miguel Caetano

Sim nos sabemos desde inicio que os dominios partidopirataportugues.org, .com e .net estam a venda, por diversas vezes tentamos contactar o suposto vendedor, mas nunca recebemos resposta -.-" e até sabemos que o suposto vendedor é um utilizador do nosso forum que apareceu 2 dias depois de criarmos o movimento a dizer que tinha aqueles dominios porque teve a mesma ideia que nós, só que como nos adientamos ele os ia colocar a venda e nunca mais apareceu nem nos deu preços. - Partido Pirata Português