links for 2007-02-24

• Identity Is a Mashup at Like It Matters
  Brian Oberkirch’s in depth thoughts on the issue of diversity in the web space. This man has answers.
  (tags: community, gender, internet)
• Eric’s Archived Thoughts: Diverse It Gets
  “In my personal view, diversity is not of itself important, and I don’t feel that I have anything to address next time around. What’s important is technical expertise, speaking skills, professional stature, brand appropriateness, and marketability.”
  (tags: internet, diversity, gender)
• Tantek’s Thoughts — 2007 February
  Tantek’s take on the diversity issue. I’m glad the conversation is continuing but I think the “you have to be more aggressive” argument for women to get noticed is a bit short-sighted. It’s hard to be “agressive” in a culture that largely ignores you.
  (tags: diversity, internet, gender)
• Variety.com – Insurance for documentary ‘fair use’
  “This initiative will let filmmakers stand up for their ‘fair use’ rights where they were unable to do so before,” said Anthony Falzone, exec director of Stanford’s Fair Use Project. “Copyright holders will no longer be able to rely on fear and intimidati
  (tags: fairuse, copyright, media)

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