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SOURCE: The Conversation
5/5/2023

The Writer's Strike Highlights Digital Feudalism of the Entertainment Industry

by David Arditi

Like the enclosure movement that pushed English serfs off the land into precarious urban or vagabond lives, Hollywood's embrace of the gig economy model means that the writers whose labor creates entertainment can't count on stability or livable wages.

SOURCE: San Francisco Classical Voice
3/20/2022

Preserving the Past in the Digital Age Still a Headache

"Our information and cultural history may not be as secure as we believe it to be."

SOURCE: The Conversation
9/1/2020

2020 is a Year for the History Books, But not Without Digital Archives

by Ian Milligan

A Canadian historian suggests that the national government commit to a massive effort to archive the entire .ca domain on a daily basis to enable future researchers to access the full volume of digital artifacts produced by Canadians.