- -: Where Have All the Screenwriters Gone? - Frank Pierson
September 11, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/07/Writer_Director_Frank_Pierson_on_Hollywood_and_Cinema Writer / director Frank Pierson expresses concern over the number of Hollywood screenwriters who simply give up due to inadequate funding and copyright laws that favor the studios. ----- Frank Pi...
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- -: Internet Privacy and the Star Wars Kid - Jonathan Zittrain
September 15, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/15/Jonathan_Zittrain_The_Future_of_the_Internet Harvard law professor Jonathan Zittrain uses the Star Wars kid viral video to discuss issues of online privacy. While mainstream media never thought to protect the minor's identity, Wikipedians argued to de...
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- -: World Wide Web Creator Worries About Internet Control
October 26, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/08/Next_Decade_Technologies_Changing_the_World-Tim-Berners-Lee World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee shares his concerns regarding net neutrality and online privacy. He says that Internet users need to be responsible for "keeping an eye out" to protect...
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- -: Did Pornography Fuel the Sexual Revolution? - Jeffrey Escoffier
January 8, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/15/Porn_Peep_Shows_and_Public_Space GLBTQ issue writer Jeffrey Escoffier says that pornography should be taken more seriously as an element of pop culture, calling it "the most important form of discourse about sex and sexuality that currently exists." H...
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- -: Did Liberal Arguments Enable 'Ground Zero Mosque' Opposition?
January 13, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/08/Ground_Zero_Tolerance_Americas_Culture_War Social critic Wendy Kaminer draws paralles between conservative opposition to the planned Park51 Muslim community center near Ground Zero and liberal attempts to limit "politically incorrect" speech. Kaminer ...
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- -: Did China 'Change' Google?
June 4, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/19/Steven_Levy_Inside_Google Author Stephen Levy discusses the internal struggle that ensued from Google's decision to provide censored search results in China. He explains that in order to justify their decision, they developed a "moral spreadsheet" to ...
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- -: Google's Justin Baird Pitches Idea for 'Radically Inclusive Democracy'
August 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/24/Justin_Baird_Battle_of_Big_Thinking Google innovationist Justin Baird presents his proposal for global governance innovation, an idea he calls "radically inclusive democracy." Baird explains that radical inclusion can be applied to civil services, suc...
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- -: Protecting Press Freedoms Worldwide
May 17, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)President Obama signs the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act in the Oval Office. The act helps reinforce the Nations commitment to press freedom around the world by directing the State Department to compile a report listing countries where such freedoms are violated. May 17, 2010.
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Robert Menzies: The Censorship
March 6, 1942 (about 82 years ago)Former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies talks about the value of silence and self-censorship during wartime.
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