Notices by Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social), page 2

I think that, after the root kit fiasco, Sony's music publishing business should have been seized, carved up, and turned in to a dozen smaller companies.

And Warner Brothers, who knew Happy Birthday was in the public domain, but falsely shook people down for licenses for *decades* should have just been nationalized.

If your response to "we should dismantle this system of oppression" is "and replace it with what?" Or "only if we rebuild something functionally identical" you're a part of the problem.

Google is shuttering google podcasts in favor of a youtube thing.

I don't want my podcasts on youtube.

Leave it to google to attempt to encapsulate podcasts.

What was your first commercial network service? Was it an ISP? Or something like compuserve, etc?

@mntmn How are your thermals?

Alright, I have the latest Ubuntu touch image on my pinetab2.

Wifi is enabled!

The mouse ... doesn't really work!

I think I'm growing to hate the keyboard case, generally. It is very nearly good, and it is very nearly supported by software, but ultimately it isn't either of those things.

Anyway, I'm going to tinker around with this.

Morph browser is barely functional.

It seems like that's the standard for all of Ubuntu touch.

Browser just crashed while attempting to toot. This cannot stand.

@zarfeblong It's not without precedent! @foone managed to get Microsoft to open source 3d movie maker.

I don't know any current microsoft employees, but I know plenty of former microsoft employees. I'll pass the word around.

If you represent a record store, book store, coffee shop, etc. and you're interested in selling our cassettes, CDs, LPs, or zines in your establishment, Analog Revolution has just established a wholesale program.

Drop me a DM and I'll get a promo kit mailed out to you with all the info and some goodies.

I'm having big thoughts about participatory publishing, but I'm having a hard time getting at them verbally.

I'll try again later.

I don't live my life in public in the same way, but I do live my life in public. I get recognized IRL for things I've published, videos I've made, etc.

I've missed out on jobs over things I've published. I've been embarrassed by things I've shared.

I haven't been on the internet since 1994, but I definitely published my first web page in ... 97? 98? I was a child.

Watch the thing if you are interested in the history of participatory media and early internet culture.

I'm sure it gets a lot of things wrong, and it seems like it's probably overly generous with it's subject/narrator/director/writer, but ... That's the point in a lot of ways, I think?

But it raises some points I want to talk about, because the story isn't about links.net or Justin, or at least it isn't just about Justin and Links.net. It's also about publishing, participatory media, #diymedia, the potential transformative power of the internet, and what it means to be a human being who is Very Online.

And I want to talk about that.

This short, self published, creative commons licensed documentary is ...

Well, it's a lot, really. It says a lot of things very quickly, and most of the things it says are not what I want to talk about.

It is entertaining, and I recommend it.

I feel a huge amount of sympathy towards, and secondhand embarrassment for the narrator.

https://vod.newellijay.tv/videos/watch/032a417a-61df-40c7-bc79-be9c04aa2fc3

It will, of course be up on New Ellijay Television when it's finished.

#NewEllijayTV

https://newellijay.tv

We did a new synchronized soundtrack for the 1927 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short Trolley Trouble today.

It'll get uploaded one day next week, but I'm really pleased with how it came out, and excited to be sharing it.

This is the first released Oswald the Rabbit cartoon, and it was made by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

It's cute, it's in the public domain, and this copy looks pretty great.

And then we have The Mad Doctor.

This is an early 30s cartoon from (believe it or not) Walt Disney.

It is in the public domain. It features Mickey Mouse.

https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/mXHeK2nrfuiCr6zBJb18z1

It's one of two post-Oswald Disney Shorts in the public domain that I am aware of.