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Are Pirates a Source of Innovation?

Today at Northern Voice 2009, James Chutter presented on the evolutions of storytelling. He took us through the evolution of the mash-up, (possibly, but not likely) first appearing during the advent of the radio. Orson Wells "mashed" news radio with radio theatre in War of the Worlds. His brief history of mash-ups took us right through to modern day where we see mash-ups becoming prime time advertisements for the iPhone or sites like We Feel Fine which scrape the Internet for already existing content. However, his...

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February, 20 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves