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supporting Jay Chou: fans and leaks

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

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From the blog of mainland Chinese blogger Flypig, this September 1 post and its comments describe some of the context around an instance of downloading pirated music — in this case, the anticipated “Still Fantasy” 《依然范特西》from Jay Chou 周杰伦, one of Asia’s most popular singers.  The album was released three days earlier than scheduled after…

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Chinese Opensource OpenCourseWare

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

Continuing on the subject of open access educational resources in China, there are two groups that lie on opposite ends of the education technology spectrum, that I wanted to bring into the picture.  The first is the China Open Resources for Education (CORE) which recently organized the 3rd Chinese Open Education Conference 2006 in Xi’an, China, Sept. 6-8. Program with speakers…

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Hong Kong enlists kids in p2p monitoring

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

p2pnet caught this story from the South China Morning Post.  The Hong Kong Customs’ Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau has released results from its training program for youth, which teaches them how to monitor and report illegal internet transfer files.  The program aims to expand to a cadre of 200,000 youth.

” ‘Initially we used 700 cadets from the Civil Aid Service…

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