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First published in Parallel.Cymru MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019 TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019 Jaz-Michael King is the creator of Tŵt, a community microblog built from the ground up in Welsh and English versions, with the aim of creating a bilingual, privacy-focussed social media experience. Born and raised in South Glamorgan, Jaz now lives and works in…

Tŵt is a bilingual online social content platform, very similar to Twitter in some ways, and very much not in others. You may well be thinking the same thing I heard a more than a few times during its development; “do we really need another social media platform?” and I hope you’ll read on to…

At some point in the distant past, someone, let’s call him Bob, figured the cost of an aspirin. In a hospital, this includes the cost of ordering it, documenting it being given, billing it, paying the nurse to make sure it’s delivered and taken, stocking the pharmacy etc. It’s of course not the single cost…

That all content wants to be free. Did you know that MLK’s “I have a dream” speech is copyrighted and unavailable without licensing fees? Did you know Martin Luther King’s children still issue takedowns on Youtube if video of King giving the speech is posted online? Did you know it is ILLEGAL in the United…

(This document appeared briefly on a republican study committee Web site chaired by US Congressman Jim Jordan but was removed within 24 hours. I have copied it here for historical reference.) Page | 1 RSC Policy Brief: Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix it: November 16, 2012 RSC Staff Contact:…

I’m helping my brother-in-law get some of his previously published and as-yet unpublished works on the Kindle store. You can check his print and eBook titles out at http://amazon.com/author/mhickins His work is hilarious, often shocking, but well worth a look see. Amazon Prime members can get free stories on their Kindle. Go download!