Took the time to go to the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center @ The University of Houston to listen to Mark Hosler speak about media and Negativland (wiki).
I’ve been a fan of Negativland since the early 80’s and used to play their stuff on the old Wake Up And Smell The Coffee program I did back in the day and it was a treat to get to listen to him speak.
The most entertaining anecdotes were the details of the U2 lawsuit and the David Brom axe murderer hoax.
The discussion ranged from fair use and copyrights to culture jamming and touched upon things like Youtube and P2P file sharing as a cheap and effective means of mass distribution for digital artists.
My friend Chuck Ivy was able to record the presentation so perhaps there will be a copy of it available soon.