Mark Pesce


Freedom (or freebies) of the press takes another meaning

There was once a time when photographers were sent to cover major events, like today’s Sydney dust storms. These days, free pictures are harvested from the internet.

Essay: Our children’s standard of living is at stake

Australian political and business leaders need to be able to see the ‘Big Picture’ to be globally competitive, writes Peter Cox.

Crikey Conversations: Imagining the Internet in 2020

Introducing Crikey Conversations — an occasional series of extended video interviews on a range of relevant and timely topics.

A torrent of interest in downloading Underbelly

The Supreme Court of Victoria’s attempt to prevent that state’s citizens watching Underbelly was doomed to fail before it had begun. In the brave new age of the internet, a TV program is just another bucket of digital data, ready to be poured from computer to computer across state and national boundaries. And boy did it flow, writesStilgherrian.