- Quinn Norton
Quinn Norton (born 1973) is a
San Francisco -based journalist, photographer and blogger coveringhacker culture ,intellectual property andcopyright issues, and theInternet . Her work has appeared in "Wired News ", "The Guardian ", andO'Reilly Media publications such as "Make" magazine. She has also been a long-time fixture at O'Reilly'sFoo Camp . She has recently became a columnist forMaximum PC magazine, primarily on the subject of copyright.Norton has given a number of talks at technology conferences on the topic of body augmentation, usually under the title "Body Hacking". As part of her research, she had a
magnet implanted in the tip of her ring finger, enabling her to sensemagnetic field s. The magnet eventually shattered and the pieces were later removed.Quinn's Symphonic Conundrum
Quinn's Symphonic Conundrum is a conceptual prank involving writing and executing a
computer program that would output all possible melodies, and then copyrighting the resulting score. Any music made afterwards would, depending on licensing terms, therefore be a copyright violation. One possibility is that the completed work would be licensed under a noncommercial license, thereby providing that people could make music, but never again be able to sell it.External links
* [http://quinnnorton.com/ quinnnorton.com - Personal domain]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/wormseyeview/story/0,,1855165,00.html "Guardian Unlimited"] Quinn's Symphonic Conundrum
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5477830 "NPR All Things Considered"] Radio Interview about the magnet in her finger and her body hacking story
* [http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71087-0.html "A Sixth Sense for a Wired World"] Article and pictures about her magnetic implant
* [http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2007/01/quinn-norton-on.php "We Make Money Not Art"] A summary of her "Body Hacking" talk at the 23rd Chaos Communication Congress
* [http://www.wired.com/search?query=quinn%20norton&orderby=latest&dups=y&siteAlias=noblog Quinn Norton's articles for "Wired News"]
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