These are my links for January 15th from 00:21 to 10:49:

• Bespoke CMS – bad news for you, good news for your agency – A one-sided but strong argument as to why using an agency's own CMS system instead of commercial systems or open source options (like WordPress, which this site is built on), to increase the potential to upgrade, get additional features, and not get locked-in. Makes sense to me, but I'd be interested to get the views of agencies who develop bespoke sites.
• Jaron Lanier Is Rethinking the Open Nature of the Internet – Interesting NY Times article about Jaron Lanier, a digital thinker and musician, who believes the free-for-all download culture is killing both culture and creativity: “Creative people — the new peasants — come to resemble animals converging on shrinking oases of old media in a depleted desert.” A lot to question about here (e.g. referring to Google as a 'lock in' technology, I would seem them as a service provider) but shows that many of the earlier pioneers of the 'information-should-be-free' ideology of late '90s are now having second thoughts on the viability of maintaining a spirit of culture economy within it.
• French 3 Strikes Group Unveils Copyright Infringing Logo – Most amusing, the French body to prevent copyright infringment online is being sued…for copyright infringement. That 1 of 3 strikes before they are offline. And shows it's incredibly difficult to keep within the complex rules of copyright – more so for an individuals.