This Golden Gibbo nominee was on the internet before Google – here are her favourite online clips, including a folk song made of Alex Jones rants and a classic Clarke and Dawe sketch
I know I look like a fresh-faced teen, but I was an undergraduate when the internet became widespread in Australia in the 1990s. I bought our family’s first dial-up modem, which I used for MSN Messenger chats and marvelling at South Park icons. (Instead of your cursor you could move a stagnant Kenny around – MAGICAL FUTURE TIMES.)
So I was on the internet before YouTube, Google, Wikipedia or the Heaven’s Gate cult. Before the Metallica v Napster copyright infringement lawsuit. Remember copyright? Look out, crypto bros inserting trademarked anime NFTS into your blockchains! Look out, vampiric TikTok producers putting stolen soundbites to discarded Italo house beats for millions of views! It’s gonna gitcha!
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This Golden Gibbo nominee was on the internet before Google – here are her favourite online clips, including a folk song made of Alex Jones rants and a classic Clarke and Dawe sketch
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I know I look like a fresh-faced teen, but I was an undergraduate when the internet became widespread in Australia in the 1990s. I bought our family’s first dial-up modem, which I used for MSN Messenger chats and marvelling at South Park icons. (Instead of your cursor you could move a stagnant Kenny around – MAGICAL FUTURE TIMES.)
So I was on the internet before YouTube, Google, Wikipedia or the Heaven’s Gate cult. Before the Metallica v Napster copyright infringement lawsuit. Remember copyright? Look out, crypto bros inserting trademarked anime NFTS into your blockchains! Look out, vampiric TikTok producers putting stolen soundbites to discarded Italo house beats for millions of views! It’s gonna gitcha! Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian