![Shepard Fairey’s “Barack Obama/Hope” image went viral during the 2008 election. Then controversy about the image’s source transformed it into the poster child for fair use in the public debate over copyright and free culture. Now FULAB takes “Hope” as its icon [Image source: Wikipedia]](http://fairuselab.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/shepard_fairey_hope_2008.jpg "shepard_fairey_hope_2008")
Re-imagining accessibility through the transformations of culture -- particularly the transformative promise of accessible technology for people with disabilities -- is the work of the Fair Use Lab. What does Shepard Fairey’s Hope poster have to do with accessibility? Read more: Shape-Shifters in the Fair Use Lab [MiT6 2009]
![Promotional artwork for "The Grey Album" by Justin Hampton. This was not used for the actual cover, but appeared on the Danger Mouse website in 2004. [Source: Wikipedia]](http://fairuselab.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/danger_mouse_grey_album_cover_200.jpg "danger_mouse_grey_album_cover_200")
Will DJ Danger Mouse become the Che Guevara of digital sampling? Consider the case for fair use made by The Grey Album.
In the moment when Paul Strand photographed her surreptitiously on the street in New York, the social engineers who created a system for licensing beggars never imagined that a blind woman had culture or could make culture. She herself may not have imagined it. Paul Strand probably didn’t give her much credit for making culture, either. Read more: Curiosity & The Blind Photographer [MiT5 2007] See more on blind photographers.
I am a parent, homeowner, knowledge worker, and person with disabilities. Oppression is not my true word, but praxis is. In Paulo Freire’s transformative work, I find an affirmation deeper than ideology or political activism -- an affirmation of the dynamic role of disability in culture. I believe the daily praxis of making adaptations and negotiating accommodations represents a significant form of cultural production. Read Disability As Praxis.![President George H.W. Bush signs into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990 as Justin Dart looks on. [Source: ucp.org]](http://fairuselab.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ada_signing_072690_ucp_2.jpg "ada_signing_072690_ucp_2")
On its 20th anniversary, pundits will debate what the Americans with Disabilities Act has accomplished. I still believe what I said in a TV interview after the ADA signing ceremony in 1990. “The ADA will not end disability discrimination overnight. But in a nation governed by the rule of law, getting it in writing is the place to start.” So what is the ADA's legacy? A Generation of Problem-Solvers.
a blind flaneur
I guess no one had any suggestions. I embedded the Mind Games: Making Olympians Mentally Fit story from npr.org and it says:
Loading Media Player
Initializing…
I guess I’ll download the mp3 file from them and upload it to my blog.
If anyone has any thoughts/ideas that would be great.
I’m frustrated with this problem as well. No resolution yet, eh?
Madhu – alas, no answers. I looked at your website and imagine you and I would embed similar NPR stories if we could. I’ll return for more of the leaf warbler’s gleanings!
Thanks, Mark! I sent a tweet about the problem to @NPRTechTeam, which is supposed to be their tech support line, but haven’t had any response. Have you seen it work anywhere?
Madhu, no, I haven’t seen a working NPR.org audio player embedded anywhere. My gold standard for this type of embed is On the Media at WNYC, which I love to use on this and my other site, a blind flaneur. Please let me know whatever you learn from NPR.
Hello Mark (and others),
apologies for the lack of response from the NPR twitter account but just had your issue with the embedded player brought to my attention and I’d like to help. I’ve seen a similar error reported before and was able to resolve it. Please contact me at amartin@npr.org and i’d be happy to help troubleshoot your issue.