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I saw a comment piece over at The Guardian entitled “You can’t use the O-word” and was persuaded to click through. What was this mysterious “O” word? First thought? “Oprah.” Yeah, that has to be it, she’s got a big name and needs to protect it. Then I thought, maybe this has nothing to do [...]
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Uh oh. Oh no you didn’t! Harper’s has gone and “done it”, granting access to 157 years of Harper’s Magazine content as part of their normal subscription price. Take that New Yorker! Infowhores unite! (click the image for a larger look at what it looks like when you sign up and have access to 157 [...]
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Walt Mossberg, technology writer for the Wall Street journal, wrote and filmed a piece (see embedded video below) today which makes a really great point about copyright. The current legislation, The Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998 [PDF], was written by the record labels and the media industry. Internet companies have since added a clause [...]
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There is an absolutely fascinating article in the New Yorker related to Google’s Book Scanning/Search project and the pending furor over the copyright issues that this project is bringing to light. The results of this debate will have an impact on how you and I, dear readers, can expect to be able to find and [...]
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