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Sunday, July 27
E-Books, DRM and Other Things That Suck
by
Jason
on Sun 27 Jul 2008 02:58 PM CST
From the "no duh!" files, the Library of Congress has come out officially as saying that Digital Rights Management is a serious obstacle to archiving materials.
But copyright law also hampers important work being done at places like the Library of Congress, and a major new report on the issue from the Library points out the problems with the current rules. One big issue is the exemption for published works in a library's collection; these can also be copied three times, but only to "replace a work in their collections that is damaged, deteriorating, lost or stolen or whose format has become obsolete." In other words, librarians can't backup or archive such works until destruction is well under way. In a semi-related story, there are lots in the library and book world who aren't fans of e-books. But it's a lot more rare to hear a techie say the same thing. We all know about the various struggles with DRM and electronic media in the recording industry. But here's a story of four mistakes that industry made *before* file sharing to kill their industry. Finally, some sad news. Mr. Cranky, one of the funniest yet most insightful movie review sites on the Net, is apparently closing its doors. Go read some of the reviews while you still can. Comedy gold, all of them! Friday, July 25
Friday Fun Link: The Internet Changes Politics (Small Fry Version) (July 25, 2008)
by
Jason
on Fri 25 Jul 2008 10:52 PM CST
I've previously written about the 2.0-esque campaign that Barack Obama has run this year - embracing cutting-edge technology, bottom-up organizing, social networking, the wisdom of crowds and all that good stuff.
Here is a smaller scale example - a young IT professional in Kansas, partly inspired by Barack Obama, decides to run for State Legislature. He calculates the amount of money he would need to likely beat the incumbent and then, using all the technology tools at his disposal (including a take-off on the popular web-only XKCD comic strip), makes his appeal for 3000 people to donate about ten bucks each. The election's not until November but the cool thing is that he managed to achieve this goal incredibly fast and is still raising money beyond what he initially hoped for. (via MetaFilter which, in true 2.0 style, has a comment from the guy who's running for office in the thread about his campaign) Wednesday, July 23
Google Launches Knol
by
Jason
on Wed 23 Jul 2008 08:14 PM CST
Last December, I wrote about the announcement of Google Knol, a similar service to Wikipedia but with moderation of articles and the ubiquitous Google Ads.
The site has officially launched and with a few hundred articles to Wikipedia's 2.5 million, Jimmy Wales has nothing to fear...yet. In other Google news, they're in serious talks to buy Digg as well. No word yet on a buyout offer for every living soul on Earth but I'm sure that's coming soon too. |
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