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!
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Sunday, July 27
E-Books, DRM and Other Things That Suck
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Jason
on Sun 27 Jul 2008 02:58 PM CST
Friday, July 18
Jason's Birthday Movies
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Jason
on Fri 18 Jul 2008 12:03 AM CST
Somewhere along the line, Shea and I began a tradition of me going to a movie on my birthday. With one notable exception on the following list, I've enjoyed having a birthday right in the heart of summer blockbuster season ever since!
2001 - Cats & Dogs (I picked "Jurassic Park III" as my inaugural birthday movie during our first summer in Calgary but Shea thought it would be stupid and/or scary so I ended up going to a movie with talking dogs. And talking cats. And frankly, I'm surprised the tradition made it to year two, let alone is still going nearly a decade later!) 2002 - Austin Powers III 2003 - (can't remember) 2004 - Spiderman II 2005 - Batman Begins 2006 - An Inconvenient Truth (I wasn't going to a lot of movies while I was doing my Masters but this is one I was pretty excited to see and I know we went in summer 2006 so let's call it my birthday movie for that year.) 2007 - The Simpsons Movie 2008 - The Dark Knight Not only am I as pumped for The Dark Knight as I've been since such mega-films as Spiderman The First and Star Wars the Third (or Sixth depending on your counting), Batman the Second/Sixth will be only the second movie Shea and I have seen in a theatre since...The Simpsons Movie at this time last year! Grandpa and Grandma Hammond are coming in to Regina to babysit so we might even do <gasp> supper AND a movie! Romance, baby! Wednesday, July 16
The Ultimate Guide to Copyright Terms and The Public Domain
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Jason
on Wed 16 Jul 2008 08:50 PM CST
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