Google cautious on renewal-related loophole
Here, from Bruce Albrecht. "After restating my question three times, I finally got an answer from Google, which was 'At the moment, we don't have plans to display the full text...
‘Hacking Digital Rights Management’–including the e-book variety
Here, from Ars Technia--complete with dated but still-interesting comments on Adobe's DRM security challenges.
Must-read: 'Blog Building: Who Controls Your Blog? You? Your Host?'
Beware. If you choose the wrong blog host, you may not be able to move elsewhere---at least not easily. Check out Lorelle's invaluable wisdom.
And speaking of control and content: We encourage...
Wikipedia vs. Microsoft’s volunteer approach
The altruists at Microsoft want you to volunteer your time for a Wiki-type editing of the Encarta encyclopedia (sarcasm alert).
(Via Many2Many: A group weblog on social software.)
The TeleRead take:...
‘MPAA Decides to Crush 67-Year Old Retiree’
Here, from John Dvorak. Related: Latest on the Google debate, via Copyfright and Boing Boing.
Wacky Google suit dismissed
Here, from CNet. A egonomanic of a writer felt his prose was so precious that Google shouldn't be allowed to archive his Usenet postings.
Microsoft-blessed anti-hack system should delight Sen. Hatch
Remember the uproar over Sen. Hatch's plan to "destroy" PCs of file-swappers, regardless of the possibility of accidents? Well, he must be ecstatic over a Microsoft-blessed scheme that reportedly would reach...
Hollywood and the high-tech slowdown
Too Much Cash, Too Little Innovation: Tech giants are mostly returning money to investors or doing M&A deals, says a headline in the July 18 BusinessWeek. Hmm. Could part of the...
If Wikipedia gets $100M, which books and other content should it buy the...
"Imagine there existed a budget of $100 million to purchase copyrights to be made available under a free license. What would you like to see purchased and released under a free...
Google Print square-off in W. Post
Authors Guild prez vs. U. of Mich. prez. The school is a participant in the Google Print project.
Personal dislosure: A little slice of my retirement savings went into Google stock...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
