E-Books for your school via Operation Outreach-USA?
Check out the e-book area of Operation Outreach-USA, which includes books downloadable in Microsoft Reader format--as well as accompanying guides for parents and teachers. The organization is a partner of...
AOL exec lineup–and what it could mean for the copyright wars
The AOL faction's influence on AOL Time Warner continues to weaken, and that might have copyright implications--since the Old Media boys will be firming up their power in the areas...
Webcasting and copyright stupidities
Check out Rob Pegorano's column in Sunday's Washington Post. The Webcasters aren't out of the woods yet. Let's hope that when all is said and done, James Billington will be...
Felt pens vs. copy protection
"Remember Angus MacGyver, the secret agent on TV who used household items like a paper clip and lapel pin to best bazooka-wielding bad guys? Well, he's met his match in...
“Web users want everything free” (yet another reason for the TeleRead library model)
NEW YORK CITY (CBS.MW) -- Analysts at Jupiter Media Metrix hold out little hope Web content publishers or Internet services providers will ever be able to generate big money...
Quote, Unquote: PC Magazine Columnist John Dvorak on the DCMA
"Believe it or not, newer copyright laws protect an artist's ownership of an impression for 75 years after the artist's death. Originally, copyright laws were designed to protect artists from...
Copyright extension case briefs
About 15 friend-of-the-court briefs are now reachable via a page on the Openlaw site at Harvard.
Warning to AOL Time Warner: Don’t lay off the proofreaders
My copy is hardly flawless, especially in this blog, which often serves as a kind of public notebook. Just the same, I grimaced when I read the item below--on a...
Bought pols: Campaign donations, copyright and open source
Hollywood's copyright zeal is one of the biggest threats to open source software, as an article in the May 15 BusinessWeek explains. And what about other fun such as copyright...
Reason 1000000011 for TeleRead
"Eager to boost sales, Borders says it will emphasize market research, a discipline largely shunned by an industry that prizes creativity as much as profit. Book editors buy manuscripts largely...