In February 2006, a part-time Canadian music student established a modest, non-commercial website that used collaborative wiki tools, such as those used by Wikipedia, to create an online library of public domain musical scores. Eleven days ago, the IMSLP disappeared from the Internet.
Source:Music Publisher's Takedown Strikes The Wrong Chord
Funny as in tricky and interesting to think about. It’s also something I think all of us should be thinking about more. A friend of mine sent me a link to the cnet article about Carl Malamud’s monumental effort to put laws, municipal codes, public records, all kinds of city, state, federal government documents online for public consumption. Tech activist takes on governments over ‘copyrighted’ laws http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10050687-38.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 This month, he
Source:Copyright is a funny thing
In February 2006, a part-time Canadian music student established a modest, non-commercial website that used collaborative wiki tools, such as those used by Wikipedia, to create an online library of public domain musical scores. Eleven days ago, the IMSLP disappeared from the Internet.
Source:Music Publisher's Takedown Strikes The Wrong Chord
The Shapiro Library at the University of Michigan has become the first university library to install an Espresso Book Machine, also known as “the ATM of booksâ€, which prints public domain books in a matter of 5-7 minutes. The service is available to researchers, students and the public at a cost of $10 per book. According to their recent press release: “The printing process begins with a reader selecting a digitized book from U-M’s pre-1923 collection or from another online source, such as t
Source:U-M Libraries Offer Print-on-Demand
“When you sold your Sony Reader,” Garson O’Toole sensibly inquires, “what happened to the library of books associated with the machine may I ask? What happens to the e-books with Sony-type DRM? Are e-books inherited by the new Sony Reader owner or can they be transferred to another machine in the future?” Thanks, Garson, for yet another chance to point out the follies of DRM. Answers: 1. I’ll decommission the DRM for my Sony PRS-505, as soon as I get further confirmation from the buyer. If I
I posted previously about the Sony Reader going on sale in Ireland and the UK through Waterstones and picked one up myself last Friday so thought I’d do a mini review of it. First off, Waterstones are to be recommended as one of the few British retailers in Ireland who actually stay true to the exchange rate on all their products. There’s no paddy tax whackery going on with them. UK Price of the Reader is £199 and €249 here, which is about right. They did fail by not having any of the Read
Source:Review of the Sony Reader
And so begins the post E3 media frenzy! First up is Wii Music in action, rocking out hard to public domain songs in a few different styles along with a familiar Nintendo tune. Does anyone else find the outfits to be a tad ‘yuppie private school kid’ in look?
Source:E3 '08 Media Wrap Up: Wii Music Gameplay Video
by Terry Bradsha There is more and more technology and expansion of the Internet. People are no longer obliged to drive to get video films. People can select films on the Internet and wait for the video to arrive in the mail. But that’s not all; people can also select and view the film immediately online. There are two ways to do this. People can pay for feature films or some members try to receive free online downloads. There are two ways to do so. People can pay for feature films by some me
Source:Finding Movies Online