currently sitting in Holly, Nik, and Diane Andolsek’s very serious morning session: Technology in Museums: Are the Inmates Running the Asylum? Short review: Yes. yes they are. (more photos from AAM on my Flickr page)
It’s about time. A nice defeat for the RIAA. From the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation): “The district court in Atlantic v. Howell today denied the recording industry’s motion for summary judgment against Mr. and Mrs. Howell, two lawyer-less defendants caught up in RIAA’s litigation campaign against file-sharers….” “In its order, the court delivers the most [...]
One of the interesting, and sometimes frustrating, things about this era of instant communication is how new ideas are adopted and modified within a very short time period. As a result, one good idea is used by twenty different people (or a hundred, or a thousand, or etc.) to create the same product, all with [...]
Museums and the Web wrapped up yesterday. I won’t blog about that because I didn’t get to attend the conference but came in for a series of meetings including today’s all day meeting of the STEVE social tagging project team. We are meeting at the Hilton Bonaventure Montreal, an unusual property, the hotel is actually [...]
William Shakespeare, The Tempest 1.2 I’m thinking a lot about Shakespeare these days because, in my other life, I have to give a presentation next month on life and living and love in Shakespeare’s time for a local theater company. I’m a big fan of Shakespeare, I always have been, comes from having a whackjob Southern mother [...]
Copyright Alliance Surveys Pres Candidates’ Commitment to Copyright Laws and Artists’ Rights A promising headline, but read on. “The Copyright Alliance is a 44-member-coalition that includes, among others, the RIAA, MPAA, Business Software Alliance, CBS, NBC, News Corp., NFL, MLB, NBA, Microsoft, Sony, Viacom, and Walt Disney, has submitted a questionnaire to all 17 of [...]
From the “What, Are They Serious?” department: Episode One: “New RIAA Argument: Throwing A Promo CD In The Garbage = Unauthorized Distribution ” Full and further analysis at www.techdirt.com/articles/20080207/131317200.shtml Episode Two: “Is Selling A CD You Found In The Trash Copyright Infringement?” Bill Patry’s excellent analysis at: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/umg-says-throwing-away-promo-cds-illegal Moral of the story: Don’t touch music [...]
Finally, an accurate story about piracy. Perhaps Congress really should establish a government agency to protect us from this threat.
Stong words from Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge: “Earlier today, we were made aware of a new piece of intellectual property legislation, S. 4108. This bill is a tragedy wrapped in a travesty. It is also a travesty wrapped in a tragedy. “Under this bill, new government agencies, including a Department [...]
The folks at DePauw University’s Visual Resources Center have been riffing on the popular Windows vs. Mac commercials with their own YouTube videos. The videos tout the help that students can get from a VRC librarian and access to resources such as ArtStor More videos from DePauw
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