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ALPSP Report on Scholarly Publishing
August 30, 2003Scholarly Publishing Practice: the ALPSP report on academic journal publishers by John Cox and Laura Cox ISBN: 0-907341-24-1 Publication: June 2003. This report, from the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, based on a survey of 275 journal publishers, covers everything from new journal launches and pricing to online availability and access to back [...]
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Copyright: The International View
August 29, 2003A couple of stories in the news recently highlight the international dimensions of the copyright issue. Together, the articles demonstrate that copyright law in the United States and the international nature of The Internet create thorny legal and technical issues that U.S. law cannot solve by itself. The first article, Blame Canada By Jay Currie, [...]
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Groups Demand Public Input in Writing “Sensitive But Unclassified” Procedures
August 28, 2003OMB Watch 08/27/2003 “Seventy-five organizations representing journalists, scientists, librarians, environmental groups, privacy advocates, and others today sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge calling on the Department of Homeland Security to allow public input on procedures for “safeguarding” and sharing a vaguely defined set of information between firefighters, police officers, public health researchers [...]
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Eric S. Raymond to SCO
August 26, 2003NewsForge: The Online Newspaper of Record for Linux and Open Source. There is a heated controversy going on in the Linux community because of a lawsuit that claims ownership of some of the code in the open source Linux operating system. This Aug 22, 2003 open letter is from Eric S. Raymond, President of the [...]
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Free Speech and Trade Secrets
August 26, 2003beSpacific: DVD Code Copying Decision from CA Supreme Court. Sabrina I. Pacifici has brought together several useful links about the recent California Supreme Court decision that says that the First Amendment right to free speech does not give anyone the right to put trade secrets on the Web. This decision is an important one for [...]
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Final GAO Report On Cheney Energy Task Force Released
August 26, 2003Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs press release GAO report GAO-03-894, ENERGY TASK FORCE Process Used to Develop the National Energy Policy In developing the National Energy Policy report, the NEPDG Principals, Support Group, and participating agency officials and staff met with, solicited input from, or received information and advice from nonfederal energy stakeholders, principally petroleum, [...]
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NEW BLOG ABOUT LIBRARIES W/ WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
August 25, 2003For librarians interested in all things wireless, you now have a new blog you can tune into to find out the latest goings on with wireless technologies and libraries http://wireless.lisnews.com/
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Lessig on WIPO: the extremists in power
August 23, 2003Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, Founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, Author of The Future of Ideas and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, and Chair of the Creative Commons project, comments on the role of the U.S. in the recent decision by WIPO to cancel a meeting [...]
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“We live in a world where convenience beats quality every time”
August 23, 2003Wired 11.09: Learning to Love PowerPoint by David Byrne. Yes, artist and musician David Byrne.
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Tufte in Wired
August 23, 2003Wired 11.09: PowerPoint Is Evil Edward Tufte has a short article in Wired which hits the high points of his arguments about PowerPoint’s low points.
