The Iranian regime has developed, with the assistance of European telecommunications companies, one of the world's most sophisticated mechanisms for controlling and censoring the Internet, allowing it to examine the content of individual online communications on a massive scale
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An Outcry Over City Paper's Headline on Marion Barry's Latest Scandal - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
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The Washington City Paper had the key ingredients for a scandalous stink bomb of a story: Marion Barry, a sexual fling with an ex-aide and a scoop involving embarrassing voice mails.
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Okay. I'm sure most of us have seen the City Paper for this week, or will see it after reading this story. I know they are supposed to be an "edgier" publication, but was this really necessary? We can all fill in the blanks and could've read between the lines to know what the headline said without seeing certain words clear as day. I'm not a prude, but that was a bit much. What do you all think?
Beyond Google and evil - 0 views
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Analysis of Google's policy on privacy.
A Medical Journal's Problematic Rule on Public Disclosure of Complaints - washingtonpos... - 0 views
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JAMA tries to hush up a scientist whistle-blower reporting on a conflict of interest involving an investigator and a sponsoring company.
Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology - WSJ.com - 0 views
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Human-rights groups have criticized the selling of such equipment to Iran and other regimes considered repressive, because it can be used to crack down on dissent, as evidenced in the Iran crisis. Asked about selling such equipment to a government like Iran's, Mr. Roome of Nokia Siemens Networks said the company "does have a choice about whether to do business in any country. We believe providing people, wherever they are, with the ability to communicate is preferable to leaving them without the choice to be heard."
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Privacy and freedom of expression are always the early victims in spread of repression.
Pearson Answers Schwarzenegger's Call for E-Textbooks - 6/18/2009 7:46:00 AM - Publishe... - 0 views
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Last week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed replacing school textbooks with e-books in order to help plug a state budget gap. Now, textbook giant Pearson has responded with digital content to supplement California's programs in biology, chemistry, algebra 2, and geometry.
Librarians vs. Google: Fighting the Web Giant's Book Deal - TIME - 0 views
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Google almost wrapped up the Web rights to books over the ages. But the Justice Department - and Arlo Guthrie - are saying whoa . . .
Open-Access Publisher Appears to Have Accepted Fake Paper From Bogus Center -... - 0 views
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f all published research anyway so it does really matter much whether most journals are "real" or not--m
Google Says It's Actually Quite Small - 0 views
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antitrust claims
'Free' plagiarism charge frames Internet content debate - Los Angeles Times - 0 views
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Holy moly! Our precious long tail is being called into question? The article referenced is here: http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/06/23/chris-anderson-free/.
Laws That Could Save Journalism - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
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Advocates for laws that would limit content aggregation on the Web
Move to Electronic System Means Long Waits at U.S. Copyright Office - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
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Problems with the new electronic copyright registration system are causing major delays at the U.S. Copyright Office
High Tech's Great Leap Backward - 0 views
Force Behind New Copyright Law - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
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Barbara Ringer, force behind 1976 copyright act, dies
How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write - WSJ.com - 0 views
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Deep into this story is a comment about how publishers and authors in the future might alter content of paragraphs, chapter titles, etc. in order to move books up in a Google search, thus ensuring more visitors to the online book.
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