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Using Web 2.0 to put the spotlight on censorship.

Censorship is alive and well in countries from China to Great Britain to the US, and governments are getting cooperation from ISPs, making for a very dangerous situation.

New book published: Drupal 5 Views Recipes News and announcements · Drupal 5.x mroswell - June 16, 2009 - 14:38 I'm looking at a fresh new copy of Drupal 5 Views Recipes. I wrote it, and I'm thrilled to see it in print. I have a mix of Drupal 5 and Drupal 6 sites out there. If you've got any Drupal 5 sites, consider this book. Appendices I'll start by mentioning the appendices, since I think that's one of the most information-rich sections of the book. (The rest of the book consists of 94 step-by-step recipes.) Appendix A - List of all default views available for Drupal 5 Appendix B - Comprehensive list of Drupal 5 field formatters, by module Appendix C - Comprehensive list of Drupal 5 style plugins, by module Appendix D - Views 1 hooks Appendix E - Modules included in recipe ingredients Appendix F - Additional resources and modules Appendix G - Selected noteworthy patches to Views, sorted by topic Appendix E can serve as an index to the recipes, and also includes a column indicating which modules are available for Drupal 6. Appendix G unlocks a whole host of functionality not available in Views 1 by default. Recipes Interesting content includes: - How to overcome the case of the missing term in taxonomy views - Views arguments - Proximity search (Find every trailhead within 6 miles of a Senior Center, for instance) - Views Bulk Operations (such as mass updates of taxonomy) - Views Fusion, and the Views Fusion Node Reference patch - Using !$ and Ctrl-U in command line editing - Detailed steps for upgrading the Date and Calendar modules from 5.x-1.x to 5.x-2.x - Three options for setting up cron - Grouped views with the Views theme wizard - Overriding themes_view_view - Table of debugging techniques, including the author's favorites - Browser plugin for searching the Contributions API page - A quick way to format SQL queries for easier reading

What begins as a discussion of national security in cyberspace may lead to policies about censorship online. The US and Russia disagree on how to proceed--no surprise there.

A worthwhile educational site on Copyright and useful balance to educational programs from trade groups for publishers, music companies and film companies.

Nice short piece on some of the downside of the Google Books settlement.

More on the News of the World scandal, and why the US should be on the lookout.

Echoes of Shepard Fairey.  Fair use defenses based on the transformative nature of the work are expense and often "won" by copyright holders on the basis of the cost of defense.

A useful publisher's guide to publication ethics.

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Why SOPA is dangerous legislation.

Ethics surrounding marketing and privacy

Great explanation of Net Neutrality and the danger in recent FCC decisions.

Disney uses freemium aimed at kids to get parents to pony up $57.95 a year.

More on the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to grant Google's motion for summary judgment in a copyright infringement suit brought against its video-sharing service YouTube by media company Viacom.