Ethics and Publishing

Althought RIAA has mostly ceased its method of suing people who download music illegally, it has been at tremendous cost -- financially and in PR.

Interview with the magazine's editor

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

Is open access a solution for bridging the digital divide? Many people think so.

Article looks at three separate studies of the educational benefit of home computers for lower income children. The studies indicate that the educational value of universal broadband access may be minimal, or worse, harmful.

Aside from the obvious copyright and legal issues, I feel like this is just plain bad politics. It would be far better for Reid to post his own opinions to discount Angle's and wouldn't make him look like a thief...and would be more ethical as well.

Actually, I find this article really interesting! This type of hard-core politics is either going to make or break Reid, who's numbers are already suffering. He's either really desperate or not afraid to pull out his guns.

This is a great article on the importance of universal broadband access and why it is in the public's interest.

A judge in Australia has ordered the songwriters behind Men at Work 's 1980s hit "Down Under" to give up 5 percent of the song royalties after a court battle over copyright claiming the flute solo in the track sampled parts of "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree," a song written by an Australian music teacher for the Girl Guides in 1934.

Project Gutenberg founder Michael Hart will be a keynote speaker at the Ethics and Publishing Conference.

Ghostwriting--hot topic this year.