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Ryan Holman

What Is Borders Going To Do With All of Its Books? - 3 views

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    I can't decide whether I'm going to be happy I can get books & the like for insanely discounted prices (yay books I can read because I *want* to), or feel like I'm looting a corpse when I go to my local Borders next to help lighten the load. Anyone else feeling a little conflicted?
Ryan Holman

Prince George's considers copyright policy that takes ownership of students' work - 0 views

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    A proposal by the Prince George's County Board of Education to copyright work created by staff and students for school could mean that a picture drawn by a first-grader, a lesson plan developed by a teacher or an app created by a teen would belong to the school system, not the individual. The measure has some worried that by the system claiming ownership to the work of others, creativity could be stifled and there would be little incentive to come up with innovative ways to educate students. Some have questioned the legality of the proposal as it relates to students.
Mike Kalyan

New Adobe software protects copyrights on eBooks - 0 views

  • "We know digital book customers want a broad selection of content, a choice of reading platforms and devices and the option to get their eBook from their favorite retailer, local public library or directly from the publisher," said Paul Weiskopf, senior vice president, Corporate Development at Adobe. "Adobe Content Server 4 enables the publishing industry to meet all these needs for eBook customers while, at the same time, protecting valuable copyrights."
    • Mike Kalyan
       
      Adobe does it again. Leveraging their technology with what their industry needs.
Derik Dupont

Survey: Newspaper Web Sites Still Top Source for Local Info But Competition is Closing In - 0 views

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    Top Newspaper Publishing Stories - Editor & Publisher provides newspaper industry headlines covering emerging and important news.
Stephanie Wynn

Senator proposes bill to offer non-profit status to newspapers - USATODAY.com - 0 views

  • aimed at preserving local newspapers
  • business model for newspapers, based on circulation and advertising revenue, is broken
Paul Riccardi

From a rare friendship, a book club for the homeless is born - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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    A lawyer and homeless man meet. Friendship leads to a...book club.
Ryan Holman

Old Dominion U. professor is trying to save Internet history - 0 views

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    Interesting project for Internet archiving...wonder about some of the (eventual) privacy issues that might be involved, though. As the article quotes the archivist: "'Whoever is going to be president in 2048, she's in high school now, and she may have a Web site, and we probably have it.'" How many political opponents would love to seize on this hypothetical person if her teenage rants (e.g., "OMG my mom is so horrible, she won't let me go to Kasey's party on Saturday! Isn't there some kind of law against child abuse?") came to light when she's 53 and in a position of power? Is/Will it be considered fair game to judge a middle-aged woman by what the adolescent says now?
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