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"Brute computing force alone can't solve the world's problems. Data mining innovator Shyam Sankar explains why solving big problems (like catching terrorists or identifying huge hidden trends) is not a question of finding the right algorithm, but rather the right symbiotic relationship between computation and human creativity."

Information literacy is a human right, according to the Australian Library and Information Association.   Contains a link toe Australian National Library definition of Info-Lit

Op-ed on why DRM and anti-piracy movements are doomed to fail and the invasion of privacy and reduction of human rights that legislation allows, and why people should accept that the times they have a changed ...

NZ Copyright and Intrenational treaty, law and frameworks.

Another chronic article in the Chronicle but at least most of the comments tear it apart right from the start. How we can't learn because we don't use paper texts any more. Like ...?