"As I've pointed out many times, protecting 'copyright owners' means protecting big business, not artists. That the Librarian of Congress views songs solely as property, discarding their status as culture,...

Congrats to Steve Cohen of Library Stuff. Uncongrats to the FBI library snoops for providing him with the grist for some of his items for the winning blog. Absolutely no...

Why should pols and special interests waste valuable time when frictionless capitalism could come to their rescue? I propose an eBay that would let clashing interests bid for the votes...

"Copyright holders would receive carte blanche to use aggressive tactics to stop the illegal distribution of their works on online services like Morpheus and Kazaa under legislation outlined today by...

Who should replace Jim Billington as leader of the Library of Congress? And might it just be time to rethink the nature of the job?No endorsement of anyone right now,...

The decline of Web radio might have one positive--perhaps the start of an uproar against Jim Billington, the Librarian of Congress who kept the royalty fees high enough to kill...

"If new PCs have copyright protection built into them, no one will want them and they'll just stick with the old ones. Which is exactly what might happen to those...

E-books Investment Pays Off is the title of a generally upbeat piece in yesterday's Tampa Tribune.Still, keep in mind that this article is very set in the here and now....

Wired News today discusses a Danish linking controversy and the continued fuss over National Public Radio's ask-first linking rule here in the states. Meanwhile let's look beyond law per se....

Check out a LibraryNotes item today. In this era of library budget cuts, Michigan's expanded ebrary collection is a shining example of technology as a resource-stretcher. It's almost a starter...