More on the Billington sell-out
"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,...
Library Stuff chosen Fox blog of the week
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...
An eBay for campaign donors?
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...
Bought pol wants to legalize attacks against file-sharing sites
"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...
The post-Billington Library of Congress
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,...
Librarydom’s in-house RIAA: Time for Jim Billington to go
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...
Hollywood, hardware and HTML solutions for REB 1100 owners
"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: More than just for reference
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....
Time for NPR to rethink online biz model, not just link policies
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....
A starter TeleRead at the state level? Just about–in Michigan
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...