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5 juin 2018

Scholarly Associations and the Economic Viability of Open Access Publishing

Scholarly Associations and the Economic Viability of Open Access Publishing
A nice analysis of the economics of open access publication for academic societies. As the author notes, the bulk of income for these societies is derived from journal subscriptions, so at first glance they would take a significant hit were fees to be waived. But for many societies (probably the majority), the cost of publishing the journal exceeds subscription revenues, and so the publication is in general a drain on revenue from mebers' fees. More...

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5 juin 2018

Seb's "Weblogs and Knowledge Sharing" Survey: Results

Seb's "Weblogs and Knowledge Sharing" Survey: Results
In a nutshell: those who use weblogs, use them a lot. Statistically this survey probably isn't especially relevant, since the respondants, self-selected, are almost all regular weblog users (which would be how they found out about the survey). More...

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5 juin 2018

Higher Education, Upping the Ante

Higher Education, Upping the Ante
Review of Derek Bok's Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. The argument is familiar. Universities are in need of ever more money, and so the prospects offered by commercial enterprises are alluring. More...

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5 juin 2018

Judge: File-swapping Tools Are Legal

Judge: File-swapping Tools Are Legal
Wow. "A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two companies." The judge ruled these are legal tools, even though they can sometimes be used for illegal purposes. More...

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5 juin 2018

New Federal Rules on Privacy

New Federal Rules on Privacy
In January, 2004, Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) comes into force. This website was launched by the Chartered Accountants of Canada providing information, background and guidelines to the Act. More...

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5 juin 2018

An Analysis of the RIAA's Complaint Against Dan Peng '05

An Analysis of the RIAA's Complaint Against Dan Peng '05
This is a detailed analysis of the RIAA case claiming billions of dollars in damages against a Priceton student it alleges "hijacked an academic computer network and installed on it a marketplace for copyright piracy." The analysis is a point by point shredding of the RIAA case, making the strong argument that the student's system was a search engine for shared files and not a file trading service. More...

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5 juin 2018

Students Put Their Own Spin on Downloading Music

Students Put Their Own Spin on Downloading Music
The record industry hoped to capture students' attention with a recent series of huge lawsuits against file sheres. It did. The students are now up in arms and openly defiant. More...

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5 juin 2018

The Big Money Guys

The Big Money Guys
The thrust of this article is to argue that in contemporary children's educational programming, shows that do not move merchandise are pulled from the air. This, of course, leads to suggestions that the purpose of these shows is to promote the product. More...

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5 juin 2018

Download Fiasco a Downer No More

Download Fiasco a Downer No More
For those of you who were concerned about Glenn Fleishman, who faced a $15,000 bill for bandwidth after he posted his book online for free, you can breathe more easily now. More...

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5 juin 2018

Canada's Music Industry Fires Anti-Piracy Broadside

Canada's Music Industry Fires Anti-Piracy Broadside
A new advertising campaign, sponsored by the Canadian music industry and run on the nation's television and radio channels, will seek to dissuade people from downloading free music over the internet. More...

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