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Links to 3rd April

By take21 | Published: April 3, 2009

OUT-LAW: French pass ‘three strikes’ file-sharing law http://tinyurl.com/cv8bel Boldrin & Levine: Against Intellectual Monopoly. The economic case against IP protection. Read the book online http://bit.ly/3aja   out-law radio interview with economists who argue IP law inhibits innovation and growth http://bit.ly/JKQc Ewan McIntosh 4IP keynote#jisc09 http://bit.ly/lCkJD open data, open access, participation

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Links to 2nd April

By take21 | Published: April 3, 2009

Featured Artists Coalition – ‘extend copyright, if rights revert to artists after 50 years’ via out-law http://bit.ly/2hNEhy  Traffic stats from Stockholm via torrentfreakhttp://bit.ly/6k1w9 Torrentfreak on first day of new Swedish Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive anti-piracy lawhttp://bit.ly/c3jja  RT @guardiantech: Google and Bebo consider opting out of Phorm http://bit.ly/hPpOW Peter Suber, SPARC: 25 Myths About Open Access –http://bit.ly/1997Vb via […]

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Links to 31st March

By take21 | Published: April 3, 2009

David Bollier Viral Spiral: readable account of the struggle for the soul of the internet. Open Source, Creative Commons, Open Access education, public domain http://viralspiral.cc/   RT @berkmancenter: Doc Searls on VRM . This week’s Radio Berkman podcast with David Weinberger: http://tr.im/i2Qq#vrmhub   Dan Bricklin: Designing IT in the age of Obama.http://bit.ly/M8N1a   RT @berkmancenter: The Future of Computational Science, […]

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Links to 28th March

By take21 | Published: April 3, 2009

RT @CopyrightLaw “European Parliament Rejects Three Strikes and You’re Out Approach” http://tinyurl.com/2o7gp3  RT @CopyrightLaw EFF: “Observations from the Three-Strikes Rumor Storm” http://tinyurl.com/ddro8p  Digital Britain team publishes responseshttp://bitly.com/ECbno  Newspapers: Society of Editors letter to Culture Secretary. Local media, Google revenue, training subsidy http://bit.ly/vvaX  RT @guardiantech: Last.fm puts pay wall around streams; except in US, UK, Germany http://bit.ly/11MjOi  RT @psychemedia: so are you […]

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tweetness

By take21 | Published: March 23, 2009

Argentine philosophy professor Horacio Potel faces criminal charges and a possible jail sentence for posting  translations of Jaques Derrida’s work to his website for his students. Via Boing Boing  http://bit.ly/u38aD and  http://bit.ly/ZLPTg Morehttp://bit.ly/2OL2D New Zealand scraps Controversial ‘3 Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Law which would have led to alleged copyright infringers being disconnected from the internethttp://tinyurl.com/d86ra6 A major new report published by the Rowntree Trust on the database state via Open […]

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So, farewell then …

By take21 | Published: March 19, 2009

Best Practice Capacity building Community engagement Conditionality Downstream Going forward Holistic Innovative capacity Joined up Meaningful consultation Outcomes Partnership working Proactive Process driven Quick win Social exclusion Stakeholder Step change Sustainable communities Synergies Thinking outside of the box Third sector Tranche Value-added Vision  … they now in a state of  Worklessness. The Local Government Association […]

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EU copyright extension vote delayed

By take21 | Published: March 19, 2009

Open Rights Group: “Amid intense lobbying in the European Parliament next Monday’s vote on the proposal to extend the term of copyright has been struck offin a shock move. Following a meeting of the presidents of the political groups in the European Parliament on Tuesday, and with controversy and a lack of consensus surrounding the […]

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Selection

By take21 | Published: March 18, 2009

Newspapers: Seattle Post-Intelligencer ends printing. Staff cuts, continues as web-only publication http://bit.ly/L1OnJ iPod headphones aren´t DRMed, just controlled by a proprietary chip that you have to license  http://bit.ly/YdnM4 Guardian Tech OFCOM sets out challenge of broadband Britain http://bit.ly/SsqGL More James Boyle and ‘How extending copyright term in sound recordings actually works’ with link to PDF […]

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Clay Shirky on newspapers & journalism

By take21 | Published: March 17, 2009

“Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism. For a century, the imperatives to strengthen journalism and to strengthen newspapers have been so tightly wound as to be indistinguishable. That’s been a fine accident to have, but when that accident stops, as it is stopping before our eyes, we’re going to need lots of […]

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iPhone OS 3.0

By take21 | Published: March 17, 2009

Live iPhone OS 3.0 event coverage from gdgt.com “We are SO excited about this. Incredible features for devs and our customers. Let me re-cap: in-app purchase, peer-to-peer connectivity, accessories, embeddable maps, push notifications, cut/copy/paste/undo, landscape keyboarding, MMS, new app (Voice Memos), CalDAV / ICS subs, stock enhancements, search and Spotlight… just a few of the […]

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