Category Archives: Links

September #3

By take21 | Published: September 23, 2009

CopyrightBook sharing site Scribd rejects claims of copyright infringement Guardian Creative CommonsCC publishes study on interpreting “non-commercial” under CCBY & CC0 Creative Commons Digital BritainAttitudes to supporting non-BBC regional news from the licence fee. Preliminary findings. DCMS study. FacebookHow exactly is Facebook making money? GuardianHow Facebook tried to put a shine on $9.5m privacy suit […]

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September #2

By take21 | Published: September 13, 2009

Digital BritainFeatured Artists Coalition opposes disconnections policy ISP reviewSplit in the organisations representing musicians. FAC vs Musicians Union, PPL ObserverThe BIS consultation on disconnections ends on 15th September.FT: UK government to approve TV product placement Uturn ebooksDavid Byrne “… scariest for publishers I guess, is that inevitably someone will hack the Kindle (or other formats) […]

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September #1

By take21 | Published: September 13, 2009

Cloud ComputingCory Doctorow: ‘ the main attraction of the cloud to investors and entrepreneurs is the idea of making money from you, on a recurring, perpetual basis, for something you currently get for a flat rate or for free without having to give up the money or privacy that cloud companies hope to leverage into […]

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August #4

By take21 | Published: September 1, 2009

Digital BritainWatch interview Martha Lane Fox with Robert Peston http://bit.ly/10XE5LAppetite fades for ‘top-slicing’ BBC funding http://bit.ly/19GwGdPeter Mandelson: ‘nothing has been predetermined’ http://bit.ly/LQCU4John Naughton on Lord Mandelson’s intervention: http://bit.ly/RfXHu Edinburgh Television FestivalFull version of James Murdoch’s James MacTaggart speech is here on Guardian: http://bit.ly/QfSkIRobert Peston lecture What future for media & journalism? full text http://bit.ly/RfmNKJournalismInterested AstroTurf […]

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August #3

By take21 | Published: September 1, 2009

EducationHow long does it take to create one hour of eLearning? http://bit.ly/EeLbNScholarly publishing with WordPress http://bit.ly/kW34Q CensorshipNew Scientist: worldwide government initiatives to block, filter and control the internet http://bit.ly/1WesNZ Google Book SettlementBBC on Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo signing up to Open Book Alliance re Google Book Settlement http://bit.ly/tuSSkPeter Brantley and the Open Book Alliance – […]

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Updates

By take21 | Published: August 17, 2009

Some updates to recent posts Digital Britain Tom Watson MP: Filesharing: Why the government should proceed with caution and what you can do www.tom-watson.co.ukExample responses to the BIS consultation www.berr.gov.uk on legislation against P2P filesharing: wiki myrandomstuff.wikispaces.com HyperlocalMSNBC.com acquires EveryBlock.com. The start-up was funded by Knight News Challenge until June this year. Everyblock source code […]

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August #2

By take21 | Published: August 16, 2009

Downloading Annual University of Hertfordshire survey on music consumption. Two views: Trade body UK Music, who fund the survey “Music consumption in 14-24 year olds is complex, latest survey reveals” UK Music Torrentfreak “14-24 year olds pirate 8,000 music tracks each” Torrentfreak   Digital Britain Programme for the delivery of actions in the DB White […]

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August #1

By take21 | Published: August 7, 2009

Creative Commons Creative Commons Launches CC OpenID Profile bit.ly “Rights Expression vs. Rights Enforcement: clarifying the Associated Press story” creativecommons.org   Sematic web Open Knowledge Foundation: Open Data and the Semantic Web Workshop, London, 13th November 2009: ur1.ca  JISC project report on Semantic technologies in learning & teaching : bit.ly   Digital Britain Consultation on […]

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July #4

By take21 | Published: August 1, 2009

Free Malcolm Gladwell eviscerates Chris Anderson’s Free. Saving you time as well as money bit.ly   OFCOM Consultation to reform the rules around commercial radio & local content tr.im Consultation on liberalising the rules concerning ownership of local media tr.im   Newsgator, Google and RSS Newsgator: option of paid-for ad-free desktop readers. Synch via Google. […]

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July #3

By take21 | Published: August 1, 2009

Zimbabwe Guardian activate video: resisting repression in Zimbabwe with web media and text messages bit.ly   Online privacy via Resourceshelf: How to read a privacy policy  tr.im   Who pays for news? Columbia Journalism Review: Who pays for news? Their paywall will deter some readers.. bit.ly Gruber on David Simon’s Columbia Journalism Review piece on […]

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