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. Good if you wanted synch with GReader. A lot of people don’t. See comments bit.ly
Techcrunch: NewsGator Discontinues Online RSS Reader, Points To Google Reader bit.ly Desktop readers get Google Reader synchronisation.
Local papers
Andrew Gilligan attack on local authority newspapers in the Evening Standard bit.ly
A good piece about local news, blogs, council newspapers, the Press Association and Digital Britain from 853 blog bit.ly
Sense about Science
Excellent overview of #singhbca by Ben Goldacre pays tribute to “intrepid band of bloggers”: bit.ly
Beware the spinal trap: Simon Singh and chiropractic libel case bit.ly
Chicago’s Horizon Realty Group Sues Woman For $50,000 Over A Tweet bit.ly
Patents
Court rules against Blackboard in patent case – bit.ly
You Tube: launches a Reporters’ Centre
“Helping you report the news” bit.ly
Tennenbaum: the price of copyright infringement
Verdict in Joel Tenenbaum case: 22,500 per work. $675,000 total
Fair use is not a defence “Tenenbaum ‘piracy’ case is all over bar the shouting” tinyurl.com
‘How it feels to be sued for $4.5m’ is.gd