Copyright
Book sharing site Scribd rejects claims of copyright infringement Guardian
Creative Commons
CC publishes study on interpreting “non-commercial” under CCBY & CC0 Creative Commons
Digital Britain
Attitudes to supporting non-BBC regional news from the licence fee. Preliminary findings. DCMS study.
Facebook
How exactly is Facebook making money? Guardian
How Facebook tried to put a shine on $9.5m privacy suit Guardian
Government 2.0
Usability, council websites and the obligation to promote democracy Local Democracy
Journalism
Nieman Reports Fall 2009: Journalism & Social Media <- essential reading
Shane Richmond article for Nieman Reports about the development of My Telegraph
Murdoch hails electronic reading devices “no paper, no printing plants, no unions,” said Mr Murdoch, behind the FT paywall.
Open Access
5 US universities commit to open access publishing Digital & Scholarly
Privacy
OUT-LAW: Hidden Flash cookies track even opt-out users on web’s biggest sites.
Science writing
New York Times on the Simon Singh case: the high costs of English libel law for science writing
Sense about science Keep Libel Laws Out of Science campaign
Writing
Paul Graham: The list of n things is the cheeseburger of essay forms