The fallout from the Megaupload seizure by the U.S. government continues. The immediate reaction saw denial of service attacks on web sites the Department of Justice and media giant Universal earlier last week. Additional attacks continued through the weekend taking…
Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Browsing On A Sunday: Megaupload, Banning Sex Offenders From Libraries, And Better World Books
23
Jan
A Bit More On e-Books And Libraries
09
Dec
An article in The Atlantic called Library Wars: Amazon and Publishers Vie for Control of E-Book Rentals by Peter Osnos that examines the publishing world’s paranoia with e-books. They love the idea of selling them at prices comparable to print…
Penguin Pulls Books From Overdrive Lending Program for Libraries
23
Nov
Penguin announced on Monday that it was pulling its digital editions from Overdrive’s library lending program because of security reasons. This may have more to do with Overdrive’s relationship with Amazon, who angered publishers by offering free ebook loans to…
Browsing On A Sunday: Borders Books, The Health Care Law, And The Search Market
14
Nov
Bloomberg Business Week has a lengthy analysis on the failure of Borders Books called The End of Borders and the Future of Books. The pull quote is “Borders seems to have been in the business of making mistakes.” The article…
Browsing On A Sunday Afternoon – Copyright and Captcha
06
Nov
Here are a few things to note on a Sunday afternoon. One is an article in CNET where Jennifer Pariser, RIAA senior vice president of litigation complained that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) may need overhaul as the courts…
Copyright Office Issues Report On Mass Digitization
04
Nov
Anyone who may have read my post on BNA content being available through Google News may have clicked on the link I gave to the specific BNA content. If so, the story Copyright Office Report Outlines Issues Surrounding Mass Digitization…
