20071024 Libraries Chooses the Open Source Route Avoid Corporate Control
From s5h.net
Libraries Reject Google In Favor Of Open Source
A number of libraries have steered clear of the corporate rivalry, though, and have instead opted to side with the Open Content Alliance (OCA).
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/10/22/libraries-reject-google-in-favor-of-open-source Just announced: Google to buy Nielsen data
Under an agreement to be announced Wednesday, Google will pay Nielsen an undisclosed amount to obtain detailed information about the kinds of people who watch specific TV shows. The breakdown, drawn from Nielsen's rating service, typically provides viewers' ages, gender, marital status and other personal data that help advertisers choose the audience most likely to be interested in their product or service.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071024/ap_on_hi_te/google_nielsen Privacy bomb.
Related: 'The New York Times' drops online subscription service
The New York Times has finally given up on the Web-subscription model, announcing Monday that the newspaper's online site will no longer charge for any content.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9780063-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
OUP wants me to pay for my own Open Access article
The journal wishes to charge me 48 USD to: * USE MY OWN ARTICLE * ON WHICH I HOLD COPYRIGHT * FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES (TEACHING) The journal is therefore * SELLING MY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY * WITHOUT MY PERMISSION * AGAINST THE TERMS OF THE LICENCE (NO COMMERCIAL USE) I am lost for words...
http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/blogs/murrayrust/?p=529
A Quest to Get More Court Rulings Online, and Free
The domination of two legal research services over the publication of federal and state court decisions is being challenged by an Internet gadfly who has embarked on an ambitious project to make more than 10 million pages of case law available free online.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/technology/20westlaw.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Libraries Defend Open Access
In an open letter last month, Rockefeller University Press castigated the publishers' sock-puppet outfit, PRISM, for using distorting rhetoric in a coordinated PR attack on open access. N
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1739235&from=rss
News Corp undecided on making WSJ.com free
"It would be a very expensive thing to do in the short term," Murdoch told analysts on a telephone conference call to discuss News Corp's quarterly earnings. "In the long term, it may be a wonderful thing to do, but we're looking at it very closely."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070808/media_nm/newscorp_results_journal_dc
The Land of "Nothing for free"
I was down there to give a talk on "Open Source Business Models" for a conference. Also represented were entertainment industry lawyers, "Big Telecom" management, and a smattering of software people. Microsoft was there of course. You can't hold a church fete with "Open Source" on the banner these days without Microsoft turning up and requesting representation. At least we also had Bruce Perens on our side to help make up the balance. The venue eas an unbelievably expensive hotel. Even though I was on expenses I balked at asking the company to pay for a room there and found something cheaper (not by much) a few miles down the road.
http://samba.org/samba/news/articles/low_point/column11.html
Academia's Open Access movement mirrors FOSS community
Free and open source software (FOSS) has roots in the ideals of academic freedom and the unimpeded exchange of information. In the last five years, the concepts have come full circle, with FOSS serving as a model for Open Access (OA), a movement within academia to promote unrestricted access to scholarly material for both researchers and the general public.
http://www.linux.com/feature/118139
Announcing the Open Library
Early this year, when I left my job at Wired Digital, I thought I could look forward to months of lounging around San Francisco, reading books on the beach and drinking fine champagne and eating foie gras. Then I got a phone call. Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive was thinking of pursuing a project that I'd been trying to do literally for years. [...] So today I'm extraordinarily proud to announce the Open Library project. Our goal is to build the world's greatest library,
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/openlibrary
Berkman Center and CALI Partner to Create New Legal Education Resource
“We are looking forward to renewing a fruitful relationship with Harvard Law School through the Legal Education Commons project, which will provide innovative tools and access to open-licensed course materials to our more than 200 member law schools” said CALI Executive Director John Mayer.
Wikipedia Founder Joins EC Open Access Campaign
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said he signed a petition calling on the European Commission to give the public open access to taxpayer-funded scientific research because it was "simple and obvious" that the public should have access to research they had funded. "Public money should result in public benefit," he added.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/56443.html
Push for open access to research
"Cancer patients seeking information on new treatments or parents searching for the latest on childhood development issues were often denied access to the research they indirectly fund through their taxes"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6404429.stm
Elsevier duo say the future is open
Two senior publishers have departed Elsevier and joined rival Biomed Central, placing their bets on an open access future for scientific research.
http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2171597/elsevier-duo-say-future-open
