---------------------------------------------------------
Academics thrash out open access details
By Donald MacLeod, Guardian, March 2, 2005
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,9865,1428634,00.html
"International open access to research papers on the internet has taken
a crucial step closer after a meeting at Southampton University this
week, supporters have said. "
------
Will restricting file-sharing slow innovation?
By John Borland and Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com, March 02, 2005
http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020463,39189760,00.htm
"Some leading figures in tech are worried that legal restrictions on
peer-to-peer software could cause lasting damage to the tech industry as
a whole"
-------------
Press Release: Free Online Collection of 275,000 Images from
World-Renowned New York Public Library Launches March 3
New York, NY, March 2, 2005
http://www.nypl.org/press/digitalgallery.cfm
"Civil War Photographs, Illuminated Manuscripts, Japanese Prints, New
York City Views, Early American Maps, and More Available in Unparalleled
Database of Rare Items "
-------
On Air- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: The Digital Future
THURSDAY ON C-SPAN AT 6:30PM ET
http://www.c-span.org/congress/digitalfuture.asp
"Lawrence Lessig is the inventor of the revolutionary concept and
application Creative Commons, which invites the right to use material
under specific conditions. "
--------
Copyright tariff sparks CanCon backlash
By CBC News, Mar 2 2005
http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ot-copyright20050302
"OTTAWA A new tariff that will soon be charged on Canadian music used
as background sound in public is igniting a threat from hotels to play
only music from other countries. "
-------
The Copyright Office wants your opinion - REALLY!
From Indiwire.com, March 01, 2005
http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/002960.html
"This is one of those really important long term issues that we need to
pay attention to NOW... before the opportunity to discuss copyright is
gone. Just got this from Public Knowlege, and i'm passing it along."
-------
The Book Stops Here
By Daniel H. Pink, Wired.com,
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki_pr.html
"Jimmy Wales wanted to build a free encyclopedia on the Internet. So he
raised an army of amateurs and created the self-organizing,
self-repairing, hyperaddictive library of the future called Wikipedia."
---------
MGM Takes Heat on Anti-P2P, File-Sharing Court Action
http://www.telecomweb.com/news/1109790424.htm
"A confederation of consumer, industry and public advocacy organizations
is strongly urging other such groups and individuals to intercede at the
U.S. Supreme Court with amicus briefs aimed at upsetting a
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) lawsuit which effectively wants to
hold peer-to-peer (P2P) software product developers indirectly
responsible and liable for users copyright infringement violations via
on-line file-sharing."
-------
Fighting for the 'freedom to tinker'
By Viola Huang, Daily Princetonian , March 1, 2005
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/03/01/news/12196.shtml
"The world is an imperfect place, and Edward Felten likes to tinker with
it. "
------
Musicians Side With Grokster in Upcoming Supreme Court Case
By Eric Olsen, BlogsCritics, March 01, 2005
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/01/122829.php
"In papers to be filed today, an artist's group is backing file sharing
service Grokster against the entertainment industry in a critical
copyright case before the Supreme Court, scheduled to begin March 29."
*
P2P companies ask high court for help
By John Borland, CNET News.com, March 1, 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5595011.html
"Backed by powerful technology groups and a handful of artists,
file-swapping software companies on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court
to reject proposals from the entertainment industry that could put them
out of business. "
--------