Hart’s Opinion on Copyright Law Rejection

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Some sad news to report: the 9th Circuit has rejected constitutional challenges to the copyright laws in *Kahle v. Gonzales*. The opinion is here. Sad, yes, but also positively maddening, for reasons I will explain shortly.First, a bit of background: Plaintiffs in this case — the Internet Archive and its Chairman, Brewster Kahle, and the […]

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Cuts threaten services at British Library

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It is at the heart of Britain’s cultural, literary and political life. Each day writers, academics and researchers join those who have crossed the world to access the fruits of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland, from the humblest tome to the Magna Carta. But according to the British Library, government-imposed spending cuts […]

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Challenges to Copyright Law Rejected By 9th Circuit

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Stanford Center for Internet and Society Kahle v. Gonzales – In this case, two archives ask the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to hold that statutes that extended copyright terms unconditionally — the Copyright Renewal Act and the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) — are unconstitutional under the Free Speech Clause […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter (2007-01-24)

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pgweekly_2007_01_24.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter For Wednesday, January 24, 2007 ****eBooks Readable By Both Humans And Computers Since July 4, 1971**** NOTE: Best viewed with a fixed-width font, i.e. Courier New. Windows NotePad is a good a program to use for viewing. This Weeks News ————— 2007, THE YEAR OF THE CELL PHONE [extract] […]

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Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish Writer of Shimmering Allegories and News, Dies at 74

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Ryszard Kapuscinski, a globe-trotting journalist from Poland whose writing, often tinged with magical realism, brought him critical acclaim and a wide international readership, died yesterday in Warsaw. He was 74.   His death, at a hospital, was reported by PAP, the Polish news agency for which he had worked. No cause was given, but he […]

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What If Everyone Could Have Everything?

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This is not simply a rhetorical question, particularly in the middle of The Computer Revolution, so let’s try to first consider the kinds of things that may live in your computer, and thus in anyone else’s. And thus in anyone else’s…. There’s the key to the whole situation. Before computers there was ONLY ONE THING […]

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The Library of Google

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Researchers always need to be reminded not to put too much trust in the materials that happen to lie within easy reach, but the risk of distortion will be much greater if they confine their investigations to a shelf of pre-selected books in a library rather than exposing themselves to the awe-inspiring quantities of treasure […]

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2007, The Year of the Cell Phone

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A Review of the new LG eNV and Apple iPhone, and more. You think you’ve seen cell phones? Not the kind that you’ll be seeing sooner than you think! 2007 will see the start of cell phones that do everything we can imagine, and perhaps more than many of us imagine. Many of you have […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter (2007-01-17)

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pgweekly_2007_01_17.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter For Wednesday, January 17, 2007 ****eBooks Readable By Both Humans And Computers Since July 4, 1971**** NOTE: Best viewed with a fixed-width font, i.e. Courier New. Windows NotePad is a good a program to use for viewing. This Weeks News ————— I have been experiencing a very bad internet […]

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HC Makes Digital Investment, Forms Joint Venture

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HarperCollins has invested in NewsStand Inc., the company that helped the publisher develop its digital warehouse, and is teaming up with LibreDigital, a division of NewsStand, to offer digital services to other publishers. Brian Murray, HC group president, said the publisher decided to form the venture after receiving many requests from other publishers about the […]

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Desktop Fabricator May Kick-Start Home Revolution

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A cheap self-assembly device capable of fabricating 3D objects has been developed by US researchers. They hope the machine could kick start a revolution in home fabrication – or “rapid prototyping” – just as early computer kits sparked an explosion in home computing. Rapid prototyping machines are already used by designers, engineers and scientists to […]

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