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Senate confirms David Ferriero as Archivist of the United States: http://bit.ly/3CfPUJ
Remove "psycho" from the "acoustic simulation," add sound patches and a good DAW, and this isn't is wacky as it sounds http://bit.ly/26KURT
"A copyright law expert at a major university, who asked not to be identified ..." http://bit.ly/3PvKjn That's source who can't be quoted
Because of absurd sample clearance market, hip hop artists have been using technology to simulate sounds, boards, patches, etc. for decades
Eric Schmidt says Google has "moral responsibility" to aid news industry http://www.niemanlab.org/2009... (via @Shocklee)
HBO producing film adaptation of Steve Knopper music industry chronicle "Appetite for Self-Destruction" http://www.collider.com/2009... (via @Shocklee)
@pallian is about to unleash an app for this shopping season (via @tweetizen) Given past years http://www.fatwallet.com/forums..., we smell a DMCA issue
The man who put the "i" in Apple's branding: http://www.cultofmac.com/20172...
Given affect on U.S. #copyright, "IP czar" hearing got little coverage http://news.google.com/news... & nominee said less http://judiciary.senate.gov/pdf... [pdf]
Wal-Mart, Target & (likely) Amazon.com drop DVD prices, responding to Redbox popularity: http://www.latimes.com/busines...
Comic-Con's Shel Dorf dies in San Diego at 76: http://www.latimes.com/news...
OTBI: Whoa!! Is it us, or has ESPN's Linda Cohn been in the gym? Gotta compete with Brunson and Hannah; we are not mad.
@mmasnick So with the pennant AND the ring settling in the Bronx, hopefully your domestic situation has not worsened. Bling brings envy
Lessig: Am I only one terrified of rules managed by law professors?
ccLearn: Build infrastructure of interoperable, free educational resources
Lessig on "copyright wars," quoting Jack Valenti's infamous "terrorist war" comment: We can't kill technology; we can only criminalize it
Lessig: #GBS will push us to a documentary film culture in books & publishing, with permission as the dominant paradigm
Lessig now discussing Google Book Search #gbs
Returning to coverage. Copycense is covering Lawrence Lessig keynote at #EDUCAUSE09
Lessig mentions CC0, which allows creator to disclaim all rights in a work (effectively a grant to public domain)
Lessig: When could you convince Politburo Soviet that system was failing? Can ask same of copyright lawyers now about current system
CC as tool, maybe. CC as only or dominant tool replacing or substituting for copyright? Sounds like Googlish "trust us." Not down with that.
Lessig: Aim of CC & Science Commons is to simplify voluntary sharing
Copycense ENDS covering Lawrence Lessig keynote at #EDUCAUSE09
#GBS is good only statically. What ecology will this produce? Settlement establishes appr. 20% access
Lessig: There is an increasing copyright abolitionism movement. I am against copyright abolitionism. #Copyright is essential to culture.
[Lessig's comments on #GBS covered in his podcast "The Google Book Search Settlement: Static Good, Dynamic Bad?"]
Copycense is covering Lawrence Lessig keynote at #EDUCAUSE09
Lessig: Kids recognize they live outside the law. This corrupts American society. All of us have let this happen. We can make it stop
Lessig "You have a critical role to play" in becoming radical activists (of course, by using the CC infrastructure)
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