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Tuesday, December 31, 2002
How to Use Your iPod Under Linux [Slashdot]
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>Top 25 Science Stories of 2002 [Slashdot] comments < 6:02:50 PM
>Will McCain Side With Consumers' Fair Use Rights?. Last week, The Washington Post ran a story about Senator John McCain's return to the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation. Commerce Power Shift Could Shake Up Piracy, Broadband Debates speculates how the change from media puppet Fritz Hollings to McCain could affect broadband policy, telecom deregulation, and copyright law. While I agree that it's too difficult to predict how these issues will fare under McCain, I do think fair use rights stand a better chance at McCain-governed hearings than in any session Hollings ever controlled. This article has been making the rounds of the blogosphere and it's definitely worth your read, but I haven't seen anyone highlight my favorite quote from it yet, so here it is for posterity. [The Shifted Librarian] comments < 8:15:43 AM
>bookmarks in Libraries. The folks at bookmarks magazine have sent me their first two issues for free. I have to say that I'm really torn about this particular serial. Their tag line is "for everyone who hasn't read everything," and the November/December issue reviews more than 60 books. On the one hand, I think every public library should subscribe to it. I interlibrary loaned most of the children's titles recommended in the first issue, and the reviews were right on target (the kids loved them). The downside to the magazine, if you can call it a downside, is that I feel like more of a stooge than ever that I don't read books anymore. I could list several titles from each issue that sound interesting, but I know I won't get to them, which makes me kind of sad. And thanks to publisher paranoia and short-sightedness, none of the books found in these pages that I would want to read are available via Audible. When I was a reference librarian at a public library, I avidly read all of the PW, LJ, etc. reviews, so reading bookmarks is a real treat for me. So two thumbs up for bookmarks, two thumbs down for fear-based publishers, and two thumbs sideways for a growing list of titles I'll read when I retire someday far in the future. [The Shifted Librarian]comments < 8:15:21 AM
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