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Monday, February 18, 2002 |
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UK bill would "infringe scientists' fundamental freedom". Proposed legislation would give the UK government far-reaching powers to review and restrict scientific communication [New Scientist]
This is great news! The UK wants to restrict what can be taught and published by their scientists. So scientists will end up going overseas in order to do their research work, which means other countries will get to make their progress faster, and the UK (along with the rest of the EU) will be left in the dust.
12:44:18 PM 
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Record Labels' Answer to Napster Still Has Artists Feeling Bypassed. Record companies have said that it's the artists who lose with services like Napster. Under the labels' new Internet services, however, the performers still don't get a dime. [The New York Times: Technology]
Off the record, the label execs say they'll start paying the artists later, after they have found out if they can make nay money by offering the services in this manner.
Commentary: Make sure you always own the content you produce, so that you can continually make money on that IP. Example: A song that is written to be a hit single that then goes on to be used in a car commercial, appears in five movies and sixteen tv shows, plus on the soundtrack of a game. You get a royalty for each of those uses, plus the fact that five, ten years down the road you let someone release a cover of the track, and you get paid for that as well.
Own your memes, make sure that you get paid for them.
8:37:39 AM
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Fostering a CTO community [IDG InfoWorld]
CTOs are often chosen based on their tech skills, not their people skills. A good CTO needs to have a balance between the two. The article covers a club that helps mentor existing and train new CTOs on all parts of their job, so that they can be more effective.
8:19:42 AM
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Finding a niche [IDG InfoWorld]
Alternative to E-bay auction site that uses animated hosts to help sell items that have attached video files. While they are not as slick as Ananova since they are obviously being read by someone, it's a good start.
8:13:20 AM
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Blah, Blah, Blah and Blog. Weblogs are in the mainstream, with their stories being told in major media outlets, which in turn is creating a whole new generation of bloggers, for better or worse. By Farhad Manjoo. [Wired News]
7:53:55 AM
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Ted Morgan. "Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it." [Quotes of the Day]
7:43:00 AM
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