Tuesday, April 02, 2002

Artful Deception If Ghostwriters Are Indispensable, Why Are They So Invisible? By Gregory Baruch Sunday, March 31, 2002; Page B01 Historians who pass off other people's work as their own are widely condemned -- just ask Stephen Ambrose or Doris Kearns Goodwin. College students who pay somebody else to write their term papers can be -- and often are -- expelled. Even the music industry -- hardly a bastion of ethical sensitivity -- stripped Milli Vanilli of its "Best New Artist" Grammy Award after it turned out that the photogenic lip-syncing duo wasn't actually singing the songs. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38888-2002Mar30.html   An interesting article from the Washington Post about how many books are now being ghost written. 2:11:28 PM     Good News!  Our online bookclub   e-readers  now has a registered trademark.  Go to www.e-readers.org to find out how to join in on the fun. 1:22:44 PM     Michael J. Fox's book 'Lucky Man' just arrived at the Library.  This one is sure to be popular, so get your name on the reserve list now.  You can call or email us. Michael J. Fox is 'Lucky' in love, life and work [USA Today : Front Page] 11:35:47 AM     YahooMail has changed its privacy policy.  Here's an article to explain what they've done. Yahoo's 'Opt-Out' Angers Users. In an e-mail that begins, 'Your privacy is very important to us,' Yahoo informs its users that it will begin providing personal information to marketers, even if the user had already opted against it. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]     11:23:43 AM

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