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In the c|Net blog, The Iconoclast, Declan McCullagh recounts that Amazon successfully resisted an effort by federal prosecutors in Madison, WI to obtain 24,000 customer records. As c|Net notes, libraries and bookstores have recourse to special protections against the forced release of their users' data, and Amazon -- to its great credit -- has utilized that entrust of law to...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ In the c|Net blog, The Iconoclast, Declan McCullagh recounts that Amazon successfully resisted an effort by federal prosecutors in Madison, WI to obtain 24,000 customer records. As c|Net notes, libraries and bookstores have recourse to special protections against the forced release of their users' data, and Amazon -- to its great credit -- has utilized that entrust of law to... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31552 2007-11-26T21:21:51Z 2007-11-26T21:21:51Z

I'm pleased to bring the commentary of a couple of the publishing industry's most experienced and respected voices to conjecture on the economic ramifications of Amazon's Kindle. First, Jason Epstein has kindly agreed to share a back-of-the-envelope analysis of the Kindle in light of the common "razor and blades" analogy, in which some observers argue that Amazon would be better...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ I'm pleased to bring the commentary of a couple of the publishing industry's most experienced and respected voices to conjecture on the economic ramifications of Amazon's Kindle. First, Jason Epstein has kindly agreed to share a back-of-the-envelope analysis of the Kindle in light of the common "razor and blades" analogy, in which some observers argue that Amazon would be better... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31543 2007-11-25T15:29:50Z 2007-11-25T15:29:50Z

Many of the conversations over the release of the Kindle have focused on its features, or perceived lack thereof; there has been some discussion of what reading might become, or how authorship might change. I was impressed with the rather complimentary review of Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers. And, meanwhile, the Kindle is popular enough (despite a rating...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ Many of the conversations over the release of the Kindle have focused on its features, or perceived lack thereof; there has been some discussion of what reading might become, or how authorship might change. I was impressed with the rather complimentary review of Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers. And, meanwhile, the Kindle is popular enough (despite a rating... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31538 2007-11-19T22:00:41Z 2007-11-19T22:00:41Z

With the launch of the Kindle, I have little desire here to add to criticisms (e.g., the lack of support for the IDPF's epub standard, or PDF for that matter), or the whims of "service" designers who decided to charge for Kindle email services and blog subscriptions. Or even the size, shape, or aesthetics of it as an object (gee,...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ With the launch of the Kindle, I have little desire here to add to criticisms (e.g., the lack of support for the IDPF's epub standard, or PDF for that matter), or the whims of "service" designers who decided to charge for Kindle email services and blog subscriptions. Or even the size, shape, or aesthetics of it as an object (gee,... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31526 2007-11-18T20:35:52Z 2007-11-18T20:35:52Z

Last month, I wrote here about the death of the music file sharing system Oink, in a post called "Libraries or Pirate Places", which made note of Jace Clayton's observation that the high quality, finely described and deeply curated collection of Oink could just as easily have described a library as a conventional file sharing site. Through Alan Wexelbalt's mention...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ Last month, I wrote here about the death of the music file sharing system Oink, in a post called "Libraries or Pirate Places", which made note of Jace Clayton's observation that the high quality, finely described and deeply curated collection of Oink could just as easily have described a library as a conventional file sharing site. Through Alan Wexelbalt's mention... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31520 2007-11-14T21:32:39Z 2007-11-14T21:32:39Z

CC-0 is a brand new Creative Commons license, whose official launch is expected in December, that signals the absence of any copyright or related rights associated with a work. The creation of CC-0 is heralded by the release into the public domain of a free archive of federal case law, including all Courts of Appeals decisions from 1950 to the...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ CC-0 is a brand new Creative Commons license, whose official launch is expected in December, that signals the absence of any copyright or related rights associated with a work. The creation of CC-0 is heralded by the release into the public domain of a free archive of federal case law, including all Courts of Appeals decisions from 1950 to the... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31524 2007-11-14T03:53:57Z 2007-11-14T03:53:57Z

With the Amazon Kindle ebook reader announcement increasingly looking like it is imminent, and with a review at Ars Tecnica of the latest generation Sony ebook reader ready to stoke a smoldering fire, it is an interesting time to speculate about the future direction and utility of ebook readers. Booksquare today had an interesting muse about what makes the ebook...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ With the Amazon Kindle ebook reader announcement increasingly looking like it is imminent, and with a review at Ars Tecnica of the latest generation Sony ebook reader ready to stoke a smoldering fire, it is an interesting time to speculate about the future direction and utility of ebook readers. Booksquare today had an interesting muse about what makes the ebook... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31506 2007-11-09T00:23:43Z 2007-11-09T00:23:43Z

At the DLF Fall Forum, we unfortunately missed a presentation from NASA's Daniel Laughlin, who wound up stuck in traffic on I95 for way too many hours (not the worst travel incident of the Forum, but in the top 5). Nonetheless, Dan kindly sent his slides, which we are making available via SlideShare. Dan and I first met at a...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ At the DLF Fall Forum, we unfortunately missed a presentation from NASA's Daniel Laughlin, who wound up stuck in traffic on I95 for way too many hours (not the worst travel incident of the Forum, but in the top 5). Nonetheless, Dan kindly sent his slides, which we are making available via SlideShare. Dan and I first met at a... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31505 2007-11-08T17:21:26Z 2007-11-08T17:21:26Z

One of the most engaging sessions at the Digital Library Federation Fall Forum meeting in Philadelphia this week was a panel discussing a georeference-supportive project from the City of Philadelphia itself. We were thrilled to have representatives from Philadelphia's Department of Records, who have been gradually developing a project called PhillyHistory.org with several technology partners including Avencia, a firm in...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ One of the most engaging sessions at the Digital Library Federation Fall Forum meeting in Philadelphia this week was a panel discussing a georeference-supportive project from the City of Philadelphia itself. We were thrilled to have representatives from Philadelphia's Department of Records, who have been gradually developing a project called PhillyHistory.org with several technology partners including Avencia, a firm in... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31495 2007-11-07T16:34:09Z 2007-11-07T16:34:09Z

At the DLF Fall Forum today in Philadelphia, Mimi Calter [pdf] presented a paper on an examination of the Copyright Registration database, which Carl Malamud and I have been active in "liberating." Stanford has been working on creating a full-text database of copyright renewal records for books published between 1923 and 1963; renewals are required after 28 years, so the...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ At the DLF Fall Forum today in Philadelphia, Mimi Calter [pdf] presented a paper on an examination of the Copyright Registration database, which Carl Malamud and I have been active in "liberating." Stanford has been working on creating a full-text database of copyright renewal records for books published between 1923 and 1963; renewals are required after 28 years, so the... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31497 2007-11-06T19:58:19Z 2007-11-06T19:58:19Z

At the Digital Library Federation's Fall Forum in Philadelphia, NCSU Library's Tito Sierra, Markus Wust, and Emily Lynema presented their "CatalogWS" which is a web service that runs against a derivative of their library catalog, provided by Endeca, to provide a suite of really nice new-generation library interfaces. CatalogWS is implemented as a RESTful Web API on top of NCSU's...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ At the Digital Library Federation's Fall Forum in Philadelphia, NCSU Library's Tito Sierra, Markus Wust, and Emily Lynema presented their "CatalogWS" which is a web service that runs against a derivative of their library catalog, provided by Endeca, to provide a suite of really nice new-generation library interfaces. CatalogWS is implemented as a RESTful Web API on top of NCSU's... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31490 2007-11-05T13:32:19Z 2007-11-05T13:32:19Z

Almost a year ago, Tim O'Reilly wrote, "Search engines should be switchboards, not repositories" in his blog post, "Book Search should work like Web Search." The premise was that search engines should not duplicate the digital book repositories of publishers or other service providers, but should instead direct traffic to them. As Tim said, "Don't fight the internet." In New...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ Almost a year ago, Tim O'Reilly wrote, "Search engines should be switchboards, not repositories" in his blog post, "Book Search should work like Web Search." The premise was that search engines should not duplicate the digital book repositories of publishers or other service providers, but should instead direct traffic to them. As Tim said, "Don't fight the internet." In New... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31493 2007-11-03T22:08:08Z 2007-11-03T22:08:08Z

Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as use for scholarship or review. I was in the offices of a major New York publisher earlier this week, speaking with a business development director for online digital products. Although for me it...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as use for scholarship or review. I was in the offices of a major New York publisher earlier this week, speaking with a business development director for online digital products. Although for me it... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31489 2007-10-31T20:30:15Z 2007-10-31T20:30:15Z

DJ, musician, and cultural critic Jace Clayton recently wrote about the demise of a file and album sharing site called Oink ("Defending the Pig -- Oink croaks"); Interpol came knocking, and Oink is now off air. Oink got into trouble for releasing and sharing material that was obviously in-copyright. Oink had several distinguishing features including currency, high quality audio files,...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ DJ, musician, and cultural critic Jace Clayton recently wrote about the demise of a file and album sharing site called Oink ("Defending the Pig -- Oink croaks"); Interpol came knocking, and Oink is now off air. Oink got into trouble for releasing and sharing material that was obviously in-copyright. Oink had several distinguishing features including currency, high quality audio files,... tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2007:/radar//57.31470 2007-10-24T21:16:00Z 2007-10-24T21:16:00Z

The New York Times today had a story on the pressures on the German book market created by the ... wait for it ... Swiss. In "German Border Threat: Cheap Books," Michael Kimmelman discusses the challenge to an old German law forcing uniform pricing on books. Contrary to default American economic assumptions, this price-fixing has resulted in a more diverse...

Peter Brantley http://radar.oreilly.com/peter/ The New York Times today had a story on the pressures on the German book market created by the ... wait for it ... Swiss. In "German Border Threat: Cheap Books," Michael Kimmelman discusses the challenge to an old German law forcing uniform pricing on books. Contrary to default American economic assumptions, this price-fixing has resulted in a more diverse...