I was sitting at home when it happened. There, in the audience of the Kodak Theater was someone I recognized. Luke Matheny, director of God of Love. And he had just won the won the 2011 Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short. Tall, with a mess of wild hair, he’s easy to pick out ofRead… Read more »
The difference between a great sales manager and a great salesman is the difference between a wagon master and a gunfighter. The wagon master has to get as many as he can to the destination. The gunfighter is the icon of individual contributor. Most salesmen cannot build a compelling handout. They can’t build a movingRead… Read more »
Los Angeles Metro (CA) is seeking feedback from riders on Nextrip, its real-time arrival system, which is currently in beta testing. Original post
Greetings from “Policy Form: Righting the Copyright Imbalance”, at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra.After “Orphan Works” Kim Weatherall, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Queensland summarised the day. One point she made was ensuring that everyone concerned was “in the room” for discussions on copyright and also that public policy could be developedRead… Read more »
Greetings from “Policy Form: Righting the Copyright Imbalance”, at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra. After “Educational Online Copying”, the last tpic for the day was orphan works. These are documents or other materials for which the copyright owner cannot be found.One of the quirks of current Austrlaian copyright law is that orphan worksRead… Read more »
Greetings from “Policy Form: Righting the Copyright Imbalance”, at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra. After discussing the iinet case. I skipped the next session and went to browse the new periodicals in the main NLA reading room. This was more difficult than expected, as NLA have moved the periodicals racks again.Delia Browne, Director,Read… Read more »
Greetings from “Policy Form: Righting the Copyright Imbalance”, at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra. After discussing “Safe Harbours” in general, the forum move on to look at the iinet case in detail. This case was over if ISP iiNet Ltd, allowed illegal downloading of films, TV and music. The issue was if iiNetRead… Read more »
Greetings from “Policy Form: Righting the Copyright Imbalance”, at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra. After morning tea in the surroundings of the National Library of Australia, the forum recommenced with a panel on “Safe Harbours”.Safe Harbours are legal provisions to protect those who help distribute information but don;t have much control over it,Read… Read more »
Greetings from “Policy Form: Righting the Copyright Imbalance”, 4 at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra. This is a one day event organised by the Australian Digital Alliance, which is in effect a lobby group of libraries and educational institutions worried that publishers will limit their access to digital materials. The ANU is aRead… Read more »
I just learned that I will be attending SXSW Interactive and wanted to see if anyone else has planned to attend. If so, what are you looking forward to learning and seeing? Have you been before and have something to recommend – a strategy that’s helpful to get the most out of the event? I’mRead… Read more »
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