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Doug Clow (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Liveblog notes on a book discussion seminar on The Public Domain, by James Boyle, led by Ray Corrigan. It’s another in the series of senior seminars on the implications of technology for the world that I’ve liveblogged before (last was on The Future Of The Internet). The audience included notable OU blogger and genius John Naughton, [...]
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
WNYC's excellent radio program On The Media this week decided to spend an hour discussing the music industry . It's quite well done, in that it highlights how this is actually a great time in the music industry for musicians and fans -- with the only party really in trouble being the old record labels. The program talks to numerous knowledgeable people, including James Boyle, Amanda Palmer,...
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TechnoLlama (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... people blind-siding their regulatory efforts with something as crass as a private agreement, or as James Boyle eloquently puts, “ We Must Stop Google Books Because It Will Work!!! “. The Commission has issued the following statement with regards to orphan works in their latest Copyright in the Knowledge Economy communication: “The overall aim of tackling orphan works – their digitisation,...
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Techdirt (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
WNYC's excellent radio program On The Media this week decided to spend an hour discussing the music industry . It's quite well done, in that it highlights how this is actually a great time in the music industry for musicians and fans -- with the only party really in trouble being the old record labels. The program talks to numerous knowledgeable people, including James Boyle, Amanda Palmer,...
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Student Housing & Accommodation (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... manages in total, is also in negotiations to buy another 160 student homes near Derwent Point. James Pullan, partner in the Knight Frank London student property team carried out the deal. He said: “This is a well engineered and attractive scheme. It is a well designed exemplar scheme in zone one. “There is a growing need for good quality student accommodation in London, and this is one scheme...
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On The Media (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Twenty years ago a series of lawsuits criminalized the hip-hop sampling of artists like Hank Shocklee and Public Enemy . And yet, two decades later, artists like Girl Talk have found success breaking those same sampling laws. OTM producer Jamie York talks to Girl Talk, Shocklee and Duke Law professor James Boyle about two decades of sampling - on both sides of the law.
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oneXtwo Horse racing news (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... in the former event, and top-weight Lochstar (Andrew Balding/ David Probert) and Step it Up (James Boyle/ Andrea Atzeni) in the latter. Although Balding´s stable is not firing on all fronts at present, we make Lochstar, who has not run since the summer and is a son of the brilliant sprinter Lochsong, our best bet of the evening. Betting forecast Brighton: 1. Race: Essexbridge...
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DigitalKoans (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... accessible as possible, Duke does a service to the authors who publish in its journals, says James Boyle , William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law. "Imagine spending a year writing an article and discovering after you finished it that only someone with a sophisticated library or an expensive subscription could read it," he says. Duke's commitment to open access increases readership...
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Out of the Jungle (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... Tim Wu, Columbia Law School * The Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School * Professors James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins, Duke Law * Professors Lawrence Lessig and Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School * Professor Jessica Litman, University of Michigan Law School * The Oyez Project, Northwestern University * Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media * Professor Edward W. Felten, Princeton...
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oneXtwo Horse racing news (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
... Australia Day (Paul Webber/ Andrew Thornton) has another German-bred, Press the Button (James Boyle/ Richard Johnson) to beat in the listed novice hurdle at 16.25. Howard Johnson has his string in good form and sends down some raiders from his northern base, of whom Professor Higgins at 17.00 and Red Moloney at 17.35, both with Denis O´Rgan aboard, have the best chances. The...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... are raising their prices yet again, while the rest of our economy is inflation-free," said James Boyle, president of the group College Parents of America.While some states have held the line — Maryland and Missouri froze tuition — students in Washington and a handful of other states have been hit by double-digit increases.Washington state lawmakers this year authorized a 30 percent...
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The Eagle Business (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... are raising their prices yet again, while the rest of our economy is inflation-free," said James Boyle, president of the group College Parents of America.The news isn't all bad. The estimated net price -- what the average student actually pays after financial aid is taken into account -- is still much lower than the list price, at about $1,620 at public four-year colleges, and under...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
... are raising their prices yet again, while the rest of our economy is inflation-free," said James Boyle, president of the group College Parents of America.The news isn't all bad. The estimated net price — what the average student actually pays after financial aid is taken into account — is still much lower than the list price, at about $1,620 at public four-year colleges, and under...