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On Google Books & The Settlement

On Google Books & The Settlement Not many are aware of the breadth of the Google Books initiative, or the controversies it has created. I became aware of it from reading Vernor Vinge’s “Rainbow’s End“. Here’s Google’s Alexander MacGillivray talking … Continue reading

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Artists Have Rights; Did Coldplay Copy Their New Hit? [updated]

The product of your creativity belongs to you, and you are by law entitled to profit therefrom. In a cut ‘n paste world where sampling and remixing are the norm those lines become blurred. This however looks egregiously wrong to … Continue reading

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