History of Copyright and What It Means For Google

Google Tech Talks August 15, 2006 Karl Fogel ABSTRACT Copyright is derived from a 16th-century English censorship law, later turned into a monopoly right to subsidize distribution. This history is somewhat at odds with the modern conception of copyright, and an understanding of it is increasingly important today, as the economics of distribution are changing radically. This talk will give the audience a mid-level overview of copyright's history, with pointers to further reading, followed by a survey of alternative economic bases for creation and distribution, and a discussion of what these dynamics mean for companies, like Google, that flourish in an environment of frictionless information sharing. I will leave as much time as possible for Q&A. This is a slight reworking of a talk I just gave at OSCON in Portland, see http://www.questioncopyright.org/node/5 for more.

DIGITAL AGE - Is the CIA Ready for the Information Age? James Woolsey

"I never called it a war against terrorism . . . we are at war with a totalitarian movement," says James Woolsey, former CIA Director and VP Booze Allen Hamilton. Hear Woolsey's rationale for present day wars, CIA problems with digital technology and some of its 'mess ups.' James Goodale, former Vice Chairman of The New York Times hosts.

msdewey: Human touch to search engine

Search engine: Ms. Dewey -very interesting and funny search engine with Human touch.

‘Cartoon Medicine’ for a New Generation

“Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike” was among the animated films presented on Oct. 25 and 26 at the Cartoon Medicine Show at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington.

The show featured animated public health films from the 1920s to the ’60s — some well known, others rarely screened in the last 40 or 50 years — from the collection of the National Library of Medicine. The films cover such topics as personal hygiene, malaria prevention, cancer detection, tuberculosis screening and the safe use of X-rays.

The National Library of Medicine is also creating a series of DVDs of historical medical films, the first of which is likely to be released next fall.

Slideshare: Share your slides online (embedding)

Slideshare an ingenious tool for publishing/viewing slides online, It is like a YouTube for your presentations, ...................More helpful .

Get email notification when people comment on your slideshows
You can get an RSS feed for a particular user on SlideShare.
Now you can bookmark slideshows that you want to remember.

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2. 'Web 2.0 In Medicine’ & ‘Library 2.0′03:20 11/22/2006, David Rothman, teaching/training, technology, web applications,

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Free Utilities list

Free utilities “I want a Freeware Utility to...450+ common problems solved” has a long list of extremely useful free utilities that do specific jobs really well and save time and money. Categories include: anti-spyware, anti-virus, audio, music, mp3, business, office, MS Office, communication, desktop, editors, files and folders, financial, graphics, fun, keyboard, performance, productivity, programming, uninstallers, and video. Open Source software is available at a sister site. Both are from eConsultant, an IT expert, who makes other good stuff available from the homepage.

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Freeware: http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/index.html
Open Source: http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-open-source-software/index.html