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Follow-up to September 18, 2006 posting Belgian Court Rules Against Google in Copyright Dispute, this press release from the World Association of Publishers, September 22, 2006: “In the week that Belgian publishers won their case against Google for illegally publishing content without prior consent, a coalition of print media associations are preparing to launch a …
As reported by Mike Shields: “Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive has launched made-for-mobile versions of the Web sites for three of its largest properties, including WashingtonPost.com, Newsweek.com and Slate.com as part of a new mobile services initiative at the company. The sites are available free of charge for any users that have a Web-enabled handset by logging onto …
Belgium Orders Google to Remove News Items or Pay Huge Fine: “A Brussels court has ordered internet giant Google to pay 1 million euro a day if it does not remove all news articles and pictures from French and German language newspapers on its news site, Belgian media reported on Monday.” Belgian court brings Google …
“The Electronic Frontier Foundation has developed the following search privacy tips. They range from straightforward steps that offer a little protection to more complicated measures that offer near-complete safety. While we strongly urge users to follow all six tips, a lesser level of protection might be sufficient depending on your particular situation and willingness to …
Windows Live Search Blog: “…the new Live Search… no longer in beta, and powering searches on both Live.com and MSN.
Google News Archive Search: “News archive search provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives. Users can search for events, people or ideas and see how they have been described over time. In addition to searching for the most relevant articles for their query, users can get a historical overview of the results …
Google press release: “Starting today, readers can find new, and free, downloadable versions of some of the world’s greatest books on Google Book Search. Working with our library partners, we’re expanding access to books that are out of copyright and have become public domain material. Users can search and read these books on Google Book …
Google Webmaster Central: “Welcome to your one-stop shop for comprehensive info about how Google crawls and indexes websites. You can learn here how to ensure that your site is easily crawled and indexed and access tools that will enable you to diagnose crawling issues, study statistics on how your site is doing in our index, …
The Chronicle of Higher Education obtained a copy of the 13 page agreement between Google, Inc. and the Regents of the University of California that details the scope of the digitization project, as well as copyright and ownership issues. Related postings on the Google Book Search Project
FindLaw: “A federal judge scolds the FBI in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for failing to “just Google” the names of people about whom plaintiffs sought audio recordings and other information in their litigation. According to Judge Garland, “Surely, in the Internet age, a “reasonable alternative” for finding out whether a prominent person …
Pragmatic Approaches to Knowledge Management, by Ron Friedmann Criminal Justice Resources – Prisoners’ Rights and Resources on the Web, by Ken Strutin It’s Not Rocket Science: Making Sense of Scientific Evidence, by Paul Barron Global Law Firm Knowledge Management Survey 2006, by Gretta Rusanow The Government Domain: Government Documents and the News, by Peggy Garvin …
Washington Post Op-ed today: The Books Google Could Open, by Richard Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges. eWeek.com: Publishers Fight Back Against Google with New Book Search Service: “Publisher HarperCollins and Austin, Texas-based LibreDigital announced today a hosted service called LibreDigital Warehouse that will give publishers and booksellers the ability to deliver searchable …
