Norway’s Ministry of Culture has just proposed legislative changes designed to further crack down on illicit file-sharing. In addition to smoothing the way for Internet users to be monitored more easily by rightsholders, amendments have been tabled which would order file-sharing sites to be blocked at the ISP level. Top of the list, The Pirate Bay.
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Today, less than four years after introducing Kindle books, Amazon.com customers are now purchasing more Kindle books than all print books - hardcover and paperback - combined.
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На 100 проданных бумажных книг приходится 105 электронных.
Уточняется, впрочем, что в счёт бумажных идут те, у которых нет электронной версии. А ассортимент электронных составляет 950 тыс.
Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, warned on Wednesday that government plans to block access to illicit filesharing websites could set a “disastrous precedent” for freedom of speech.
Speaking to journalists after his keynote speech at Google’s Big Tent conference in London, Schmidt said the online search giant would challenge attempts to restrict access to the Pirate Bay and other so-called “cyberlocker” sites that encourage illegal downloading – part of government plans to fight online piracy through controversial measures included in the Digital Economy Act.
Чем дальше, тем больше становится книг — и советчиков по их выбору; и с таким количеством механизм фильтрации перестает работать; это означает, что в какой-то момент вы никогда уже не сможете ничего себе выбрать.
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Похожие книги — и в самом деле так себе совет. Универсальных рецептов нет. Но один из выходов — твоя личная социальная сеть. В общем, как в жизни. Мы же прислушиваемся к советам друзей?
Bowker [has] released their annual report on U.S. print book publishing, compiled from its Books In Print database. Based on preliminary figures from U.S. publishers,Bowker is projecting that despite the popularity of e-books, traditional U.S. print title output in 2010 increased 5%. Output of new titles and editions increased from 302,410 in 2009 to a projected 316,480 in 2010. The 5% increase comes on the heels of a 4% increase the previous year based on the final 2008-2009 figures.
The commotion surrounding copyright troll Righthaven’s lawsuits just keeps getting better. One of the defendants, news aggregator Buzzfeed.com, has filed a class-action counterclaim against the company on behalf of all sites sued by Righthaven, alleging Righthaven is abusing legal process, does not actually own the copyrights it is claiming, and is suing in bad faith by not sending a takedown notice first or investigating if the use might be a fair use.
