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  Canada could get DMCA-style DRM anti-circumvention law

  1576 readersCanada may be about to get its own anti-circumvention law, akin to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, PaidContent reports. In response to calls from the US entertainment industry to tighten up its copyright enforcement, the Canadian legislature is considering a bill called C-32 which contains such a provision. The DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision, that prohibits users

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  Congress to Consider DMCA Anti-Circumvention Reform…But Probably Not Very Hard

  1342 readersWell, it’s that time of decade again. Someone in Congress has finally—or, rather, once again—taken note of how the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions step all over consumer rights and introduced legislation to try to balance the scales. Ars Technica reports that three Democrats and a Republican, including California rep Zoe Lofgren, have introduced the Unlocking Technology

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  Library of Congress to consider granting DMCA exemptions again

  758 readersIt’s time for the tri-yearly circus to kick off again. Ars Technica reports that it’s just about time for the Library of Congress to consider granting exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s DRM anti-circumvention provisions. This process comes every three years, and the exemptions last only until the next exemption granting—which means that even

• New Online Educational Library For Jewish Schools

  141 readers [Press Release] A First-of-its-Kind Online Library for Jewish Schools in the United States Israel’s Center for Educational Technology (CET) to Launch Online Library for Jewish Schools in the United States in Partnership With Behrman House Behrman House, the leading publisher of textbooks and digital learning materials for Jewish religious schools in North America, has entered a collaborative agreement

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  Gale/Cengage adds National Geographic archive

  1446 readers From the press release: Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and National Geographic, one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations, today announced an agreement to provide an online archive of more than 100 years of

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  Gale/Cengage adds National Geographic archive

  907 readers From the press release: Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and National Geographic, one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations, today announced an agreement to provide an online archive of more than 100 years of

• Schools Adopt iPad, Replace Textbooks

  402 readershttp://mashable.com/2011/01/05/schools-ipad/ Schools around the country are beginning to adopt the iPad. New York City public schools ordered more than 2,000 iPads, and some 200 Chicago public schools applied for grants to purchase them. Schools in California and Virginia have completely swapped tra --- Saved by iamPariah at 05 Jan, url details

• Schools Adopt iPad, Replace Textbooks

  253 readershttp://mashable.com/2011/01/05/schools-ipad/ Schools around the country are beginning to adopt the iPad. New York City public schools ordered more than 2,000 iPads, and some 200 Chicago public schools applied for grants to purchase them. Schools in California and Virginia have completely swapped tra --- Saved by iamPariah at 05 Jan, url details

• Schools Adopt iPad, Replace Textbooks

  1608 readersSchools Adopt iPad, Replace Textbooks http://mashable.com/2011/01/05/schools-ipad/ Schools around the country are beginning to adopt the iPad. New York City public schools ordered more than 2,000 iPads, and some 200 Chicago public schools applied for g...

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  ALA Creates ‘Scorecard’ To Help Libraries Manage Licenses

  283 readersThe American Library Association (ALA) has created a new report to help libraries manage eBook licensing terms, called “The Business Model Scorecard.” The scorecard helps inform librarians about the different variables involved in library eBook license contracts to help them negotiate eBook licensing deals with publishers. The objective is to give public libraries ideas to craft their own contracts. The report breaks down 15 different eBook