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

  1214 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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  Ruling in favor of UCLA right to rip DVDs may have implications for HathiTrust

  1058 readersDid I just hear the DMCA’s anti-circumvention precisions creak a little? Ars Technica reports that a judge has ruled educational institutions are legally entitled to rip and stream DVDs that they have legally purchased. The case involves UCLA ripping and streaming some educational DVDs from Ambrose Video Publishing. Ambrose sued over the anti-circumvention provision violation,

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  Canada could get DMCA-style DRM anti-circumvention law

  1552 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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  Khan Academy can hook students on learning

  1954 readersThis in-depth Wired feature article by Clive Thompson is a few months old, but I ran across it in an old print issue of Wired Magazine today at work and was completely fascinated. It does not have anything to do with e-books directly, perhaps, but is a great example of how new electronic media can

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  Sony Xperia Tablet Z Gets Official Promo Clips (Video)

  755 readersYou know a product is ready to hit the shops when it gets its first promotional clips detailing its features. The Sony Xperia Tablet Z, that was unveiled at CES 2013 just got its clips, that are shown below. This tablet finally strays from the folded magazine format that Sony wanted to make big at

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  Paramount to Law Professors: Let’s Talk About Copyright Infringement

  1170 readersIn a slightly odd reaction to the public anti-SOPA backlash, movie studio Paramount has decided to try to open a dialogue discussing copyright infringement.  The odd part is that they chose law professors to dialogue with.  Details are in the article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. The article suggests that the strategy of talking to

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  Quick Note: Scribd closes $13 million in third round runding

  1568 readersFrom mocoNews: Social publishing site Scribd has closed $13 million third round, as it looks toward rolling out new mobile features and additional products around ad sales and its two-year-old book and document store. The round was led by MLC Investments of Australia and SVB Capital, with previous investors, including Redpoint Ventures, Charles River Ventures

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  eBooks and the Library Conundrum

  1804 readerseBooks have helped redefine how people acquire, read and share books, and as sales continue to grow, many publishers are struggling to find the right model that matches their needs, especially in libraries. Library patrons are facing challenges related to eBooks, from choosing a physical eReader or the right software, to accessibility concerns for the

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  iPads Are On Teachers’ “Most Wanted” list

  2140 readersSo says a new survey from PBS and Grunwald Associates: Interactive whiteboards are the classroom technology that teachers say they most value, and though tablet-style eReader devices such as Apple’s iPad haven’t been around for long, they’re already considered the second most useful mobile classroom technology behind laptops, according to a national survey of teachers’

• Amazon Kindle Fire Press Conference

  625 readers Have you been watching all the short clips of yesterday’s Amazon event? I have something better. Here’s Amazon’s official video of the press conference. It’s a little long at 51 minutes, but it’s a better quality video than a number of the clips. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.