According to a report by Online Computer Library Center - Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources - the criterion selected by most information consumers to evaluate electronic resources is that the information is worthwhile. Free is a close second. Speed has less impact, and the respondents do not trust purchased information more than free information.
“The library is daunting because I have to go there and everything is organized by academic area,” Quaranta said. “I don’t even know where to begin.” Were books as easily searchable as Web pages, she’d reconsider. Otherwise, they might as well not exist. (CNN)
”This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin’ it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that’s all we wanted to do.”
—Written by Woody Guthrie in the late 1930s on a songbook distributed to listeners who wanted the words to his recordings. (via Andreas H.)
TV on mobiles is being touted as the next big thing, with supporters predicting it will offer a new genre of programmes.
While some have expressed doubts about whether people will want to watch TV on their mobiles, handset giant Nokia and leading independent TV producer Endemol are convinced it will be a winner. (BBC)
Danah Boyd on academics and Wikipedia : ”We have the knowledge to be able to do this, but all too often, we’re acting like elitist children. In this way, i believe academics are more likely to lose credibility than Wikipedia.”
Some regard Tim Berners-Lee as the fist blogger anyway, but finally he has started for real.
He intend his blog to be mostly about the semantic web….
“Fair use” is a crucial part of the american copyright system. It allows anyone to quote and reproduce copyrighted works, if the use advances creativity and democratic discussion. There are similar free expression safeguards in trademark law. Together, they assure that the owners of “intellectual property” cannot close down the free exchange of ideas.
Read the whole report “Will Fair Use Survive?” from NYU Law School.
Center for Social Media has released a Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use that makes clear what documentary filmmakers currently regard as reasonable application of the copyright “fair use” doctrine.
Fair use is shaped, in part, by the practice of the professional communities that employ it. The statement is informed both by experience and ethical principles. It also draws on analogy: documentary filmmakers should have the same kind of access to copyrighted materials that is enjoyed by cultural and historical critics who work in print media and by news broadcasters.
If the early version of the web took a “top-down” approach to content web 2.0 takes a more “bottom-up” approach - where web services and applications allow users to publish content without the need to write code and exploit the network’s potential to support greater social interaction and collaboration.
We are seeing a renaissance of Tim Berners-Lee’s original vision of a read/write web through the creation of what Tim O’Reilly calls an ”architecture of participation”.
(via Guardian - E-learning)
Weblogawards 2005 has a category for videoblogs:
29fragiledays
Bareknuclepolitics.com
Blogumentary
Crooks and Liars
Minnesota Stories
Steve Garfield’s Video Blog
The Political Teen
We Are The Media
David Meade
MEMRI
MobuzzTV
The 05 Project
Rocketboom
Bloggingheads.tv
Zudfunk
