DIY Book Scanner: Daniel Reetz at the 2011 Open Hardware Summit
From DIYbookscanner.org, an inspiring video on the whys of paperbook scanning! Daniel Reetz – “DIY Book Scanning” from adafruit industries on Vimeo. Posted by Jesse Willis
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TVO: Search Engine: Digital Locks have Nothing to do with Copyright
The latest episode of TVO’s Search Engine, #127, updates us on the latest on Bill C-11. Host Jesse Brown interviews Russell McOrmand, of C11.ca (aka digital-copyright.ca), the hero who is blogging C-11’s progress through legislative committee. |MP3| Podcast feed: http://feeds.tvo.org/tvo/searchengine… Read moreTVO: Search Engine: Digital Locks have Nothing to do with Copyright
Small Town by Philip K. Dick is PUBLIC DOMAIN
Philip K. Dick’s short story, Small Town, is PUBLIC DOMAIN. Here’s a |PDF| of it. Small Town was first published in the May 1954 issue of Amazing Stories. Here is the copyright page from that issue: The fact that the… Read moreSmall Town by Philip K. Dick is PUBLIC DOMAIN
The Influence of RADIO DRAMA on comics and vice versa
There’s a fascinating article by Kurt Kuersteiner HERE titled “OTR: The Evil Influence Behind EC.” In it Kuersteiner maps some of the many stories swiped from radio drama series and turned into EC Comics. It came to me at the… Read moreThe Influence of RADIO DRAMA on comics and vice versa
A mystery record from the future as advertized in Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine in the 1970s
Lately I’ve been paging through dozens and dozens of magazines from the 1960s and 1970s. Several issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction from the mid-70s include a mysterious ad for a record from the future. Here’s a scan from the… Read moreA mystery record from the future as advertized in Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine in the 1970s
CBC: The Hour: Michael Geist on Bill C-11
Michael Geist compares Bill C-11 to SOPA in this brief vid that aired on The Hour. Internet expert and academic Michael Geist outlines the content and implications of Bill C-11, a proposed copyright bill that has been called “Canada’s SOPA”…. Read moreCBC: The Hour: Michael Geist on Bill C-11