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<P align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">OPLIN 4cast #1 - April 11, 2006</SPAN></B></P>
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<P>The <EM><B>OPLIN 4cast</B></EM> is a new, weekly compilation of recent headlines, topics, and trends that could impact public libraries. For the first few weeks, the <EM>4cast</EM> will be posted to OPLINlist and OPLINtech. Beyond that, you will be able to subscribe to it one of two ways:</P>
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<LI class=style1><STRONG>RSS feed</STRONG>. You can receive the <EM>OPLIN 4cast</EM> via RSS feed by subscribing to the following URL: <A href="file:///I:/Communication/OPLIN%204cast/%231/www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?feed=rss2">www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?feed=rss2</A>.
<LI><STRONG>E-mail</STRONG>. You can have the <EM>OPLIN 4cast</EM> delivered via e-mail (a'la OPLINlist and OPLINtech) by subscribing to the <EM>4cast</EM> mailing list at <A href="http://mail.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/OPLIN4cast">http://mail.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/OPLIN4cast</A>. </LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P class=style4>This week’s <EM>4cast</EM><B>:</B></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">1. <B>COPA </B></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Subpoenas Go Way Beyond Google</SPAN></B> </P>
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<P>When the federal government wanted data to bolster their argument that portions of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) should be renewed, it turns out that they demanded information from a lot more companies than just Google.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<LI><A href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060331-6500.html">Feds go all out with COPA subpoenas</A> (Ars Technica)
<LI><A href="http://www.ala.org/al_onlineTemplate.cfm?Section=alonline&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=122172">DOJ Subpoenaed Dozens of Companies in Addition to Google</A> (American Library Association) </LI></UL>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">2. <B>Legal Movie Downloads Don’t Come Cheap</B></SPAN></P>
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<P>Movielink and CinemaNow have become the first major online sources for (legal) downloadable movies in the United States. The movies will be available for download on the same day as the DVDs go on sale, but it will cost more to do so.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<LI><A href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060403-6509.html">Legal movie downloads come to the US</A> (Ars Technica)
<LI><A href="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,125307,00.asp">Download Movies Legally, for a Price</A> (PC World) </LI></UL>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">3. <B>Print Newspapers Going the Way of the Dinosaurs?</B></SPAN></P>
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<P>More and more readers are surfing to their newspaper online instead of subscribing to the paper version.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<LI><A href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70571-0.html">Stop the Presses ... Go Online</A> (Wired)
<LI><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040301595.html">For Future Readers, Papers Should Look Online</A> (The Washington Post) </LI></UL>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">4. <B>A Shortcut Through the Fog of Blogs</B></SPAN></P>
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<P>What’s a blog and how can they help you? Here’s a quick, three-step way to get your feet wet without having to know anything.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<LI><A href="http://joy.mollprojects.com/myprojects/rss/quickrss.html">Bloglines for Librarians in Three (and a half) Easy Steps</A>” by Joy Weese Moll </LI></UL>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">4b.</SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> Creative Commons Licenses</SPAN></B></P>
<P>Joy Weese Moll published the above article under a <B>Creative Commons License</B>. Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides "a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators" in the form of free, voluntary "some rights reserved" licenses<EM>.</EM></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<LI><A href="http://creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</A>
<LI><A href="http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses">Meet the Licenses</A> </LI></UL>
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<P>----------<BR>Joel Husenits<BR>Managing Editor</P>
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