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<p align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4cast #47 -
March 20, 2007</span></b></p>
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<p>The <em><b>OPLIN 4cast</b></em> is a weekly compilation of
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<p class="style4">This week’s <em>4cast</em><b>:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">1. <strong>Viacom to Google: This
YouTube Thing's Gonna Cost Ya </strong></span></p>
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<p>When <a href="http://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Google</a>
purchased <a href="http://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank">YouTube</a>
late last year, there was <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?p=35">some speculation</a>
that big-time copyright-infringement lawsuits would soon follow.
Viacom, the entertainment giant that owns a number of networks aimed at
younger audiences, has decided to start small - one billion dollars. </p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/V/VIACOM_YOUTUBE_LAWSUIT"
target="_blank">Viacom Sues YouTube Over Copyrights</a> (Wired News)</li>
<li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6446193.stm"
target="_blank">Viacom will sue YouTube for $1bn</a> (BBC)</li>
<li><a
href="http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/15/2056210&from=rss"
target="_blank">Viacom vs. YouTube - Whose Side Are You On?</a>
(Slashdot) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/14/viacom_privacyhating.html"
target="_blank">Viacom: privacy-hating hypocrites</a> (Boing Boing) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. <strong>No One Needs to Know What
You Googled Years Ago </strong></span> </p>
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<p>Perhaps looking to stave off more potential lawsuits (or <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_and_privacy_issues"
target="_blank">government subpoenas</a>), Google has revised their
privacy policy, <a
href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/taking-steps-to-further-improve-our.html"
target="_blank">promising users that they will obfuscate search data
after 18 to 24 months</a>, so that users will no longer be easily
matched up with their search requests. </p>
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<ul>
<li><a
href="http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6167333.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news"
target="_blank">Google adding search privacy protections</a> (CNET
News) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005162.php"
target="_blank">Google's New Plan to "Anonymize" Search Logs: A Good
First Step, But More Is Needed</a> (Electronic Frontier Foundation)</li>
<li><a
href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/google_to_anony.html"
target="_blank">Google To Anonymize Data -- Updated</a> (27B Stroke 6)
</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/03/16/google-privacy-records-managment-and-archives/"
target="_blank">Google, Privacy, Records Management and Archives</a>
(Spellbound Blog) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3.<strong> Search, Frown, Edit,
Repeat, Smile </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>The creator of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>
has a new project underway called <a
href="http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Search_Wikia" target="_blank">Search
Wikia</a> - a search engine that will allow users to freely edit and
(in theory) improve its results.</p>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_5406665"
target="_blank">Wikia plans editable Web search engine</a> (Inside Bay
Area)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72376-0.html"
target="_blank">Giving Search a Human Touch</a> (Wired News)</li>
<li><a
href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2007/01/search_engine_c.html"
target="_blank">Search engine coming from Wikia</a> (LibrarianInBlack)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/nlsblog070320/"
target="_blank">Blog Insights: Do we really need another search engine?</a>
(ITworld)</li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4.<strong> What Are You Doing? How
About Now? Now? Still There? Now? </strong></span></p>
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<p>Everybody's twitterin' about <a href="http://twitter.com/"
target="_blank">Twitter</a>. In fact, few recent trends have divided
the library world so starkly. </p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/17/twitter-me-this/"
target="_blank">Twitter Me This</a> (the goblin in the library) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/03/10/twtter-explained-for-librarians-or-10-ways-to-use-twitter/"
target="_blank">Twitter Explained for Librarians, or 10 ways to use
Twitter</a> (David Lee King) </li>
<li><a
href="http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/03/is_twitter_too_.html"
target="_blank">Is Twitter TOO good?</a> (Creating Passionate Users) </li>
<li><a
href="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2007/03/06/why_twitter_matters.php"
target="_blank">why twitter matters</a> (mamamusings)</li>
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