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<p align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4cast #50 -
April 10, 2007</span></b></p>
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<p class="style4">This week’s <em>4cast</em><b>:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">1. <strong>Bad Manners in the
Blogosphere</strong></span></p>
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<p>Recently, a prominent technology blogger named Kathy Sierra (<a
href="http://headrush.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Creating
Passionate Users</a>)
received a series of anonymous, threatening messages in the comments
section of her blog, leading her to cancel speaking engagements and
suspend the blog indefinitely. In response, Web 2.0 luminary <a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/" target="_blank">Tim O'Reilly</a> has
issued a <a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/03/call_for_a_blog_1.html"
target="_blank">Call for a Blogging Code of Conduct</a>, which has set
off an entirely new controversy.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/technology/09blog.html?hp"
target="_blank">A Call for Manners in the World of Nasty Blogs</a>
(New York Times) </li>
<li><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/draft_bloggers_1.html"
target="_blank">Draft Blogger's Code of Conduct</a> (O'Reilly Radar) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.tnl.net/blog/2007/04/09/dissecting-the-proposed-bloggers-code-of-conduct/"
target="_blank">Blogger's Code of Conduct: a Dissection</a> (Tistan's
Insights)</li>
<li><a
href="http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/2007/04/update-on-kathy-sierra-story.html"
target="_blank">Update on Kathy Sierra story</a> (Confessions of a
Science Librarian) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. <strong>Digital Copies Collecting
Dust </strong></span> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>When <a href="http://books.google.com/books" target="_blank">Google
Book Search</a>
scans a participating library's collection, it provides a digital copy
back to the library at the end of the process. So what are libraries
doing with their copies? </p>
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<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://librariancentral.blogspot.com/2007/04/book-search-and-library-digital-files.html"
target="_blank">Book Search and library digital files -- what's the
scoop?</a> (Google Librarian Central)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/apr07/Grogg_Ashmore.shtml"
target="_blank">Google Book Search Libraries and Their Digital Copies</a>
(Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals) </li>
<li><a href="http://searchengineland.com/070404-053441.php"
target="_blank">Google Book Search And Libraries: An Overview</a>
(Search Engine Land) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3.<strong> The YouTube War: Another
Front </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>First, <a href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?cat=50">it's
the lawsuits</a>. And now, it's the competition. NBC and Fox are among
the partners planning to release a <a href="http://www.youtube.com"
target="_blank">YouTube</a> rival later this year.</p>
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<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6480949.stm"
target="_blank">TV networks plan rival to YouTube</a> (BBC) </li>
<li><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070322-news-corp-and-nbc-announce-partnership-to-create-youtube-competitor.html"
target="_blank">News Corp. and NBC announce partnership to create
YouTube competitor</a> (Ars Techncia) </li>
<li><a
href="http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/03/nbc_news_corp_p.html"
target="_blank">NBC, News Corp. Plan YouTube Clone</a> (Wired News:
Epicenter)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pandia.com/sew/402-video.html"
target="_blank">A new alternative to Google's YouTube</a> (Pandia
Search Engine News) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4.<strong> Purveyors of DRM Find Way
to Capitalize on Anti-DRM Sentiment </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>To counter the rising outcry against <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management"
target="_blank">DRM</a>,
EMI Music (one of the world's biggest record companies) recently struck
a deal with Apple to sell DRM-free music through the iTunes music store
- at a slightly more expensive price, naturally. </p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-6172398.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news"
target="_blank">EMI, Apple partner on DRM-free premium music</a>
(CNET) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/02/emi-apple-are-announcing-sale-of-non-drm-music/"
target="_blank">EMI, Apple To Sell DRM-Free Music for $1.29/song</a>
(TechCrunch)</li>
<li><a
href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2007/04/first_drmfree_s.html"
target="_blank">First DRM-free songs from a record company</a>
(LibrarianInBlack) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/04/2354/"
target="_blank">EMI, Apple, DRM and...Books!</a> (Booksquare)</li>
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