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____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 05 Jan 2010 08:39 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 04 Jan 2010 23:00 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 04 Jan 2010 17:49 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz pulled this Usenet boner:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 60,000 books from Library of Congress go online
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>>>| Almost 60,000 are available now and more are
>>>>>>>| scanned every day. These books are in the
>>>>>>>| public domain and come with no restrictions on
>>>>>>>| their use. Feel free to harvest, index,
>>>>>>>| investigate, and re-use.
>>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=283352
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/library_of_congress
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bookmarked.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, this is brilliant. The BL should look at this and learn.
>>>>
>>>> They might learn about putting it on the Web, but not about making it
>>>> DRM-free. AdamF is still running this show with Alex Brown and other
>>>> Microsoft friends, I reckon.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Time for another campaign?
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>> Moody already does that in a way.
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>
> Do we need to have Simon Pugh lined up again?
Perhaps. But few people are aware of DRM inside the BL. ZDNet UK complained, but
it's not like iPlayer where people directly felt discriminated against (Mac
users too).
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