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About author rights
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| Authors are always very happy when their
| paper is accepted for publication in a
| journal, as this shows that their work was
| deemed important but editors and referees.
| But they also want to make sure that their
| work gets read and does not disappear
| behind a subscription wall. There are
| several steps an author can take here.
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http://blog.repec.org/2010/02/17/about-author-rights/
Sexy textbook innovation?
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| But if it takes off, it will benefit the
| student with lower prices--which have been
| a scandal. And it could benefit publishers
| by lowering their costs and get around the
| monopoly power of the patented ebook
| readers. This could also have differential
| impact on small publishers, if the software
| to update material is readily available.
| Authors may even end up liking it.
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http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000002627
Men at Work appeal Down Under plagiarism ruling
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| EMI Music has lodged an appeal against the
| ruling that the flute riff in Down Under by
| Oz band Men at Work was plagiarised from
| Lucky Country kids' favourite Kookaburra
| Sits in the Old Gum Tree.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/25/down_under_appeal/
Film industry appeals in iiTrial case
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| AFACT has lodged a last minute appeal
| against a Federal Court judgement earlier
| this month which exonerated ISP iiNet for
| the copyright infringing activities of its
| subscribers.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/168053,film-industry-appeals-in-iitrial-case.aspx
Hollywood lawyers have another go at Aussie ISP
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| Hollywood copyright lawyers are having
| another go at the Aussie ISP iiNet which
| recently won a case brought by the
| Australian Federation against Copyright
| Theft.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/25/iinet_copyright/
Recent:
Authors Take Up The Tiered Support Models Also
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| Another day, another example of content creators embracing the business
| models we've been talking about -- and once again, this one is outside of the
| music industry. Recently we wrote about movie makers picking up on tiered
| funding offerings, similar to what Jill Sobule has done, and now we've got a
| budding author as well.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090828/0159066032.shtml
Writing a book with the help of the Sakai free software community
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| This article is about writing a book with the help of the free software
| community. The book in question is Sakai Courseware Management with the main
| authors being Alan Berg (Me myself and I) and Michael Korcuska, the executive
| director of the Sakai Foundation. In reality, around forty community members
| delivered valuable content, which the authors distributed strategically
| throughout the book.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/writing_book_help_sakai_free_software_community
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