Conditions for the Digital Library of Alexandria

Conditions for the Digital Library of Alexandria
by FRANK PASQUALE
madisonian.net, publication date: 23 November 2007
"Given the diciness of the fair use case for projects like Google Book Search, courts should condition the legality of such archiving of copyrighted content on universal access to the contents of the resulting database. Landmark cases like Sony v. Universal have set a precedent for taking such broad public interests into account in the course of copyright litigation."

See also: interesting reply by James Grimmelman to the version of this post on Concurring Opinions

Amazon-sized egos? Kindle reader to shun IDPF e-book standard? And, yes, the ugly box is the FINAL design

Amazon-sized egos? Kindle reader to shun IDPF e-book standard? And, yes, the ugly box is the FINAL design
by DAVID ROTHMAN
Publishers Weekly blog, publication date: 17 November 2007
"Of course, the core format is just part of the fun. Current .epub standards do not provide for DRM interoperability among vendors, without which .epub compatibility at the consumer level will mean squat if “protection” is used. And what about the same concept in regard to Mobipocket itself? Is it possible that Amazon will use Mobi on the Kindle but with one-of-a-kind DRM for the machine? I’d hope not."