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Information science policy starters

23 April 2007 - How to Save Internet Radio, by Bennett Lincoff, The Register, 9 Mar 2007
18 April 2007 - US 'no longer technology king': The US has lost its position as the world's primary engine of technology innovation, according to a report by the World, BBC News, 28 Mar 2007
16 April 2007 - and I forgot to do them on the 16th
02-09 April 2007 - we were too involved in databases to do starters
28 March 2007 - Is 'Fair Use' in Peril? The far-reaching Intellectual Property Protection Act would deny consumers many of the freedoms they take for granted, by Eric Hellweg, in Technology Review, 19 Nov 2004.
26 March 2007 - Fair Use Issues, from Indiana University
21 March 2007 - Copyright Primer

... overviews the underlying principles behind copyright in the United States, outlines the requirements for copyright protection as well as discusses the parameters of use and access of copyrighted material

19 March 2007 - 10 Big Myths about copyright explained, last updated 2004
07 March 2007 - Habermas' heritage: The future of the public sphere in the network society, by Pieter Boeder, FirstMonday, September 2005
05 March 2007 - Social Revolution: Bloggers Dominate Online, by Monique Cuvelier, FreePint, 07 Dec 2006
28 February 2007 - OpenDocument XML.org, "the official community gathering place and information resource for the OpenDocument OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300)"
26 February 2007 - ISO and IEC approve OpenDocument OASIS standard for data interoperability of office applications, 08 May 2006
21 February 2007 - OpenDocument or ODF, short for the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications, is a document file format used for describing electronic documents such as memos, reports, books, spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents.
19 February 2007 - One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a $100 laptop for the world's children education. And a working prototype.
14 February 2007 - More Trouble with Programming, by Jason Pontin, Technology Review. 07 Dec 2006. The second part of the interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of C++.
12 February 2007 - The Problem with Programming, by Jason Pontin, Technology Review, 28 Nov 2006

Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of the C++ programming language, defends his legacy and examines what's wrong with most software code.

07 February 2007 - control of the internet is also a policy issue. These are some thoughts on an ongoing issue about how some parties think the internet might need (or might not need) to be managed.
- From Information Freeway to Toll Road: How "net neutrality" might change if phone and cable companies are allowed to create "fast lanes" for big customers, Wade Roush, Technology Review, 23 May 2006
- Net Neutrality: Lessons from the Past, by Wade Roush, Technology Review, 03 Aug 2006
- Crispen on Net Neutrality, 08 Aug 2006
- No Tolls on The Internet, by Lawrence Lessig and Robert W. McChesney, Washington Post, 08 Jun 2006. If you are interested in internet law and control, you might want to make yourselves familiar with Lawrence Lessig.
05 February 2007 - upcoming information professionals might want to start thinking about the structure they will be using. This is a series on one observer's view of the state of the Internet
- The Internet Is Broken - "The Net's basic flaws cost firms billions, impede innovation, and threaten national security. It's time for a clean-slate approach, says MIT's David D. Clark" by David Talbot, Technology Review, 19 Dec 2005
- The Internet Is Broken -- Part 2 - "We can't keep patching the Internet's security holes. Now computer scientists are proposing an entirely new architecture" by David Talbot, Technology Review, 20 Dec 2005
- The Internet Is Broken -- Part 3 - "Researchers are working to make the Internet smarter -- but that could make it even slower, warn experts like Google's Vinton Cerf" by David Talbot, Technology Review, 21 Dec 2005
- The Next Internet - "A leading advocate of radical change in the Internet says research solutions will straddle the twin concepts of replace and revamp" by David Talbot, Technology Review, 22 Dec 2005
31 January 2007 - Digital Freedom Network "Advancing freedom worldwide through information & technology."
29 January 2007 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - note the URL and the domain.
24 January 2007 - Electronic Freedom Foundation - looking out for their interests. Are they also looking out for yours?
22 January 2007 - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - another organization to know about.
17 January 2007 - if you are interested in Information Science, consider joining the Association of Computing Machinery. Don't be put off by the name, it's one of the major sources of sound information about the state of the art in information science. Take a look at these reasons for why you might want to join.
10 January 2007 - Ten Commandments Of Computer Ethics, created by the Computer Ethics Institute