Archive for May, 2007

Wesley Freyer on Microsoft software patent implications

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Rather than innovate, Microsoft may litigate against open source

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squareCircleZ » Another semi-log graph from Alexa - imeem

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

squareCircleZ » Another semi-log graph from Alexa - imeem

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VQR » The Accidental Plagiarist: The Trouble with Originality

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

This article by Erik Campbell from the Virginia Quarterly Review (via Arts&LettersDaily) starts with Nietzsche’s “Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good “, and touches nicely on a number of ideas - including (again from Nietzsche) “There is always a kind of contempt in the act of [...]

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Media Company Thieves

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Michael Geist - Canadians Overpay Millions on Private Copying Levy

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