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If this is how those who give pious lectures about respecting the rights and “property” of their clients act with regard to the rights and property of the rest of us, is it any wonder that many people refuse to respect any of these rights at all?

Charlie Angus has an article in the Straight.com on copyright reform.

Michael Geist notes that the CIPO is Launching another campaign “Promoting Respect for IP Rights”. But, as I commented on his post, although respect for the Law is an essential foundation for a safe society, the best way to achieve that respect is by making sure that the Law is both fair and seen to [...]

Mr Ahmadinejad has a reputation for having a good eye and ear for the popular mood. So doesn’t the fact that he appears to be distancing himself from the RG and SL (to whom he may have been considered to be indebted for his victory at this point) perhaps suggest that a good eye sees [...]

Claudio Lomnitz and Rafael Sánchez have done a poor job of raising some legitimate concerns about possible anti-semitism in the rhetoric of Chavez. I say “poor job” because, although the problem is real, the article reeks of bias and resorts repeatedly to misinformation, inuendo, and guilt by association. Fortunately many of the commenters call them [...]

Obama’s retraction is refreshing, but does leave some questions about his willingness to comment on the basis of incomplete information.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iranian leader ‘orders dismissal’

Speak Out On Copyright is a new forum initiated by Michael Geist to encourage and support responses to the current Canadian consultation process re copyright law revisions.

This article shares some of my own reaction to the “internet is making us dumber” nonsense, as well as commenting on other possible sources of increasing global intelligence.

Economics: What went wrong with economics | The Economist

Review: The Case for God by Karen Armstrong in The Guardian
Tragic hero: Laurie Taylor interviews Terry Eagleton in the New Humanist

Reason vs. Faith: the Battle Continues - ChronicleReview.com

Howard Knopf doesn’t like The SAC Double Negative Option Celestial Jukebox, but I have to quarrel with a number of his reasons.
Many of these have to do with defending the existing media levy schemes which unfairly extract funds from people who have no intent of copying copyrighted work and who are provided no option [...]

EXCESS COPYRIGHT: More Myths about Myths about File Sharing

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Links for further reading

Wired article: Rotten
Links Hamper Learning

The study: Broken
Links: Just How Rapidly Do Science Education Hyperlinks Go Extinct?

Another study: Digital
libraries and World Wide Web sites and page persistence