Nicholson Baker, Guardian; Amazon Kindle 2: Centuries of evolved beauty rinsed away:
This week Amazon announced the UK launch of its latest generation of e-reader. But don't all rush at once, warns one American writer – despite the hype, the Kindle 2 is still no match for the book
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/10/amazon-kindle-uk-launch-book
Issues and developments related to Intellectual Property (e.g. Copyright, Fair Use, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets) and Open Movements (e.g. Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources (OER)), examined in the "Intellectual Property and Open Movements" and "Ethics of Data, Information, and Emerging Technologies" graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. -- Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
A New Page; New Yorker, 8/3/09
Nicholson Baker via New Yorker; A New Page: Can the Kindle really improve on the book?:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/03/090803fa_fact_baker
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/03/090803fa_fact_baker
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Amazon,
e-books,
electrophoresis,
Jeff Bezos,
Kindle,
Nicholson Baker,
Oprah,
reading,
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