Intellectual Property and Open Movements (IP&OM)

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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Friday, May 20, 2011

E-Books Outsell Print Books at Amazon; New York Times, 5/20/11

Claire Cain Miller and Julie Bosman, New York Times; E-Books Outsell Print Books at Amazon:

"In the latest chapter in the unfolding tale of the book evolution from ink to pixels, Amazon.com said Thursday that its customers now buy more e-books than print books....

“But we are not to the point where e-books are a majority of unit sales and certainly not a majority of revenue.”"