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NYT article discussing the Supap Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc case.

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More profoundly, the decision might even hasten the near-demise of print — spurring publishers into a digital world where they can license their books rather than sell them, adding some bells and whistles while gaining some protection from the first-sale clause.

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This week the entertainment industry and American ISPs rolled out a system that aims to curb illegal media downloads. The system is designed to first notify users of copyright infringement, and then to curtail Internet connectivity in response to repeated offenses.

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On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. did what he’d done countless times before: he began building a sermon. And in his sermons King relied on improvisation, drawing on sources and references that were limited only by his imagination and memory. It’s a gift — and a tradition — on full display in the "I Have A Dream" speech, but it’s also in conflict with the intellectual property laws that have been strenuously used by his estate since his death. In a segment originally aired in 2011, OTM producer Jamie York speaks with Drew Hansen, Keith Miller, Michael Eric Dyson and Lewis Hyde about King, imagination and the consequences of limiting access to art and ideas. Download MP3 Full piece -- On the Media (Includes links to transcript etc)

This week's program deals with Wikipedia hoaxing, an Internet icon, and a miscellany of brief items.

Related links:

• The Daily Mail: The war that never was: Most elaborate Wikipedia hoax ever as 4,500 word article on 'Bicholim Conflict' - a fictitious fight for Goan independence - fooled site for FIVE YEARS
• Yahoo News: War is over: Imaginary ‘Bicholim Conflict’ page removed from Wikipedia after five years
• PC World: Fake Wikipedia entry on Bicholim Conflict finally deleted after five years
• The Register: Anger grows over the death of Aaron Swartz -- Internet prodigy hounded to suicide claims family
• Althouse: "Prosecutor as bully."
• Threat Level: Aaron Swartz, Coder and Activist, Dead at 26
• EFF Deeplinks: Farewell to Aaron Swartz, an Extraordinary Hacker and Activist
• Reuters: Internet activist, programmer Aaron Swartz dead at 26
• BoingBoing: RIP, Aaron Swartz
• PCMag.com: Family of Aaron Swartz Blames U.S. Attorney's Office in Statement
• Legal Insurrection: Sad irony in Aaron Swartz case
• Patterico's Pontifications: EXCLUSIVE: Attorney for Aaron Swartz: Prosecutors’ Arguments Were “Disingenuous and Contrived”
• New York Times: Failing to Close the ‘Digital Divide’
• It's Not About the Books: Mission creep – a 3D printer will not save your library
• PCMag.com: FCC Chairman Wants to Ease Wi-Fi Congestion
• The Verge: JSTOR begins offering free yet limited access to its online academic library
• Public Libraries News: Discovery, warmth, knowledge, dreams, welcoming … what’s your five words to describe public libraries?
• Voices for the Library: Concern over loss of Arts Council England Libraries post
• Megan McCardle: Is Barnes and Noble Next?

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