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A Tumblr Chronicles Google Art Project Copyright Fails
“… many museum collections house works that cannot be seen through the service due to copyright restrictions on the pieces. Thus, the 360-degree museum tours occasionally display a work that is blurred. This may make for a strange sight during your virtual travels, as well as a mysterious guessing game that a Tumblr called Righted […]
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The Supreme Court doesn’t understand software, and that’s a problem – Vox
“Patent litigation has become a huge problem for the software industry. And on Thursday, the Supreme Court could have solved that problem with the stroke of a pen. Precedents dating back to the 1970s place strict limits on software patents. The court could have clearly reiterated that those old precedents still apply, and that they […]
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The Case Against Sharing — Medium
The sharing economy’s success is inextricably tied to the economic recession, making new American poverty palatable. It’s disaster capitalism. “Sharing” companies are not embarrassed by this — it appears to be a point of pride. via The Case Against Sharing — Medium.
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Meet the Italian Who Beat Google to Web Search — and Gave It Away – Bloomberg
“After the speech, Marchiori returned home in the hopes of realizing his ambitious design. “When I came back to Italy, I asked the university for 20,000 euros to develop a search engine, but instead, they financed a project about the history of copper metallurgy in Italy,” he says. Meanwhile, Page got his first $100,000 check […]
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Saving Fuel: UPS Saves Fuel and Reduces Emissions the “Right” Way by Avoiding Left Turns – UPS Pressroom
UPS learned through time studies that avoiding left-hand turns saves time, conserves fuel, lowers emissions and increases safety. UPS managers used to plan routes by hand on maps while driving to destinations. They then experimented with the routes, eliminating left-hand turns to see if it led to increased efficiency. It worked. For the past several […]
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Liberal arts college library directors ask publishers to ease ebook licensing restrictions | Inside Higher Ed
Library directors at 66 liberal arts colleges on Friday called for academic libraries to reject licensing agreements with publishers that impose restrictions on how ebooks can be accessed and shared. In a statement released by the Oberlin Group, a consortium of 80 liberal arts college libraries, the directors point to the “ecosystem of sharing” that […]