Giddy up CATS

Social media surveillance, socialized streaming, seminars, and things that don't start with S.

Just wake me up when it's over, says JJ. Photo courtesy of Michelle Reed.

Social media companies like to collect data that can harm kids. Congress wants to protect kids from the internet via a very bad bill that could harm them.

An oldie but goodie! The case for socialized streaming. Also in Canada. Now a book! (And does anyone remember the dream of the perfect jukebox?)

The incarcerated should have the right to read. They should also have the right to Microsoft Word and other software.

Have you been following the lawsuit? Peter Suber notes a past echo from the UK.

"It is undeniable based on the combination and number of similarities between the two recordings that 'Flowers' would not exist without 'When I Was Your Man’” says… investment company.

Meanwhile in Europe, reusing digital heritage is good, says study.

Why is there so much Forbes in Google?

Google is now using the Wayback Machine to provide access to old website versions. Very cool! Taking away the cache? Not so cool.

Very cool digitization project.

Jobs

Data Services Librarian, Indiana University, Indianapolis
Director of Copyright and Scholarly Communication Services, UVA
Data Librarian, UNLV
Director of Programs & Services and Director of Technology, Crossref
Associate Director of VIVA, George Mason University, VA
Or get in the belly of the beast as as an Attorney Advisor - International (Copyright), US Patent and Trademark Office

Events

Join our friends at the Internet Archive online (book talk!) and in person (Look at books! They’re absolutely real--have pages and everything!)
The Independent Publisher’s Caucus Winter Institute has been announced, and it is in February in Denver!
How about the Digital Life Seminars at Cornell this fall?
Talk free speech and surveillance this October at Columbia or online.

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