I just heard a job talk by a candidate for Scholarly Communications Officer that was all about Digital Rights Management technology and how it affects or will affect the academic landscape wrt Fair Use, archivability, and many other things. It was hard to read the room's response on the fellow - I think many people felt he was too tenative and lawerly, and wanted more of an advocate. amych, I wish you had been there so we could eat lunch and talk about it! Or, heck, I wish half of the techy and lawyerly Buffistas had been there, so we could all natter about it.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Jan 27, 2006 6:09:04 am PST #2957 of 10002
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tommyrot - Jan 27, 2006 6:10:55 am PST #2958 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I just heard a job talk by a candidate for Scholarly Communications Officer that was all about Digital Rights Management technology and how it affects or will affect the academic landscape wrt Fair Use, archivability, and many other things.
I think this can all be boiled down to, "We are doomed."
msbelle - Jan 27, 2006 6:12:33 am PST #2959 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
YAY FREECYCLE. I have found a home for the iMac. Go team de-clutter.
amych - Jan 27, 2006 6:12:52 am PST #2960 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I wish I'd been there too, but I was too busy giving the students their happy buffet of very very controlled digital materials (which is the whole reason we need this position....) I'd love to hear more about it, though -- it's a search that hits a lot of my pet issues, and I can't get away to see these people.
amych - Jan 27, 2006 6:14:47 am PST #2961 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think this can all be boiled down to, "We are doomed."
If the people with the power have their way, yeah. The library biz is obviously concerned with somehow making sure that things are accessible.
flea - Jan 27, 2006 6:17:21 am PST #2962 of 10002
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Most of your department was there, so there's that. Can you get away for coffee this afternoon or something? I am so stupendously unmotivated today. And this would be, like, work-related and dealing with intellectual and scholarly issues and shit.
amych - Jan 27, 2006 6:23:31 am PST #2963 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm on the other campus, and booked up with classes all day, so I doubt it. Le sigh. I hated to miss that even before I knew what the guy was going to be talking about, dagnabbit!
Dana - Jan 27, 2006 6:24:14 am PST #2964 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I've run Ad-Aware and the virus checker multiple times, and nothing is showing up, but my browsing still seems to be impaired. So now I don't know if it's the virus or the internet connection or the phase of the moon.
Jesse - Jan 27, 2006 6:34:44 am PST #2965 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Did you update the virus etc. thingies?
sumi - Jan 27, 2006 6:36:54 am PST #2966 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Aimee, I'll talk Project Runway with you! I was so happy that Zulema was eliminated - she deserved to go. I was very worried about Nick being so down -- I hope that he can pull himself together for the next round. I thought that either Daniel or Andrae deserved to win this week - so I was happy with that result even though I was hoping that Nick could pull off a win and get Tarah back. Did you see the funny bonus videos on the PR website?