April 1, 2002
Salon: Where are the Mahirs of yesteryear?
Scott Rosenberg. Every now and then, though, pieces like "Fun Is Hard to Find" arrive, like anachronistic throwbacks, to remind us that some writers and editors in the newsrooms of America still can't get the Web straight, still think it's a passing fad -- and still, in some cases, can't wait to dig its grave.
Wired News: Adobe-Hack Lawyers: Toss the Case.
Elcomsoft launched a couple of constitutional attacks against the DMCA, the law that has been a thorn in the side of hackers, crackers, tinkerers and coders for the past two years, but which has so far enjoyed a relatively easy time of it in the courts.
NY Times: Plan to Change Internet Group Is Criticized as Inadequate.
Although sensitive to the fact that the Internet has become a critical international resource, some people within the United States government are also wary of any effort to hand over management of the address system to a multinational quasi-governmental body.
SF Gate: Taming The Data.
The archive's continuing struggle to build an interface that will present its information coherently is a familiar problem to those building Web search tools. After all, the Web is much like the archive -- a vast collection of unorganized documents.
NY Times: Royalties Proposal Casts Shadow Over Webcasters.
The proposed royalties, which the copyright office has until May 21 to revise or approve, have radically dimmed the prospects for the legions of entrepreneurs and hobbyists whose radio stations have for the last two years provided free access to a startlingly wide range of music.
Darwin Magazine: Charting the Virtual World.
Q&A with Martin Dodge. The more I looked, the more I got interested in the flip side: What is the geography of information in the online world? How can you map the Web to help you search for information or analyze the social structures of what people are doing online...
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