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How Do I Access 1 Million Free Books From Google?

Jul 29th, 2009

by Mark Willis.

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My question for Google Books is this: how do I get access to the public domain books without using Sony or Amazon as middlemen? I don’t need their eBook readers, thank you. My computer is my reader. And are all these books from the public domain now locked up inside proprietary bookstores and hardware?
Via ReadWriteWeb:
Sony just [...]

Check Out “The Learned Fangirl”

Apr 29th, 2009

by Mark Willis.

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I had the pleasure of sharing an MiT6 session on Intellectual Property last Sunday with Keidra Chaney and Raizel Liebler, who presented a talk on The Intellectual Property of User-Generated Content. They publish a great blog called The Learned Fangirl, which has many affinities for Fair Use Lab.
See, for example, “#Amazonfail, the Google Books [...]

POTUS Plants a Tree on Flickr

Apr 29th, 2009

by Mark Willis.

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in tree plantings at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington on 4/21/09. [Official White House Photo by Pete Souza]
See the White House photostream on Flickr. Who knew?
Creative Commons explains why the White House chose a CC license instead of acknowledging that the photos belong in the [...]

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Shape-Shifters

Re-imagining accessibility through the transformations of culture -- particularly the transformative promise of accessible technology for people with disabilities -- is the work of the Fair Use Lab. What does Shepard Fairey’s Hope poster have to do with accessibility? Read more: Shape-Shifters in the Fair Use Lab [MiT6 2009]
Blind Photographers

In the moment when Paul Strand photographed her surreptitiously on the street in New York, the social engineers who created a system for licensing beggars never imagined that a blind woman had culture or could make culture. She herself may not have imagined it. Paul Strand probably didn’t give her much credit for making culture, either. Read more: Curiosity & The Blind Photographer [MiT5 2007] See more on blind photographers.
Remix: Danger Mouse

Will DJ Danger Mouse become the Che Guevara of digital sampling? Consider the case for fair use made by The Grey Album.
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ADA 20th Anniversary

On its 20th anniversary, pundits will debate what the Americans with Disabilities Act has accomplished. I still believe what I said in a TV interview after the ADA signing ceremony in 1990. “The ADA will not end disability discrimination overnight. But in a nation governed by the rule of law, getting it in writing is the place to start.” So what is the ADA's legacy? A Generation of Problem-Solvers.
Disability As Praxis

I am a parent, homeowner, knowledge worker, and person with disabilities. Oppression is not my true word, but praxis is. In Paulo Freire’s transformative work, I find an affirmation deeper than ideology or political activism -- an affirmation of the dynamic role of disability in culture. I believe the daily praxis of making adaptations and negotiating accommodations represents a significant form of cultural production. Read Disability As Praxis.
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