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Japan Is an Island (in Online News)
An interesting article in today’s New York Times discusses the decision of Nikkei, Japan’s leading financial newspaper, to forbid external links to its new website, which requires paid subscription to access. Apparently anyone who puts links to Nikkei online articles on their own websites without permission could face legal action. This restriction is not limited […]
New White Paper on Content Monetization
Trends, best practices, and technology architecture for monetizing content..
Microsoft Re-enters E-Book Market (sort of)
The Blio e-Reader. Yet another non-interoperable e-book platform.
Apple Joins E-Book Reader Competition
The e-book DRM mess just got messier today.
Digging in the TechDirt
Techdirt gets it wrong on the German news industry’s dispute with Google.
2009 Year in Review, Part 1
A slow year in DRM, to match the slow economy.
French Court Finds Google Guilty over Book Scanning
The fine is a pittance for Google, the impact small. But will the rest of Europe follow along?
Google Meets Harry Potter — Well Not Quite!
Google is digitizing the collections of national libraries in the UK and elsewhere. Governments are now just getting around to wondering what to do about it.
Google Blinks on News Content
A small, ad hoc concession to news publishers concerned with losing paid subscription revenue to Google News.
Microsoft’s Search-Indexing Bribe to News Corp.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, especially if he pays me.
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