An article ("Courts Unlikely To Stop Google Book Copying") about the controversial project finds:
Despite objections from publishers and writers, copyright law appears to be on Google’s side, legal experts say. The social value of Google’s initiative to digitize library books, including those protected by copyright, will likely weigh heavily in the search engine’s favor.
MarketingVOX: Time Warner Cable is offering an interactive TV element to subscribers in the NYC market, Mediaweek reports (via MediaBuyerPlanner). During the Democratic mayoral primary today, viewers of Time Warner Cable’s NY1 News network can participate in a "snap poll" by using specially marked keys on their digital remotes, and will be tracked and reported…
The Center for Media Research reports via email today that: According to JupiterResearch, the number of online adults who prefer the Internet as their main source of news has grown over 35% in the last four years, at the expense of television and newspapers. Currently, over 26% of online adults prefer the Internet for national…
Blog valuation: The current numbers if you’re buying/selling a site (tags: Blogs M MarketResearch) PR folks see blogs as powerful and dangerous (tags: PR Blogs) Online News Squared: Americans On Net 93 Minutes Daily — 7X Newspapers (tags: OnlineMedia MarketResearch) “Define What’s Valued Online” Highlights Critical Role of Internet in Shaping Purchasing Decisions Survey of…
There’s something enjoyable about pulling out a new year’s calendar — even if we now don’t grab an actual calendar but simply see the date flip over to a new year on the computer screen. Even though dates have no magical powers, it always feels a bit like a clean slate every January 1. That’s…
Robert Scoble likes Bloglines Citations for its ability to track blog conversations. He points to the recent item about Microsoft preferring the term "blogcast" over "podcast." He’s right … that’s a good service. But more to the point, it will be interesting to see whether the blogcast term catches on. Obviously, right now it’s being…
Google Talk debuted today. It allows instant messaging using its own client software, or can be used with third party products like Trillian that allow you to centralize all of your IM communications. In addition, it has a voice component that sort of makes it like a light version of Skype.