Authors Sue Google
U.S. writers are suing Google Inc. in a federal court, alleging that the Web search leader’s bid to digitize the book collections of major libraries infringes individual author’s copyrights.
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links for 2005-09-29
MediaPost Publications – Web Marketing Experts: RSS Ads Resemble E-Mail, But Without The Spam – 09/28/2005 (tags: RSS Advertising) Classified Intelligence Announces That Google Shops for Classified Providers (tags: Aggregation Classifieds VerticalSearch) Micro Persuasion: BusinessWeek Spotlights Web 2.0 (tags: Web2.0) Kevin Burton’s Feed Blog: No More CNET/Google Boycott? (tags: PR Search)
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The Early Morning Hours
I’m an early morning person. I generally rise around 5:30 AM. In fact, even on vacation I’m hard-pressed to sleep in beyond 6:30 or 7:00. One of the reasons I like getting up early is that it is quiet. At home, the wife and kids are still asleep. It gives me a chance to knock…