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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Zb I had to look that up because it is so intriguing. Here's what I found. I don't know if it is active/ratified. I assume not.
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Leaked secret EU-Canada copyright agreement - EU screws Canada Boing Boing
Leaks have emerged from another secret copyright treaty, this one between the EU and Canada. The EU is really screwing Canada with this one, demanding longer copyright terms, more liability for ISPs (which means that it gets harder and more expensive to host anything from a message board to a video), laws against breaking copyright protection (even for a legal purpose, like getting your own files back), and a royalty on the sale of used copyrighted goods (so you'd have to track down and pay the rightsholder when you resold a painting or other copyrighted work).
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BG, I agree. I do find it a bit funny to look at the digital library and see that there are 2 ebook copies and a 30 person wait. But I get it, I do.
I really have read an ebook on my computer, smartphone, and ebook reader. I think the Amazon Read Anywhere model is a great model to emulate. It only cost them the development costs for the application as you don't need to a kindle to participate.
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