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“The collection is covered by numerous copyright laws, according to the legal page. With some of the contributions being over 8,000 years old, this has to be the longest copyright extension ever offered. There is nothing on whether the original artists get royalties, however.”

{Via Slashdot}

“Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism. For a
century, the imperatives to strengthen journalism and to strengthen
newspapers have been so tightly wound as to be indistinguishable.
That’s been a fine accident to have, but when that accident stops, as
it is stopping before our eyes, we’re going to need lots of other ways
to strengthen journalism instead.”

{Shirky | Continue reading}

“What matters at newspapers and magazines isn’t publishing, it’s
reporting. We should be talking about new models for employing
reporters rather than resuscitating old models for employing
publishers; the more time we waste fantasizing about magic solutions
for the latter problem, the less time we have to figure out real
solutions to the former one.”

{Shirky | Continue reading}

{Via Danwei}

Update: Some pictures of the making of the hotel pictures.

{Via Wikipedia Via Daringfireball}

“Recessions fuel existing modes of corruption while breeding new forms growth on the fragile yet gargantuan underbelly of shadow economies. The current global economic situation has brought with it a multi-layered lesson in globalization: we are all- as countries, businesses, and individuals- interconnected. If one domino falls in the East, another domino may topple in the West and vice-versa. To quote Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, “[in corruption] there is an ethical dimension, and a moral dimension, and a business dimension. If you want others to play fair, you have to play fair too.” Now, more than ever, we’ve all been drafted for the same league.”

{ Aimee Barnes | Read more }

From the dude with the girly smooth hands Mr Merlin Man of 43 Folders fame.

{Thru YOU}

Especially in Rwanda it might seem.

{ G spot | New Scientist }