The APA is at it again

[Blake Carver]

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6545588-0.html
News.com Is Reporting on the copyright controversy that casts them as
villains simply for doing their job.
And you thought Pat Schroeder was bad a few months ago?

"They've got their radical factions, like the Ruby Ridge or Waco types, who
want to share all content for free, said Judith Platt, a spokeswoman for the
Association of American Publishers."

They say Publishing houses primary targets are now the public library.
You go ahead and worry about filters, or hotels Me, I'll be worrying about
The DMCA and The APA. We'll see what impacts libraries more.

"I don't see the doomsday of libraries not existing," said Wayne Overbeck, a
professor of communications at California State University at Fullerton,
who's been closely watching the digital copyright debates. "But I do see
libraries having a smaller collection. It's going to cost a lot more money
than ever for libraries to be up to date."


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Blake Carver
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