Wow, what a discussion about cloud storage. Thank you very much to Nate, Glen, Jeremy and Michael. I'm working my way through the thread now.
On Apr 21, 2013, at 8:00 AM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mcn-l-request at mcn.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. IP SIG: Fair Use: Woody Allen script (mis)quotes nine words > from Faulkner (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]) > 2. Re: mcn-l Digest, Vol 92, Issue 17 (My Tours) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:15:58 +0000 > From: "Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]" <akeshet at imj.org.il> > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Fair Use: Woody Allen script (mis)quotes nine > words from Faulkner > Message-ID: > <CD9A7B872244264FB7BEBF84F141225C2C79C9BC at mailsrv4.imj.org.il> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > It's cold and raining here this morning. If you, like I, need something to > get heated up about: > > A lawsuit filed by William Faulkner's heirs over a quote in the Woody Allen > film "Midnight in Paris" has been scheduled for trial April 7, 2014, in U.S. > District Court in Oxford. > The Faulkner estate sued Sony Pictures Classics Inc. in October 2011, saying > the company infringed on copyright when actor Owen Wilson slightly misquoted > a line from Faulkner's "Requiem for a Nun." > In the film, the Wilson character says: "The past is not dead. Actually, it's > not even past. You know who said that? Faulkner. And he was right." > In "Requiem for a Nun," the Faulkner passage reads: "The past is never dead. > It's not even past." > Sony claims the quote is "fair use," a legal term meaning the user doesn't > have to license or pay for it. > > http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-04-16/2014-trial-set-in-lawsuit-over-faulkner-quote > > > More on the story from the distinguished legal journal Holywood Reporter: > > Sony Pictures Asks Judge to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Faulkner Quote in 'Midnight > in Paris' - Hollywood > Reporter<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sony-pictures-asks-judge-dismiss-405850> > > > > Amalyah Keshet > Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management > The Israel Museum, Jerusalem > Chair, MCN IP SIG > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:23:02 +1200 > From: My Tours <glen at mytoursapp.com> > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 92, Issue 17 > Message-ID: <D170B8FE-B18E-473D-9631-51D020F3B7CE at mytoursapp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:14:27 +0100 >> From: Jeremy Ottevanger <JOttevanger at iwm.org.uk> >> To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Advice About Cloud Storage >> Message-ID: >> <F6E971514269054EA64F07C31E52AEFA18C208100E at ASA-MBX01.iwm.local> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 >> >> Absolutely, thank you Glen. I'm wondering at the moment about high-res >> images intended for delivery through an IIPImage server. If we store large >> volumes of these we'll definitely want plenty of space at low cost, but they >> need to be in, effectively, local storage, so that the server can access >> them as part of the file system and then stream them out as tiles to users >> in real time. I guess for this scenario block storage is actually what we >> need? >> > > I'll defer to Nate in the other comments as he has had specific experience > with IIPImage. The only other thing I would add is that there are various > storage appliances that you can get that gives a hybrid approach where it > looks like local disk to your apps internally and has a local cache but > stores all the main data on S3. Check out the AWS Marketplace and it might > also be good to get in touch with a local Amazon integrator. > > It might be good to send a followup post to the list once you make a decision > so others can benefit form your research! > > Thanks, > Glen > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mcn-l mailing list > mcn-l at mcn.edu > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 92, Issue 18 > ************************************* Robin White Owen M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net http://mediacombo.net/blog twitter.com/rocombo
