IP SIG: "Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age

2005-12-08 Thread amalyah keshet
Notable: "Will Fair Use Survive? Free _expression_ in the Age of Copyright Control"By Marjorie Heins and Tricia Beckles, in conjunction with the Free _expression_ Policy Project at the Brennan Center for Justice, at the NYU School of Law. http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/WillFairUseSurvi

Fwd: CC in Review: Lawrence Lessig on Important Freedoms

2005-12-08 Thread amalyah keshet
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:37:38 -0800 [This email is part of a weekly series written by Lawrence Lessig and others about the history and future of Creative Commons. If you would like to be removed from this list, please click here: http://creativecommons.org/about/lessigletter#unsubscribe Alterna

Re: [MCN-L] Linux or Windows Servers?

2005-12-08 Thread Karim Boughida
Hi Richard and all, I am biased towards the usage of Linux but before choosing a platform...you need to do some survey? how many KE EMU sites use Linux vs windows..most vendors claim supporting multiple platforms but in reality they excel just in one? which platform were originally developed by

Re: [MCN-L] Linux or Windows Servers?

2005-12-08 Thread Richard Urban
I'd suggest going with Windows if that's what your IT consultant currently supports, in the immediate term you don't want production to be slowed down because they're busy "learning" linux on your dime.  If the pros for Linux are compelling enough I'd find another IT firm with expertise in m

Re: [MCN-L] Linux or Windows Servers?

2005-12-08 Thread Frank Thomson
We are running a network of 24 computers with a Windows 2003 Server, and though Linux people will probably have me shot, if you go to web-sites that post security issues, Linux, Mac and Windows have fairly similar numbers of security issues.   Windows Server 2003 is very easy to administer, i

Re: [MCN-L] Linux or Windows Servers?

2005-12-08 Thread Bert Degenhart Drenth
    From: Perian Sully [mailto:psu...@magnes.org] Sent: donderdag 8 december 2005 0:10 To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Linux or Windows Servers?   Hi all:   We're ramping up to purchase a server and several workstations for our new Collections database and we h

Re: Cataloguing photographic objects

2005-12-08 Thread Gordon McKenna
Kate Muirhead wrote: > I would be interested to hear how other museums tackle the issue of > cataloguing photographs. One particular issue we have been debating > is whether "Production Place" is where the photograph or film was > taken (exposed), or whether it should refer to where it was develo