[MCN-L] ‏‏‏‏IP SIG: Obama Picks Pro-RIAA, Pro-Copyright Lawyers for Top Justice Department Slots

Now for the bad news: "Obama Picks Pro-RIAA, Pro-Copyright Lawyers for Top Justice Department Slots." By Victor Godinez, Dallas Morning News, January 7, 2009. http://tinyurl.com/9bej2p "If you hoped that Barack Obama's election would lead to a different government attitude towards filesharing l

[MCN-L] ‏‏IP SIG: Copyright Reformer Lands Key Legislative Post

Here's a headline I thought I'd never see: __ ?? Copyright Reformer Lands Key Legislative Post by Wendy Davis, Friday, January 9, 2009, 8:36 AM Media Post News Online Media Daily A shorter URL

[MCN-L] ‏‏RE: Joel Fights Back - watch it live

There's more: "In Internet First, RIAA File Sharing Hearing to Be Webcast" "The internet will get a chance to watch live as lawyers spar in a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner of Massac

[MCN-L] FW: zooming into paintings in the Prado -- with Google Earth

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123189526780879621.html Spain's Prado Museum has teamed up with Google Earth for a project that allows people to zoom in on the gallery's main works, even on details not immediately discernible to the human eye. "There is no better way to pay tribute to the grea

[MCN-L] Joel Fights Back

" Joel Tenenbaum is just like you. Joel has been accused by the music industry of downloading seven songs from a file-sharing network in 2004. In return, the plaintiffs are seeking almost $1 million in damages. One million dollars for seven songs. Professor Charles Nesson * and a team of hi

[MCN-L] IP SIG: concise guide to the google books settlement

OCLC's Ricky Erway has written a nice "beginner's guide" to the proposed Google Book Search settlement, from the library perspective largely. only 4 pages long! http://hangingtogether.org/?p=596 "Now I'm not a lawyer (and I've had that confirmed by our folks in legal) and not even a little

[MCN-L] Association of Midwest Museums call for Proposals

Hello, The deadline is extended to 1/20/09. We are especially interested in receiving proposals on technology and museums. Thanks much! Association of Midwest Museums Press Release 2009 Association of Midwest Museums Conference Deadline for Submitting Session Proposals

[MCN-L] Photo Management Software

Susie, Please take a look at our open source software, OpenEdit Digital Asset Management. Because it is open source, it is free to download, install and use. OpenEdit is used by small and enterprise organizations, so it can scale to handle the most complex needs. When I mention it can be scale

[MCN-L] Photo Management Software

Another option, which is built on Access, is ThumbsPlus 7 http://www.cerious.com/thumbnails.shtml Relatively inexpensive, free demo, though not available for Mac. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Evans Sent: Thursday, Janua

[MCN-L] Photo Management Software

Adobe Bridge Extensis Portfolio Canto Cumulus Lightroom All have demos you download and try. Single-user licenses will be affordable. Jeffrey Evans Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 On 1/15/09 10:41 AM, "Susan Fishman-Armstrong" wrote: > We are a

[MCN-L] Photo Management Software

We are at the very beginning of a digital photo project for one of our collections. I am interested in learning about what software to use to manage these photos and their categories. I know that in the end - we will need something very large and more complex. But, right now I need to start with