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Peter E. Murray

Library technologist, open source advocate, striving to think globally while acting locally

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  • Thursday Threads: Learn to Code in 2012, Issues with Apple's iBooks Author, SOPA/PIPA Are Dead

    The internet has survived the great SOPA blackout, and we're still talking about the fallout. Apple made a major announcement of plans to support textbooks on iPads, but there are concerns about the implementation. But the first story this week is about a free service geared towards teaching people how …

     Posted on  January 26, 2012
     and last updated January 26, 2012
     ·  6 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: SOPA, PROTECT-IP, Research Works Act, and Broad E-Textbook Pilot

     Posted on  January 19, 2012
     and last updated January 19, 2012
  • The Best of the "SOPA Blackout"

    Commentary, intentional and unintentional humor, and media from January 18, 2012.

    http://storify.com/datag/the-best-of-the-sopa-blackout-1

     Posted on  January 18, 2012
     and last updated January 19, 2012
  • Stop SOPA and Protect-IP

    This blog will be present first-time users with a warning page on January 18, 2012 -- the day that many internet sites are using to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) -- and January 23rd, 2012 -- the day before the U.S. Senate may vote on the PROTECT-IP act. DLTJ is …

     Posted on  January 18, 2012
     and last updated January 18, 2012
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: Alternative to SOPA/PROTECT-IP, Costs of Resource Sharing, Communicating with IT Staff

    In this week's news we still have activity on legislation before the U.S. Congress on measures to protect intellectual property on the internet. This is serious stuff with serious people trying to make this go quietly into law. Well, it may not go quietly into law, but it has …

     Posted on  December 15, 2011
     and last updated December 15, 2011
     ·  5 minutes reading time
  • In Opposition to the PROTECT IP Act (Also)


    Earlier this month there was an amazing groundswell of opposition to SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. I participated in a 1-day anticensorship campaign designed to bring awareness …

     Posted on  November 28, 2011
     and last updated November 29, 2011
     ·  4 minutes reading time