Over at OnTheCommons, David Bollier is warning of the potential monopoly Google will have over digitized books. Bollier references  Robert Darnto's Google & the Future of Books article from The New York Review of Books in his discussion.

Should we fear a googlopoly of books? Monopolies almost invariably misuse their power, so probably so.

Was Obama's gift to the Queen of England of an iPod preloaded with music fair use? You decide, and then read EFF's Fred von Lohmann's exploration of the issues surrounding this gift.

Via Lessig Blog.

The transcript of David Blakesley's presentation at the Research Network Forum, Conference on College Composition and Communication San Francisco, March 11, 2009, is now available online at Parlor Press.

Here is the abstract:

Scholarly presses may be in peril due to diminishing markets, tight budgets, and over-reliance on the monograph as the signifier of scholar achievement, but individuals and organizations in rhetoric and composition can take specific action to ensure that scholarly presses not only survive momentary crises but also thrive in the years ahead. In turn, presses themselves also need to adapt to the changing needs of the multiple constituencies they serve and the new technologies that enable the democratization of peer review, production, distribution, and delivery

Thanks to the hard work of all of those who have worked on this document in one form or another over the last few years, I am happy to announce that at the business meeting on Saturday morning at CCCC that the members voted to approve a formal resolution regarding open source software use. An official copy should be posted to the CCCC website sometime in the coming weeks. In the meantime, those wishing to see the draft version which was submitted to CCCC can view it here.

The Intellectual Property Caucus of the Conference on College Composition and Communication would like to invite all CCCC attendees to participate in this year's caucus event:

View the agenda.

At this year's CCCC, CCCC-IP, the CCCC IP Comitteee, and the 7C's passed the Open Source Resolution Statement which grew from a Town Hall conversation during Computers and Writing 2005.

Because it was too late to enter it through the formal resolution process, Michael Day and John Logie presented a version of this statement as a Sense of the House Motion during the Saturday CCCC Business Meeting. Assisted by supportive comments from Cindy Selfe during discussion, the motion was passed. Following is the text of the motion:

Read the agenda for this year's caucus meeting at CCCC in New York, 2:00-5:30 pm, March 21, 2007.

Karen has also created a handout with tips on how new members can participate.

We are officially listed as a caucus this year instead of a workshop, so there are no participation fees and no pre-conference registration. Be sure to invite others to attend!