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New Harry Potter story revealed by JK Rowling is FREE to read – The Harry Potter website, Pottermore.com, is relaunching with new features and new content, including a free story from J.K. Rowling, as part of what the site’s CEO describes as Rowling “expand[ing] her magical universe” (does this mean more ... more >
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SASQUAN, EXIT STAGE LEFT – You may have been following the situation with Lou Antonelli, who had written a letter to the Spokane, Washington police about David Gerrold, who was being honored at the upcoming Worldcon. Antonelli indicated that he thought Gerrold was dangerous and other inflammatory things, an action ... more >
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DoJ’s Gag Order On Reason Has Been Lifted — But The Real Story Is More Outrageous Than We Thought – You may be familiar with the frightening and bizarre federal grand jury subpoena and gag order served on Reason, the first to get the identities of several inflammatory commenters, and ... more >
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Other People’s Playlists: Spotify’s secret social network – Although I have the Spotify app on my phone, I never use it. But after reading this piece on the way Spotify “relates” songs and artists based on how people listen to them, I’m curious to get to know the service better. ... more >
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Audiobooks: Where They’ve Been & Where They’re Headed – A pretty interesting interview with Michele Cobb, executive director of the Audio Publishers Association. While some may think of audiobooks as merely a tangent of the print publishing industry, that isn’t the case. In addition to unique and ever-evolving technologies, there ... more >
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The ‘Blurred Lines’ Verdict Could Be Bad for Music – So a Los Angeles jury ruled that Robin Thick and Pharrell Williams engaged in unintentional copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give it Up,” to the tune of $7.4M. I think this is a disastrous verdict, and hope that ... more >