Archive for December 16th, 2005
LibriVox Mashes Up MP3 & Public Domain
“This summer, Hugh McGuire was searching for free audio books online from his home in Montreal. He didn’t find very much.
“So McGuire launched LibriVox by recruiting amateur readers to create audio files of works of literature. The project now includes almost two dozen complete works, including Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent, Jack London’s The Call of the Wild and other classic novels and poems.”
Cyrus Farivar. The Web Will Read You A Story. Wired News. Dec. 16, 2005.
CopyCense™: K. Matthew Dames on the intersection of business, law and technology. A business venture of Seso Digital LLC.
LibriVox Mashes Up MP3 & Public Domain
“This summer, Hugh McGuire was searching for free audio books online from his home in Montreal. He didn’t find very much.
“So McGuire launched LibriVox by recruiting amateur readers to create audio files of works of literature. The project now includes almost two dozen complete works, including Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent, Jack London’s The Call of the Wild and other classic novels and poems.”
Cyrus Farivar. The Web Will Read You A Story. Wired News. Dec. 16, 2005.
CopyCense™: K. Matthew Dames on the intersection of business, law and technology. A business venture of Seso Digital LLC.
NBA Launches Digital Video Project
I found this interesting tidbit playing catch up on the news.
If you’re a rabid basketball fan who’s wished you could get your hands on video of that one memorable shot by Michael Jordan from the Chicago Bulls play-off game you went to in 1989, the National Basketball Association may soon be able to help you out.
The league, working with Silicon Graphics, is setting out to create a digital archive of the entire filmed history of its games, from legendary contests between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers to seemingly meaningless late-season games between out-of-contention teams. The archive will be available at NBA.com. The league unveiled the project Thursday night at SGI’s offices [in Mountain View, CA].
Google, of course, is located in Mountain View, CA — and also is involved in a high profile digitization program. I wonder if the firms ever exchange or share information on these issues.
Daniel Terdiman. NBA to Create Huge Digital Archive. News.com. Dec. 9, 2005.
CopyCense™: K. Matthew Dames on the intersection of business, law and technology. A business venture of Seso Digital LLC.
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