Pam Samuelson: The Dead Souls of the Google Booksearch Settlement - O'Reilly Radar

O'Reilly Radar: Conclusion In the short run, the Google Book Search settlement will unquestionably bring about greater access to books collected by major research libraries over the years. But it is very worrisome that this agreement, which was negotiated in... continue reading "Pam Samuelson: The Dead Souls of the Google Booksearch Settlement - O'Reilly Radar" »

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Posted by Siva Vaidhyanathan on April 24, 2009 3:19 PM

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Interesting paper by some Googlers: 'The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data'

Check out this paper: Alon Halevy, Google Peter Norvig, Google Fernando Pereira, Google Problems that involve interacting with humans, such as natural language understanding, have not proven to be solvable by concise, neat formulas like F = ma. Instead, the... continue reading "Interesting paper by some Googlers: 'The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data'" »

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Posted by Siva Vaidhyanathan on April 5, 2009 10:28 PM

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Hoofnagle on Google and Privacy

First Monday: Abstract Google has come to symbolize the tensions between the benefits of innovative, information-dependent new services and the desire of individuals to control the contexts in which personal information is used. This essay reviews hundreds of newspaper articles... continue reading "Hoofnagle on Google and Privacy" »

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Posted by Siva Vaidhyanathan on April 5, 2009 2:35 PM

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How did Google Street View go down in Japan?

From globalvoices.com, here is one account. Anyone have any more info on GSV in Japan?... continue reading "How did Google Street View go down in Japan?" »

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Posted by Siva Vaidhyanathan on April 4, 2009 1:43 AM

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Google Books Raising Alarm in Academia

NYTimes.com: The New York Times April 4, 2009 Google's Plan for Out-of-Print Books Is Challenged By MIGUEL HELFT SAN FRANCISCO -- The dusty stacks of the nation's great university and research libraries are full of orphans -- books that the... continue reading "Google Books Raising Alarm in Academia " »

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Posted by Siva Vaidhyanathan on April 4, 2009 1:21 AM

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What's going on with Street View in Canada?

Michael Geist writes: Poilievre Changes His Tune on Privacy and Google Street View Thursday April 02, 2009 Earlier this week, Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre attracted considerable attention by raising the privacy concerns associated with Google Street View. Poilievre was quoted... continue reading "What's going on with Street View in Canada?" »

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Posted by Siva Vaidhyanathan on April 2, 2009 9:54 AM

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