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This doesn't seem to be the case, however, and a recent investigative report by The Guardian showed that not only are consumers far too quick to jump on the nearest connection, it is also far easier than you'd think to steal personal information and drum up huge bills on an unwitting consumer's phone.
The number of users that currently take advantage of BT's hotspots and similar services runs into the millions, and according to the report, each of these could be vulnerable to fraud and identity theft. Volunteers were used to conduct the research and armed with a portable router that costs less than £50, were able to simulate official looking wireless gateways, encourage users to connect and then show how personal data could be stolen, email accounts accessed and goods and services purchased using the consumer's payment information.
In addition, some users could find that their phone automatically logs into recognised wireless hotspots without their knowledge – a feature that is designed as a convenience but can carry significant risk. Chief Executive of security company Cryptocard had a stark warning for iPhone users "An O2 iPhone will automatically connect, because BT Openzone connectivity is usually part of the package for free internet access. It will pass over its credentials and because it can see the internet through the hotspot, it will start sending and receiving data."
Furthermore, BT customers who take part in the BT Fon community service, which requires them to allow a small amount of their Wi-Fi bandwidth to be used publicly in return for a similar benefit, will find their phones automatically hunting for registered hotspots after an initial login, which could lead to similar attacks.
"We became aware of the potential for criminals to use Wi-Fi in this way last year and have become increasingly concerned." said Stuart Hyde, the Association of Chief Police Officers' lead on e-crime prevention. "All they need is to set themselves up in a public place with a laptop and a mobile router called 'BTOpenzone' or 'Free Wifi' and unsuspecting members of the public come along and connect to them. Once that happens, there is software out there that enables them to gather usernames and passwords for each site a user signs in to while surfing the net. And once criminals have access to your email accounts, Facebook account, Amazon history and so on, the potential for fraud and identity theft is very serious indeed. Until there are improvements in security, I would advise people to be very wary indeed when using insecure Wi-Fi in public places"
In addition to setting up bogus gateways in order to retrieve personal details from phones that connect to them, a second connection was set up that required people to pay for the service by entering their credit card details. The terms and conditions of this "fake" connection clearly stated that it offers no protection for private information, yet amazingly three people signed up within 30 minutes. Of course this was just a test, and all personal information was subsequently destroyed and requests to join pay connections rejected, but it's a stark illustration of how little care modern consumers are taking when connecting to the internet away from home.
BT has been aware of this problem for some time and is working to find an efficient solution that will allows users to access hotspots with peace of mind, but in the meantime it's important for consumers to be vigilant and to engage in safe practice when using these sorts of service.
Eight ways to protect against fraudulent wireless
There are a number of things consumers can do to help ensure they are not caught out by malicious users trying to steal their data over wireless.
Be aware that the problem exists. Though it might sound obvious, it's important to be aware that these sorts of threats do exist and to exercise caution when connecting to wireless networks. Pay particular attention to the name of the network and ensure it is formatted correctly – thieves will often attempt to mimic a common name such as BTOpen that might sound safe, but could be a malicious user posing as a legitimate service. If in doubt, speak to BT to find out exactly how their hotspots are labelled.
Install security software. Security software that features a robust firewall can help prevent certain attacks and antivirus tools will detect any malicious files that someone may try to install to a device remotely.
Use a virtual private network (VPN) Wherever possible use a virtual private network to connect to the internet, particularly if you are dealing with sensitive data or financial information.
Select a secure email session. Most online email accounts have the option to log in securely or enable a public terminal, which means no cache is stored from this session. Always select this option if you are checking mail away from the home.
Consider an extended data contract. Most smartphone users will find themselves accessing the internet fairly frequently and even if you don't actively browse the web, platforms such as Android use widgets that can request updates automatically, or email accounts set up on a phone could refresh without your knowledge. For this reason it's often prudent to expand a small data package for a small additional monthly fee, or even opt for unlimited data from your provider. This means there will be far less instances where you'll need to connect to a hotspot, and most modern phones offer fast enough connections to prevent any frustrating delays.
Check your wireless settings. It's good practice to remember to switch off a wi-fi connection on a phone when not in use. This will save on battery life and help prevent the phone from automatically connecting when a compatible hotspot is within range. Also make sure that any settings that may configure the wireless function of a phone to automatically enabled, or for a remote hotspot to be automatically connected to when in range, are disabled.
Online activity. If you're using a wireless network that is effectively "unknown", in that it isn't a home or office network you are familiar with, avoid activities such as bank transactions, online payments, and the entry of passwords and user details wherever possible. While you may still be at risk of some of the problems highlighted above, this will at least prevent passive attacks from recording the data you enter into your phone.
Can it wait? Finally, consider whether it's really necessary to be online at that particular time. It's quite possible that whatever needs doing could wait until you return home or reach the office, or using the phone's own 3G connection may be a realistic alternative.
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"A lot of racial tension has resurfaced but it is not that it was gone," he says. "It's just that because we were having so much fun we didn't have enough time to pay attention to it and now because there is nothing, we realize there is still a lot of racial tension in the country.
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RFM Article: Bringing Worlds Together…
by: Julie Baish-Sproul
The cowboy culture has caught onto a new social networking trend…Facebook! With each passing day, Facebook is changing how cowboys and cowgirls do business and compete more and more. Leaders in the rodeo world such as Speed Williams, Trevor Brazile, and Sherry Cervi, and companies like Equibrand and Pro Rodeo Live have realized the influence Facebook has on the new era of technology-driven society.
The best of the best in the rodeo world are using the site as a tool to promote, market, and keep their fans ("friends") informed, updating them on what's been happening, and letting them know where they've been winning. With over 41.6 million Facebook users in the United States, the possibilities for business to grow are exponential (Wikipedia, 2011). As such, Facebook is proving to be a platform that has the ability to provide a marketplace composed of each individual's ideal demographics.
What exactly is Facebook? Facebook is a social networking site, launched in 2003 by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg and a few of his friends, with an original investment of $19,000. It was originally designed for Ivy League College students, enabling them to communicate and share information through the creation of profiles that display interest, education, employment, age, relationship status, and photos. Since then, it has branched out, and is now accessible to anyone who is over the age of 13 and has access to a computer or mobile internet.
Facebook's mission statement is simple, "Giving people the power to share and make the world more open and connected" (Facebook, 2011). As of 2010, the estimated net worth, of one college kid's late-night idea was estimated at $50 billion. Facebook is now being used in 207 countries around the world.
As technology advances, businesses are discovering that social media forums are great ways to connect with thousands of people instantly, and for free. Team Roping legend Speed Williams believes Facebook has been a vital part of building his business, www.speedroping.com. After posting, "Who should I rope with?" on his profile page, he got hundreds of comments from fans all over the world. "I had to laugh at the response," Speed said, "it was overwhelming". It was at that time when Speed realized the power of Facebook, and how helpful it would be as a marketing tool to reach thousands of potential clients.
Facebook is often dismissed as a site for individuals seeking friends or companionship; however, quite the contrary is true. Businesses such as Equibrand, Wrangler Twenty X, and The Jud Little Ranch use Facebook to share with "friends" their new products, new videos, schedules, and merchandise. People can stay informed with minute-to-minute updates on you and your business, without the huge cost of pre-Facebook advertising. These perks are accessible not only to huge companies, but also to small boutiques all over the world…one reason 500 million people have created accounts on Facebook.
Being part of the rodeo lifestyle requires competitors to be miles away from loved ones. The upside is, however, this lifestyle gives you the opportunity to make great friends along the way. With the help of Facebook, staying in touch has become much easier for those who leave home to chase that rodeo dream.
When talking to Arena de la Cruz, wife of NFR-Qualifier Cesar de la Cruz, about how she uses Facebook while going down the road, she stated, "Since having my son, Facebook has become a huge way to share his big moments in life with all my family and friends – from our rodeo friends that live across the country to family that live in the same city. I can post updates and photos of the moments they don't want to miss".
Being a parent myself, I am aware of the debates about how bad social networking sites are for our children. Please allow me to reassure you that, by no means am I overlooking these facts, and this article in no way supports those abuses. Parents should keep an eye on their children that have Facebook accounts, and should make sure they are being used responsibly. The internet is easy access to our children's lives, and should always be monitored by an adult.
As a parent, business owner, and a Facebook user, I believe the benefits of using Facebook are endless and can vary to meet an individual's needs. Barrel Racer and NFR-Qualifier Sheena Robbins explained that she uses Facebook as a tool to help her while going to rodeos, stating, "Facebook keeps me updated about how each rodeo is going, what is winning it, what the ground is like, what the weather is like, it helps me prepare for my runs even before I get there, and it helps me make a plan". Essentially, being able to keep in immediate connection with someone who is already where you are going is just one of the ways Facebook is helping the best compete, and stay competitive.
This change in the way we communicate with each other via computers and mobile internet is just the beginning. Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter are the first of many sites that have paved the way for a new era – an era allowing us to connect with one another from the comfort of our home, trailer, horse, or wherever it is that we currently call home.
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Suits my needs to have medium curls. It's just the right rod thickness for me.
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Very nice piece of furniture
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Comments about Powell Furniture Black Antique Wood Makeup Vanity Table with Mirror and Bench:
This nice piece of furniture is worth the price: nice looking, sturdy, and comfortable to sit and get ready. I have gotten compliments on it. It would be nice for girls if it was pink or white. The only thing is that it scratches easily, but its definately a nice piece.
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I use the vanity many times a day. I wish that it came with a glass top to protect it in the event of a nail polish remover spill.
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These are just fifteen of the millions of reasons the classic-rock-listening, demonkilling, tall drink of water is perfect. *swoon*
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In a new (mock) advertisement, Abercrombie changes its policy toward "fatties" and "uggos."
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A "song" that is heard every day by moms but put together in a video just for Mother's Day.
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So you meet a guy at a bar, let him buy you a drink, exchange a few life details — like, "What do you do?" and "Where you from?" — swap numbers, and let some harmless flirting ensue…right? Nope. [Ed. note: This isn't the first time we've seen something like this.]
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Smart cat cope with all the doors in your path!
If you spend enough time on Etsy you will see a few things over and over again… owls, mustaches, chevron pattern's and barn wood … This listing has all four!
From the days of Star Search to the days of the Biebs…oh how things have changed!
Newt Gingrich doesn't know what a smartphone is and he made a video to talk about it. Below is an moment by moment breakdown.
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Because people that pay $12 to watch a film are inherently a little bit crazy.
Celebrate Mother's Day in the best way possible: realizing your mom is way better than she could have been. This supercut from highlights all the worst tropes of the cinematic mother figure.
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Sunday Lecture - Rebels, Infidels and Troublemakers
Sun 26 May 2013, 11.00
Rebels, Infidels and Troublemakers: the life, times and contents of Bishopsgate Library
What was the 'battle of the books' and why did the Institute lock away one archive item from the public fearing it may cause revolution?
Bishopsgate Library is home to the library and archives of numerous radicals and troublemakers, including infidel Charles Bradlaugh, blasphemer George Jacob Holyoake and a wealth of other collections documenting people and organisations who dared to challenge the status quo.
Join Library and Archives Manager Stefan Dickers to explore the stories that lie behind many of the collections on the shelves at Bishopsgate Library and explore the themes of London, labour, co-operation, freethought and protest. Stefan qualified as an archivist in 2001 and started at Bishopsgate in 2005. Previous to this, Stefan worked in the archives of the London School of Economics and Senate House Library. He is also secretary of the Archives and Resources Committee of the Society for the Study of Labour History and the oral history consortium Britain at Work, 1945-1995. Stefan is also co-founder of the Network of Radical Libraries and Archives (NORLA), Chair of the Socialist History Society and Co-Director of the Raphael Samuel History Centre.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members
Free Tea & Coffee will be available.
The School of Life: Michael Pollan - What makes us full?
29 May 2013
What makes us full?
What did you eat for lunch today? Chances are many of us ate some kind of mass product from a packet at our desks. We might feel full up for a while. But with every factory-processed mouthful we pop, are we denying ourselves something more existentially fulfilling?
Tonight the food writer Michael Pollan will give his manifesto for why we and how we should take back control of that fundamental part of our wellbeing, pleasure and creativity: the art of eating well.
Pollan's latest book is Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation. It tells the experience of apprenticing himself to master cooks. With them he learned how to use the basic elements of fire, earth, air and water to transform simple ingredients into wonderful food to eat. Tonight he'll share the practical attitudes and strategies he learnt from cooks about creating sustenance for the soul.
Pollan will be in conversation with William Leith, the author of the funny and moving memoir about his own food addiction, The Hungry Years. Together they'll discuss what it really means to be full.
Tickets £22
Bernard Shaw's Other Island: the presence of Ireland at Shaw's Corner
Fri 31 May 2013, 19.00
THE SHAW SOCIETY presents
Bernard Shaw's Other Island: the presence of Ireland at Shaw's Corner
Lizzie Dunford, House Steward at Shaw's Corner since 2010, shares an insiders insight.
At first glance there is little of Ireland in the Hertfordshire home of one of that country's greatest writers, yet look a little deeper and you will find the presence of Shaw's birthplace throughout the house. This talk will explore the many paintings, objects and books in the collection that demonstrate whilst Shaw might have left Ireland in 1876, he never forgot it.
TICKETS: £4 on door/ Shaw Society Members £2
Sunday Lecture: The Rise of the Laptop Lizards
Sun 2 Jun 2013, 11.00
The Rise of the Laptop Lizards – Fighting Misleading Advertising
Stories of 'Miracle Cures' , and other health claims occur because of marketing claims made - often without evidence - for products on the Internet. It's been a short time since the Advertising Standards Authority started to regulate such claims.
In that time, the Nightingale Collaboration has given the Advertising Standards Authority possibly their most serious challenge yet: curbing the misleading claims made on Complimentary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) websites. Many practitioners have realised their responsibilities and taken down long lists of 'what homeopathy can help with...', etc.
But much more needs to be done and we can't rely on the Advertising Standards Authority to do everything, so they have been using other regulators as well, particularly the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Find out more about who the Nightingale Collaboration is, what we've been up to and what our future plans are.
Alan Henness is the Director of the Nightingale Collaboration. The Nightingale Collaboration challenges questionable claims made by healthcare practitioners on their websites, in adverts and in their promotional and sales materials by bringing these to the attention of the appropriate regulatory bodies. They also strive to ensure that organisations representing healthcare practitioners have robust codes of conduct for their members that protect the public and that these are enforced.
You can follow Alan on Twitter as @zeno001 and the Nightingale Collaboration as @NightingaleC.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members
Bottomless Tea & Coffee will be available.
What is cancer and how can we control it?
Wed 5 Jun 2013, 18.30
New Scientist presents
What is cancer and how can we control it?
Cancer research is a vast worldwide enterprise, yet there has been little improvement in patient outcomes over several decades. Clearly some bold new thinking is needed. Amid the frantic search for an elusive "cure," some basic questions are overlooked. Why is there cancer? What are its deep evolutionary roots? Why do almost all cells come pre-loaded with a cancer subroutine? Paul will describe a new and testable theory of cancer as the re-activation of an ancient phenotype, suggesting a radically new approach to therapy.
Paul Davies is Director of the Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University. He is best known as a physicist and cosmologist and as a pioneer in the field of astrobiology. A few years ago he was asked by the US National Cancer Institute to provide fresh insights into cancer from a physicist's perspective. This led to him being appointed as Principal Investigator at the Center for the Convergence of Physical Science and Cancer Biology at ASU.
Paul is also author of numerous best-selling science books, including The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin of Life, How to Build a Time Machine and The Eerie Silence: Renewing our Search for Alien Intelligence.
Doors open at 6pm. Talk starts at 6:30pm.
Tickets £5 (inc. booking fee) in advance through Eventbrite, and if available £7 on the door. Tickets sold on a first come first served basis and are subject to availability.
New Scientist is the world's leading science and technology weekly magazine, covering the big ideas and developments from all areas of science and technology. Offering the latest news, ideas and opinions, New Scientist is an authoritative voice on all matters related to science, technology and the ideas improving our knowledge of the universe and those shaping our world and lives.
Can science solve every mystery?
8 Jun 2013
Centre for Inquiry UK and Conway Hall present
Can science answer every question? Should scientists show a little humility and acknowledge there are questions that only religion can answer? Are science and religion "non-overlapping magisteria", as the scientist Stephen Jay Gould claimed, or is science capable of showing that religion is false, as Richard Dawkins believes? And what, exactly, do philosophers do?
Sunday Lecture: One Law for All
Sat 9 Jun 2013, 11.00
Anne Marie will be speaking about Sharia law in Britain and across the globe, its violations of rights and equality, and the need for One Law for All, secularism and equal rights.
Anne Marie Waters is spokesperson for the One Law for All Campaign. She campaigns against Sharia and religious Laws as she believes they represent a sacrifice of the rights of women in the name of legal and cultural relativism. She is a law graduate with a strong interest in family law and human rights, and the interaction of the two. She has written various papers and articles on the rights of women in family law and on human rights internationally. She is a council member and campaigner for the National Secular Society.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members
Bottomless Tea & Coffee will be available.
Sunday Lecture: Behind the Myths - The Foundations of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Sun 16 Jun 2013, 11.00
Behind the Myths: The Foundations of Judaism, Christianity and Islam was inspired initially by Karl Kautsky's book,The Foundations of Christianity (1908) although it seeks to update and broaden the scope of the work to include Judaism and Islam.
This book is the fruit of ten years of research and study of all the current literature on the topic, looking at historical works through the critical lens of a Marxist worldview.
John Pickard has been a socialist and activist for just about all of his adult life.
Apart from working as a research scientist in the pharmaceutical industry and as a secondary school teacher of science, he spent sixteen years working as a full-time journalist for the British Marxist newspaper Militant. During that time, he was managing editor of the newspaper during its best years, in the early 1980s, when the miners' strike raged and the Liverpool City council fought against the then conservative government of Margaret Thatcher.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members
Bottomless Tea & Coffee will be available.
Trauma Therapy: An Adlerian Perspective
18 Jun 2013
Adlerian Society London present:
'Trauma Therapy: An Adlerian Perspective'
Anthea Millar
Trauma is an experience of powerlessness when our physical and/or psychological integrity is threatened. Traumatic events can overwhelm and disrupt our normal systems of connecting, seeking control and having meaning in life, and may be experienced as the ultimate sense of inferiority.
In recent years there has been greatly increased understanding of the complex interactions of neurobiology and psychosocial aspects of trauma. This in turn has enabled the development of more effective approaches to trauma therapy, these more recent developments integrating well with an Adlerian approach.
In this lecture, illustrated with case studies from her own practice, Anthea will draw from both Adlerian core tenets and recent practice research to present a perspective of therapy that emphasizes the importance of understanding safeguarding behavior in biological as well as psychosocial terms. She will also give a particular focus on the importance of ensuring the client's stabilization and sense of safety.
Anthea Millar MA, DipIIP, MBACP (Snr Accred), UKRC, is an Adlerian psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor working in independent practice, and with organisations in the UK and abroad. She coordinated the 4 year Adlerian counselling training in Cambridge for 26 years and is a co-founder of Cambridge Supervision Training. Anthea is actively involved in ASIIP as a member of the training committee and co-editor of the Year Book, and is also on the board of ICASSI, an Adlerian international summer school, where she offers training in trauma therapy.
Brockway Room, 19.30
Admission £7 (concessions £4) All welcome. No need to book. CPD certificates are available. Lecture enquiries: email@example.com
Sunday Lecture: The Driller, the Banker and the Minister. Tom Rubens
Sun 23 Jun 2013, 11.00
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When I wrote this piece in 2008, HathiTrust was in the works but had not yet been born, and the piece stimulated the sort of dialogue that I believe is very important. Rather than try to reattach coments made at that time by Carl Malamud and Brewster Kahle, I include them here in this post because of their relevance to the debate. Many circumstances have since changed (e.g., HathiTrust and its preservation-orientation is a significant piece of the landscape, HathiTrust makes full book downloads available to authenticated users, and our efforts have grown so much that the mere availability--what I argue is a form of openness--has been embraced as transformational). These changes make some of the argument feel dated, but it feels like an important record nonetheless. I've attempted to capture the flow and content of the original blog entry and comments, and for reference purposes have stored a PDF of the original piece with comments on Scribd.I was recently quoted in an AP article (published here in Salon) as saying that Brewster Kahle's position with regard to the openness of Google-digitized public domain content is "theoretical." Well, I sure thought I said "polemical," but them's the breaks. Brewster argues that Google's work in digitizing the public domain essentially locks it up--puts it behind a wall and makes it their own--and that this is a loss in a world that loves openness. The contrast here is meant to be with the work of the Open Content Alliance, where the same public domain work might be be shared freely, transferred to anyone, anywhere, and used for any purpose. I don't want to get into the quibble here about the constraints on that apparently open-ended set of permissions (i.e., that an OCA contributor may end up putting constraints on materials that look worse than Google's constraints). What's key here for me, though, is the real practical part of openness--what most people want and what's possible through what Michigan puts online.
I think all of this debate begs us to ask the question "what is open"? For the longest time (since the mid-1990's), Michigan digitized public domain content and made it freely viewable, searchable and printable. Anyone, anywhere could come to a collection like Making of America and read, search and print to his heart's delight. If the same user wanted to download the OCR, that too was made possible and, in fact, the Distributed Proofreader's project has made good use of this and other MOA functionality. We didn't make it possible for anyone to get a collection of our source files because we were actively involved in setting up Print-on-Demand (POD), POD typically has up-front, per-title costs, and making the source files available would have cost us some sales that might otherwise pay for that initial investment. As we moved into the agreement with Google, we made clear our intention to do the same "open" thing with the Google-digitized content, and to throw in our lot with a (then) yet-to-be-defined multi-institutional "Shared Digital Repository." In fact, now we have hundreds of thousands of public domain works online, all of which are readable, searchable and printable by anyone in the world in much the same way.
So, what's the beef? The OCA FAQ states that for them this openness means that "textual material will be free to read, and in most cases, available for saving or printing using formats such as PDF." By all means! I hope it's clear by what I wrote above that this is an utterly accurate description of what happens when Google digitizes a volume from Michigan's collection and Michigan puts it online. It's also, incidentally, what Google makes possible, but even if Google didn't, Michigan could and would be rushing in to fill that breach. The challenges to Google's openness always seem to ignore what's actually possible through our copies at Michigan. This sort of polarizing rhetoric seems to be about making a point that's not accurate in the service of an attack on Google's primacy in this space: we don't want them to dominate the landscape, so let's characterize their Bad version as being the opposite of our Good version. This notion that what Google does is closed is not an accurate description of Google's version of these books, and even less so a description of Michigan's.
Could the Google books be more open? Absolutely. Along with Carl Malamud, for example, I would love to see all of the government documents that have been digitized by Google available for transfer to other entities so that the content could be improved and integrated into a wide variety of systems, thus opening up our government as well as our libraries. I believe that will happen, in fact, and that Google will one day (after they've had a chance to gain some competitive advantage) open up far more. In the meantime, however, when we talk about "open," let's mean it the way that the OCA FAQ means it. Let's mean it in the same way that the bulk of our audience means it. Let's talk about the ability to read, cite and search the contents of these books, and let's call the Google Books project and particularly Michigan's copies Open. Let's stop being theoretical, er, I mean polemical.
Carl Malamud responded by quoting my "for saving or printing using formats such as PDF" and then went on to argue:
> for saving or printing using formats such as PDFI responded to Carl, saying:
John, pardon me if I don't grock Mirlyn, but I pulled up a public domain document (a congressional hearing). I was able to pull the text up and page through, but there didn't appear to be an easy way to save a single page, let alone the entire hearing. Perhaps that function is available to Michigan students, but I suspect the rest of the citizens of Michigan are in the same boat as the rest of using the crippled interface.
I think it is fine that Michigan and Google have their arrangement, but it is disturbing when we see a state-funded institution like U. of Michigan putting up artificial barriers to access.
Your Mirlyn site is ok as far as web sites go, but letting a thousand flowers bloom always leads to more innovation. It would be great if any grad student in Ann Arbor (or anyplace else) could download your govdocs docs and come up with a better user interface.
(In addition to more innovation, that policy would lead to a more informed citizenry, which is generally considered an important part of democracy and I suspect is part of your state-sponsored mandate.)
Gosh, Carl, I think the best way I can respond is not only to say that I whole-heartedly agree with your call for more vigorous sharing, but to point to my fourth paragraph, where I point to your work and urge the same thing. Look, my point is that while this is good, and we are fighting for deeper sharing, this sort of thing is a fairly narrow piece of the openness issue.Later, Brewster Kahle weighed in on the issue of openness with:
On your point about the functionality and the opaqueness of getting PDFs, we'll take that into account in our usability. It's there, and we can do better. I should not that for us larger PDF chunks is also a resource issue, but that we're very close to releasing a new version that gives you 10 pages at a time. Personally, I like the screen resolution PNG files and very much dislike PDF as a format, but that's a usability position and not a philosophical one.
John– while it may not be appropriate to start this in a comment, but I am quite taken aback by your seeming implication that "open" includes what google is doing and what UMich is doing.My response:
"Open" started to be widely used in the Internet community in association with certain software. Richard Stallman calls it "free", but "open" has also come to be used as well. Lets start with that.
"Open Source" in that community means the source code can be downloaded in bulk, read, analyzed, modified, and reused.
"Open Content" has followed much the same trajectory. Creative Commons evolved a set of licenses to help the widespread downloading of creative works, or "content". Downloading, and downloading in bulk, is part of this overall approach as we see it at the Internet Archive.
Researchers (and more general users, but we can stick with researchers because they are a community that research libraries are supposed to serve) require downloadability to materials so they can be read, compared, analyzed, and recontextualized.
Page at a time interfaces, therefore, would not be "open" in this sense. Downloadable crippled versions would not be open in the Open Source or Open Content sense either.
As a library community, we can build on the traditions from the analog world of sharing widely even as we move into the digital world. We see this as why we get public support.
Lets build that open world.
We would be happy to work with UMich to support its open activities.
I think this is precisely the sort of rhetoric that's muddying the waters right now, Brewster. There is no uniformly defined constituency called "researchers" who "require downloadability." I know 'em, I work with 'em, and I know that's not true. Access (and openness) is defined on a continuum. What we do is extraordinarily open and has made a tremendous difference for research and the in the lives of ordinary users. This sort of differentiation in the full accessibility of source materials is one of the key incentives that has brought organizations like Google and Microsoft to the table, and if it didn't make sense, the OCA wouldn't go to pains to stipulate that "all contributors of collections can specify use restrictions on material that they contribute." Is more open better? Damned right. That's one reason why for two years we've been offering OCA the texts Michigan digitizes as part of its own in-house work. But is what we're doing with Google texts open? Absolutely.Carl followed with a practical example:
I'm not sure I get all these degrees of open … let me add a hypothetical if that helps clear this up.My response brought in technologies that have since been introduced:
What if a bunch of students in Ann Arbor organized themselves into a Democracy Club and started grabbing all the public domain documents they can find on MBooks and uploading them to some site such as scribd.com or pacer.resource.org for recycling? If the docs are open (and we're just talking "works of the government" which are clearly in the public domain), would you consider that a mis-use of your system and try and stop it or would that fall inside of the open side of the open continuum we're all trying to mutually understand in this dialogue?
Hypothetically speaking, of course. I'm not advocating that students form a Democracy Club and crawl your site to recycle public domain materials, I'm just trying to understand if the restrictions on reuse are passive ones like obscuring how to download files or if these are active restraints where the library is involved in enforcing restrictions on access to public domain materials.
Again, I'm not at all suggesting that students interested in furthering the public domain form Democracy Clubs and start harvesting documents from the public taxpayer-financed web sites at UMich and re-injecting them into the public domain.
What if? If there really were that sort of interest, I'd hope that we'd have a chance to talk to the students and make sure they were aware of powerful options to make "in situ" use of the openly accessible government documents that they find in MBooks. I'd want to make sure they knew that in late June we're releasing a "collection builder" application that will allow them to leverage our investment in permanent (did I say permanent?) curation of these materials so that the materials could be found and used after the current crop of students comes and goes, that the students could add to the body of works as more get digitized from our collection and the collections of other partner libraries (e.g., Wisconsin's are coming in soon) and that we would want to hear what sorts of services (an RSS feed of newly added gov docs?) might aid them in their work. I'd want to talk to them about the issue of authority and quality, and would see if there were ways that their efforts could help improve the works in MBooks rather than dispersing the effort to copies in multiple places. And if they needed computational resources to do things like data mining, I'd let them know that we're glad to help. But if none of this satisfied them, would we try to stop them? Assuming Google digitized the works, according to our agreement (4.4.1) we would make "reasonable efforts … to prevent [them] from … automated and systematic downloading" of the content, something we currently do and which does not undermine the ability of those same students to read, search and print the documents. Lots of openness there.Finally, an anonymous writer wondered "Why give Google competitive advantage? How is this the role of a libraries vis a vis a vendor?" to which I responded:
An interesting question. Whether it *should* be (the role) or not isn't really a question at this point, with decades of examples of libraries working with "vendors" in ways that leveraged library collections for what you might view as a vendor's competitive advantage. Obviously, some deals were more selfless than others, and many have involved royalties or discounts provided to the libraries. In fact, *some* sort of relationship is absolutely necessary because of the inaccessibility of the materials in our collections (publishers, for example, don't have the titles and frequently don't know what they've published). On the other hand, the nature of the deal is what's at issue, and we believe that having a copy of the files for long-term preservation and meaningfully open access, and fairly liberal terms for the way that we use the materials, is a good exchange for the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of work entailed in doing the scanning.


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