The Center for Digital Democracy sent a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday asking it to find Google in violation of a 2011 consent order, conduct an investigation and request the search giant postpone the rollout of its new privacy policies.

The Center for Digital Democracy sent a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday asking it to find Google in violation of a 2011 consent order, conduct an investigation and request the search giant postpone the rollout of its new privacy policies.

Many points of interest in the OCLC discussion paper on RDA including  how catalogers may  use OCLC records postRDA implementation:Proposed Future Cataloging Policy for Member Contribution to WorldCat after RDA Implementation

• Catalogers are not required to update or upgrade existing records to RDA.
• Catalogers may re-catalog items according to RDA if it is considered useful. Such recataloging should only be done with access to the item.

Many points of interest in the OCLC discussion paper on RDA including  how catalogers may  use OCLC records postRDA implementation:Proposed Future Cataloging Policy for Member Contribution to WorldCat after RDA Implementation

• Catalogers are not required to update or upgrade existing records to RDA.
• Catalogers may re-catalog items according to RDA if it is considered useful. Such recataloging should only be done with access to the item.

I was hoping that SOPA was truly dead, but it's not. We do need to address piracy but not at the sake of controlling the internet - CENSORSHIP! One of the largest advocates for SOPA is the MPAAA, the organization responsible for censoring movies in the 1930s aka the Hays Code. (yeah, that was a great idea.... not)I think it's important to remember that a big part of the equation is copyright and it FAILS for digital objects.

I was hoping that SOPA was truly dead, but it's not. We do need to address piracy but not at the sake of controlling the internet - CENSORSHIP! One of the largest advocates for SOPA is the MPAAA, the organization responsible for censoring movies in the 1930s aka the Hays Code. (yeah, that was a great idea.... not)I think it's important to remember that a big part of the equation is copyright and it FAILS for digital objects.

Sooo… Facebook has already killed the historical profile accounts which were written about well... just about everywhere (Google Joe McDonald)  although it seems like they also killed a potentially great PR and marketing campaign. “While McDonald and Lewis initially only had friends who were distant relatives, their lists of connections swelled from just over 100 each to more than 1,000. They were featured in Mashable, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Yahoo! News and the UK’s Daily Mail.

Sooo… Facebook has already killed the historical profile accounts which were written about well... just about everywhere (Google Joe McDonald)  although it seems like they also killed a potentially great PR and marketing campaign. “While McDonald and Lewis initially only had friends who were distant relatives, their lists of connections swelled from just over 100 each to more than 1,000. They were featured in Mashable, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Yahoo! News and the UK’s Daily Mail.