Tag Archives: Creative-Commons

What I’d Like to See Next in iTunes University

By Michael Feldstein | Published: February 20, 2006
Update: Although you can’t copy and paste the podcatching URL from the iTunes client, it is apparently possible to expose the podcatching URL from the administration interface. I have no direct information about why this is so. However, it is consistent with Apple’s general approach to DRM. It may be that by making it easy [...]
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Search, Copyright, and Course Pack Affordances

By Michael Feldstein | Published: November 27, 2004
I’m still very much interested in the idea of creating a system that enables professors to assemble course packs out of Open Access or, better yet, Creative Commons-licensed content. But my idea is broadening somewhat based on what I’m learning at my new job.  
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Creative Commons Licensing as an Affordance

By Michael Feldstein | Published: November 5, 2004
Open Access News points out that the Open Archives Initiative is seeking public comment on their specification for conveying copyright metadata on Open Access content. Such a specification is critical to the aforementioned goal of assembling course packs out of Open Access materials.  
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Furl Follow-up: Mike Giles Responds

By Michael Feldstein | Published: August 16, 2004
As a follow-up to my earlier post, I’m happy to report that I’ve had a satisfying email exchange with Furl’s Mike Giles. On the PDF front, Furl is planning to index both .pdf and .doc files in the “near future.” (No, he didn’t give me a timeline.) Even more interesting is the possibility regarding Creative Commons. [...]
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Furl, PDF’s, and Creative Commons

By Michael Feldstein | Published: August 15, 2004
I have started to use Furl to create an archive of articles (mostly PDFs) that I find on the web related to informational cascades for myself (and eventually for my blog readers as well). So far I’m finding two significant limitations. First, Furl apparently doesn’t do full text search for PDF’s yet. That’s too bad; there [...]
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