tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.comments2023-04-15T11:42:35.385-04:00Go To HellmanErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14172740163003223132noreply@blogger.comBlogger1092125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-81883171977603494142021-07-07T08:00:20.778-04:002021-07-07T08:00:20.778-04:00I had the opportunity to hear Micheal Hart on his ...I had the opportunity to hear Micheal Hart on his birthday in Roanoke (Indiana) http://infomotions.com/blog/2010/03/michael-hart-in-roanoke-indiana/ Project Gutenberg had a very positive affect on my professional development. Eric Lease Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05399761262940226078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-12769477772203192932021-05-07T09:34:43.938-04:002021-05-07T09:34:43.938-04:00This was wonderful to read because I really love u...This was wonderful to read because I really love understanding the back stories of my favorite performers. I'm very old, and I had always heard Oland was 100% Swedish. As I knew so many Swedish friends from my neighborhood, I already knew they looked somewhat exotic with sharp facial features and almond eyes. The one thing I would love to know a lot more about is whether Warner Oland was an academic who taught linguistics!Rev. Antonio Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393575938335733953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-82212928757036017472021-02-25T10:39:46.007-05:002021-02-25T10:39:46.007-05:00The difference between books and articles is the u...The difference between books and articles is the unit of purchase. Sure, there's a bit of revenue for selling articles, but the predominant units of purchase for articles are journal and journal-package subscriptions. For books, the revenue stream is mostly single-copy sales. To replace this revenue stream you would need ~$0 for the discard rack, and ~$100K for the all-stars (~$1M for the superstars). So while the basic idea is the same, the mechanics and the incentives need to be quite different. If you "nominate" a backlist book, its price doubles or triples, so that doesn't work for the OA side. For newly published books, sponsorship schemes could work nicely (my next post!)No, I don't want a Google+ Profile!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15520880591082604044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-2686815858201580092021-02-24T15:12:54.953-05:002021-02-24T15:12:54.953-05:00I like this idea, and recommended a kind of all-st...I like this idea, and recommended a kind of all-star program for articles (not books) in this 2004 article. But my idea should carry over to books and yours to articles.<br />https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/4317663/suber_unbind.htmlPeter Suberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09215193195989071335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-87135925711807767952021-02-10T10:09:07.025-05:002021-02-10T10:09:07.025-05:00You could be mistaken, with all the new advances i...You could be mistaken, with all the new advances in genealogy DNA.I have , Chinese,Japanese, Punjabi Indian and more in my DNA.Each company uses a different algorithm in determining DNA.This never came up on Ancestry or My Heritage, but did on CRI Genetics.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924284760785692885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-91321765080696675742020-08-16T19:23:16.129-04:002020-08-16T19:23:16.129-04:00Thank you for this touching contribution, Eric!
...Thank you for this touching contribution, Eric! <br /><br />I remember Kanji, as he helped me with my first translation, when I was starting my first translation (www.simultrans.com). It was a presentation from English into Japanese for Intel Corp. (that they never paid me for - another memory that goes back 30+ years). We were at Stanford together but in different schools.<br /><br />Like you, we also went skiing in Tahoe and enjoyed a real turkey over Thanksgiving.<br /><br />Kanji was a gentle soul, like his dear wife Mihoko still is.<br /><br />I remember a few things about him: driving up Mount Hamilton at night (windy road, not recommended at night), and hearing, "You Americans are so lucky. You can be brilliant in one area and get into Stanford. But we Japanese need to be great in everything. If you stick out in one area, like a nail, you will be pounded level."<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01786406385928894812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-69310293197936863382019-05-06T11:41:28.906-04:002019-05-06T11:41:28.906-04:00Eric - RA21 is addressing authentication. While it...Eric - RA21 is addressing authentication. While it is undoubtedly good practice for websites to support https only, we are not attempting to address all best practice recommendations for websites in the RA21 RP - only those related to authentication.Chris Shillumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10094030790172962185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-72994726891401372652018-12-28T15:42:19.989-05:002018-12-28T15:42:19.989-05:00Have you considered putting a survey link into the...Have you considered putting a survey link into the ebook? In our "Mapping the free ebook supply chain" project we had some nice results with that. <a href="https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/137638" rel="nofollow">https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/137638</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483241450401134977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-21415948203613352032018-12-28T14:19:03.963-05:002018-12-28T14:19:03.963-05:00elangdell.cali.org is our book store BTW.elangdell.cali.org is our book store BTW.johnpmayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949331786368534706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-12397905583381763432018-12-28T14:18:37.588-05:002018-12-28T14:18:37.588-05:00Yeah, we have this problem with casebooks/legal te...Yeah, we have this problem with casebooks/legal textbooks. They are CC licensed and so are available from a variety of places. They are also shared via email, purchased from Amazon (for $0.99) and print versions at lulu.com. We are not super-dependent on download stats, but it sure does help. What we REALLY desire is "course adoption" stats. This shows up in our stats as large purchases from lulu.com by bookstores or appearance on syllabi. I wish we could put some code into the ebook that "phones home", but well, surveillance is scary already. ;-)johnpmayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949331786368534706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-77155854562931232622018-11-19T09:25:43.885-05:002018-11-19T09:25:43.885-05:00Just by way of clarification, m in your Dad's ...Just by way of clarification, m in your Dad's formula is the mass of the electron. The equation works as far as it goes from my evaluation. Your Dad was working on resonant cavities, which I agree with. I don't know if you realise the significance of the 6/pi term in the equation but I would explain it as the ratio of a cube to the volume of a sphere which fits exactly inside the cube i.e. has a radius of half of the cube side length. There appears to be very good reason why that should be the case.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138589056252371235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-31048987020457994592018-09-25T13:47:22.995-04:002018-09-25T13:47:22.995-04:00If what you say about Readium LCP is true -- neith...If what you say about Readium LCP is true -- neither do I doubt it nor have I checked recently -- then it's a development that took place after my time working on it. <br /><br />I know those folks did make some changes to address publisher concerns about security strength after I stopped being actively involved, including abandoning the original 100% open source design and making a small code module closed-source in order to help with code hardening.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088536084624259284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-27580618625439712052018-09-24T20:01:40.905-04:002018-09-24T20:01:40.905-04:00Funny thing is, I no longer get notified of commen...Funny thing is, I no longer get notified of comments by Blogger because GDPR! Haven't figured out how to turn that back on.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483241450401134977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-54681853073022859432018-09-24T20:00:12.362-04:002018-09-24T20:00:12.362-04:00Bill, sorry I didn't make it clear about Publi...Bill, sorry I didn't make it clear about Publica and "phoning home". You're correct that in the current implementation, the reader app "phones home" so that "home" can check whether the account still "owns" the book. What I hoped to convey is that this phoning home could, in principle, be avoided by checking the block chain directly. <br /><br />You are inaccurate about Readium LCP not "phoning home" at all. As I wrote in my review of LCP, "ecosystem software applications are required to 'phone home' with a device identifier and license identifier when they are connected to the internet." Perhaps things evolved going from day one to day 2.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483241450401134977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-51072706576677752312018-09-24T09:36:48.501-04:002018-09-24T09:36:48.501-04:00Congrats Eric: you put "blockchain" in y...Congrats Eric: you put "blockchain" in your post and you are getting blammed! Welcome to the club.Bill Rosenblatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627064223303588655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-24925591882486940162018-09-21T11:29:25.391-04:002018-09-21T11:29:25.391-04:00In fact, if you count used vinyl sales, vinyl is n...In fact, if you count used vinyl sales, vinyl is now bigger than downloads in revenue.Bill Rosenblatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627064223303588655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-24850074701809387902018-09-21T11:27:34.607-04:002018-09-21T11:27:34.607-04:00Hi Eric,
Two comments.
First, re "If a user...Hi Eric, <br />Two comments.<br /><br />First, re "If a user's right to an ebook was registered on a blockchain, a reader application wouldn't need to "phone home"<br />to check whether a user was entitled to open and use the ebook." Not necessarily true. It depends on how much hardening (hack-proofing) is in the e-reader. Many hardening techniques phone home. Based on what Publica's CEO told me, Publica's app phone home. With Readium LCP, we decided from day one not to phone home (after initial registration), ever -- knowing that this would have security implications and probably would not pass muster with, say, a Hollywood studio. <br /><br />Second, this idea that people believe they "own" piles of bits. That's all or part of the value proposition of these blockchain-based content distribution schemes -- that they emulate physical ownership, or at least that they do a better job of it than the Amazons of the world. The jury is still out, but I am skeptical. Not when it comes to stuff that traditionally was physical, unlike cryptokitties. Not for a while, anyway; maybe in the future. But look at the music market. Downloads -- which have been DRM-free for almost 10 years -- are in freefall (-28% from last year) while explicit non-ownership models (streaming) are skyrocketing (+48%) and physical ownership (vinyl) is growing (+13%).Bill Rosenblatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627064223303588655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-78295664960446877052018-09-19T14:10:25.216-04:002018-09-19T14:10:25.216-04:00In other words, if publishers wanted to replace th...In other words, if publishers wanted to replace their licensing scheme with something more user-centric, here's an incredibly complex and expensive way they could accomplish it. ;) Thanks for an enlightening read, as always.Charlie Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290387618559167480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-14411091271315322942018-06-15T00:47:48.040-04:002018-06-15T00:47:48.040-04:00"I would not recommend using LE for elastic b..."I would not recommend using LE for elastic beanstalk."<br />Thank you for your tutorial. Why will you not recommend LE for Elastic Beanstalk? I'm thinking of using LE for Elastic Beanstalk due to LE's ECC vs Amazon Certificate's RSA.yongishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17370430004225425953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-74437728933474299512018-05-23T10:45:00.063-04:002018-05-23T10:45:00.063-04:00Thanks for your comments.
1. Good point to call i...Thanks for your comments.<br /><br />1. Good point to call it "recognition" or "filtering".<br /><br />2. Unless I've not understood Brexit, the UK National Health Service is also not outside "UK".<br /><br />3.1. ...so we're all good.<br />3.2 I should stop being mean to commenters. But to be fair, my blog makes no claims, legal or not, about taking your personal information seriously. It's on google! But there is a blog license agreement.<br />3.3 Certainly RA21 is trying to change the way libraries work. Just because the internet has become one big surveillance machine doesn't mean libraries must join in.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14172740163003223132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-4993317099949376072018-05-22T12:11:39.813-04:002018-05-22T12:11:39.813-04:00Hi Eric
1. IP *recognition* is still being used ...Hi Eric<br /> <br />1. IP *recognition* is still being used because there is a mixed economy of tools. That won't change in the short-term.<br /><br />2. I'm not sure everyone would agree with your characterisation of the UK National Health Service as "niche"(!)<br /><br />3.1 The OpenAthens privacy policy makes clear references to cookies and other analytical tools (https://openathens.org/privacy/).<br />3.2 The site I'm posting this comment on uses tracking cookies and I can't find a link to a privacy policy.<br />3.3 RA21 is not trying to change the way the internet works.Phil Leahyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129578153791651549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-92082427019218622052018-05-21T10:12:36.357-04:002018-05-21T10:12:36.357-04:00Thanks for these comments, Phil.
1. I'd love ...Thanks for these comments, Phil.<br /><br />1. I'd love to hear your views about "why we're still using IP Authentication".<br /><br />2. "mainstream adoption" ≠ "adoption in many niches".<br /><br />3. I feel your pain.<br /><br />Also, given our agreement around the importance of user trust, I wonder if you can explain why reading the OpenAthens privacy notice subjects the user to 17 different advertising trackers, none of which are disclosed in said privacy notice!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14172740163003223132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-4231188291963608352018-05-21T03:46:42.208-04:002018-05-21T03:46:42.208-04:00Hi Eric
This is a good summary of many of the key...Hi Eric<br /><br />This is a good summary of many of the key points about RA21. I particularly like the point already picked out by others: "RA21 will succeed only if creates and embodies a new trust relationship between libraries, publishers, and their users". This is why these discussions are so important - a new trust relationship can only be built through dialogue and a better understanding of the issues by everyone.<br /><br />Some comments:<br /><br />1. "Shibboleth, OpenAthens and similar solutions remain feature-rich systems with clunky UIs". It's not correct to group together all the SAML products and services you linked to in this way. I can't speak for all of them but Shibboleth has no native UI, while OpenAthens has an intuitive UI built on 20 years' experience of serving librarians - see https://youtu.be/Joibg_Mnkpc?t=1049<br /><br />2. "little mainstream adoption outside big rich publishers, big rich universities and the UK". There are SAML federations all over the world serving large and small academic and research institutions alike; as well as the UK, those in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Japan are particularly active.<br /><br />Outside of those sectors, OpenAthens has brought this technology to other types of organisation: the UK National Health Service and the Department of Veterans Affairs are using the same access routes, as are departments of the US Army, Navy & Air Force and aerospace, chemical and pharmaceutical companies around the world.<br /><br />3. These points are not intended to be critical; much of this stuff is not easy to detect as almost by definition, SAML is middleware - if you can see it, it probably means something is broken!<br /><br />And I don't mean 'broken' only in a technical sense. One of RA21's starting points was the variable terminology and language on publisher websites ("Login via Shibboleth", "Select your Federation" etc). That was a collective implementation failure which the RA21 project is encouraging publishers to rethink.<br /><br />As part of those changes, we have been trying to help build a better ecosystem by encouraging publishers to drop their "Login via OpenAthens" links for some time now, because it's no longer required.<br /><br />Thanks for an excellent contribution to the discussion.<br /><br />PhilPhil Leahyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129578153791651549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-89745464455366156802018-05-04T15:02:25.965-04:002018-05-04T15:02:25.965-04:00That's why libraries subject to public records...That's why libraries subject to public records laws delete their records regularly. Privacy concerns are why most libraries that offer to remember the loan history only do so on an opt-in basis. Unfortunately, some of those records leak when technical aspects of a website are poorly understood by library staff.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14172740163003223132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-27895427657821682942018-05-04T13:10:29.604-04:002018-05-04T13:10:29.604-04:00At first, I thought your post was about libraries ...At first, I thought your post was about libraries using loan history etc. to track clients.<br /><br />When suggesting books to my library, they actually say they are tracking me:<br />"Your email is subject to disclosure under … Public Records Law and is not privileged or confidential except to the extent it contains customer account information. It will be retained for 30 days."Geremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.com