article thumbnail

Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #178

Twist Image

"It''s interesting to see that a project Google has been working on since 2002 suddenly has the legal green light to move forward. It also resurrects the much-heated debate about what, exactly, is fair use when it comes to books and literature. Google Finally Gets Legal OK to Scan the World''s Books - MIT Technology Review.

article thumbnail

Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

From Mumbrella : But to recap, it’s a “freemium” model – enough free content to hang on to advertising revenue; with the more exclusive, analytical and opinion stuff likely to be behind the wall. This month, News.com, will charge fees to read some single articles online (not the whole newspaper). De-Commercialization of Human Stories.