(author unknown) via www.locusmag.com shared by 6 people 06 November 2008 Cory Doctorow: Why I Copyfight from Locus Magazine, November 2008 Why does all this copyright reform stuff matter, anyway? What’s at stake? Everything. Until a very short time ago, copyright was an indust......
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The fine folks at Locus are offering to send you a copy of my interview postage-free (read: $3 cheaper) or totally free with a subscription. In other news, holy shit! I’m interviewed in Locus.......
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Here at Orbit Towers we’re all absolutely delighted that Halting State [ UK ] by Charles Stross has been shortlisted in the ‘SF Novel’ category of this year’s Locus Awards . In addition, Mr Stross has also been shortlisted in the Novelette category for ‘Trunk and Disorderly’ and Ken MacLeod has been shortlisted in the Best Short Story category for ......
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1. You can vote. 2. The deadline is tomorrow. 3. The ballot is here . There are other things it might be nice for you to know, such as: the Locus Awards are one of the largest (possibly the largest) sf awards going, judged by the number of people who vote; although you don’t have to be a Locus subscriber to vote, if you are and vote you get an extra issue added to your subscri......
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We’ve been checking out the 2008 Locus Poll & Survey in the office this week. This is the final voting poll, and you don’t actually have to be a Locus subscriber to register your vote. In each of the categories there are a number of suggested titles, sourced from the 2007 Locus Recommended Reading List , or you can add your own titles via the write-in boxes on the form. ......
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The deadline for the Locus Awards is now less than a week away. Remember, it costs nothing to vote, you don’t have to be a member or a club or a convention, or a Locus subscriber. There is no conspiracy preventing you from voting. You can do so here .......
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Rockstar and Amazon bring digital music distribution to GTA4 Amazon and Rockstar Games have teamed up to create an interesting new aspect of the game that will leverage the ever-increasing bond between gamers and music: Grand Theft Auto 4 is set to include a unique new model for digital music distribution: gamers w Expertenkonferenz: Wann kommen die menschlichen Roboter? Roboter, die wi......
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   The print version is still waiting to be published, but I’ve just received the good news that the new Revised Crime Fiction IV for 2008 is now available on CD-Rom. The author, Allen J. Hubin, has just informed me that he’s received his copies from Bill Contento, and I’m looking forward to obtaining mine from him.    The price remains the same, $49.95, and can be order......
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It has been pointed out to me that I’ve been somewhat remiss about posting link round-ups recently. Sorry about that; I’m going to try to get back to doing them about once a week. In the meantime, here’s a bumper load. Chris Roberson has posted his article from Vector 254, History Repurposed . This year’s SF Site reader’s choice poll was topped by The Name of th......
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The ballot for this year’s Locus Awards is now available here . This is an open ballot. You don’t have to be a member of any organization, or pay any money, in order to vote, so you have no excuses for not participating. The deadline is April 15th.......
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