Past Programs
Internet - 2008
Google deal sparks publishing revolution
06/11/2008
It's been described as the biggest book deal in US publishing history. After two years of intense negotiations, America's book industry and the giant internet search engine Google have settled their copyright stoush for 195 million Australian dollars.
Five major American publishers and the Authors Guild took legal action against Google for scanning copyrighted works without permission. They've now settled their differences in a New York court. So what does this historic settlement mean for the Australian book industry?
Masterworks from the web - an anthology of blogs Read Transcript
03/04/2008
Have you heard of 'astroturfing'? In blog internet language it means 'creating fake grass roots movements' or what about 'sock puppet'? It's a blog alias.
These are just some of the terms New York Times journalist Sarah Boxer has uncovered in her quest to put together an anthology on the ubiquitous blog.
Her book is called Ultimate Blogs: masterworks from the world wide web, and recently she wrote a very funny article about her seemingly impossible task in the
