Während Rechteinhaber*innen die Einführung von Uploadfiltern bejubelten, sahen Kritiker*innen die Meinungsfreiheit bedroht. Der Europäische Gerichtshof hat jetzt Zweifel an der Reform und speziell an der Verwendung von Uploadiltern ausgeräumt. Gleichzeitig nimmt er die Mitgliedstaaten in die Pflicht.
I am very happy to announce the publication of The Comics Grid’s latest special collection ‘Rapid Responses: Comics in and of the Moment’.
Digitale Neuigkeiten sind heutzutage in Sekunden geteilt und weiterversendet. Dadurch können sich auch Falschnachrichten schnell verbreiten. Umso wichtiger wird es, Meldungen zu überprüfen und sich nicht an der Verbreitung von Falschnachrichten zu beteiligen. Vier Tipps, um die eigene Medienkompetenz zu stärken.
Adblocker verletzen keine Urheberrechte von Webseiten-Anbietern, sagt das Landgericht Hamburg; die eigene Datenschutz-Persönlichkeit kennen- und verstehen lernen mit dem Privat-o-Mat; und der Wissenschaftsrat fordert mehr Open Access in der Wissenschaft. Die Webschau bei iRights.info.
The FORCE11 attribution working group held a workshop during the 2021 FORCE conference to explore some ethical aspects of using Contributor Roles (CRs). This workshop provided an overview of various CRs and their practical values in terms of providing a better recognition of the wide range of scholarly contributions.
The Front Matter blog is launching a new membership model today. In August 2021 this blog started offering optional paid membership via the Buy Me a Coffee service. Unfortunately. two things happened: a) Paypal dropped supporting Buy Me a Coffee for membership payments at the end of last year, and b) there wasn't really any uptake of this support model, even if only charging $3 (or a cup of coffee) per month.
In August GitHub added enhanced support for citation-file-format (CFF) to all GitHub repositories. As you can see in the chart below (kindly provided by Stephan Druskat and based on GitHub queries for CFF files), this has led to a significant increase of repositories using CFF files and thus exposing software metadata that go beyond what GitHub provides via other means.
Today we are announcing Upstream . And if you’re reading this, you’re already a part of it! Upstream is a community blogging platform designed for Open enthusiasts to discuss… you guessed it: all things Open. It’s a space for the whole community to voice opinions, discuss open approaches to scholarly communication, and showcase research.
H appy publication day to The Lockdown Chronicles ! Get your copy NOW! (Please? Links open in new tabs). With a preface by Martin Paul Eve; design by Francisco de la Mora. “Ernesto Priego’s Lockdown Chronicles are great. And if you make comics, an object lesson in what you can do with four panels. “ – Katy Whitaker Read an interview with me about creating the chronicles here.
P addy Johnston interviewed me for the Good Comics blog on the creative process behind my new comic, The Lockdown Chronicles. A Comic Strip Quarantine . You can read the interview here. You can pre-order the book now! The online book launch is on the 2nd of November at 7PM UK time. You are all invited .