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NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Live at D8: There’s a Reason We’re Not Called National Public Radio Anymore

Peter Kafka in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 10:32 am PT

Radio was supposed to be gone by now–wiped out by iPods, on-demand streaming and an endless buffet of personalization options. But National Public Radio’s audience is bigger than ever. But CEO Vivian Schiller knows that traditional radio is indeed going away — she gives radio towers another 10 years, tops.

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EFF Creates a "Hall of Shame" for Disputed Takedowns

Marisa Taylor, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 30, 2009 at 8:42 am PT

The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s latest effort to call out what it considers violations of copyright and trademark law comes in the form of a mock-awards page, complete with “honorees,” called the Takedown Hall of Shame. The tech-advocacy group highlights a handful of cases it calls “the most egregious examples of takedown abuse,” usually involving businesses or organizations that cry foul–or issue takedown notices–even when their copyrighted materials are used in accordance with fair-use laws.