“Either we stop arguing and agree that libraries are doing their best to reinvent themselves, and that with a bit of help, financial and ideological – they belong to the future, or we let them run down until they disappear. Who is going to pay for this new expanding network of libraries?”
Tag: 11.20.12
Son Of Hollywood Reporter Founder Apologizes For Magazine’s Role In Blacklist
“On behalf of my family, and particularly my late father, I wish to convey my sincerest apologies and deepest regrets to those who were victimized by this unfortunate incident.”
Noam Chomsky On How Our Search For Artificial Intelligence Has Gone Wrong
For Chomsky, the “new AI” — focused on using statistical learning techniques to better mine and predict data — is unlikely to yield general principles about the nature of intelligent beings or about cognition.
A Copyright Law Proposal That Worries Hollywood
Alongside recommendations to reform statutory damages for copyright infringement, expand fair use and punish false copyright claims, the report stated, “Current copyright law does not merely distort some markets — rather it destroys entire markets”
Have Arts Subsidies Failed In The UK?
“Was arts subsidy, pondered the report, really just supporting the tastes of the upper and middle classes? Have institutions such as the Royal Ballet and Royal Opera succeeded in attracting any but the privileged few?”
How Billboard Music Charts Are Evolving To New Realities Of How We Use Music
“The new Billboard puts song purchases and mere listens on equal footing, and it stirred up considerable ire from the music industry. But the decision felt like a long overdue response to a new consumer culture in which fans are as likely to listen to a song on Spotify on replay as buy the single.”
Philip Roth Might Have Retired, But These Octo’s Keep On Keepin’ On
“Being an octogenarian is just a hobby of mine,” Tom Wolfe, 81, says with a laugh, “something I do at night.”
Should Students Use Wikipedia?
“Wikipedia has matured enough that you won’t find too many seriously wrong things in there. You still find incorrect things in textbooks, so … not much different.”
Upstart Virginia Opera Company Turns Its Productions Over To Established Rival
“In January 2011, Peter Mark launched a new opera company in Hampton Roads after being fired by Virginia Opera, where he had served as artistic director for more than three decades. Now, his company, Lyric Opera Virginia, is facing financial difficulties and has turned its 2013 season over to Virginia Opera.”