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Weekly News Digest
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February 6, 2018 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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EFF Unveils a List of the Tools That Could Have Been
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released its “Catalog of Missing Devices,” which lists “the gadgets that could and should exist, if not for bad copyright laws that prevent innovators from creating the cool new tools that could enrich our lives.” Without the use of DRM to deter competition, consumers could access “music software that tailors your listening to what you are reading on your audiobook, or a gadget that lets parents reprogram talking toys to replace canned, meaningless messaging,” and more.“The law that is supposed to restrict copying has instead been misused to crack down on competition, strangling a future’s worth of gadgets in their cradles,” says Cory Doctorow, EFF’s special advisor. For more information, read the press release.
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Brandi Scardilli
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