From fork-admin@xent.com Tue Oct 1 10:41:31 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01DB116F71 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:39:22 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 01 Oct 2002 10:39:22 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8UKtFK15666 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:55:15 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0D8D2940F2; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:55:09 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from cats.ucsc.edu (cats-mx2.ucsc.edu [128.114.129.35]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D7C329409E for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:54:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Tycho (dhcp-55-196.cse.ucsc.edu [128.114.55.196]) by cats.ucsc.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id g8UKsRT08173 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:54:27 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jim Whitehead" To: "FoRK" Subject: Internet Archive bookmobile Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Ucsc-Cats-Mailscanner: Found to be clean Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:51:47 -0700 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,T_MSGID_GOOD_EXCHANGE version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/09/26/bono act.DTL Opening arguments are set to begin early next month in Eldred vs. Ashcroft, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that will decide the future of copyright law, including how and when artists and writers can build upon the work of others. .... To heighten public awareness of the importance of the case an Internet bookmobile is set to depart San Francisco next Monday on a trip that will bring it to the steps of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., before arguments wrap up. The van, which will be stopping at schools, libraries and senior centers along the way, is equipped to provide free high-speed access to thousands of literary and artistic works that are already in the public domain. -------- I had the opportunity to visit the Internet Archive about a month ago, and saw the bookmobile under construction. It's a neat idea. Take an SUV, put a small satellite dish on the top, and put a computer, printer, and binding machine in the back. Voila -- people can search for a book, then print out a copy right there on the spot. Quite literally on-demand printing. Total fixed cost of the computer/printer/binding machine, if bought new (the IA had the equipment donated) is under $10k. One of the goals is to show libraries across the country that they could, if they wished, add these "virtual holdings" (public domain materials) to their existing library, at a fixed cost most libraries can afford. This should be compelling to small libraries in remote areas. - Jim