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  • July 2008

    • Flickr Users Help ID Archival Photos

      USA Today  |  Jul 29, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Flickr Users Help ID Archival Photos

      (Newser) - Flickr users are helping the Library of Congress identify photos in its historical archives, reports USA Today . So far, users have supplied information on 500 photos featured in Flickr's "The Commons" project, which drew 8.2 million views in just 6 months. Both partners are "stunned by the level of knowledge and also the generosity" of contributors, says one Flickr rep. More »

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      Internet  • social networking  • file sharing  • photography  • Flickr  • Library of Congress

    • Digital Rules Stymie Library of Congress

      Ars Technica  |  Jul 16, 08 8:54 PM CDT

      Digital Rules Stymie Library of Congress

      (Newser) - Anti-copyright laws are irritating not only casual music listeners or movie watchers who want to back up their digital media—even the Library of Congress is butting heads with the rules that forbid the duplication of copyrighted works, Ars Technica finds. And though the library has pushed for changes in the law, the calls have met deaf ears on Capitol Hill. More »

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      copyright  • Library of Congress  • DRM  • digital media  • Digital Millenium Copyright Act

  • May 2008

    • Thriller Joins Top US History Trove

      Variety  |  May 15, 08 12:13 PM CDT

      Thriller Joins Top US History Trove

      (Newser) - Michael Jackson's Thriller has been added to the prestigious National Recording Registry's archive of the most important recordings in American history, Variety reports. The monster 1982 hit joins 24 other "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" new additions to the collection, including a 1925 recording of the first-ever broadcast to cross the Atlantic. More »

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      speech  • Michael Jackson  • record  • broadcasting  • Library of Congress  • archive  • Thriller

  • February 2008

    • Now on eBay: 6 Million Songs for Just $50M

      Idolator Blog  |  Feb 19, 08 11:20 AM CST

      Now on eBay: 6 Million Songs for Just $50M

      (Newser) - Record collector supreme Paul Mawhinney has put his collection of over 6 million songs on eBay, but with its value estimated at $50 million and a $3 million starting bid, bidders could be rarer than some of the jewels in the collection, the Idolator writes. "It's the history of music," Mawhinney says of the colossal music archive he spent over 40 years building. "It's my life's work." More »

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      music  • eBay  • auction  • museums  • Library of Congress  • records

  • January 2008

    • Now Playing: 25 Timeless Flicks

      Hollywood Reporter  |  Jan 1, 08 9:59 AM CST

      Now Playing: 25 Timeless Flicks

      (Newser) - The Librarian of Congress showed off his eclectic film taste this week, selecting 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically" notable movies that will be preserved forever in the National Film Registry. The widely varied picks, which bring the total list to 475, include: Back to the Future (1985) Days of Heaven (1978) Dances with Wolves (1990) Oklahoma! (1955) Bullitt (1968) More »

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      list  • movie  • film  • Library of Congress

  • December 2007

    • Sam Cooke Sang, and a Change Came

      NPR  |  Dec 17, 07 11:00 AM CST

      Sam Cooke Sang, and a Change Came

      (Newser) - Sam Cooke had his fair share of hits, but he didn't live to see the success of his masterpiece, the protest song “A Change is Gonna Come.” Now that it’s been enshrined at the Library of Congress, NPR takes a look at the civil rights anthem and its creator, whom Aretha Franklin calls “one of the greatest singers of all time.” More »

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      music  • Bob Dylan  • civil rights movement  • Library of Congress  • Aretha Franklin

    • At 500, 1st 'America' Map Baffles

      Reuters  |  Dec 4, 07 5:25 PM CST

      At 500, 1st 'America' Map Baffles

      (Newser) - The Library of Congress this week unveils the first map to use the name "America"—and the 500-year-old mysteries that go with it. The 1507 map by a German monk includes a surprisingly precise rendering of South America, Reuters reports, and seemingly predicts the contours of the continent's Pacific coast 6 years before European explorers ever saw it. More »

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      America  • South America  • monks  • Library of Congress  • maps  • North America

  • October 2007

    • Net to House World's Top Library

      Washington Post  |  Oct 18, 07 11:56 AM CDT

      Net to House World's Top Library

      (Newser) - If the World Digital Library works out as planned, it’ll make Alexandria look like a Buck-a-Book. The UN project hopes to collect primary sources from around the world in every medium, digitize them, and offer them online, free, in seven languages. “What they are doing is building an intellectual cathedral, and it may never get finished,” one tech forecaster said. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • libraries  • Library of Congress

  • August 2007

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