Free New York Times

via suburbanguerill   —   Tomorrow’s Times:

The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight tonight.

The move comes two years to the day after The Times began the subscription program, TimesSelect, which has charged $49.95 a year, or $7.95 a month, for online access to the work of its columnists and to the newspaper’s archives. TimesSelect has been free to print subscribers to The Times and to some students and educators.

In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. There will be charges for some material from the period 1923 to 1986, and some will be free.

Web 2.0 Issues workshop by Electronic Frontier Foundation

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005444.php
EFF is hosting a one-day session on October 10, 2007 for Web 2.0 workers who handle issues arising from users and user-generated content.
Does your interactive company have to contend with the maze of laws dealing with user privacy and publishing user content? Want to do the right thing by the online community that gives your business value, and still fulfill your legal obligations? Let us help. Our Mountain View Bootcamp will let front-line staff meet and question lawyers from the EFF and the top tech attorneys about the laws governing internet content, from the DMCA to ECPA to the CDA.

You can find out more information at our Bootcamp Page, or email [sic] bootcamp@eff.org [added]

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Topics, amongst others, include:

Fair use, free culture, and the right to remix.

Porn, predators, and the pressure to police.

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My first instinct was to say 6A needs to send someone.

My second thought was that maybe Fandom needs to send someone.

So, any volunteers?

October 10th
Fenwick and West Silicon Valley Center
Mountain View, California
I'd contribute towards the workshop fee (I hope I wouldn't be the only one) if anyone can get there and has the skills and experience to take advantage of the information on behalf of everyone.