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...large chunk of it has to do with the free and open dissemination of information—everything from computer software to constitutional documents to daily news stories. Institutions of higher learning would do well to place educational materials among this growing list, not in a for-profit or for-credit manner, but as a resource among resources...
...years after resigning as executive vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to become the 26th President of Harvard University, Rudenstine will return to the Foundation to lead an advisory group guiding the development of ArtSTOR, an independent not-for-profit organization sponsored by the Foundation...
...provisions on issue ads should also be retained in the House of Representatives. The bill limits television advertisements by for-profit corporations or labor unions that refer to a specific candidate within two months of a general election. This measure will help prevent corporations and unions from exploiting a loophole in the election law that allows them to buy campaign ads as long as they avoid the magic words “vote for” or “elect.” In compensation, the bill will use the Federal Communications Commission’s authority over broadcasters...
...practical solution would be to do what the movie industry did when VHS threatened movie sales in the '80s: embrace the technology and find a profit in the end. Movie rentals and sales currently enjoy an enormous market. A good business, after all, is adaptive. Yet still the recording industry, perhaps because of the relative effortlessness of digital piracy and near-immunity from the law, feels it deserves special protection. Many pop icons, such as Metallica and Dr. Dre, applaud efforts to preserve record sales as grounded in good principle and in recognition of the blood and sweat...
Grogan has a long history of work in the public sector. He previously served as president and CEO of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a nationwide, non-profit focused on community development...