Interesting Links for 19-1-2011

[andrewducker]

• Music companies to sell singles as soon as they are played on the radio. Why the fuck weren't they already doing this?
  (tags: music business industry piracy)
• Stephen Fry explains how GPS and the Internet work. And fails, miserably.
  (tags: stephenfry technology internet gps funny)
• Labour and Conservatives team up to fight human rights
  (tags: rights law labour conservatives uk)
• Fear of Spiders Can Develop Before Birth
  (tags: fear spiders)
• Gay couple win disctrimination case against B&B that wouldn't rent them a double room.
  (tags: religion lgbt rights uk)

Comments

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen bookstores with special displays of books recently discussed on NPR, either.

[andrewducker]

Discussing a book on NPR doesn't give it to you for free though.

I have seen bookstores pushing whatever book Oprah has been talking about recently.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

I have seen bookstores pushing whatever book Oprah has been talking about recently