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A snippet view of cultural diversity: what the Google Books Settlement means for Europe

Monday, March 1 2010 By Compton.rl | one comment

Have you ever done a search on Google Books and been annoyed at seeing only ‘snippet views’ of the book you wanted? In theory, we all know this has to do with copyright – information being expensive to produce but cheap to reproduce, authors have a right to be rewarded for their work and protected against its unlawful distribution. In practice, you may be ever so slightly irritated. By Anne-Kathrin Marquardt

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Cafebabel's newest blog

Friday, January 1 2010 By Compton.rl | 2 comments

It's a new year and there's a new blog to go with it - welcome to Cafebabel's newest blog, Kebabel! We are a group of students in Berlin, arguably the spiritual home of the donner kebab. Just like the donner we aim to bring some spice to the European Blogosphere. We are a pretty cosmopolitan bunch hailing from all over Europe and aim to post in English, French, German, Polish and Spanish on topics ranging from European cultural issues to pure politics and we will hopefully have the time for a few lighter articles along the way.


Watch this space and keep enjoying the most varied and interesting continent on the planet!