Beck

Textbook publisher Pearson set off an unfortunate chain of events with a takedown notice issued aimed at a copy of Beck's Hoplessness Scale posted by a teacher on one of Edublogs' websites (You may recall Pearson from such other related copyright nonsense as The $180 Art Book With No Pictures and No Free Textbooks Ever!). The end result? Nearly 1.5 million teacher and student blogs taken offline by Edublogs' host, ServerBeach. James Farmer at wpmu.org fills in the details.

Faber is set to publish a new "album" by experimental rock-star Beck, to be released as 20 pieces of individual sheet music. The album, Song Reader, will be lavishly illustrated, in a hardcover carrying case, with 20 individual full colour song booklets featuring covers designed by more than a dozen artists.