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* [http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php?title=OCLC_Policy_Changes&diff=11748&oldid=11747 Difference between the November 2nd version and the November 5th version]
* [http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php?title=OCLC_Policy_Changes&diff=12067&oldid=12062 Difference between the November 5th version and the November 19th version]
== Petitions ==
On November 13, 2008, a petition called [http://watchdog.net/c/stop-oclc Stop the OCLC powergrab!] was started by Aaron Swartz to repeal the new policy. Background in his blog post, [http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/oclcscam Stealing Your Library: The OCLC Powergrab].
On December 1, 2008, Elaine Sanchez created a new [http://www.petitiononline.com/oclc/petition.html petition] with more depth and specificity. The petition calls for OCLC to vacate the new policy, create a more open process for revising the 1987 guidelines, and assert that the records are the property of the respective contributing members. Ms. Sanchez [http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cA5EA7312DD1822479490004ED396177E96E8D2D455%40BOBCATMAIL4.matrix.txstate.edu%3e posted an announcement about it] on the Autocat mailing list.
== Commentary Regarding the Second Revision ==
* Thingology [http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2008/11/oclc-policy-re-re-released-now-in.php OCLC Policy Re-re-released, now in unfriendly PDF]
== Commentary Regarding First Revision (nov 2) ==
