Entries from ©ollectanea tagged with 'Creative Commons'
The wisdom of the 14 year copyright term
I have read a number of things lately that reinforce the idea that copyright terms should be shorter to optimally promote the creation of new works. I blogged about two articles just last week, in particular, Rufus Pollock's, Forever Minus...
Pumping up the public domain
Lessig announced today that Carl Malamud had accomplished a coup: Building the Legal Commons (Lessig Blog). He purchased a huge collection of federal case reports and is making them completely pd -- not just CC licensed for some but not...
Creative Commons nets first lawsuit
A personal injury lawyer has named Creative Commons in a lawsuit, charging that its license that permits commercial uses fails to adequately specify that the license does not entitle uses that might violate other laws, such as those protecting privacy...
Jonathan Lethem Celebrates How Culture Builds on Itself
This short article is just brimming with ideas about how an author can better integrate his or her creative works into the flow of creationCopy This Book — Jonathan Lethem on Life as a Copyfighter -. Although I think there's...
Even Better News on Fair Use and Insurers
About a year and a half ago, several folks involved in trying to create more breathing room for fair use in the documentary film business worked together to come up with a set of principles that they believed should represented...
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