BurningbirdCopyright law and copyright cases
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I think I need either a copyright weblog, or a copyright category. If I add a copyright category, what graphic would I use? A graphic of an aspirin bottle? Kevin Marks sent the link to a very interesting, though extremely footnoted document on copyright: Questioning the Economic Justification for (and thus the […]
Movable Type is coming out with a new minor version release, 2.6. Among the new items is some improved support for text formatting that I’m really looking forward to. The Trotts have also opened up database support, and enhanced comments — all excellent additions. Another change that’s going to generate some interesting talk here and there is […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I have branded myself outsider, if not outcast, in some weblogging circles by not embracing Creative Commons without hesitation, and not being 100% behind the anti-copyright/pro-public domain movement. (For what it’s worth, I am behind Imaginative Pastures.) Scott Andrew LePera wrote an excellent posting saying very nice things about my Mockingbird’s Wish. His post also […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. UpdateOf course, I realize that I’m probably a-l-l-l-l-l-l-l alone in the viewpoint I’m expressing in this post. Which is a true measure of freedom to speak — when you can speak amidst your peers and not get stoned. (Damn, did I just get hit by a falling link?) And no, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. According to Dan Gillmor, the concepts and technology behind Napster are continuing despite the recent resignations and layoffs at the company. In particular, Gillmor references new organizations and technologies being introduced at the O’Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference this week, including Creative Commons — a non-profit organization dedicated to “…the notion that some people would prefer […]