Lessig on Orphan Works

21 May

Posted by Agnes Varnum as Policy

Funny that Larry Lessig, the Stanford law professor who has evangelized free culture and copyright reform, stepped away from his work in this area yet decided to publish an op-ed in the NY Times coming out against the current orphan works legislation, despite the support it has within creative communities. He writes,
The proposed change is […]

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Public Knowledge: Suggestions for Copyright Reform

31 Oct

Posted by Agnes Varnum as Big Picture, Policy

Via Art Brodsky, communications director of PK, “At about the same time this morning that Gigi [Sohn, president of PK] was giving a major speech on copyright reform at Boston University, she was also part of a Good Morning America story on copyright reform.
The GMA story was about the woman who got a take-down notice […]

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Microsoft Hopes to Squash Open Source

15 May

Posted by Agnes Varnum as Big Picture

The video on my last post disappeared - maybe removed or maybe one of those weird Wordpress video mysteries. Will let you know. In the meantime, more corporate bullying reported in Business Week. Patents and how they are used to police innovation along with intellectual property laws is very intriguing.
Microsoft Wants to ‘Kill’ Open Source […]