This has been an exceptionally busy week, but I don't want some important stories to fall through the cracks: The NY Times on how courts are citing Wikipedia entries with growing frequency, while Simon Chester at Slaw provides a comparative Commonwealth look at the issue. Romania's President tells Bill Gates […]
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Newspaper Chain Adopts Creative Commons Licenses
PressThink has the details on how a newspaper chain has adopted creative commons licenses for nearly all of its 121 Massachusetts-based dailies and weeklies.
Spanish Court Raises Doubts About Creative Commons License
Andres Guadamuz reports that a Spanish court in Pontevedra has ruled in favour of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) against a café named Direccion000. SGAE initiated action against the cafe to claim royalties for de public performance of music in the locale, while the owners claimed that […]
The Book Business and the Internet
The NY Times runs a good article on the debate within the book industry over how to react to Internet distribution.
Access Copyright And Creative Commons Canada Launch Public Domain Registry
Exciting news today from Access Copyright and Creative Commons Canada as the two are joining forces to establish a public domain registry. The registry should assist in identifying works in the public domain in Canada and will be further supported by the Wikimedia Foundation to allow individuals to contribute to […]