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Public.Resource.Org Makes Available 1.8 Million Legal Decisions

Public.Resource.Org and Fastcase have announced that they will release a large and free archive of U.S. federal case law, including all Courts of Appeals decisions from 1950 to the present and all Supreme Court decisions since 1754. The archive will be public domain and usable by anyone for any purpose.

November 15, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — News

Canada’s Digital Info Strategy Stuck in an Analog World

Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 12, 2007 as Digitization Strategy Stuck in a Time Warp Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on November 13, 2007 as Canada Has To Move Its Digital Strategy out of the Analog World Appeared in the Thyee on November 13, 2007 as Digitize Our […]

November 13, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — Columns Archive

Opening Up to Canada’s Innovation Potential

The Hill Times ran a special section this week on innovation policy (Hill Times version as full PDF, homepage version) that included a contribution from me about the need to free government data and embrace open access for federally funded research as part of that strategy. I note that last […]

November 8, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — Columns

Opening Up to Canada’s Innovation Potential

Appeared in the Hill Times on November 5, 2007 as Opening Up to Canada's Innovation Potential Last month's Speech from the Throne committed to “support Canadian researchers and innovators in developing new ideas and bringing them to the marketplace through Canada's Science and Technology Strategy.” While prioritizing innovation and research […]

November 8, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — Columns Archive

New Media, New Doctrines…Unfinished Business

Last week I spoke at the 8th International Conference on Law Via the Internet, a conference that focuses on global free access to law. My presentation is here.

October 30, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — News