Universal will donate more than 200,000 master recordings from the '20-40s, to be published on the Web. [13jan11]
Universal will donate more than 200,000 master recordings from the '20-40s, to be published on the Web. [13jan11]
"Once again, absolutely nothing enters the Public Domain this year". [04jan11]
A new landscape of possibilities for research and education in the humanities. [17dec10]
A video-lecture by Michael Geist: "Everything You Need To Know About ACTA, But Didn't Know To Ask". [13nov09]
Michael Geist, law professor at the University of Ottawa and long-time copyright reform advocate, continues is battle against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement -- a copyright treaty currently being negotiated in Canada.
This time boingboing shares a "20-minute, must-see lecture on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement -- the secret copyright treaty currently being negotiated, which stands to fatally wound all user-generated content sites from mailing lists to YouTube; which stands to criminalize kids for noncommercial file-sharing; which stands to put your internet connection in jeopardy if anyone in your house is accused of infringement, and much, much more."
Here is the original video by Michael Geist.
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