Creative Commons add-in for MS Office
This add-in enables users of Office 2002 and 2003 to embed CC licenses into their documents. However, the Microsoft download page warns that "The Creative Commons Add-in is an unsupported technology...
View ArticleOrphan Works and Section 108 Updates
The latest RLG DigiNews (Aug. 15, 10.4) contains a useful FAQ on two aspects of US copyright law, orphan works and Section 108 (limited number of copies of copyrighted works).
View ArticleMore doubleplussgood Canadian copyright reforms
I don't usually pipe up about how embarrassingly moronic some of the copyright reforms coming out of the True North Strong and Free are, but Michael Geist's posting "Education Ministers' Copyright...
View ArticleCIHR released Open Access policy
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has released its policy on OA for publications reporting on research it funds. Finally, an OA mandate from a federal research funder. See Steven Harnad's...
View ArticleEuropean Digital Library Initiative releases interim report on copyright
This report deals with three broad sets of copyright issues relevant to digitization (orphan works, out of print works and digital preservation) and recommends specific actions be taken allow the...
View ArticleCreative Commons version 3 available
CC version 3 is now available. This announcement describes the changes in the new license nicely.
View ArticleYouTube video on Disney and copyright
You've got to see this video, mashed up from Disney film clips. Quotable quote: "The public domain is a disgrace to the forces of evil" (time index: 5:00).
View ArticleAboriginal archive offers new DRM
This article from the BBC News describes the Mukurtu Wumpurrarni-kari Archive, developed by a community based in Australia's Northern Territory, and the degrees of access people have to parts of the...
View ArticleGoogle and publishers reach settlement
The dispute over Google's ability to scan copyrighted books that started in 2005 is over. Google and bodies representing publishers have come to an agreement. Details about the specific outcomes of the...
View ArticleCreative Commons Newsletter for Feb. 2009 is available
The February 2009 issue of the Creative Commons Newsletter is available. Other issues can be found at http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CCNewsletter.
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