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A Word On Michigan Library CC0 Initiative: Are We Blowing Wish Flowers?

John Wilkin, a librarian at the University of Michigan whose library recently dropped 700,000 books into the public domain with the CC Zero license, has made an interesting comment on this act. He compared bibliographic records made available all over … Continue reading

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Creative Commons Zero – No Rights Reserved, Just Get It Done Like the British Library Did

“Everything is possible, in terms of where, when and what. Just get it done!” (Coca Cola Zero slogan) The British Library released nearly 3 million bibliographic records into the public domain using Creative Commons Zero license, as it was reported … Continue reading

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