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Hargreaves Report on Copyright: The Answer to the Machine is In the Machine

How much has the world changed in the last three hundred years? And how much has the copyright changed if we do not count the slight modification for worse, when the 80’s renewed law left nothing of our collected work … Continue reading

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Lawrence Lessig Discusses Open Access Movement at CERN

Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard professor, and a leader of the free culture movement, held a lecture at CERN recently, discussing the architecture of access to scientific knowledge on the internet. While explaining “how badly we have messed things up” by … 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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Creative Commons – Become Their Superhero

Today, Creative Commons team invites you to join their fight for openness and innovation and to become a CC Superhero. “A legion of Creative Commons (CC) Superheroes is already at work, using our amazing tools to save people from failed … Continue reading

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