Copyright

EFF guidelines attempt to relax copyright fair use

Keith — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:48:20 -0600

The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has formed a coalition with a number of universities and law schools who are attempting to clarify the concept of fair use in our remix age.

UK copyright to stay at 50 years

Keith — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:27:49 -0600

According to a Reuters article, the UK Government has decided not to sleepwalk into extending copyright to 95 years (as in the USA) or even the minimum recommended by the recording industry of 70 years (as in Australia). This means that copyright in the UK will remain at 50 years.

I would like to congratulate the Government on this decision. As a member of an industry that is protected by copyright I recognize the value of a temporary monopoly over any work that I may create, but I am all to well aware of the overly constraining nature of long copyright.

Lessig: Free Culture

Keith — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:37:09 -0600

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