Author Archives: arjaybe

About arjaybe

Jim has fought forest fires and controlled traffic in the air and on the sea. Now he writes stories.

Bound by Law

Posted on 2014-12-05 by arjaybe

“A documentary is being filmed. A cell phone rings, playing the “Rocky” theme song. The filmmaker is told she must pay $10,000 to clear the rights to the song. Can this be true?” The Center for the Study of the … Continue reading →

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Minor Disaster

Posted on 2014-11-27 by arjaybe

This site had a minor disaster yesterday. The plugin that manages the downloads lost them all, and I had to manually rebuild them. Coincidentally, the server hosting Green Comet had some problems of its own, giving me intermittent, slow access. … Continue reading →

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State of the Commons

Posted on 2014-11-24 by arjaybe

Creative Commons has published an infographic, called State of the Commons, illustrating the extent of CC licensing in 2014. According to them, the number of Creative Commons licensed works is approaching one billion. The most common license in use is … Continue reading →

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