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Canadian Recording Industry: Works Entering the Public Domain Are Not in the Public Interest – Michael Geist

Buffy-Sainte-Marie-DSC_2407 by sidrguelph (CC BY-SA 2.0) Who put the spin in spin doctor?  Not Buffy, that’s for sure.  Michael Geist is right on the mark, as usual. rjb On World Book and Copyright Day, it is worth noting how Graham … Continue reading

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Creative Commons Logos at MOMA

Creative Commons logos are on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York city. They are in a show of marks that have become ubiquitous in out modern culture. We all recognize these symbols, some more easily than … Continue reading

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Public Domain Day 2015

“What is the ‘public domain’? The public domain is the realm of material — ideas, images, sounds, discoveries, facts, texts — that is unprotected by intellectual property rights and free for all to use or build upon. It includes our … Continue reading

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