License Culture

Tue 22 Mar 2011, 11:13 am

I feel like even when people are trying to justify the unauthorized copying of a work, they are talking in terms of licenses. And I think that’s bad.

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Special collections and the public domain

Thu 5 Feb 2009, 11:28 am

It’s commonplace for libraries to assert rights they don’t have when it comes to the reproduction and publication of public domain images. That doesn’t make it right.

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Fair Dancing

Thu 29 May 2008, 12:52 pm

I had a fascinating discussion about fair use and cultural materials with a group of librarians, archivists, and arts advocates at the invitation of the Dance Heritage Coalition. And I got to meet someone who once knew a teacher of mine who died in 1994.

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