Last week I wrote about data ownership, and how focusing on “ownership” might drive you nuts without actually answering important questions about what can be done with data. In that context, I mentioned a couple of times that you (or your funder) might want data to be shared under CC0, but I didn’t clarify what CC0 actually means. This week, I’m back to dig into the topic of Creative Commons (CC) licenses and public domain tools — and how they work with data. People often refer to everything with a CC in front of it as a “Creative Commons license.” […]

The Internet Archive spent years testing the boundaries of copyright law. Has it gone too far?

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Copyrights establish intellectual property in cultural goods, such as music, literature, and science. Intended to encourage creativity, they can however also cr

The state of Georgia licensed the official copy of state law to LexisNexis.

The Federal Court of Appeal delivered its long-awaited decision the York University v. Access Copyright case yesterday, setting aside the lower court ruling that I had described as "a complete victory" for Access Copyright. The latest ruling will not leave York University and the education community completely happy given the court's fair dealing analysis, but winning on the mandatory tariff issue removes both the threat of mandated payments to Access Copyright as well as the possibility of a copyright infringement lawsuit by the copyright collective. That represents an enormous win both for York and for a fair approach to copyright licensing that ensures users have licensing choice.

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Sometime last year, I was chatting about digital first sale and e-lending with a highly respected copyright lawyer, someone who is deeply knowledgeable about those issues. We were talking about the…

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Oracle's history highlights a possible downside to its stance on API copyrights.

For Day 3 of Fair Use Week, I wanted to share a few thoughts on the current state of fair use and sampling in music, especially (but not uniquely!) in hip hop.

A majority of the world’s nations grant authors statutory reversion rights: entitlements to reclaim their copyrights in certain circumstances, such as their wor

Last week, Google filed its opening brief requesting that the Supreme Court reverse the decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) in Oracle’s long-running copyright

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Streaming services are starting to look a lot like cable packages.