[NetBehaviour] Orphan Works (previously Mickey Mouse Bill)

[bob catchpole]

Dear All,

Lawrence Lessig, a proponent of the copyleft movement and one of the founders of the "creative commons" movement of sharing your intellectual property, says the proposed Orphan Works bills currently in Congress "is both unfair and unwise." 

Full New York Times article at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/opinion/20lessig.html?ex=1211947200&en=dcf3c1149318e375&ei=5070&emc=eta1
or
http://tinyurl.com/4emo8g

The issue of orphan works is also being considered by the European Commission - proposals are expected later this year.

Bob


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