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US Copyright Office asking about "orphan
works"
US Copyright Office asking about "orphan
works"
02/01/2005 09:18 PM
Dan Gillmor on Grassroots
Journalism
Copyright Progress, Maybe
The U.S. Copyright Office wants
comments on
"the issues raised by 'orphan works,'
i.e., copyrighted works whose owners are difficult or even impossible
to locate. Concerns have been raised that the uncertainty surrounding
ownership of such works might needlessly discourage subsequent
creators and users from incorporating such works in new creative
efforts or making such works available to the
public."
This is wonderful news, and a sign of that
people like Larry Lessig are
making progress in educating the powers-that-be on the issues.
Public Knowledge has a
good summary.
This is good news. Of course my opinion is
that orphan works should go to the public domain. I guess the details
of how one determines whether something is an orphan or not will be
important, but I'm sure we can think of something. Lessig's idea of a
minimal charge to keep your copyright alive comes to mind.
Comment -
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Copyright Office Endorses INDUCE Act
Copyright Office Endorses INDUCE Act
07/22/2004 04:26 AMEarlier this week, in looking through the
list of
speakers at the INDUCE Act Hearings, Ernest Miller noted that the
first on the list, Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights for the US
Copyright Office, has "never seen an extension of copyright she didn't
like." Thus, it's not at all surprising that she's
going to come out strongly
in favor of the bill, according to a copy of her statement that
News.com got their hands on. In fact, she's going to stand up there
with a straight face and say that the Betamax ruling goes too far and
needs to be replaced. Since most supporters of the INDUCE Act have
been claiming that it really doesn't impact the Betamax decision this
is the first sign that people are admitting they're trying to change
the Betamax rule. Others who will clearly lay out misleading claims
in favor of the INDUCE Act (as they've been doing for the past couple
of weeks) includes Robert W. Holleyman of the BSA (recently shown to
have
made
misleading statements concerning stats about unauthorized software
copying) and Mitch Bainwol of the RIAA, whose letter to the Senate
about the Induce Act was
easily
torn to shreds by Ernest Miller. Standing up for the other side
will Gary Shapiro from the Consumer Electronics Association, who is
usually a strong advocate of promoting innovation and Kevin McGuiness
of NetCoalition who is "alarmed" by the bill and "troubled" by the
Copyright Office's decision to question the Betamax verdict. Should
be a fun time. No one's mind is going to get changed, of course,
since we no longer seem to live in a time where changing your mind
based on the facts is encouraged, but Senator Hatch has a history of
saying
the most ridiculous things during these things, so there may be a
good quote or two coming out of all of this.
US Copyright Office Wants to outlaw
VCRs?
US Copyright Office Wants to outlaw
VCRs?
07/23/2004 11:43 AMErnest Miller writes:
Yesterday, Marybeth Peters, the head of the US Copyright Office,
testified before the Senate regarding the INDUCE Act. Her testimony
was even more radical than the RIAA's. Not only did she
(inappropriately) explain what outcome the Appeals Court in the
Grokster case should reach and argue (wrongly) that the INDUCE
Act wouldn't have a chilling effect on innovation, she actually said
she thought the INDUCE Act was not enough. The Register of Copyrights
argued that the Betamax decision, which made VCRs legal, should be
overturned by Congress. Wow.
LinkInterview - Rob Kasunic, US Copyright
Office
Interview - Rob Kasunic, US Copyright
Office
08/20/2004 02:53 AMWebmasterBase Aug 20 2004 7:18AM GMT
Boucher Criticizes Copyright Office
Boucher Criticizes Copyright Office
10/30/2003 11:46 PMRep. Rick Boucher, a longtime foe of the DMCA, (one of very few in
Congress who are concerned with this issue) issued a statement today
calling the recent Copyright Office rulings on DMCA exemptions
"misguided" for
not allowing more exemptions, and pointing out how fair use is
harmed by these rules. Of course, he's still pushing his own bill
which would modify the DMCA to allow for more fair use rights - but
there hasn't been much movement on the bill. Hopefully, this ruling
from the Copyright Office will get something moving again.
Update: News.com has
publi
shed Boucher's statement.
Copyright Office Suggests Changes To
Induce Act
Copyright Office Suggests Changes To
Induce Act
09/03/2004 10:22 AMCopyright Office Rules Against Lexmark
Copyright Office Rules Against Lexmark
10/29/2003 01:37 PM700+ Orphan Works comments at the
Copyright Office
700+ Orphan Works comments at the
Copyright Office
03/30/2005 04:32 AMCory Doctorow:
Gavin sez, "The U.S. Copyright Office has posted the orphan works
comments that were submitted. Over 700 comments were submitted in
total. The CO will be accepting comments in direct reply to these
through May 9."
Link
(
Thanks, Gavin!)
Copyright Office pitches anti-P2P bill
Copyright Office pitches anti-P2P bill
09/02/2004 05:24 PMZDNet Sep 2 2004 9:32PM GMT
Boucher calls copyright office
'misguided'
Boucher calls copyright office
'misguided'
11/01/2003 06:24 AMDC.Internet.com
dc.internet.com/news/article.php/3101991
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Copyright Office Asking for Comments on
Orphan Works
Copyright Office Asking for Comments on
Orphan Works
02/05/2005 10:03 PMI guess "Orphan works" rolls off the tongue a little easier than
"Orphanware" or "Abandonedintellectualproperty". Anyway, the Copyright
Office is asking for comments about orphan works, which it defines
as...
U.S. Copyright Office, Rulemaking on
Exemptions from Prohibition on
Circumvention...
U.S. Copyright Office, Rulemaking on
Exemptions from Prohibition on
Circumvention...
10/29/2003 03:52 PMfour classes of exemptions to the DMCA .. DMCA 2002 rulemaking ..
reply comments .. rulemaking .. 1201 .. DMCA
copyright.gov/1201
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Copyright Office sets Webcasting royalty
rates
Copyright Office sets Webcasting royalty
rates
02/12/2004 04:55 PMCNET Feb 12 2004 9:47PM GMT
Corante > The Importance of... >
Copyright Office on INDUCE Act (IICA):
It isn't Strong Enough
Corante > The Importance of... >
Copyright Office on INDUCE Act (IICA):
It isn't Strong Enough
07/24/2004 06:11 PMCopyright Office on INDUCE Act: It isn't Strong Enough .. Copyright
chief wants crackdown .. There
is
corante.com/importance/archives/005218.php
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Boing Boing: US Copyright Office Wants
to outlaw VCRs?
Boing Boing: US Copyright Office Wants
to outlaw VCRs?
07/25/2004 04:04 AMUS Copyright Office Wants to outlaw VCRs .. the Boingers .. Boing
Boing ..
BoingBoing
boingboing.net/2004/07/23/us_copyright_office_.html
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Canadian Copyright Board allows
downloads, copyright levies
Canadian Copyright Board allows
downloads, copyright levies
12/14/2003 12:27 PM
The
Copyright Board of Canada
issued a ruling on
" private
copying ", largely via peer-to-peer computing, with several
components. First, downloading is acceptable, but uploading is not
(presumably to target hyperpirates). Second, new mechanisms for
levies were described, freezing current ones, allowing new
charges.
the Copyright Board said uploading or distributing
copyrighted works online appeared to be prohibited under current
Canadian law.
However, the country's copyright law does allow making a copy for
personal use and does not address the source of that copy or whether
the original has to be an authorized or noninfringing version, the
board said.
Office 2003 Tool: FabriKam – The
Microsoft Office System Solutions
Learning Platform
Office 2003 Tool: FabriKam – The
Microsoft Office System Solutions
Learning Platform
08/09/2004 02:30 AMThe CHM provides an overview of the FabriKam project and how to use
the FabriKam virtual PC environment and documentation to best learn
about the rich potential of the Microsoft Office System as a
development platform. Each solution and platform component section
described the salient points that help developers focus on areas of
interest.
OpenOSX Office 1.5.1: Microsoft Office
ALternative Has Some Hits, Many Misses
OpenOSX Office 1.5.1: Microsoft Office
ALternative Has Some Hits, Many Misses
04/05/2005 01:27 AM By Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Office 2003 broke (uninstalled) an
earlier Office app
Office 2003 broke (uninstalled) an
earlier Office app
03/06/2004 02:01 AMNot exactly a security story, but definitely related to my earlier
posts today: Installing Office 2003 "breaks" (uninstalls) an earlier
Office application, Microsoft Photo Editor. With effort (and an Office
XP CD-ROM), the older program can be reinstalled, but one...
Office Suite: MobiSystems Office
Standard Updated
Office Suite: MobiSystems Office
Standard Updated
06/21/2004 09:20 AMMicrosoft To Bridge Office, Back Office
Apps
Microsoft To Bridge Office, Back Office
Apps
01/26/2004 01:10 AMMicrosoft continues to build bridges between Office desktop apps and
reservoirs of back-office data. The "Information Worker Bridge"
project now under way seeks to make it easier for integrators or
in-house developers to make Excel or Word de-facto front ends for
back-end accounting, ERP or other applications, sources said. In
theory, this would take back-office integration beyond ODBC drivers
and InfoPath, the Office application that lets people build dynamic
forms on their desktops that tap into back-office XML data.
HyperOffice Brings Enterprise
Collaboration and Communication
Solutions To Small Office/Home Office
(SOHO) Businesses For A Fraction Of The
Cost
HyperOffice Brings Enterprise
Collaboration and Communication
Solutions To Small Office/Home Office
(SOHO) Businesses For A Fraction Of The
Cost
03/22/2005 03:37 PMIntranet Starter Pack gives SOHOs and start-ups a hosted intranet
complete with business-class email, shared calendars, document
management, task manager, and global address books for only $14.95 per
month. [PRWEB Mar 22, 2005]
Corel WordPerfect Office 12: The Other
Office Suite
Corel WordPerfect Office 12: The Other
Office Suite
04/29/2004 04:09 PMWhile OpenOffice.org might get all the attention in the battle to
unseat Microsoft Office, Corel's suite is the real number two in the
market.
Box Office Mojo > Daily Box Office
> 06-25-2004
Box Office Mojo > Daily Box Office
> 06-25-2004
06/26/2004 03:41 PMFahrenheit' rocks the box office .. grosses like this .. every other
movie
boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2004-06-25&p=.htm
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Microsoft Office 2003 Customers Boost
Productivity and Business Insight With
the Availability of Two New Office
Business Intelligence Accelerators
Microsoft Office 2003 Customers Boost
Productivity and Business Insight With
the Availability of Two New Office
Business Intelligence Accelerators
06/02/2004 12:06 PM Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of two new Office
2003 Business Intelligence (BI) Accelerators, the Microsoft® Office
Business Scorecards Accelerator and the Microsoft Office Excel Add-in
for SQL Server (TM) Analysis Services. Designed for and built on the
Microsoft Office System and Windows Server System (TM) , the Office BI
Accelerators provide customers and partners with increased access to
data that is critical to maximizing business performance. Information
workers and industry partners can also use the accelerators to assess
performance in real time and reshape strategy and redeploy resources
as market conditions change, staying one step ahead of their
competition. By taking advantage of existing Microsoft technology
investments, the accelerators are a cost-effective way for end users
and partners to increase their business insight and automate formerly
manual business processes, providing greater efficiency, productivity
and enhanced decision-making.
Mac Office Is Better Than Windows Office
In Some Ways
Mac Office Is Better Than Windows Office
In Some Ways
07/15/2004 06:56 PM By Julio Ojedazapata, Pioneer Press (via MyAppleMenu)
Migration from Office 97 to Office 2003
Migration from Office 97 to Office 2003
04/27/2004 06:12 AMMS Office Pro users will get MS Office
Standard an
MS Office Pro users will get MS Office
Standard an
07/24/2004 05:44 PMOffice 2003 Sample: Building Office 2003
Research Services That Work Offline
Office 2003 Sample: Building Office 2003
Research Services That Work Offline
06/15/2004 12:27 AMTo work through this demonstration, you need Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET 2003. With Visual Studio .NET, we use the wizards to build a
simple, custom Microsoft Windows service that launches Cassini, a
managed code Web server that is described in the article, on the local
computer. This Web server hosts the research provider consumed by the
research task pane in Office 2003 editions. The code samples are
provided in Microsoft Visual C# development language.
Microsoft Office Data Assistant for
Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003
Microsoft Office Data Assistant for
Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003
05/27/2004 03:09 AMThe Data Assistant for Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 provides
an easy-to-use method of inserting and managing graphical data objects
such as Visio drawings, and Excel charts and named ranges into
PowerPoint presentations.
There are three basic features for the tool: inserting graphical data
objects into PowerPoint, saving graphical data objects for future use,
and retrieving saved graphical data objects for reuse. Because the
Data Assistant creates a connection between PowerPoint and the host
application of the data object (Excel or Visio), you have the option
of inserting the data object as it was saved or refreshing it to
reflect any changes that were made to the data object.
Microsoft Office 2000 to Microsoft
Office 2003 Migration Issues
Microsoft Office 2000 to Microsoft
Office 2003 Migration Issues
04/25/2004 11:22 AMMicrosoft Office XP to Microsoft Office
2003 Migration Issues
Microsoft Office XP to Microsoft Office
2003 Migration Issues
04/25/2004 11:22 AMHi, This Is Jenny and My Office Is
Currently Out of the Office
Hi, This Is Jenny and My Office Is
Currently Out of the Office
12/12/2003 10:20 AMBlackberry News
"From Cathy S. in Calendar/Courts:
I just read a blurb in
Corporate Counsel that will resonate with many attorneys here:
'Wireless E-mail Improves Productivity: A new report from The Radicati Group Inc., Enterprise Wireless E-mail Market
Trends, 2003-2007, [PDF] says by the end of 2003, employees using
wireless e-mail will have put in an extra 55 minutes of work per day.
This figure will grow to 80 minutes by the end of 2007.' " [The
KERBlog]
With my Treo 600, I'm already traveling down this path, but I
actually don't mind it and it's not much of a burden. I tend to check
my work email when I'm standing in line somewhere or doing something
equally time-wasting. Except, now I'm not wasting time anymore. So I
figure I'm racking up comp time. :-D
Copyright - what right?
Copyright - what right?
10/29/2003 12:09 AMThis slashdot posting was really interesting. its brief look at the
history of copyright, and the misuse of it. Slashdot: Copyright The
scary stuff for...
The Copyright Gap
The Copyright Gap
08/01/2004 03:20 PMHere's the hypothesis: Today's telecom and copyright laws often
regulate similar subjects, but with a big difference. The telecom laws
slightly favor market entrants, while the copyright laws favor the
incumbent disseminators. The result is a "copyright gap" that grows
larger every day....
The FCC wants out of copyright
The FCC wants out of copyright
08/06/2004 06:18 PMThe Broadcast Flag regime is, I think, something of an embarassment
for the FCC. Many of the commissioners came to the FCC to deregulate
telecommunications law, not to regulate the electronics industry. Yet
they find themselves in mission creep mode, issuing
command-and-control rules for the design of consumer products,
surely...
Ads and Copyright
Ads and Copyright
02/10/2004 02:41 AMNever thought I'd say this, but the Super Bowl got me thinking.
Why shouldn't every advertiser release every print, audio, or
multimedia ad they create under a Creative Commons license? Choose
BY-NC-ND, and make clear you're protecting your trademark. Forget the
cultural effect -- I'm talking pure business: What principle drives
someone to enforce the full copyright in a work they'd normally pay
millions to get in front of people's faces? Isn't it irrational NOT to
free up distribution completely? Or am I missing something?
Copyright chill
Copyright chill
12/25/2003 11:20 PMCNET Asia Dec 25 2003 10:35PM ET
Copyright Basics
Copyright Basics
07/01/2004 07:02 AMa good introductory reference
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