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Copyright and Fair Use

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I am putting up (almost) daily blogposts on my blog at www.aliquidnovi.org. Most of the posts relate to intellectual property and access to knowledge in Africa…

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Lessig on the orphan works bill

Prof. Lessig has an OP-ED in the NYT today about the orphan works bill rolling now in Congress. Among the important points mentioned there, here are my three fa…

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"Who needs copyright, anyway?"

John Degen, a Canadian novelist, has a thoughtful post on how he has resolved to make his latest novel, The Uninvited Guest, freely available for download onlin…

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Paper Abstract: Ontology of Information

I’ve just put the abstract of a new paper on my SSRN page. Temporary title is: Ontology of Information and its Lessons for Intellectual Property. The full abstr…