Andrew Richard Albanese, Copyright in the Balance: LJ Talks with Lawrence Lessig, Library Journal, July 15. An interview with Lessig on copyright extension, the Eldred case, the CBDTBA, and the Creative Commons. Quoting Lessig on copyright extension: "Much more fundamentally, who are the real thieves out there? The public domain was supposed to be fed with new work beginning in 1998 that's been taken away from the public. It's been taken away by Congress legislating to extend the terms of existing copyrights. I think that is theft from the public as much as there is theft going on in other contexts." (Thanks to LIS News.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/19/2002 03:23:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
