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The Return of Orphan Works: Trojan Horse: Orphan Works and the War on Authors by Brad Holland, Part 5 (Conclusion)

The tenth rule of the ethics of rules and means is that you do what you can with what you have and clothe [“reform”] in moral arguments.… Read more “The Return of Orphan Works: Trojan Horse: Orphan Works and the War on Authors by Brad Holland, Part 5 (Conclusion)”

Nothing says “Internet Freedom” like getting away with it, and in case you missed it, Google got away with it again at the Federal Trade Commission yesterday. … Read more “The Return of Orphan Works: Trojan Horse: Orphan Works and the War on Authors by Brad Holland, Part 4”

The Fair Use/Orphan Works Connection: A Lesson from the UK We would all do well to observe the intellectual property meltdown occuring in the UK largely as… Read more “The Return of Orphan Works: Trojan Horse: Orphan Works and the War on Authors by Brad Holland, Part 3”

Artists have taken note of the recent legislative activity in the European Union regarding “orphan works”. The European Union defines these works as “works like books, newspaper… Read more “The Return of Orphan Works: Trojan Horse: Orphan Works and the War on Authors by Brad Holland, Part 2”

We at the Trichordist are expecting another push at so-called “orphan works” legislation in the U.S. Congress during the upcoming legislative session. We take a dim view… Read more “The Return of Orphan Works: Trojan Horse: Orphan Works and the War on Authors by Brad Holland”

This is in response to the the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s “Notice of Inquiry on International Internet Policy Priorities.” This seemingly obscure agency has enormous… Read more “Authors Push Back on NTIA framing of Internet Policy Priorities”

Dear Google…er…uh-I mean American Library Association: Really? The American Library Association and it’s members are really gonna be impacted by a voluntary “small claims” copyright court? … Read more “Once Again @Alalibrary Have No Dog in Fight but Come out Against Authors on Copyright Small Claims”

Does ALA counsel Jonathan Band really have libraries best interests at heart. Or is he more interested in helping Silicon Valley in its war on the individual… Read more “@ALA Libraries (Again) Enable Apparent Corporate Lawfare Conspiracy Against Authors, Artists and Songwriters”

“Public Knowledge? Most of the money and all the policy is Google” – Former board member. The Google/Soros front group that is Public Knowledge just released an… Read more “Kapture: Systemic Bias at Public Knowledge; Also Freakish Cranial Widths of The Public Knowledge Authors”

This Nyan Cat awards are given for outstanding achievement in disinformation, web myths and general web based idiocy. One of the biggest and most important urban… Read more “Second Nyan Cat Award Goes To The Fake Thomas Jefferson And His Copyleft Creators”