Eric Eldred Act Blog http://www.eldred.cc/ en-us 2005-01-27T14:34:37-08:00 2005-01-27T14:34:43-08:00 COPYRIGHT OFFICE ANNOUNCES ORPHAN WORKS STUDY The Copyright Office seeks to examine the issues raised by "orphan works," that is, copyrighted works whose owners are difficult... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000122.html Let a Thousand Googles Bloom Copyright reform is vital to the spread of culture and information, Lessig writes in the LA Times, commenting on Google's... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000121.html free elvis! On January 1, 2005 the original recording of Elvis' That's All Right enters the public domain and European lobbyists are... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000120.html reclaiming james joyce Ireland is poised to pass the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2004, that "will remove any doubt as to... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000118.html restored copyrights Golan v. Ashcroft is a lawsuit challenging Congress's removal of thousands of works from the public domain. In 1994, Congress... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000117.html unreasonable people are the problem with reasonable compromises In an article in The National Journal on May 8, 2004 (not online), Neil Munro writes that "Fritz Attaway, general... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000116.html canada's house of commons rejects copyright term extension Anne heirs fail in copyright bid WebPosted Apr 6 2004 10:48 AM AD TOTTAWA A bill to extend copyright protection... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000115.html Effort to Save "Orphan Works" Moves to Court In Kahle v. Ashcroft, two archives ask the U.S. district court for the Northern District of California to find that... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000114.html EFFORT TO RECLAIM PUBLIC DOMAIN SCORES VICTORY Court Allows Challenge (Golan v. Ashcroft) to Re-copyrighting Public Domain Works to Proceed Stanford, CA - A major roadblock to... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000113.html How I Lost the Big One In this article adapted from his upcoming book, Eldred v. Ashcroft lead counsel Larry Lessig explains how the decision how... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000112.html is a 95 year coptright term limited? Douglas Keenan's one pager on why scientists would say no.... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000111.html Canadian Copyright Term Extension Act According to BNA, the Canadian government has reintroduced Bill C-36, which would extend the term of copyright for unpublished works.... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000110.html Culture, Creativity and Information Technology Digital Cultural Institutions Project – Summer 2004 Awards Competition The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce a 2004... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000109.html Discuss Open Journals The Chronicle of Higher Education has a detailed article on how the costs of purchasing journals and magazines is forcing... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000108.html The Tyranny of Copyright Excellent summary- style piece in the NYT that gives an overview of efforts by the Copy Left movement to Reclaim... http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000107.html