Posted on 12 May 2008 by r
There is no better example of the political economy of the present copyright system than a recent detailed analysis of the very-likely public domain status of Happy Birthday. If not copyrighted, than why the copyright claim?
Because it is
a revenue-generating juggernaut, producing more than $2-million a year in fees for Warner Music and the offspring of [...]
Filed under: copyright, cultural ownership, intellectual property, political economy, public domain, we own it we can do what we want | 1 Comment »
Posted on 16 April 2008 by r
Works by the U.S. government are in the public domain* — but are they truly available to the public? Some publishers have managed to lock up public domain materials or have not made them accessible as publicly promised.
Government-created public domain materials have been locked away from the public through contract (Westlaw directly with the government) [...]
Filed under: authenticity, copyright, government documents, intellectual property, licensing/ownership dichotomy, public domain, we own it we can do what we want | 4 Comments »
