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…
The ownership issues involving Superman have always been contentious but not factually disputed — two teenagers created Superman and then sold their rights for a…
Doraemon, the time-traveling robotic cat friend to all has been named official Japanese anime ambassador. While this story has appeared in several “weird news” sections,…
Neither the Chinese cracy involving a change in political process in a vast Asian country nor the Chinese cracy involving the most expensive never-released album…
Ka-chung! Ripped from the headlines — behold the actual legal implications of published real-person fictionalization! And what better source for this than Law and Order,…
So which group is the new Carrie ‘n’ friends?* You’ve likely never watched either of the “new Sex in the City” shows this season, Lipstick…
Summary of review of OurSpace by Christine Harold: Highly suggested for purchase by libraries, scholars, and readers interested in the history, significance, and theory of…
Dan Gillmor on the Center for Citizen Media blog writes about the good and bad about online group-based participation. The good happens when community is…
Which of these is acceptable under copyright law? Republishing books when their authors are almost definitively dead to save a dying culture? Publishing collections of…
So what possibly could romance novels featuring awkwardly-smooth-talking fictional Native Americans, plagiary, fans, and black-footed ferrets have in common? One bizarre detective story by a…