November 14, 2002

Information is hard to free Just Can't Hardly Give It Away: Generosity Versus Copyright. Good article on the desire of people to give away content. "Alas, it has also become nearly impossible to avoid copyright law's protections for the creator. Now generous creators find it difficult to put their works in the public domain for all to use, copy, share, and improve." The article surveys a variety of mechanisms for giving away content, including the GNU project and copyleft, EFF's Open Audio License, BioMedCentral, the Open Archives Initiative, and more. By Carol Ebbinghouse, Searcher, November, 2002 [OLDaily] I wanted to make mention about the above article for two reasons. One: like so many articles in Searcher Magazine, this piece does a job summarizing a multi-faceted issue. Two: check out the Rights Link icon in the top left hand corner of the article. 2:09:46 PM

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