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"No Cense" - Copyright Reform Campaign - Oppose the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1997. Copyrights should support art & literature not corporate welfare.
 
A Mickey Mouse Copyright Law? - An examination of the impact of the Copyright Term Extension Act, from Wired Magazine.
 
Alice in Wonderland License - Screenshot of Adobe eBook restrictions list for Alice in Worderland, including "This book cannot be read aloud.", misinterpreted as referring to user instead of speechreader in software.
 
Anarchism Triumphant: Free Software and the Death of Copyright - From Columbia University: Large study of many legal implications of free software.
 
Christians and the Copyright Laws - The problems with copyright laws, from a Christian perspective.
 
Copy Catfight - How intellectual property laws stifle popular culture, and violate freedom of speech. About old works being kept in obscurity, and new ones being silenced. Article by Jesse Walker, Reason magazine.
 
Copyright Law for the Layman - A basic understanding of copyright laws explained for the layman. When using someone else's work, if it isn't considered "fair use" then it is breaking a law.
 
Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks - Transcript of a talk by Richard Stallman, on how copyright law no longer protects the public interest, and how it might be curtailed in different ways for different kinds of works.
 
Copyrights? - The author shows how impractical copyrights are, and how many ethical questions they raise.
 
Digital Copyright - Book by Jessica Litman about the collision between expectations of freedom of expression and copyright law.
 
Eldred v. Reno - An overview of the legal challenge to the recent Copyright Term Extension Act, commonly known as the 'Sonny Bono Act'.
 
Eurorights - Web based lobby group, campaigning against overbroad digital copyright laws in Europe.
 
Jewish Law and Copyright - Rabbi Israel Schneider gives his interpretation of Mosaic law and copyright issues.
 
Knowledge Indignation - Investigative documentary by Australia's Radio National about a boycott of scientific journals that will not make their archives available to the public without restrictions or Licenses to Read. Audio in RealMedia format and transcript.
 
MSNBC: From Betamax to Napster - Timeline of the evolution of the "right to copy" from 1992 to February 12, 2001.
 
Moral Rights of Authors in USA - Moral rights are a part of French law, which is not recognized in the USA. Essay by Dr. Standler, an attorney in Massachusetts.
 
Now Is The Time! - Argument against keeping books under copyright when they should have gone to the Public Domain under the provisions of prior copyright law. From Project Gutenberg.
 
Perpetual Copyright - Explains how the perpetual copyright policy manifested in the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 has made it impossible to preserve art.
 
Read Them and Weep - Under the guise of protecting copyrights, several new legal measures threaten readers
 
The Viral Communications Anti-Copyright Policy - "If creativity is a field, copyright is the fence." -- John Oswald -- VirComm agrees with him, gives a few reasons and a list of similar sites.
 
 

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