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The GNU Manifesto - http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html
The last name in software freedom...this outlines the reasons that "Gnu's Not Unix" produces free software. |
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The Right to Read - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
Richard Stallman's famous parable about the Right to Read, and what will happen if intellectual monopoly laws continue to grow. |
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Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project (FUP) - http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/taxonomy/term/374
Provides legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of "fair use" in order to enhance creative freedom. |
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Intellectual Property Rights Overview - http://www.w3.org/IPR/
The W3C's take on intellectual property rights in the Information Age. |
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IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/
Weblog covering copyright, patent, trade mark and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective. |
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The Guardian - "Intellectual Property" is a Silly Euphemism - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/21/intellectual.property
According to the author, owning a song or a piece of writing isn't like owning a television, and to call it anyone's "property" is seriously misleading. |
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A Primer On the Ethics of "Intellectual Property" - http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/copying_primer.html
This primer provides a general framework for freeing any information covered under copyright and patent laws. |
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A Politics Of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism for the Net? by James Boyle - http://www.law.duke.edu/boylesite/intprop.htm
Paper by James Boyle calling for reduction of intellectual property laws, to be achieved by political machination inspired by the environmental movement. |
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Roundtable - 98.09 - http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/forum/copyright/intro.htm
An Atlantic Unbound roundtable on the future of intellectual property and copyright law in the digital age |
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Gowers Review of Intellectual Property - http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/gowers_review_intellectual_property/gowersreview_index.cfm
A report of UK Intellectual Property Framework by Andrew Gowers covering solutions for rights in the digital age. Provides PDF and web-based content. |
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Copyright Law and Independent Creation Theory - http://www.bellsouthpwp.net/m/u/musicedu/case/index.html
Complaining that the law of independent creation allows the theft of music. |
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IP-Wars.net - http://www.ip-wars.net/
Examining, chronicling, and battling the censorship attempts of intellectual property laws. Contains user contributed articles and news feeds. |
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Intellectual Property Compensation Via Tipping - http://tipping.selfpromotion.com/
Article that proposes (with case studies) that tipping may be a viable compensation model for intellectual property (such as music and books). |
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Library Juice Copyright Issue - http://libr.org/Juice/issues/vol3/LJ_3.35.sup.html
A supplement to the weekly e-zine Library Juice from September, 2000, devoted to the political and philosophical issues of intellectual property, especially as they relate to libraries and the internet. |
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Copyright: Guardian of Intellectual Property - http://library.thinkquest.org/26658/cgi-bin/2-1.cgi
Guide to computer ethics issues and current news includes an introduction to the problematic copyright issues raised by digital media. |