Showing posts with label public interest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public interest. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Column: Mickey Mouse and ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ enter the public domain on Jan. 1, a reminder of our crazy copyright laws; Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2023

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MICHAEL HILTZIK , Los Angeles Times ;  Column: Mickey Mouse and ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ enter the public domain on Jan. 1, a reminder of o...
Friday, February 7, 2020

Chinese scientists ask for patent on US drug to fight virus; Associated Press, February 6, 2020

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Joe McDonald and Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press; Chinese scientists ask for patent on US drug to fight virus "China has the righ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Arguments over European open-access plan heat up; Nature, November 12, 2018

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Richard Van Noorden, Nature; Arguments over European open-access plan heat up "Debate is intensifying over Plan S, an initiative back...
Thursday, November 8, 2018

Harvard Converts Millions of Legal Documents into Open Data; Government Technology, November 2, 2018

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Theo Douglas, Government Technology; Harvard Converts Millions of Legal Documents into Open Data [Kip Currier: Discovered the recent launc...
Monday, May 21, 2018

Law Professors Urge Senate Judiciary Committee to Reject or Amend CLASSICS Act; Public Knowledge, May 15, 2018

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Press Release, Public Knowledge; Law Professors Urge Senate Judiciary Committee to Reject or Amend CLASSICS Act " Yesterday, more th...
Thursday, March 2, 2017

Lou Reed Archives Head to New York Public Library; New York Times, March 2, 2017

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Ben Sisario, New York Times;  Lou Reed Archives Head to New York Public Library " Ms. Anderson said that the library’s mandate of m...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Why Patent Protection In The Drug Industry Is Out Of Control; Forbes, 1/19/17

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Robert Pearl, M.D., Forbes;  Why Patent Protection In The Drug Industry Is Out Of Control " Patents originated in ancient Greece. T...
Friday, November 25, 2016

New US Copyright Rule Sets Trap For Online Firms; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/25/16

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Steven Seidenberg, Intellectual Property Watch; New US Copyright Rule Sets Trap For Online Firms : "The US Copyright Office is suppose...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Change at the Copyright Office; Publishers Weekly, 10/28/16

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Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly; Change at the Copyright Office : "Could Pallante’s departure spur Congress to finally appropriate ...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Suboxone Creator’s Shocking Scheme to Profit Off of Heroin Addicts; Daily Beast, 10/5/16

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Christopher Moraff, Daily Beast; Suboxone Creator’s Shocking Scheme to Profit Off of Heroin Addicts : "The case against Reckitt Bencki...
Monday, September 12, 2016

The Strange Case of Off-Patent Drug Price Gougers; Bloomberg, 9/9/16

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Justin Fox, Bloomberg; The Strange Case of Off-Patent Drug Price Gougers : "There’s a conflict at the heart of pharmaceutical pricing ...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

The US Copyright Office is the poster child for regulatory capture; Boing Boing, 9/8/16

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Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing; The US Copyright Office is the poster child for regulatory capture : "Public Knowledge's new report, C...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Tell Your University: Don't Sell Patents to Trolls; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 8/17/16

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Elliot Harmon, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF); Tell Your University: Don't Sell Patents to Trolls : "When universities inven...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Is Open Access To Research Biden's Answer To Curing Cancer?; Forbes, 4/22/16

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Lindsey Tepe, Forbes; Is Open Access To Research Biden's Answer To Curing Cancer? : "Vice President Joe Biden sees hope beyond th...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Yosemite to Rename Several Iconic Places; Outside, 1/14/16

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Christopher Solomon, Outside; Yosemite to Rename Several Iconic Places : "The outgoing company also trademarked “Yosemite National Par...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Pitt among medical research groups cited for failure to report findings; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/15/15

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Kris B. Mamula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Pitt among medical research groups cited for failure to report findings : "The University of ...
Sunday, August 9, 2015

The twisted history of the Happy Birthday song—and the copyright shenanigans that keep it profitable; BoingBoing.net, 8/7/15

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Glenn Fleishman, BoingBoing.net; The twisted history of the Happy Birthday song—and the copyright shenanigans that keep it profitable : ...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Research Is Just the Beginning: A Free People Must Have Open Access to the Law; Electronic Frontier Foundation, 10/23/14

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Corynne McSherry, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Research Is Just the Beginning: A Free People Must Have Open Access to the Law : "Th...
Friday, August 30, 2013

Twenty-Sixth Horace S. Manges Lecture, Columbia University Law School, 3/4/13

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Maria A. Pallante, U.S. Register of Copyrights; The Next Great Copyright Act : "Tonight my topic is the next great copyright act, but...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright-reform memo; ArsTechnica.com, 12/6/12

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Timothy B. Lee, ArsTechnica.com; Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright-reform memo : "The Republican Study Committ...