20 Sep 2004
Saving the Artistic Orphans

This is a fine overview of the main problem with extended (and unregistered) copyrights: material is essentially locked down forever.

Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive, sues the federal government to help 'orphan works' return to the public domain. Pieces of history and culture are caught in a morass of far-reaching copyright laws. By Katie Dean.

(link) [Wired News]

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