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Lawrence Lessig, founder and CEO of Creative Commons, reflects on the last five years since the birth of this concept called Creative Commons, meant to “better reflect the views of many artists, authors, educators, and scientists.”
Microsoft caves on DRM. Stick a fork in it, it’s done.
Microsoft unveils revamped Zunes
The move to provide unprotected MP3 music on the Zune music store is unprecedented for Microsoft but does not come as a surprise. Not only is the company one of the major providers of digital rights management software, but executives there slammed Apple and its CEO Steve Jobs last February when he called on the music industry to abandon DRM.
Microsoft then reversed itself in April, saying it would eventually sell unprotected songs on Marketplace.
Open-source legal body sues over GPL violation - ZDNet UK
A legal team enforcing the most widely used licence in the open-source and free-software movement has shown that it’s not afraid to take its cases all the way to court.
For years, violations of the General Public License (GPL) have been met with quiet discussions to resolve compliance problems that can result when open-source software is used improperly. Now, however, the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is taking a hard-line approach, filing a copyright infringement lawsuit against Monsoon Multimedia for allegedly failing to abide by requirements of the GPL.
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