Yeah I forgot. I still associate him with copyright. He does, however, still make the occasional announcement, such as yesterdays:
http://lessig.org/blog/2008/09/picasa_web_albums_goes_cc.html On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Scott Granneman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > actually, lessig isn't working on copyright any longer. > > so his blog would be good for past stuff, but not going forward. > > scott > -- > R. Scott Granneman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com > Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications > My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books > > "Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what > they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. > Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from." > ---Al Franken > > On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Sean Burns wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Scott Granneman >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Here ya go. >>> >>> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/update-to-google-chromes-terms-of.html >> >> And just as I suspected, that stuff is there because of copyright law: >> >> "This section is included because, under copyright law, Google needs >> what's called a "license" to display or transmit content." >> >> If anyone really wants to see the kind of legalese that's in these >> "contracts" go away, maybe do something about copyright. >> >> Here's a good PDF on the public domain and why it's important: >> >> http://www.publicknowledge.org/pdf/why_the_public_domain_matters.pdf >> >> A couple good blogs to follow: >> >> http://www.sivacracy.net/ >> http://www.lessig.org/blog/ >> >> And Lawrence Lessig has an awesome presentation on copyright history: >> http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/ >> >> And Siva Vaidhyanathan has a great book on copyright: >> >> Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How >> it Threatens Creativity >> >> http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46856111&referer=brief_results >> >> Sean >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
