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December 2006
InfoWorld: Microsoft unit accuses Brazilian official of defamation
IDG News picked up the Microsoft defamation story, first brought to light by Professor Lessig in his blog. Read the InfoWorld article here
Spiked-Online: Culture Warrior
Spiked-online profiles Professor Lessig and his blog here.
MSNBC: FTC mulls bounty system to combat spammers
MSNBC reports and Slashdot.org discusses the FTC’s renewed interest in a Spam bounty system originally popularized, both news items claim, by Professor Lessig.
Lessig: “Stamping Out Good Science”
Professor Lessig’s latest Wired column is now online. Find it here.
AustralianIT: Big FTA stoush brewing on copyright
AustralianIT reports that Professor Lessig will be flown in at the “11th-hour” to testify on the intellectual property provisions of Australia’s pending Free Trade Agreement. The IP section of the FTA is modeled after the DMCA.
ComputerWorld : Sparks may fly at open-source debate
Professor Lessig will debate releasing Java under an open-source license at next week’s JavaOne conference. ComputerWorld has the story.
Wired Magazine is rated first on the Chicago Tribune’s second annual 50 Best Magazines list. The paper cites Professor Lessig’s column as a reason for the magazine’s success. More >>
Slashdot: Lessig Legal Team Needs Your Copyright Stories
Slashdot reports on Professor Lessig’s effort to collect stories about orphaned works for the Kahle case. Read the Slashdot discussion here, and find the submission site here.
The Register UK: Germany debuts Creative Commons
The Register quotes Professor Lessig in this story about the German debut of the Creative Commons project.
Wired News: BBC to Open Content Floodgates
This article at Wired News gives a nice overview of the BBC’s Creative Archive. Professor Lessig remarks about the archive’s great potential.
Professor Lessig is quoted in this article about the launch of Creative Commons Germany.
Ted Gilchrist has created a synthesized MP3 stream of Professor Lessig’s Free Culture. It and other remixes of Free Culture are available here.
P2P.net: GarageBand gets Creative
P2P.net reports that GarageBand.com is now offering Creative Commons licenses. Professor Lessig is quoted.
Wired News: Call It the Dead E-mail Office
“If you’ve been waiting for internet legal visionary Lawrence Lessig to reply to your e-mail, forget about it.”
In another first, Professor Lessig has declared “e-mail bankruptcy.” Read the article at Wired News.
Know Portuguese? Rodolfo S Filho and friends are translating Free Culture. Join in here.
FT: The music industry needs to change the record
John Kay over at the Financial Times uses Professor Lessig’s latest book as a starting point for an editorial about “theft” in the United Kingdom.
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