   Good Laws ArchiveJanuary 27, 2006The Sausage Factory--Live!
Senator Obama introduces a law that would put the details of pork barrel projects and last minute amendments, online for all to see before a vote.
May 25, 2005A Law to Replenish the Public Domain
Zoe Lofgren reintroduces legislation to let abandoned works that are still restricted by copyright into the public domain. (Via Ed Felten's Dashblog.)
May 16, 2005Fair Use Is "Hacking"
The Copyright Assembly says
that the DMCRA, a bill to allow circumvention or copy controls for the purposes of fair use, is unfair to
"both copyright owners and the people who create those copyrighted works to
create and distribute the highest-quality products to American consumers." A
bit of a mouthful that we imagine must mean "unfair to those whose business models are threatened."
July 13, 2004Another Dispatch from the Copyright Wars
Dan Gillmor's Sunday column looks at recent developments - good and bad - in the legislative battles over copyright reform.
July 09, 2004Ask Not for Whom These Copyright Bills Toll, 'Cuz They Toll for You
PC World examines this year's crop of copyright bills and finds that business interests are trouncing the public's rights. What was that about a balance?
June 24, 2004Rallying the Troops for DMCA Reform
The Personal Technology Freedom Coalition, formed to support Rep. Rick Boucher's DMCA-reform bill H.R. 107, includes EFF, Public Knowledge, Intel, Sun, Verizon, and others.
May 31, 2004Ireland Considers Emergency Copyright Bill
To fend off the litigious grandson of James Joyce. To complicate matters, the fight is over work that was snatched from the public domain by retroactive copyright-term extension.
May 13, 2004Congress Calls for DMCA Reform
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