Lord, Help the Poor and Creative

Public Knowledge has a great discussion of the copyright challenges facing musicians today given the begged, borrowed, and stolen traditions of many musical genres, like African-American folk/blues music.

Shift Your Focus

Is Europe the new internet policy epicenter? Some think so.

With stories like this one piling up daily, we’re inclined to agree. As Susan Crawford notes, Europe seems to actively consider a lot of the topics we take for granted.

Kriegspiel IP Drama

The Revolution will be Litigated. [via] [via]

The above article covers the IP battle over Guy Debord’s chess-like Kriegspiel game.

Libraries and Copyright

The Section 108 study group report.