The Google blog has the story of Oliver Google Kai, born in Sweden from two technology enthusiasts who, you guessed it, love Google. Fortunately I do not have any offspring, otherwise there could be a little Wikipedia walking the streets Read more…
I have finally managed to read the Adelphi Charter on Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual Property (formerly known as the IP Charter). The Charter was drafted by a distinguished panel of IP law experts, creators and activists (including Professor Hector MacQueen). Read more…
This year’s opening lecture at the AHRC Centre for studies in IP and Technology Law at the University of Edinburgh was held last night. Professor Jonathan Zittrain, the new Chair of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute, Read more…
(received via the Cyberprof mailing list) Go to Google and type “Failure”, then hit “I’m feeling lucky”. Then much fun ensues, and the people rejoice and giggle.
The nightly news are filled with stories about the bird flu and the prospect of a pandemic that will kill millions of people. But it has also brought one issue back to the table, the access to medicines debate. There Read more…
The Common Information Environment (CIE) commissioned Intrallect and the AHRC Centre to undertake a report on the viability of using Creative Commons licences in the public sector. The report is finally out and can be downloaded here, with the appendices Read more…
(Via IFTF) BlogPulse is a great tool for searching for the popularity of certain words and brands in selected blogs over time, which can serve as a “buzz-meter” tool. I have been having fun searching for some words. See for Read more…
Professor Michael Geist has released what seems to me to be a landmark in academic publishing. His book “In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law” is a tome filled with opinions from Canadian copyright experts. That in Read more…