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Fail Blog’s classic response to Guinness World Book’s “trademark infringement” legal claim

Posted in Culture, Liberty on Jul 13th, 2009

A few days ago, Fail Blog posted a screenshot of the Guinness World Records webpage for the “most people killed in a terrorist act” record.  First off, it’s ridiculous that 9/11 is featured on a site along with people who can stuff peanuts into their nose and what-not.  The FAIL part, however, was that the [...]

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James Boyle on the importance of the public domain: free lecture

Posted in Culture, Liberty on Apr 14th, 2009

Via Boing Boing today I learned of a lecture by eminent Duke University law professor James Boyle at the RSA in London titled “The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind.” Audio is available here and you can find a video of the lecture on the RSA site for streaming or download.
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