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Is there a simple way to make a pdf call home?
Let's say you release a draft of a paper using PDF. But when people open the paper to read it, you'd like the PDF to check whether there's a more recent version available. If there is, you'd like it to indicate as much -- somewhere. Obviously, you could always include a link that says "For the most current version, go here." But is there a way to say, "A more recent version of this document is available here."? From
Lessig Blog on December 9, 2006 at 8:01 a.m..
Judge Posner, virtually
Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals will visit Second Life on December 7th, from 6-8pm Second Life Time (PST). Read all about it
here. I was a law clerk for Judge Posner. It was the best job a lawyer could imagine. Unlike must judges, Posner writes his own opinions. That mea From
Lessig Blog on December 9, 2006 at 8:01 a.m..
Carr on DRM
Nick Carr
on DRM: No, DRM is about controlling the business model for selling online music. And if it looks like there won't be much additional sales growth through iTunes, then music companies are going to start selling unprotected MP3s. In an iPod world, they have little choice. Unless, of course, Apple starts allowing other kinds of DRM-protected song files to play on iPods. But even that unlikely event might not matter much. It would seem that the best business strategy for record companies at thi From
Lessig Blog on December 9, 2006 at 8:01 a.m..
good days and then bad
December 7th. A date which will live in infamy. So the day after the
Gowers Review issued perhaps the most sensible document about IP produced by a government related entity in the 20th or 21st century -- the report,
remember, that after a careful review of the evidence, concluded that as a matter of principle, the copyright term of existing works should never be extended -- 4,000 artists signed an advertisement in the FT calling for "fair play for musicians" by extend From
Lessig Blog on December 9, 2006 at 8:01 a.m..
CC Labs
My
CC fundraising letter this week describes the launch of
CC Labs -- a test bed for new CC technologies. There's a
new licensing engine that emphasizes more clearly the freedoms you're enabling. Toggling through the options gives you a very clear sense of the contours of the CC licenses. The most important experiment, however, is also the hardest to describe. We've begun testing an architecture that will enable pe From
Lessig Blog on December 9, 2006 at 8:01 a.m..
Ok, so I'm wrong
For almost 10 years now, I've been waging a war against retrospective term extension. My simple argument has been that copyright is about creative incentives, and you can't create incentives retrospectively. I now see I am apparently wrong. As reported
yesterday, there was an ad in the FT listing 4,000 musicians who supported retrospective term extension. If you read the list, you'll see that at least some of these artists are apparently dead (e.g. Lonnie Donegan, died 4th November 2002; Freddie Garrity, died 20th May From
Lessig Blog on December 9, 2006 at 8:01 a.m..
Think globally, party locally (or virtually)
Creative Commons is turning 4 on December 16. To celebrate, there are a host of parties springing up around the world. You can read about it on
this blog entry. I'll be in Portugal to launch CC Portugal, but will be getting up early to make a Second Life appearance at the San Francisco event. If you can't make it to a physical party, come virtually. I'll be making a pretty significant announcement (for me at least) at the party. From
Lessig Blog on December 9, 2006 at 8:01 a.m..
2007 John Laing Professional Development Award
$7500 will be awarded in March 2007 to support the further professional growth of a proven leader of principals' professional development. Applications are called for the 2007 John Laing Professional Development Award from school leaders who have undertaken significant professional development and contributed to professional learning of other school leaders. Closing date for applications is 28 February 2007. From
EdNA Online on December 9, 2006 at 8:01 a.m..
Broadband blueprint
The Broadband blueprint provides a national framework for the future of broadband in Australia. The Blueprint articulates the essential elements of the broadband market and a forward strategy to encourage their development. From
EdNA Online on December 9, 2006 at 8:01 a.m..
