Third Verse, Same as the First? Open Gov Initiative, Phase 3
Phase three of the White House's Open Government Initiative ends this Sunday, and with it a tripartite experiment on receiving public comment about how to make government more open. This [...]
World Copyright Summit: What does gridlock have to do with copyright?
Recently, CISAC hosted the World Copyright Summit in Washington,DC. Having been to my share of intellectual property conferences, I didn't expect to hear anything new or interesting. And while some panels did indeed beat the dead horse [...]
IP Education — Gettin’ ’em Young
A few weeks ago I blogged about the various events that were held around town in conjunction with World IP Day on April 26. At one of the events, there [...]
When You’re Getting Software or Other Stuff on the ‘Net for Free, what are the Costs?
Come one, come all. ACT will be hosting a lunch event next Tuesday (June 23) at noon on privacy, free software, and government procurement. We’ll discuss “free” software (ie. no [...]
David and Goliath Redux: Why We Filed an Amicus in TiVo vs. Echostar
Then David said to Goliath, Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield but I come to thee with naught but a sling [...]
2nd World Copyright Summit coming to DC this week
On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, over 500 delegates from more than 55 countries are expected to come to DC for the 2nd World Copyright Summit. Yahoo!News reports that [...]