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articles · Egypt's Attempted 5000 Year Copyright Extension
11/1/2008 20:53 · 41 votes · 7 comments
A recent announcement from the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities caused something of an Internet news stir, seeing active discussion on several blogs and other outlets, including high traffic sites such as BoingBoing and Slashdot.
According to a report from the BBC, the Egyptian Government is about to enact a copyright law to protect Egyptian antiquities, and this law...
articles · Finding common ground in the Digital Commons
14/8/2007 18:41 · 39 votes · 8 comments
Lawrence Lessig’s understanding of the regulation of speech and expressions (see Code and Code 2.0) can help frame some issues around indigenous culture and online communication. Lessig highlights the importance of technological controls that work beyond IP law in shaping how culture and information flows within society. Information architectures are similarly significant areas...
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articles · Preserving Digital Heritage for Perpetuity… or at Least for the Next 25 Years
by Sarah Kansa · voted on 28/5/2008 02:22 · 30 votes · 3 comments
Sharing heritage digitally is becoming more and more commonplace. In the past few years alone, a new awareness has emerged of the value of digital sharing. The National Endowment for the Humanities has initiated a new Digital Humanities Program, which awarded over $1 million in 2007. The Society for American Archaeology’s annual conference in Vancouver in March saw twice as many...
articles · Comparing Copies in the Indian Context: Thoughts on Plagiarism
by alli.fish · voted on 12/1/2008 08:42 · 36 votes · 4 comments
This article explores contemporary debates regarding the ownership and control of creative works by examining the different values attached to the act of copying in two types of knowledge making activities. Specifically, the following will address the construction of ethics surrounding
(1) The public reaction in 2006 to Kaavya Viswanathan’s plagiarism in her fictional account,...
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articles · Preserving Digital Heritage for Perpetuity… or at Least for the Next 25 Years
by Sarah Kansa · commented on 28/5/2008 02:57 · 30 votes · 3 comments
Sharing heritage digitally is becoming more and more commonplace. In the past few years alone, a new awareness has emerged of the value of digital sharing. The National Endowment for the Humanities has initiated a new Digital Humanities Program, which awarded over $1 million in 2007. The Society for American Archaeology’s annual conference in Vancouver in March saw twice as many...
articles · Egypt's Attempted 5000 Year Copyright Extension
by Eric Kansa · commented on 11/1/2008 08:01 · 41 votes · 7 comments
A recent announcement from the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities caused something of an Internet news stir, seeing active discussion on several blogs and other outlets, including high traffic sites such as BoingBoing and Slashdot.
According to a report from the BBC, the Egyptian Government is about to enact a copyright law to protect Egyptian antiquities, and this law...
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