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Citizens took to the digital streets today to celebrate what has become known as "Internet Freedom Day." The new holiday celebrates users' ability to speak, share, create, and innovate. It commemorates the Internet blackout of Jan. 18, 2012, in which tens of thousands of websites participated, to protest the draconian copyright bills SOPA and PIPA.

A proposal by the Prince George's County Board of Education to copyright work created by staff and students for school could mean that a picture drawn by a first-grader, a lesson plan developed by a teacher or an app created by a teen would belong to the school system, not the individual. The measure has some worried that by the system claiming ownership to the work of others, creativity could be stifled and there would be little incentive to come up with innovative ways to educate students. Some have questioned the legality of the proposal as it relates to students.

"Consumers seem to reward authors who trust them with their content."

"Consumers seem to reward authors who trust them with their content."

"Consumers seem to reward authors who trust them with their content."

I stumbled upon this during Open Access Day. Might be interesting for STM folks to check out.

Accounting of what enters the public domain this new year's day, and a look at what could have been.

Interesting that several people on this list have 0 works.

Great interview with the always interesting Tim O'Reilly.

Apparently the U.S. isn't so far behind! See: http://elangdell.cali.org/content/federal-rules-ebooks-legal-information-institute who posted Federal Procedure e-books just a few weeks ago.

The Internet Archive asks the ruling judge to intervene in the settlement between Google and the AAP, claiming that Google will gain a monopoly on the use of orphan works.

The Intel Reader is intended to assist people who are blind, dyslexic, or have weak vision.