Texts of laws must be freely available, not locked away by copyright; in Germany, many still aren’t
It is often said that “ignorance of the law is no defence”. But the corollary of this statement is that laws must be freely available so that people…
The EU link tax was bad enough, but Canada’s threatens to be even worse
At the heart of Walled Culture the book (available as a free ebook in various formats) is the story of the disgraceful EU Copyright Directive and how it…
Publishers seem to believe their outsized sense of entitlement should trump democracy
One of the striking features of the copyright industry is its insatiability. No matter how long, broad and strong copyright becomes, the copyright world wants it to be…