How an “absolutist position” seeks to block even minor copyright exemptions, and usually succeeds
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was passed in the US in 1998, at an early stage of the shift to a digital world, with little concern for…
Why are Taylor Swift and academics all in the same boat? And why is she more fortunate?
Last week a blog post explained why academics have lost control of their own papers, and what they can do about it. This might seem a rather limited…