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The BISA Copyright Review: October ‘08
 Download the first issue of the BISA Copyright Review
The BISA Copyright Review is a human-readable, comparative, nuanced report on the copyright review process in Brazil, India and South Africa. The goal is for those involved in the copyright review process (government, lobbyists, academics, government advisers, activists) to learn from the experiences of the target countries - in particular from the experience of India where there has most recently been a copyright review - and to ensure that South Africa and Brazil don’t make the same mistakes in their upcoming review processes. In this issue, read the chapter on the history of the development of copyright in these three countries.
Previous editions: The iCommons Lab Report monthly magazine
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Lessig on Digital Barbarism
Lawrence Lessig has posted a review of David Halperin's recent book, Digital Barbarism.
Halperin, who authored the (in)famous New York Times article calling for perpetual copyright, has now compiled his ideas into a book. Lessig offers a much-needed critique, including citing misconceptions about Creative Commons (Halperin conflates it not only with "freeware" with software... more
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