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COMMONS MAGAZINE

Liberate the Music!

September 16, 2010
Musopen is ingeniously freeing classical music from the chains of copyrighted recordings.

The Public Domain Manifesto

February 4, 2010
New statement declares the public domain the rule and copyright the exception.

Google's Trojan Horse

April 8, 2009
Expanding access to digitized books while building an unprecedented monopoly.

Unleashing Public Sector Information

April 7, 2009
The knotty challenges of putting our civic and cultural patrimony online.

The Public Domain as a “Jungle”

October 28, 2008
Eva Wirtén's new book, "Terms of Use," explores the clashing worldviews of North and South

Can the Law be Copyrighted?

September 11, 2008
Carl Malamud liberates 33,000 pages of California regulations for public use.

A Plan to Rescue Orphan Works

May 8, 2008
Urge Your Member of Congress to Support New Legislation

The Commons as a New Sector of Value-Creation

April 22, 2008
It’s time to recognize and protect the distinctive wealth generated by online commons.

Museums Exploiting Public-Domain Artworks

April 22, 2008