June 10, 2002
Web service: Creative Commons
THIS WEEK NetSpeak examines a web-based service designed to facilitate the creation of products in the free public domain.
A major chunk of the present technology press space is occupied by various news items that are related to some violation or other of the copyright laws by content providers and netizens. News stories like, "a music file sharing service that encouraged copying of tens of thousands of songs was taken to court by music publishers/recording industry" have become quite commonplace.
A major chunk of the present technology press space is occupied by various news items that are related to some violation or other of the copyright laws by content providers and netizens. News stories like, "a music file sharing service that encouraged copying of tens of thousands of songs was taken to court by music publishers/recording industry" have become quite commonplace.
