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This weblog will be wearing a black band for the next while to mourn the death of the public domain in America. That source of so much great art, writing, and ideas is going to wither and die in the face of coporate copyright.

Yes, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 against Eldred in Eldred v. Ashcroft.

What does this mean? It means that any corporation with enough cash can hang onto their copyrighted materials for as long as they can afford to buy themselves a member of Congress.

Lawrence Lessig, who argued the case on behalf of Eric Eldred, has links to the decisions.

Doc Searls re Eldred:

We don't turn around a pervasive mentality, anchored in conceptual metaphors older than most oaks, in one court calendar, one congressional term, or perhaps even one decade.

I finished another project last night with the client - David Sleigh, a friend who is self-releasing his new CD, Festival. No web site, yet, although we got him his domain yesterday. You can see some of the work in my portfolio.

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This weblog will be wearing a black band for the next while to mourn the death of the public domain in America. That source of so much great art, writing, and ideas is going to wither and die in the face of coporate copyright.

Via my (rather pitiful) Technorati results, I discovered that my recent spate of posts and my re-addition of my blogroll to the template has got me on the Blogging Ecosystem list. I'm at the bottom (48 outward bound links) but perhaps if I keep this up I'll move higher. -)

Well, I've fixed some bugs in my redmonk stylesheets, as well as those for a client.

I finished another project last night with the client - David Sleigh, a friend who is self-releasing his new CD, Festival. No web site, yet, although we got him his domain yesterday. You can see some of the work in my portfolio.

Seth Dillingham wants to ride across Massachusetts (!!) to raise money for charity.

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I finished another project last night with the client - David Sleigh, a friend who is self-releasing his new CD, Festival. No web site, yet, although we got him his domain yesterday. You can see some of the work in my portfolio.

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This weblog will be wearing a black band for the next while to mourn the death of the public domain in America. That source of so much great art, writing, and ideas is going to wither and die in the face of coporate copyright.

Yes, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 against Eldred in Eldred v. Ashcroft.

What does this mean? It means that any corporation with enough cash can hang onto their copyrighted materials for as long as they can afford to buy themselves a member of Congress.

Lawrence Lessig, who argued the case on behalf of Eric Eldred, has links to the decisions.