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The Orphan Works Act- Boon or Bane?

What is it? It’s really two bills right now, one in the US House and one in the Senate. You can read the bills here: Senate House Although titled differently by each legislative body, I’ll just collectively refer to the OWA (orphan works act). Each covers essentially the same ground; they modify existing copyright law [...]

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Open Source Freedom

So, I was cruising down MLK Blvd in my lowrider like usual, and T-Dog and Big Mike were riding with me. While T-Dog loaded his 9mm with a fresh clip, he turned to me and asked, “What’s this open source thing I keep hearing about? Sounds kind of lame, holmes,” and proceeded to empty said [...]

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