http://blogs.lib.utexas.edu/freethebooks conjugating international copyright laws Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:41:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.lib.utexas.edu/freethebooks/2008/02/25/reading-great-books-online-highlights-policy-debate/ http://blogs.lib.utexas.edu/freethebooks/2008/02/25/reading-great-books-online-highlights-policy-debate/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:37 +0000 georgia harper http://blogs.lib.utexas.edu/freethebooks/?p=31 An interesting post today on TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home, about how the availability of great literature on the Web, because of the works’ public domain status in other countries, highlights the policy debate about the wisdom of term extension. Thus, disparities between terms of protection can be added to the long list of forces that are filling the Web with fabulous, free content, content that competes against locked up, toll-access content for the most precious thing we have to give — our attention.

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