Monthly Archives: July 2008

Research post on open content licensing at IViR

Posted on 7 July 2008 by Jordan

A quick note to say that the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law (IViR) is hiring for a junior researcher on open content licensing: The Institute has a position available for a (junior) researcher to work on an ongoing … Continue reading →

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Money to develop with UK public data

Posted on 4 July 2008 by Jordan

As part of a trend for opening up publicly funded data, the Cabinet Office’s Power of Information Taskforce has set up a competition to fund projects using public data: Show us a better way. From the site: The Power of … Continue reading →

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Online registration for copyright in the US now open

Posted on 3 July 2008 by Jordan

Just a quick note to say that as of 1 July the US Copyright Office is allowing online registration. From the Library of Congress NewsNet: Beginning July 1, 2008, the Copyright Office is offering online registration of claims to copyright. … Continue reading →

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