November 12, 2004

Free culture fest targets copyright restrictions

Professor Jessica Litman of the WSU Law School is quoted in an article about a new grassroots organization aimed at returning "a balance between copyright holders and the public in the cultural arena." The group, called FreeCulture.org, promotes the use of open-source software, encourages student artists to adopt relaxed licensing agreements for their creations and campaigning against legislation that expands the powers of copyright holders. "What's happening now is that we're trying to apply this (copyright) law to a couple hundred million consumers, and it doesn't make any sense to them," Litman said.

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