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's Archive for May, 2011

Deep in the Heart of Texas….

…the Media & Technology Standing Professional Committee (M&T) is preparing to launch another fantastic round of panels and programs for the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Museums which kicks off this coming weekend (as my subject line indicates) deep in the heart of Texas in Houston. Hope to see a whole passel [...]

Bridging the DAMS

Ever since I’ve started in this biz, I’ve noticed a number of similarities with my major projects. Almost always they have to do with sharing and access, but the biggest theme has to do with integration and collaboration. Sometimes the “collaboration” part of that sentence is completely internal. Institutional departments can be just as siloed [...]

In and Out of the Public Domain

Yes, there is such a thing as works that entered the Public Domain but subsequently had their copyright restored. I won’t try to explain, I’ll let Edward Lee do the excellent job he does of that in the article here. The interesting part is that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear this case (Golan [...]

Star Wars and Copyright Wars

Andrew Ainsworth, the industrial designer who designed and made the original stormtrooper helmets for “Star Wars” — and is selling copies (apparently from the original molds) for rather amazing sums — is being charged with copyright infringement by George Lucas. The case has now reached the Supreme Court in the UK. This should be an [...]

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