http://www.blyberg.net/2005/11/11/john-wilkin/ A library-geek blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:30:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.blyberg.net/2005/11/11/john-wilkin/#comment-19758 Bob Rae Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:30:30 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/?p=30#comment-19758 They see profound implications in science, medicine, educational networks. John sees digitization as a catalyst to exaggerate and resolve intellectual property issues. He pointed to orphan copyright issues as a prime example. He said that current copyright law is keeping material locked by dead copyright holders. They see profound implications in science, medicine, educational networks.
John sees digitization as a catalyst to exaggerate and resolve intellectual property issues. He pointed to orphan copyright issues as a prime example. He said that current copyright law is keeping material locked by dead copyright holders.

]]> http://www.blyberg.net/2005/11/11/john-wilkin/#comment-27 eli Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:10:15 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/?p=30#comment-27 John Wilkin was a fantastic presenter, and did an excellent job adapting his presentation for a (primarily) non-technical audience. What's most amazing to me is that an organization of the size (and therefore inertia) of U of M had the cojones to essentially give the finger to the publishing industry and get this whole death-of-copyright thing really rolling. It's great to see that even behemoths can still kick ass when there are progressive leaders at the helm. John Wilkin was a fantastic presenter, and did an excellent job adapting his presentation for a (primarily) non-technical audience. What’s most amazing to me is that an organization of the size (and therefore inertia) of U of M had the cojones to essentially give the finger to the publishing industry and get this whole death-of-copyright thing really rolling. It’s great to see that even behemoths can still kick ass when there are progressive leaders at the helm.

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