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Byline: tracey caldwell
commons touch on rights
Copyright has become a battleground. On one side are those who want tighter restrictions to protect the rights and revenues of creators and publishers. On the other are those who say that technology such as digital rights management (DRM) is eroding those rights, locking down access to content and obstructing scientific and artistic development.
The much disputed copyright laws have been joined by a number of new copyright licences, including Creative Commons (CC), Creative Archives and Copyleft. The Creative Commons licences are widely used globally, mostly by authors seeking to define the rights ...