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9th May 2006

Zettwoch’s Suitcase

This is a great new illustration and comics weblog by FoX (Friend of XPLANE) Dan Zettwoch: “Illustrations, Comics, Diagrams, Paintings, Maps and Secret Codes, affixed to the hidden plywood wall of a backyard fort with masking tape.” See more drawing fun at the STL Drawing Club (motto: Our sketchbooks weigh a ton and we draw every Thursday night.”).

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9th May 2006

It Takes a Nation of Lawyers to Hold Us Back

“When the Smithsonian Institution recently announced a deal with Showtime to create a joint venture called Smithsonian Networks, documentary filmmakers and free-speech advocates were outraged by the prospect of a single corporation having exclusive rights to a public trust (the Smithsonian is funded by 75% public money). But this is only the most recent development in the gradual erosion of fair use and the public domain in America.”

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