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  The White House eases access to climate, health data with MATCH search engine

  By Nathan Olivarez-Giles on May 10, 2013 02:12 pm + 14 comments

  Following President Obama's executive order calling on federal agencies to make as much of their Continue reading…

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  President Obama signs executive order requiring agencies to publish 'open data'

  By Carl Franzen on May 9, 2013 06:46 pm + 30 comments

  President Obama came into office 2009 with a promise to make his administration the most "open" in Continue reading…

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  Scientists develop biological transistor that can command living cells

  By Carl Franzen on March 28, 2013 05:34 pm + 22 comments

  Fully biological computers are getting closer to reality. Scientists at Stanford University today Continue reading…

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  White House says government-funded research should be more public, but critics want more

  By Carl Franzen on February 22, 2013 06:44 pm + 23 comments

  Research paid for by taxpayers should be free and open to the public. That basic concept is behind a Continue reading…

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  Bob Dylan's record label dodges copyright law with super limited release of rare songs

  By Amar Toor on January 8, 2013 11:34 am + 34 comments

  There's a new Bob Dylan box set on the market, but chances are you won't be able to find it. That's Continue reading…

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  Internet Archive hopes to make a million files download faster with BitTorrent links

  By Adi Robertson on August 7, 2012 09:53 pm + 15 comments

  The Internet Archive, a vast repository of free public domain movies, books, music, and more, is Continue reading…

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  US Copyright Office considers stopgap scanning solution for card catalog due to 'rudimentary budget'

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 2, 2012 11:47 pm + 5 comments

  Struggling to convert the tens of millions of pre-1978 copyrights in its massive card catalog into a Continue reading…

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  James Joyce enters the public domain, but the auteurs of 1955 must wait

  By Joseph Parish on January 1, 2012 11:44 pm + 25 comments

  January 1st is Public Domain Day, and that means that under the current copyright law, the works of Continue reading…