From Tim Stanley’s Justia blog:
“Oregon’s Legislative Counsel Committee had a meeting this morning to discuss the copyright claim on the Oregon Revised Statutes. After taking legal counsel from Dexter Johnson, talking with Karl Olson, Carl Malamud, three Oregon citizens and myself, they unanimously voted to not to enforce any copyright claims on the Oregon Revised Statutes. This great!!!”
And, I just read this on BoingBoing:
“Rogue archivist Carl Malamud sez,“Justia and Public.Resource.Org were invited, along with Karl Olson our counsel, to testify before the Oregon Legislative Counsel Committee. We were joined by a public panel of wikipedians and open source advocates.”
“The process was incredibly well organized. There was a comprehensive briefing packet prepared for the committee, the members asked lots of intelligent questions, and then Dexter Johnson the Legislative Counsel recommended to the committee that they waive assertion of copyright on their statutes. The Majority Leader placed the motion, the President of the Senate called the vote, and the vote was unanimous. This was democracy in action and was great to watch.”
Congratulations to free legal information pioneers Carl Malamud and Tim Stanley. One state down; eight to go?
And don’t forget: Law librarians of all stripes can get to meet Carl and Tim at the AALL Hot Topic session on Sunday, July 13th. Be sure to mark your calendars!
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