“… The confidence of the Internet exceptionalists has waned. The idea–and even the desire–that the Internet would remain unregulated is gone. And thus, in accepting the invitation to update this book, I faced a difficult choice: whether to write a new book, or to update the old, to make it relevant and readable in a radically different time. I’ve done the latter. …”

Code v2.0 also includes an interesting section on the Z-theory, calling it “the missing piece in code v1.” No doubt, code v2.0 is an instant classic.

* CALPIRG Report: Limited Knowledge: How The High Cost Of Academic Journals Limits Public Access To Research
* John Tehranian, Whither Copyright? Transformative Use, Free Speech and an Intermediate Liability Proposal
* Lior Strahilevitz, Information Asymmetries and the Rights to Exclude

Besides, I’ve reviewed a draft paper on derivative works and the GPL by my colleague James Thurman. In this paper, James explores as to what extent the GPL seeks to control the distribution of even non-infringing uses of code via contract law. Puzzling questions, especially under the European Autor’s Rights system.

And, of course, I also took a look into (Swiss) Sunday newspapers, although it’s each week more of the same. Exception: Interesting interview with Honorable Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin in NZZ am Sonntag. In any event, nice to spend a weekend at home and have brunch with friends and family – after too many Sunday mornings in hotel rooms…