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Interview with Carl Malamud

By Dallas Association of Law Librarians

Library Journal posted an interview with Carl Malamud of Law.gov. Here's a brief snippet:
Public Information for All: An Interview with Carl Malamud

LJ talks to the public information advocate and founder of PublicResources.Org about barriers to access, trends in copyright, potential legal fixes, and where libraries fit into the puzzle
By Debbie Rabina
Library Journal
Nov 1, 2010

Since the early 1990s, Carl Malamud has made it his business to return to the public what is rightfully theirs: free access to public information. Despite legislation that mandates such access to government information, some categories of information have been excluded, notable among them court opinions (with the exception of the U.S. Supreme Court) and state laws. (cont)

Full post as published by Lex Scripta on November 05, 2010 (boomark / email).