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MacArthur Foundation endows public-domain fund

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Aaron SwartzPerson was signed in when posted
12-09-2002
04:58 PM ET (US)
 More info: http://www.macfound.org/announce/press_releases/8_29_2002_2.htm

"This new initiative will fund projects that contribute to a balance between the needs of creators and the public in intellectual property laws, regulations, and practices. It will support new models to help protect the long-term public availability and accessibility of information and ideas in the digital arena. [...] To advance the Foundation's goals in this new initiative, three grants totaling nearly $2.5 million have been made."

Recipients include Creative Commons (1.2M), American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy (630K), Public Knowledge (500K), The Forum on Technology and Information (100K).
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