[wos] (Fwd) Update on the Center for the Public Domain

[Volker Grassmuck]

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From: "Stacey Mewborn" <stacey@centerpd.org>
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Subject: Update on the Center for the Public Domain
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:50:06 -0500
Organization: Center for the Public Domain

Dear Friends,

The Center for the Public Domain passionately believes that the scientific, artistic 
and entrepreneurial spirit of our society relies on access to a robust public domain. 
We recognize that the balance between intellectual property rights and freely 
reusable knowledge is the basis of our cultural heritage and scientific tradition. For 
the past two years, the Center has invigorated the vibrant public domain of 
knowledge part of the equation.

Since our inception as a venture philanthropic enterprise, we have contributed to the 
founding of several organizations that study, nurture and secure the health of the 
public domain. We ve helped ensure the success of these institutions through major 
gifts, grants and donations. We have built partnerships, united key parties and 
supported programs that strengthen the public community of shared knowledge and 
culture across many sectors technology, law, medicine, academic research, 
education, media and the arts.

Our job here is done. We are passing the torch to these leaders who will carry on 
the Center s legacy. We'd like to thank everyone who recognizes the importance of 
Sir Isaac Newton's truth, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of 
giants." We'd particularly like to thank everyone who has helped the Center further 
its mission over the past two years. It has been a blast.

Please nourish these organizations as they carry this important work forward: 

Public Knowledge
http://www.publicknowledge.org/
Creative Commonshttp://www.creativecommons.org/
Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University School of Law
http://www.law.duke.edu/ip/
The Norman Lear Center at University of Southern California
http://entertainment.usc.edu/
Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/
Consumer Project on Technologyhttp://www.cptech.org/
ibiblio at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.ibiblio.org/
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
http://www.aaas.org/
National Academy of Sciences
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/nashome.nsf/
Future of Music Coalition (FMC)http://www.futureofmusic.org/
Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School
http://lii.law.cornell.edu/
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
http://www.eff.org/

Very Truly Yours,
The Center for the Public Domain

2525 Meridian Parkway | Suite 200
Durham, NC 27713
tel: 919.549.8388
fax: 919.549.8449
racine @ centerpd.org
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