Program on Law & Technology @ Columbia University School of Law

Google Wants You to Free the Airwaves

Google has created a new web site, FreeTheAirwaves.com, to promote the use of “whitespaces” between television channels for long-range, high-speed, wireless Internet access. The site features YouTube videos from Google engineers explaining how whitespace works, and one from Columbia Prof. Tim Wu explaining why Americans should care. The site also encourages visitors to submit their own videos.

Additional coverage at Ars Technica

Fed. Cir. Affirms Open-Source License

The Federal Circuit ruled in favor of a programmer who sued for copyright infringement under the terms of an open-source software license. Article at PC World, with comments from Columbia Prof. Eben Moglen.