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History

Copycense is an online publication that provides insight, commentary, and scholarship on copyright, licensing, intellectual property, and digital media.

Copycense originated in February 2004 as the law archive of SNTReport.com, a now-defunct online publication that reported on business and personal use of online collaboration tools.

In fall 2005, SNTReport.com was renamed OpenWyre. OpenWyre’s editors broadened its reporting to include reporting on intellectual property issues; eventually, intellectual property coverage began to dominate the publication.

In summer 2006, OpenWyre’s editors decided to devote exclusive coverage and resources to contemporary intellectual property issues in a separate publication. This decision led to Copycense’s debut in August 2005.

Publisher

Seso LLC, a digital media company, publishes Copycense.

Editorial

Editors & Writers

K. Matthew Dames is Copycense’s executive editor. Contributors include Neal V. Cauley and Roger VanZandt.

Editorial Focus

Copycense’s coverage emphasizes copyright and licensing, but we also report regularly on other developments in the digital media arena, including digital rights management (DRM), file sharing, digitzation, and legislation.

Special Features

Copycense publishes special features regularly, including:

• Copycense Clippings: Copycense’s weekly roundup of developments in code and content, published on Tuesdays.
• CommuniK.: Editorial commentary by K. Matthew Dames.
• Copycense Conversations: Interviews with leading figures in the digital media environment.

Schedule

Copycense publishes content on Monday through Friday throughout the year, excluding federal holidays. Copycense Clippings, weekly roundup of developments in code and content, is published on Tuesdays.

ISSN

Copycense’s ISSN is pending.

Colophon

Dan O’Brien Muzyka (Creative Web Media LLC, Portland, OR) designed the templates, structure, style sheets and architecture for Copycense’s original and current versions.

Copycense designed special logos for this site.

Legal

Legal information about Copycense — including intellectual property ownership, linking policy, and privacy policy — is available on the publication’s Legal page.

Contact

You may communicate with us online by using our Contact page.