According to Discovery, a dragon-like dinosaur unearthed in South Dakota has been named “Dracorex hogwartsia” (Dragon King of Hogwarts) with the help of a group of kids at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

In the USA, there are finally moves to create an orphan works copyright bill. From what I can work out this makes it possible to use copyright works where due dilligence has been used to find the copyright owner to get permission. If the copyright owner comes forward the damages are a whole lot less than they would have been otherwise… Given that 95% of works are orphaned, the impact is potentially significant.