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Why I Will Not Sign the Public Domain Manifesto Why I Will Not Sign the Public Domain Manifesto
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| It would be difficult to stand aside from a
| campaign for the right goals merely because
| it was written with unclear words. However,
| the manifesto falls far short in its
| specific goals too. It is not that I oppose
| them. Any one of its demands, individually,
| would be a step forward, even though the
| wording of some of them discourages me from
| signing my name to them.
|
| Rather the problem is that it fails to ask
| for the most important points. I cannot say,
| "This manifesto is what I stand for." I
| cannot say, "I support what's in this
| manifesto," unless I can add, equally
| visibly, "But it fails to mention the most
| important points of all."
|
| [...]
|
| I ask the authors of the Public Domain
| Manifesto, and the public, to please join me
| in demanding the freedom to noncommercially
| share copies of all published works.
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http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/public-domain-manifesto
Second Life Tries To Backpedal On the GPL
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| GigsVT writes "The Second Life viewer has been
| available under the GPL for three years.
| Linden Lab, the maker of Second Life, recently
| released a 'third party viewer' policy that
| all but erases the freedoms granted under the
| GPL. It includes such draconian measures as
| 'You agree to update or delete at our request
| any data that you have received from Second
| Life or our servers and systems using a Third-
| Party Viewer,' 'You must not mask IP or MAC
| addresses' (reported to the server), 'you must
| have a published privacy policy explaining
| your practices regarding user data,' and 'You
| acknowledge and agree that we may require you
| to stop using or distributing a Third-Party
| Viewer for accessing Second Life if we
| determine that there is a violation.'"
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http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/24/014209/Second-Life-Tries-To-Backpedal-On-the-GPL
Administration Asks For Public Input On Intellectual Property Enforcement
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| As part of the mis-named ProIP act, the
| newly created IP Enforcement Coordinator
| (generally called the IP Czar) is supposed
| to help figure out what an effective
| "intellectual property enforcement strategy"
| would be. While we have questions about why
| this position or this plan is really needed
| in the first place, here's a bit of good
| news: rather than just doing the typical
| consult with industry lobbyists, the
| administration is, again, asking for public
| comment...
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100223/1115298271.shtml
Watch Lawrence Lessig on copyright, fair use etc: live on video
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| Video streaming software company Flumotion
| and the Open Video Alliance will stream live
| on the net a speech on copyright, fair use,
| politics and online video being delivered on
| Friday morning (Australian Eastern time) by
| Lawrence Lessig at the Harvard Law School.
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http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/37157-watch-lawrence-lessig-on-copyright-fair-use-etc-live-on-video
Criminalise Exotic Pets, not File Sharing
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| But of course, since we're talking about
| mere ecosystems here, not something sacred
| like intellectual monopolies, it's pretty
| low on governments's priorities....
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2010/02/criminalise-exotic-pets-not-file.html
Consumers 'confused by copyright'
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| The current state of the law means that it
| is illegal for somebody to copy a CD or DVD
| onto a computer or an Ipod for their own
| use. This copying to a different device is
| known as format shifting.
|
| In a poll of 2,026 people, some 73% said
| that they did not know what they could copy
| or record.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8531415.stm
New Zealand Introduces File-Sharing Amendment Bill
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| Following widespread objections, New
| Zealandâs Section92A âguilty upon
| accusationâ anti-piracy law was scrapped
| last year. Today, The Copyright (Infringing
| File Sharing) Amendment Bill will be
| introduced, which repeals Section 92A and
| replaces it with a âthree-noticeâ regime,
| backed up by $15,000 fines and 6 month
| Internet suspensions.
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http://torrentfreak.com/new-zealand-introduces-file-sharing-amendment-bill-100223/
New Zealand tries again with anti-piracy copyright laws
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| The New Zealand Government has tabled in
| Parliament its second attempt at amending
| its copyright laws to counter illegal
| downloading.
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http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/regulation/37118-new-zealand-tries-again-with-anti-piracy-copyright-laws
Recent:
Public Domain Manifesto
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| The Public Domain is the rule, copyright
| protection is the exception. Since
| copyright protection is granted only with
| respect to original forms of expression,
| the vast majority of data, information and
| ideas produced worldwide at any given time
| belongs to the Public Domain. In addition
| to information that is not eligible for
| protection, the Public Domain is enlarged
| every year by works whose term of
| protection expires. The combined
| application of the requirements for
| protection and the limited duration of the
| copyright protection contribute to the
| wealth of the Public Domain so as to ensure
| access to our shared culture and knowledge.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/26/public-domain-manife.html
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