Conferences
This is the end…
The end of the conference is a discussion asking three questions: How communicate? How decide? Who will report? The answers are at the heart of the future of international Creative Commons. The success of the movement so far has been due to the energy and belief of a number of Read more
DRM
DRM
What is Digital Rights Management? This may seem like a rather straightofward question as there is quite a lot of information already on what is a digital rights management. Yet, maybe there is not. There are many people who equate DRM with restrictive technical protection measures, yet this is inaccurate. Read more
Conferences
Science Commons
The morning session started with a presentation by John Wilbanks about Science Commons. To me, this is one of the most important parts of the entire weekend, but I am biased because I am an advocate of open access. The possible application of FLOSS ideals into the scientific domain has Read more
Conferences
The day after
Ohhhh me head… The event yesterday finished with a lively BBQ at Charles Neeson’s house. This involved a pool, lots of beer and an international group of enthusiastic geeks. Lots of tired faces around, and blogger to blogger, I am as well.
Conferences
Hummocracy
Something cool coming out of the conference, there is no longer a show of hands to measure the popularity of an ideal or a proposal. Now proposals are put through “hummocracy”, the speaker asks the audience to hum if they agree to something. Professor Charles Nesson is giving an inspired Read more
Creative Commons
Legal questions in Creative Commons
Now we get to the nitty gritty of the conference, where some of the important legal questions are being discussed. The first question is that of moral rights. A very lively discussion has taken place regarding moral rights. There was an interesting proposal to add the right to integrity as Read more
Creative Commons
Live from Harvard!
I always wanted to say that. I will be blogging some of the hottest news from the Creative Commons summit. The first news is that the updated Creative Commons UK site is now live. Some other interesting news is that the Creative commons generic licence will soon become the U.S Read more
P2P
Burning for fun and profit
So, the IFPI global piracy report is out. I must admit that the figures are extremely worrying, I must admit that while I have a liberal view of IP, people who sell burnt CDs are wrong. One thing is legitimately sharing, another to profit from other people’s work. Well, at Read more