Conferences
OSS 2006
I’m in the beautiful Lake Como in Italy for the Second Open Source Systems conference. Some very interesting papers already, and more to come. I will be highlighting some of the best in the next days.
DRM
DRM in the news
The BBC has a certain journalistic style where they make everything sound reasonable, and always offer both sides of the story (read their global warming reports). Here they comment on the new report on DRM by the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG). The report to be released later today, Read more
Feeling silly
Silly Saturday Strikes Back
This is an excellent online game, but quite addictive. Pierce your foe with well-placed arrows. Another addictive game is Plastic Martians.
Academia
Fuck – the ultimate legal SSRN paper
Ok, so I am a bit obsessed with SSRN ratings. What does it take to have a succesful paper on SSRN? My most popular paper has only 108 downloads. Now witness Fuck by Christopher Fairman (3203 downloads and counting). Yes, this is a paper about the legal implications of the Read more
Open source
Venezuela goes free software
The Venezuelan Parliament is going to start discussing the draft legislation called “Ley de Infogobierno”, which will overhaul e-government and software procurement in the Venezuelan public sector. Although I am often sceptical about Chavez and his Venezuelan project, some aspects of the legislation are rather interesting. Here are some highlights. Read more
Conferences
Unlocking IP Conference
The programme for the Unlocking IP Conference is now available online. This event will take place on Monday 10 – Tuesday 11 July 2006 at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. The programme looks quite impressive: Michael Geist, Brian Fitzgerald, Peter Drahos, Graham Greenleaf, Kathy Bowrey, Kimberlee Weatherall, Nic Read more