As I mentioned earlier this week, the GPL version three is finally out. Richard Stallman read a statement yesterday announcing the much-awaited launch, which will undoubtedly be met with both trepidation and caution in software development circles. The text will maintain some of the more controversial features present in the Read more
In September 2006, panGloss and yours truly organised the first GikII workshop, a tremendously entertaining gathering of like-minded people willing to discuss the interface between geek culture and the law. The resulting workshop provided a look at the virtual personality of avatars; legal aspects of fandom, anime and even hentai; Read more
Terra Nova reports on the potential business migration from Second Life, due in part to its “clunky technology”. Some of the early comers in the virtual market, such as Well Fargo, have left and set up their virtual tent elsewhere. I agree with TN about the fact that this is Read more
Last night I attended Professor Eben Moglen’s lecture at the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh, organised by the Scottish branch of the Society for Computer and Law. The first thing I noticed was that that the audience present in the lecture theatre was starkly divided between the Read more
I thought that the best judge for the llama competition had to be Linda’s daughter Bethany, who chose the llama in the first place. The winner is Lilian (funny, I didn’t think it was female). In an executive decision, I’ve decided to call it Lillian to differentiate it with the Read more
As part of the synergy generated in the iCommons summit, several Latin American leads suggested the creation of a new aggregated blog bringing together voices talking about open content, CC and other related topics. Thanks to Katitza Rodríguez from CC-Peru we now have a new blog. If you would like Read more
The June 2007 issue of SCRIPTed, The Journal of Law and Technology, is now available. In this issue: Editorial Douglas v Hello! – An OK! result Gillian Black, pp.161-165 Peer-Reviewed Articles Do Asian Nations Take Intellectual Property Rights Seriously? Assafa Endeshaw, p.166-179 The day after the Computer-Implemented Inventions Directive: who Read more
There seems to be nothing better than the content and smug feeling you get by saying “we told you so”. Well, we did, and it seems clear that the technical protection measure experiment may have finally crashed (henceforth DRM). Several sites report what every person even mildly clued-in to the Read more
Thanks to all who sent in entries. There are three short-listed entries: Lilian Dougal Bruno The winner shall be announced shortly, I’m trying to negotiate a judge.
(via Colin Miller) As part of my growing interest in virtual economies, here is an eye-opening look at the gold of Chinese gold farmers from Julian Dibbell, including some video footage of their virtual sweat shops (you can sort of smell that the term could be quite literal as well). Read more