The Creative Commons blog has published some of the latest licence usage statistics. Mike Linksvayer and Giorgios Cheliotis have made public some of the statistics presented at the iSummit, which provide a lot of tasty food for thought for licence Read more…
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 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 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. 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 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 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 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 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 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.