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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
The CC-UK list has resurrected with some lively debate. If you are interested in following some of the arguments, visit the archive here.
This is a very thorough report from the OECD about music downloads. It is a rather impressive document, which attempts to bring together the latest research on the subject. I haven’t finished reading it, but the section about P2P networks Read more
The mother of a teenage girl who serves and downloads music online is being charged £4000 for her daughter’s infringement. This seems to be part of a clever strategy by the music industry to attack P2P networks (I will talk Read more