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Richard Stallman came to Vancouver, and I upset him
Richard Stallman was in Vancouver two weeks ago. He performed, if I may describe his lectures like that, three times; I caught the first. I asked Stallman a question after it was over, and thoroughly annoyed him. I know that I annoyed him because he grew flustered, stamped his feet, turned away from me to the rest of the crowd and yelled at me. Continue reading
Alternatives to C-61: Statutory concerns for the protection and encouragement of creative works
I want to suggest an alternative paradigm to the statutory regime for creative works as intellectual property, a.k.a. copyright. I’m not going to get into detailed explanations of the existing Copyleft and other alternative paradigms to copyright. But I’m going … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology, Intellectual Property
Tagged C-61, copyfight, copyleft, copyright, copyright reform, public domain, user rights
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EULAs aren’t all bad
End-User License Agreements aren’t all bad. They are necessary for interration – that incorporation-like thing for virtual worlds that Castronova talks about – in order to set out and delimit the game space. It is when they violate Castronova’s closed/open … Continue reading
DMCA-Free Canada: a land of opportunity
Technological Protection Measures (TPMs) are the fortresses of code, silicon, and/or law that enforce Digital Rights Management (DRM). By not criminalizing (as a per se offense) the circumvention of TPMs, Canada keeps the doors open to innovation. Period. Innovation is … Continue reading
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