Richard Poynder has emailed me a link from an interview with Richard Jefferson, founder of the Biological Innovation for Open Society (BIOS), an Austrlian initiative on the use of open source licensing and principles in the biological sciences. There is a longer version of the interview available under a Creative Read more…
Groklaw has the story of yet another court victory for the GPL in Germany. This is the second such court ruling in Germany, which I find ironic as I was once involved in a heated argument with a German law professor who assured me that open source licensing in general, Read more…
There seems to be a new software patent conflict in the European air as a result of the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA). The EPLA is a project by the members states of the European Patent Convention, and it is being organised by the European Patent Office. The EPLA will Read more…
For those unfamiliar with SSRN, it is one of the most important research resources that I use to find articles that are otherwise not easily available online. SSRN relies on authors making their articles available in PDF format. Why should anyone make their articles available online? Because SSRN uses the Read more…
Thanks to Ilanah at IPKat for reminding me that today is “Talk Like a Pirate” day. Avast me hearties, arrrgggh! As a devout Pastafarian, I keep taps on all things pirate. For example, did you know that Patafarianism teaches us that there is direct correlation between global warming and the Read more…
Both the techie press and blogospheres have been filled with stories on Zune, Microsoft’s new digital player and best hope to cripple Apple’s hold on the market. Zune follows Redmond’s long tradition of arriving late to a market and trying to take on the early innovators, but I digress. Something Read more…
The September 2006 issue of SCRIPTed is now online. In this issue: Editorial: – From child porn to China, in one Cleanfeed; Lilian Edwards. Peer-reviewed articles: – Affidavit Evidence and Electronically Generated Materials in Nigerian Courts; Andrew I. Chukwuemerie. – Parasiteware: Unlocking Personal Privacy; Daniel B. Garrie and Rebecca Wong. Read more…
Several sites are reporting that Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music, has been complaining about rampant copyright infringement in websites such as YouTube and MySpace. Mr Morris stated that: “We believe these new businesses are copyright infringers and owe us tens of millions of dollars. How we deal with these Read more…
The blogosphere (or more accurately, the vlogosphere) has been mourning the sad fate of one of its main stars, Lonelygirl15, whose video blog had achieved cult status for its mix of intriguing storyline and all-round appeal of a shy and lonely, yet cute teenager. However, Lonelygirl was not the homeschooled Read more…
There have been several signs recently that eDonkey would join the legal download market. It seems like this is the road to be taken by commercial clients, which will continue to fall or be taken out by litigation. eDonkey have now paid the RIAA $30 million USD to avoid litigation. Read more…