William Gibson writes in his excellent novel Pattern Recognition that jet-lag happens because your soul is catching-up with you. Mine must be somewhere over Ukraine. The first day of the Unlocking IP conference has finished, and it has been an excellent first day, perhaps with the exception of one paper Read more…
I’m off to the land of boomerangs, koalas, kangaroos and IP lawyers. I will try to blog from the Unlocking IP conference, wireless permitting as usual.
Is it possible to fill an iPod legitimately? I will ignore the fact that the act of ripping your own CD is still an infringing activity under UK law due to the absence of a private copying exception in copyright law. As reported earlier, the British Phonogram Industry has kindly Read more…
(picture by Attila Kelényi)Comments are now open on the three declarations to come out from the Rio iCommons Summit, you can submit your ideas on the iCommons wiki. The less controversial and (in my opinion) most worthy of the three proposed texts is the Open Access Declaration, which states that Read more…
I have been a fan of The Truth Laid Bear for quite a while, as it measures linkability to generate an accurate picture of the blog ecosystem. Having been an Insignificant Microbe for a while, I am now delighted that for the first time I have achieved Lowly Insect status. Read more…
Microsoft has been having a very busy time at the courts and with regulators. The first item comes from Europe, where they have been trying to comply with the European Commission’s competition enforcement. They are supposed to provide the Commission with documentation and protocols from their server division, and if Read more…
All the pictures I took from the iCommons summit were from my trusty mobile phone, as my camera was stolen in another conference. Here are some of my favourites: ¿Cerveza gratis o cerveza libre? grumble….grumble…collecting societies…Australia…Bloody Italians! Is that picture on an open format? I’m going to finish in the Read more…
For those who think that software patents are not a threat to open source, read this interesting article on Patently-O about a patent suit against RedHat. The dispute is generated by US Patent 6,101,502, a patent for an ” Object model mapping and runtime engine for employing relational database with Read more…
The iCommons summit was an incredible event, but I wanted to point out something that kept bothering me in a couple of sessions, particularly the panel about the international role of Creative Commons. I am perfectly aware that the lack of specialised knowledge of intellectual property from representatives of developing Read more…
We are almost done, the last session is upon us. There are three declarations that will be distributed (and hopefully signed on). I will read them in detail and blog about them later on. All I have to say is that this has been ana amazing meeting, full of energy Read more…