I am at the OSS 2005 Conference in Genova, Italy. Internet connection is a bit sketchy, so I will not be able to blog this fully. I don’t see any other lawyers present, so I am getting a bit nervous. I am going to be presenting this paper, which is Read more…
What an amazing day yesterday. This is actually related to Technology Law, as some of the solutions to the problems of poverty can be found with technology and with policy solutions, particularly with regards to IP protection of technology and the access to knowledge in developing countries. This is my Read more…
Interesting new set of licences from some of the people at Loca Records. I like seeing new licences and ways of thinking, so congratulations to the drafters. I do have some problems with the licences though. The licence is described as “non-legal licenses that will operate in the shared space Read more…
A man in Utah knows who is to blame for all the evils of this world. It’s not Osama Bin Laden, it’s not North Korea, it’s not even George W. Bush. The blame lies at the feet of the open source movement. Yes, those evil people at Groklaw, Slashdot and Read more…
(via David M. Berry). This is a report on OSS by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, which is charged with offering a balanced view on key policy issues. The report is well-balanced and measured, and it comes out very strongly in favour of open source, and it even Read more…
So, I come back to the UK and the biggest decision in Cyberlaw in recent years has finally taken place. It was expected that the U.S. Supreme Court would produce a negative ruling against P2P manufacturers, and if one reads the press, this would seem to be the case. However, Read more…
The end of the conference is a discussion asking three questions: How communicate? How decide? Who will report? The answers are at the heart of the future of international Creative Commons. The success of the movement so far has been due to the energy and belief of a number of Read more…
What is Digital Rights Management? This may seem like a rather straightofward question as there is quite a lot of information already on what is a digital rights management. Yet, maybe there is not. There are many people who equate DRM with restrictive technical protection measures, yet this is inaccurate. Read more…
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 possible application of FLOSS ideals into the scientific domain has Read more…