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IT World Conference next week
This is the last week of registration for the VI Computer Law World Conference. If you’re anywhere near Edinburgh, be sure to drop by and join us in this event.
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iCommons Summit 2007 announced
The place and dates for the 2007 edition of the iCommons summit has been announced. This edition of the summit will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, between 15-17 June 2007.
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Computer Law Conference programme published
We have published the draft programme for the VI Computer Law World Conference, which will take place from Wednesday 6th – Friday 8th September 2006. The programme is looking extremely good (if I may say so myself), so get going and register as soon as you can! (llamas not included). Read more…
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Jet-lagged in Sydney
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…
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Summit winding down
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…
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First day impressions
(picture courtesy of Ariel Vercelli)I’m still here after the first day, a bit worse for wear from jet-lag and a dodgy stomach, but still going. So many different highlights to the first day! Perhaps I should just paint a picture of what the place feels like. As I mentioned yesterday, Read more…
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Summit begins with a bang
Opening Session: Very good opening session. The highlights for me were Joi Ito, who has been speaking on the many different technical things in which we can make sure that Creative Commons works from a business perspective. Gilberto Gil has amazed the audience with a pasionate speech about the importance Read more…
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Brazil, Brazil
I will be away to Rio de Janeiro to attend the second Creative Commons summit, or more accurately, the iCommons summit, as it is actually an international gathering to discuss the Creative Commons movement, and what a gathering it promises to be! As with last year’s gathering in Harvard, I Read more…
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OSS Conference 2nd day
Some interesting papers from the 2nd day: – Institutional Entrepreneurs and the Bricolage of Intellectual Property DiscoursesAnn Westenholz – Open Source and e-JusticeCuno Tarfusser Unfortunately the papers are not available online, which is rather strange from an “open” conference. Why not release them under Creative Commons? I am participating in Read more…
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OSS conference highlights
Some very good papers at the conference, I’ve been enjoying the excellent scholarship on offer, although practically none of it is legal. Interdisciplinary conferences can be tiring and challenging, but you are always open to an entirely different way of thinking. Some papers I’ve particularly enjoyed: – Evolution of Open Read more…