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…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I’m in the beautiful Lake Como in Italy for the Second Open Source Systems conference. Some very interesting papers already, and more to come. I will be highlighting some of the best in the next days.
The programme for the Unlocking IP Conference is now available online. This event will take place on Monday 10 – Tuesday 11 July 2006 at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. The programme looks quite impressive: Michael Geist, Brian Fitzgerald, Peter Drahos, Graham Greenleaf, Kathy Bowrey, Kimberlee Weatherall, Nic Read more…
The site for the VI Computer Law World Conference has been updated. The registration is now open, and there is a list of accepted papers, some accomodation information and other assorted goodies. Come to Edinburgh this September and enjoy a top level and truly global conference.