open...
open source, open genomics, open creation
05 October 2011
New UK Banknote Celebrates James Watt, Patent Bully and Monopolist
›
As do many nations, England likes to put images of its great and good on banknotes. In a somewhat quixotic attempt to stem the decline of ...
04 October 2011
Brazil Drafts An 'Anti-ACTA': A Civil Rights-Based Framework For The Internet
›
One of the striking features of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is that it is mainly being signed by Western/“developed” countries...
German Politician Who Wanted Two-Strike Copyright Law Should Disconnect Himself After Multiple Infringements Found
›
One of the most noticeable trends in copyright law around the world is the way countries tend to adopt similar approaches. So after the &...
03 October 2011
Well, I Do Declare: Washington and Open Government Declarations
›
There seems to be something in the air (maybe it's the crazy weather): everyone is making “declarations”. On Open Enterprise blog .
Microsoft-Samsung Licensing Deal Tells Us Nothing About The Facts, Just About The FUD
›
As Bessen and Meurer's book "Patent Failure" points out, one of the biggest problems with software patents is their lack o...
2 comments:
01 October 2011
Registry of Interests
›
This is a list of my main sources of income, and of any other work-related benefits, as of 1 October 2011. I will update thi...
2 comments:
Dishing the Dirt on Me and Techdirt
›
I'm sure all my readers know about Techdirt : Started in 1997 by Floor64 founder Mike Masnick and then growing into a group blog...
7 comments:
28 September 2011
Openness: An Open Question
›
Last week I went along to OpenForum Europe , where I had been invited to give a short talk as part of a panel on “Tackling “Societal Chal...
27 September 2011
Why It's Time to Party Like It's 2011
›
The Pirate Party has hovered on the edge of politics for a while now, acting as a kind of gadfly to traditional parties - annoying but not...
2 comments:
23 September 2011
OSS Please!
›
It has been a recurrent theme of these pages that the UK government is miles behind other administrations when it comes to adopting open s...
5 comments:
21 September 2011
The True Cost of the Patent Trolls: Half a Trillion Dollars
›
I've written a number of pieces about the inherent flaws of patents, especially in the field of software. Those are mostly to do with...
19 September 2011
Making Open Data Real: A Response
›
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the “ Making Data Real ”consultation, promising to post my response. I have to admit that replying ...
2 comments:
13 September 2011
Copyright Theft
›
The ideas that "copyright theft" is widespread, and that people are "stealing" digital content from creators, are favour...
2 comments:
Do We Need a Covenant for Open Source Businesses?
›
It's no secret that businesses built around open source tend to favour one model in particular - that involving dual licensing. The ...
12 September 2011
UK Government: Open Standards Must be RF, not FRAND
›
As regular readers of this column will know, one of the key issues for open source - and openness in general - is what is meant by open s...
09 September 2011
Help Stop the Blind Being Kicked in the Teeth Again
›
I frequently cover the subject of copyright on this blog because increasingly it is impacting the lives of readers, both as individuals a...
1 comment:
08 September 2011
Michael Hart (1947 - 2011): Prophet of Abundance
›
I've never written an obituary before in these pages. Happily, that's because the people who are driving the new wave of openness...
07 September 2011
Democratising OpenCourseWare
›
OpenCourseWare - putting texts and videos of educational lectures online for anyone to download, use and often build on - is a great idea. ...
2 comments:
06 September 2011
Now That's What I call (21st-Century) Music
›
Thanks to the good offices of @nzJayZee , I have just been sent to this musician's rather heartwarming Web site , wherein he says the f...
05 September 2011
The Great Copyright Conspiracy Laid Bare
›
My last post might have seemed slightly over the top - and indeed was meant to be. After all, it's not as if the US really wants to sub...
6 comments:
Europeans Care About Civil Liberties: US Shocked
›
The leaked US cables will clearly provide a rich vein to be mined for many months to come. I don't really have the time to go digging d...
8 comments:
The Origins of Europe's Suicidal Copyright Policies
›
One of the most important recent pieces of research to appear in the field of copyright and its enforcement was " Media Piracy in Emerg...
1 comment:
02 September 2011
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, Monopoly
›
Just when you think that Sarkozy can't get any worse, he does : Le ministère des affaires étrangères a fait savoir que la France ne so...
14 comments:
01 September 2011
Open Data: Help "Make it Real"
›
As I indicated yesterday, I have serious doubts about the UK government's policy on copyright. But while that has been something of a di...
Cents of Entitlement
›
The "copyright levy" - typically a charge levied on blank recording media such as audio tapes, CDs and DVDs - is a total anachroni...
‹
›
Home
View web version