The EU ACTA Consultation: European Commission vs. European Parliament In the gentlest possible way considering the reactions of other commentators, Geist points to the “stakeholder meeting” held by the European Commission’s lead ACTA negotiator. It’s clear even from Geist that the meeting was a very bad indicator for the process. In fact, the meeting was [...]
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The broad threats of ACTA Very useful summary indeed, although it lacks a section on the impact on software freedom (which I believe to be significant). Raed this and distribute it widely, it’s the best summary I have yet seen for the general reader. (tags: ACTA Treaty Summary) I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills: [...]
New ACTA Leaks: Criminal Enforcement, Institutional Issues, and International Cooperation New data on ACTA is now arriving daily and we’re beginning to be able to triangulate on the contents of the secret treaty. A key discovery for me that Geist documents here is that it’s actually Europe that is pressing for infringement of copyright to [...]
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Smoking guns, dark secrets aplenty in YouTube-Viacom filings Absolute blockbuster here, with Viacom uncovering exactly the sort of e-mails corporate employees are told not to write and if they do never to retain, and with Google/YouTube accusing Viacom of hypocritically manipulating uploads of their own to shape their own marketplace and frame YouTube. The court [...]
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A list of resources for people finding out about ACTA for the first time. Help me keep it up to date.
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Links and opinions on Wikipedia, patents, IBM, electioneering and ACTA.
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A small and unscientific exploration of OSS license use Carlo’s useful first attempt to use the available data to try to discern the effects of choice of license on open source projects. Of course, what we really need is a multi-factor scorecard rather than this license fixation, but it’s the best we have right now. [...]
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