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OSI Asks German FCO to Look Into the Proposed Patent Deal & You Can Too Groklaw has some useful extra information that helps cast light on the dynamics of the Novell patent sale. Dilma announces new Brazilian minister of culture – and the end of the copyright reform? I’ve been watching the impressive progress that [...]
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Just before Christmas we saw the Spanish Parliament reject yet another attempt to introduce laws in Europe restricting Internet freedoms. There have been a rush of them this year, popping up in country after country, each national government calmly pretending it was their idea and they thought of it unaided and they think it’s a [...]
It really is time Imogen Heap released an album of B-Sides And Rarities. There’s some really good stuff out there uncollected on any album of hers. I’m maintaining a track listing for the album I’d like to buy, just in case she needs any help – I’d welcome pointers to your favourite tracks I’ve missed [...]
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The Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors announced today that it has taken the unprecedented step of referring the proposed sale of Novell’s patents to the CPTN consortium (led by Microsoft and allegedly including EMC, Apple and Oracle – unlikely bedfellows) to the German competition authorities. Continue reading over at ComputerWorldUK…
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The DMCA Re-Fanged: Courts Now At Odds Over Copyright Protection for Software Security Devices Bad news here about the DMCA in America being given unwanted and unwarranted further reach, allowing corporations to control their markets – and their customers – more than ever. Also slightly unsettling that the report is from the perspective of a [...]
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What crime do you have to commit where you live to be forbidden to walk on the streets? Removal of basic rights is a matter of criminal not civil law so moves to make “internet bans” easy are an unacceptable expansion into criminal law for something that was never even meant to affect ordinary citizens [...]
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The first truly honest privacy policy Whenever you see any claim to be respecting your privacy, this is what they actually mean. Grow revenues before seeking VC funding This is exactly the view I have taken so far. It’s been very interesting how many customers have told me that they prefer and trust a self-funded [...]
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Cory Doctorow – With a Little Help – Audiobook As well as being a fellow digital rights activist, Cory Doctorow is one of my favourite authors and an entrepreneur too. His latest book, “With A Little Help”, is self-published and he’s trying every approach possible to make it succeed in the ways we’re both advocating [...]
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WPHNA World Public Health Nutrition Association Very interesting article (series of articles really) that asserts that the whole concept of using a “food pyramid” to direct nutrition is bad. Excellent proposal at the end. Banks and WikiLeaks – NYTimes.com “The fact of the matter is that banks are not like any other business. They run [...]
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