machine-envy

It’s the second convention of the Copyfighters Drunken Brunch and Talking Shop this weekend. Catch us at Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, London, at around two o’clock on Sunday (27th). What will be the hot topics this month? Well, I wouldn’t be surprised if WIPO’s decision to exclude copyright reform groups from the upcoming talks on the Development Agenda in Geneva doesn’t get some attention.

Okay - so I read boingboing, big deal, I’m sure you do too. But I’ve just come across another brilliant story, this time about my MP Brian Sedgemore (who looks a bit like the BFG). This man, whose historic performance reflects the fact he holds one of the safest Labour seats in Britain, delivered a cracking speech against anti-terror legislation yesterday. James faxed him last month just before the third reading on ID cards. Sedgemore replied with a load of backup material, including a response from the Home Office, which, he confided, “is all pretty depressing”.