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Two excellent pieces of writing 0
Now that I’ve hung up my hat at the Open Rights Group, I actually have time to read stuff for pleasure again. And it has been with great pleasure that I’ve read the two pieces listed below. Sometimes it doesn’t matter what you’re writing about – the quality of your prose sings through. In the [...]
Categories: business, censorship, copyright, freeculture, law, media, networks, open source, politics
Why you shouldn’t use BT business 0
My new office use BT for their ADSL. We had a problem with mail disappearing between people in the office. So I emailed BT and asked them what was happening. Before they would help, they needed three emails in the last 72 hours that had disappeared.
I provided three emails satisfying this criteria. [...]
Last month’s penis 0
A few weeks ago, I was having tea and cakes with a friend, talking about the usual stuff – Second Life, DRM, the BBC’s iPlayer. Together we came up with a rather implausible train of thought, which said friend dared me to turn into a piece for my New Statesman column. I think it’s turned [...]
Categories: business, copyright, law, media, newstatesman
Worldwide Royalty Map 2
Our conference packs here in Buenos Aires included a map I had not seen before – showing the distribution of royalty fees paid in 2002. From the site, creator, Worldmapper:
Over half (53%) of the value of all royalty and license fees paid in 2002 were received in one territory: the United States. Large proportions of [...]
Categories: business, copyright, development, freeculture
Busy, busy 0
Yesterday was my first day working with the Open Rights Group. It’s going to take me a while to gain pace with the rest of the team, and the bevvy of projects they’re working on both in terms of campaigns (e-voting, more IP stuff, and the European Television without Frontiers legislation are all under the [...]
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Radio 4 does Open Source 1
Like many Brits, the BBC’s Radio 4 holds a very special place in my heart. After two weeks away from home, I was craving two things – a cup of tea made without UHT milk, and the mellow sound of received pronunciation washing over me from the wireless on my bedside.
Imagine my surprise, then, when [...]
Categories: business, freeculture, media
Andrew Gowers interviewed 0
My interview with Andrew Gowers has gone up on openDemocracy.
“‘Look at the debates that there have been on intellectual property since the arrival of the internet. They have been loud and shallow. They have been between people who say everything’s free and you shouldn’t pay for [...]
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Recording industry goes into overdrive 1
As predicted, those who want the copyright terms in sound recordings extended are making a huge amount of noise this week. They’re explicit about their hope – that government will ignore the recommendations of an independent review that has taken nearly a year to complete, and give them what they think they want anyway.
If politicians [...]
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Gowers infodrip: don’t extend term 0
Ahead of its official launch after next week’s pre-budget speech (12.30, Wednesday 6 December, economy fans) the BBC is reporting that the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property will recommend that copyright terms on sound recordings should not be extended.
Boingboing may be reporting this as a victory, but the battle isn’t over yet. The government will [...]
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