Future of Intellectual Protectionism and not much Innovation Policy
I read all of the pieces selected for a „Future of copyright” anthology resulting from a contest run by the Modern Poland Foundation (apparently the winner of a small cash prize will be announced...
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Realize Document Freedom Day
Open formats and open standards are excellent causes, but without free/open source software implementations and widespread adoption thereof, the causes are uphill battles, at best. So I’m appalled that...
View ArticleWhy DRM in HTML5 and what to do about it
Kẏra writes Don’t let the myths fool you: the W3C’s plan for DRM in HTML5 is a betrayal to all Web users. Agreed, but what to do about it? In the short term, the solution is to convince W3C that moving...
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A “kill hollyweb” plan
May 3 is the Day Against DRM (Digital Restrictions Management). Please sign the petition against DRM in the HTML5 standard. Then come back and read this post. Recently I wrote in Why DRM in HTML5 and...
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Flow ∨ incentive 2013 anthology winner
The Futureof Copyright 2.0 contest has a winner, published with 8 other top entries. Read the anthology PDF/EPUB/MOBI ebook, listen to an audiobook version created by me reading each entry (for the...
View ArticlePro-DRM stories
Microsoft Thinks DRM Can Solve the Privacy Problem: Under the model imagined by Mundie, applications and services that wanted to make use of sensitive data, such as a person’s genome sequence or...
View Article5 fantasy Internet Archive announcements
Speaking of public benefit spaces on the internet, tonight the Internet Archive is having its annual celebration and announcements event. It’s a top contender for the long-term most important site on...
View Article[Semi]Commons Coordinations & Copyright Choices 4.0
CC0 is superior to any of the Creative Commons (CC) 4.0 licenses, because CC0 represents a superior policy (public domain). But if you’re unable or unwilling to upgrade to CC0, the CC 4.0 licenses are...
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The framing is wrong, harmful, and anti-democratic
Luis Villa’s points are so well put that I just had to copy and blog immediately. The specific context is not needed for the points are apropos to nearly all contemporary info policy discourse — recall...
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copyleft.org
Last month the Free Software Foundation and Software Freedom Conservancy launched copyleft.org, “a collaborative project to create and disseminate useful information, tutorial material, and new policy...
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