Not sure if its coincidence, but just noting that this is a few days after Software Freedom Day on 21 September.
Daniel. On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 14:39:32 +1000 Patrick Sunter <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ben - looks like the speakers they've got lined up might manage a > reasonably interesting debate. I've just booked to go along. > > Sounds like you should start an Aus pirate party Ben if you're going to use > the scare quotes around all possible uses of the word ;) > > cheers, Pat S. > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Ben Finney <[email protected] > > wrote: > > > Howdy all, > > > > The Wheeler Centre is organising an IQ² Debate with a topic related to > > free culture, that of copyright and the misnomer “piracy” for copyright > > infringement. > > > > The digital revolution is counter-intuitive to copyright. > > Technological change is moving too fast for adequate laws to be > > implemented – and for affected industries to keep pace. > > > > With such open access to information these days, how do we know > > where one person’s work ends and another begins? Is the very idea of > > intellectual property becoming a nonsense – or is it too important > > to give up on, for the continuing functioning of the arts and the > > sciences? And – the million-dollar question – how can we ensure > > creativity continues to pay? > > > > Our speakers will consider the obstacles and opportunities ahead. > > > > <URL: > > http://wheelercentre.com/events/event/copyright-is-dead-long-live-the-pirates/ > > > > > > > -- > > \ “He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his | > > `\ enemy from oppression.” —Thomas Paine | > > _o__) | > > Ben Finney > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Free-software-melb mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > > > > > Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-melb mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > > Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ -- [email protected] <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
