6.29.2004  Under Capricorn  According to an article in Australian IT, Linux Australia will fly Professor Larry Lessig to Canberra to testify against adoption of the pending free trade agreement between Australia and the U.S. The story emphasizes Lessig's opposition to the DMCA and to extending copyright terms. It is not clear why these issues are of such concern to the open source software movement, except, of course, that the Free Culture Movement is very much a seamless web, and sees open source software as a pilot program for open source everything else - as discussed here, here, here, and here. posted by James DeLong : 6/29/2004 02:29:08 PM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   ICAC Panel on the DMCA Inducing Infringement Open Source & Free Riding More on Railroads & Software This Summer's Horror Flick: "It's from the Federal Government, and It's Coming to Help Us" H.R. 107: Continued H.R 107: Further Request for Enlightenment "Shorter patent lives mean shorter lives" Conference Reminder New IP Website from the Centre for a New Europe Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog

	6.29.2004  Under Capricorn  According to an article in Australian IT, Linux Australia will fly Professor Larry Lessig to Canberra to testify against adoption of the pending free trade agreement between Australia and the U.S. The story emphasizes Lessig's opposition to the DMCA and to extending copyright terms. It is not clear why these issues are of such concern to the open source software movement, except, of course, that the Free Culture Movement is very much a seamless web, and sees open source software as a pilot program for open source everything else - as discussed here, here, here, and here. posted by James DeLong : 6/29/2004 02:29:08 PM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   ICAC Panel on the DMCA Inducing Infringement Open Source & Free Riding More on Railroads & Software This Summer's Horror Flick: "It's from the Federal Government, and It's Coming to Help Us" H.R. 107: Continued H.R 107: Further Request for Enlightenment "Shorter patent lives mean shorter lives" Conference Reminder New IP Website from the Centre for a New Europe Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog