[Linux-aus] FW: Two entertaining .... copyright statements at the end are pretty funny also :-)

[Anthony Hornby]

Didn't notice them before.

Pretty ironic stuff ... they should have released them under Creative
Commons licences with attribute only required.

Regards Anthony.

Mr Anthony Hornby
Associate Director, Resources and Technology
Library and Information Access
Charles Darwin University (CRICOS 300K)
Phone: +61 8 8946 6011
Email: anthony.hornby at cdu.edu.au.no-spam
(remove the .no-spam)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-aus-admin at lists.linux.org.au
> [mailto:linux-aus-admin at lists.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of
> Anthony Hornby
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:15 AM
> To: darlug at darlug.org; linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au
> Subject: [Linux-aus] FW: Two entertaining & informative
> videos on the future of technology. Broadcast Flag, DMCA,
> Trusted Computing and Open software.
>
>  Hi,
> These are a couple of entertaining & informative video clips:
> 1) on how big media companies are trying to limit your
> freedom to use and access any content they produce, control
> your PC and subvert your freedoms.
> 2) how open software contributes to and is part of a free society
>
> This is not just for IT geeks - these things affect everyone.
>
> Cory Doctorow on Broadcast Flag, DMCA, Trusted Computing
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
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> From Redhat magazine:
> http://www.redhat.com/magazine/020jun06/features/video_doctorow
> Cory Doctorow, co-editor of popular blog BoingBoing, EFF
> Fellow, and award-winning science fiction author, discusses
> the circular nature of advancement and restriction in visual
> art, literature, radio, television, and music. Learn about
> digital rights management technologies like Broadcast Flag,
> DMCA, Trusted Computing, and the companies we know and love
> who are behind this crippleware. Doctorow gleefully
> illustrates how they threaten consumer choice and have
> throughout history, and what you can--and should--do about it.
>
>
> Eben Moglen issues a call-to-action to keep freedom safe in a
> time when innovation is threatened.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------------
> From Redhat magazine:
> http://www.redhat.com/magazine/020jun06/features/video_moglen
> Eben Moglen, the Founding Director of the Software Freedom
> Law Center and a professor of law at Columbia Law School,
> issues a call-to-action to keep freedom safe in a time when
> innovation is threatened. Class is in session as Moglen gives
> us an insightful history lesson, incorporating Ralph Waldo
> Emerson and the concept of Yankee ingenuity to illustrate the
> importance of the open source revolution. We tip our cowboy
> hats to Mr. Moglen, because this is one helluva smart guy.
>
> Hope people find them as interesting (and fun) as I did.
> None of it is particularly new ground but it is presented well.
>
> Regards Anthony.
>
> Mr Anthony Hornby
> Associate Director, Resources and Technology Library and
> Information Access Charles Darwin University (CRICOS 300K)
> Phone: +61 8 8946 6011
> Email: anthony.hornby at cdu.edu.au.no-spam (remove the .no-spam)
>
>
>


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