Tag Archives: Church of IPR

When doing good does bad

I am a fan of critical analysis and thinking, of going beyond and below superficial appearances and "what everybody knows." And in some cases, such articles dare to be questioning what most people take for granted based on nothing but … Continue reading

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IPI to the rescue of Microsoft… NOT!

Many of you will already know our good friend Mr Thomas Giovanetti of the of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) from the WIPO reports of Karsten Gerloff ( "WIPO is not about creativity", "Free Software commies", "Lawrence Lessig is … Continue reading

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Can Blizzards be struck by lightning?

Usually I never find time to play games anymore; most of my conscious time is spent working for Free Software and related issues. The rest of my time generally goes to reading, riding my motorcycle or doing Aikido. Also I … Continue reading

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Braindead patent?

During the struggle against software patents, many people used the example of plotlines and concrete stories to demonstrate the difference between patents (= plotlines) and copyright (=the actual story). Like the "imagine Beethoven had gotten a monopoly on ‘musical pieces … Continue reading

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IPRED2: have a nice time – in jail!

Apparently a Dutch court sentenced a man to six months in prison for violation of laws for handling counterfeit goods. His crime? He wore a fake Rolex: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1587840.html?menu=news.quirkies.strangecrime Please note that he did not produce or sell a fake rolex. … Continue reading

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Will Microsoft support the development agenda at WIPO?

Jonathan Murray, Microsoft’s CTO for the EMEA region felt compelled to comment on our recent announcement of the GPLv3 revision process for 2006. Naturally, I was interested to see what he had to say. Unfortunately he only seemed to go … Continue reading

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Catching up…

Alright, just trying to catch up a little bit on what happened during the past weeks. As you may have seen in the FSFE newsletter, just after our first Freedom Party, I have been visiting Boston, seizing the chance to … Continue reading

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