Psst.. Check PGCanada on Canada Day
Take a look at Project Gutenberg Canada on this upcoming Canada Day, that’s July 1st.
Archive for 'intellectual property'
Quick reference on what licenses mix
Update July 23th 2007: The final copy of the reference is out. David Wheeler has recently written a slide on what popular FLOSS licenses mix and how. It includes the latest draft of GPL3. He’s posted it to his blog and he’s looking for comments. It doesn’t pack much depth into its one page but [...]
“This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Canadian House of Commons”
I think it’s about time to say how much progress I’ve made while trying to post House of Commons video to YouTube. Well, I’ve made no progress. I did not receive the questionnaire that was supposed to be mailed to me. I didn’t call back as this week as I’ve got three deliverables due Friday [...]
Inching along the road to getting clips from Commons
I was surprised that the number I was given rang through to a person rather than a machine, and she picked up on the first ring! I mentioned I wanted to republish a clip of a question period. She asked me something about who I represent, but I’m not sure if she asked me if I were a broadcasting company or a news agency. I replied, “No, I’m just a person, and I want to post clips on YouTube.†It sounds like there was no standard answer to that. I’ll be sent a questionnaire.
Did you tape CPAC for me? Why are you laughing?
Recently I tried to understand how easy it would be to hit archives of the House of Commons to get clips of bill readings or debates. I thought it’d be useful for any writeups I do, I could add soundbites and a face to the bill. I can’t think of any small blogs that do [...]
Limiters aren’t enablers in cars or media
Looks like HBO’s chief technology officer wants to call DRM by another name. Digital Consumer Enablement. How counter-intuitive is it to call a system meant to impede things “enablement”? Some sports cars can’t go onto the market without a limiter. Notice how it’s still called a limiter and not an enabler. Digital Consumer Enablement, would [...]
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