Comments on: Just When I Thought I Was Plugged In… http://tully.ca/blog/2008/01/11/just-when-i-thought-i-was-plugged-in/ Challenging that which you thought to be true. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:03:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: links for 2008-01-12 « Arteliance http://tully.ca/blog/2008/01/11/just-when-i-thought-i-was-plugged-in/comment-page-1/#comment-75220 links for 2008-01-12 « Arteliance Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:53:31 +0000 http://tully.ca/blog/?p=377#comment-75220 [...] Just When I Thought I Was Plugged In… Instead, the government was about to choose locks over learning, property over privacy, enforcement over education, (law)suits over security, lobbyists over librarians, and U.S. policy over a “Canadian-made” solution.” (tags: Canada community activism) [...] [...] Just When I Thought I Was Plugged In… Instead, the government was about to choose locks over learning, property over privacy, enforcement over education, (law)suits over security, lobbyists over librarians, and U.S. policy over a “Canadian-made” solution.” (tags: Canada community activism) [...]

]]> By: Copyright | un|we|sen http://tully.ca/blog/2008/01/11/just-when-i-thought-i-was-plugged-in/comment-page-1/#comment-567 Copyright | un|we|sen Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:55:17 +0000 http://tully.ca/blog/?p=377#comment-567 [...] Reading on William Tully’s blog about Canadian copyright law changes in the making, I felt that maybe one of the discussions I had time and again with some friends1 might make for a good topic. It also ties in well with some of my recent posts here. [...] [...] Reading on William Tully’s blog about Canadian copyright law changes in the making, I felt that maybe one of the discussions I had time and again with some friends1 might make for a good topic. It also ties in well with some of my recent posts here. [...]

]]> By: William Tully http://tully.ca/blog/2008/01/11/just-when-i-thought-i-was-plugged-in/comment-page-1/#comment-568 William Tully Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:44:22 +0000 http://tully.ca/blog/?p=377#comment-568 I really don't think it matters which country you're in simply because they're all trying to make sense of things still. On one side of the argument there are those creating the "stuff" for profit and would like to protect their work. Yet on the other hand, sorry, the world is changing. I appreciate the fact that there is no simple solution, yet I can't figure out why the governments are allowing themselves to be pushed off the cliff, knowing that there is going to be a huge uproar and backlash.. I really don’t think it matters which country you’re in simply because they’re all trying to make sense of things still.

On one side of the argument there are those creating the “stuff” for profit and would like to protect their work. Yet on the other hand, sorry, the world is changing.

I appreciate the fact that there is no simple solution, yet I can’t figure out why the governments are allowing themselves to be pushed off the cliff, knowing that there is going to be a huge uproar and backlash..

]]> By: unwesen http://tully.ca/blog/2008/01/11/just-when-i-thought-i-was-plugged-in/comment-page-1/#comment-566 unwesen Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:31:31 +0000 http://tully.ca/blog/?p=377#comment-566 That issue is being discussed in Europe (i.e. European Union, that's the part I'm affected by) as well (see http://copycrime.org/). Also under discussion is an extension of patent law which would make many software patents possible which, so far, aren't valid in Europe. These laws have already proven to be disastrous when passed in the US, so why do people insist on doing something similar here in Europe? (http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/) Not sure why I'm posting this, to be honest, since few of your readers are likely to be European, but there you go :) That issue is being discussed in Europe (i.e. European Union, that’s the part I’m affected by) as well (see http://copycrime.org/).

Also under discussion is an extension of patent law which would make many software patents possible which, so far, aren’t valid in Europe. These laws have already proven to be disastrous when passed in the US, so why do people insist on doing something similar here in Europe? (http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/)

Not sure why I’m posting this, to be honest, since few of your readers are likely to be European, but there you go :)

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