Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[strypes <strypey AT riseup.net>]

Kia ora koutou ko Paul

(cc'ing to the Indymedia, and to the Greens who have incomplete info 
about the tour on their website, and others - FYI)

Considering Stallman will be speaking about copyright in the digital 
age, I think it's quite relevant to the purpose of this list. It turns 
out Stallman is doing a tour of the country, giving talks in a number of 
centres and institutions. There are still a number of gaps in his 
itinerary, mainly in Te Wai Pounamu, where Canterbury uni is the only 
talk listed. So if you'd like to host a talk or meeting during those 
gaps, here is the tour itinerary, and contacts for the organizers:
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~corwin/rms08.html

Please spread this news far and wide. As well as hearing from one of the 
pioneers of Free Software, these meetings will be a good opportunity for 
free culture types around Aotearoa to come together and network. For 
those of us keen to promote CC ANZ licensing, it will be a chance to 
meet people who are likely to be early adopters or supporters of our 
educational efforts. Having some leaflets to hand out at the meetings, 
maybe even info stalls if anyone is feeling really motivated, would be 
fantastic.

(warning: blatant self-promotion follows ;)
The ownership of and access to information in various forms has huge 
implications for our lives in the 21st century. For a discussion on the 
parallels in the way privatization of information affects the seemingly 
disparate fields of software and food, check out my essay 'Freedom to 
Know or Freedom to Own?':
http://strypey.orconhosting.net.nz/garden/freedomtoknow.html

RnB
Strypes

Paul Murrell wrote:
> Hi
>
> Final details for Stallman's talk below (apologies if this has ceased to
> be the correct forum for discussing this topic).
>
> Paul
>
> p.s.  I've asked the main organiser about recording/webcasting, but not
> word yet on whether this will happen.
>
>
> Speaker: Richard Stallman
> Topic: The interaction between copyright and digital rights management.
> Location: Conference Center
> Date: 8 August 2008
> Time: 11am - 12:30
>
> Abstract:
>      Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was
>      designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed
>      by the printing press.  But the copyright system does not fit well
>      with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can
>      enforce it.
>
>      The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying
>      for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers,
>      while suppressing public access to technology.  But if we
>      seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of
>      copyright--to promote progress, for the benefit of the
>      public--then we must make changes in the other direction.
>
>
>
> Pam McKinlay wrote:
> > Double cheers to that.
> >
> > Pam McKinlay
> > Otago School of Art
> > Dunedin
> >
> > > > > "Leigh Blackall" <leighblackall AT gmail.com> 07/17/08 5:59 PM >>>
> > Thanks Paul. I hope you will webcast it. Ustream.tv seems like the easiest
> > and most reliable free webcasting service.
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Paul Murrell <p.murrell AT auckland.ac.nz>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > An update:
> > >
> > > RMS will be talking at Auckland Uni campus on Aug 8
> > > (at the Conference Centre, 22 Symonds St, number 423 on the map at
> > > http://www.sges.auckland.ac.nz/public/maps/city.pdf)
> > > sometime in the middle of the day-ish.  (Exact time to follow.)
> > >
> > > The suggested topic of the talk was "the interaction between copyright
> > > and digital rights management".  (Exact title to follow.)
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> > > Paul Murrell wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > In case anyone is interested (and has not heard yet), Richard Stallman
> > > > will be visiting NZ in August.
> > > >
> > > > The word is that he will be in Auckland Aug 7-8-ish and we want to set
> > > > up a talk at Auckland Uni, so, again if anyone is interested,
> > > > suggestions for preferred talks are welcome (out of:  free software,
> > > > copyright, software patents, GPL 3).
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > > --
> > > Dr Paul Murrell
> > > Department of Statistics
> > > The University of Auckland
> > > Private Bag 92019
> > > Auckland
> > > New Zealand
> > > 64 9 3737599 x85392
> > > paul AT stat.auckland.ac.nz
> > > http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/<http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/%7Epaul/>
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