[Bradford] Stallman speaking in Sheffield

[nick at ngrsoftware.co.uk]

I have booked.

I will most likely travelling down by train.

Cheers, Nick

On 19 January 2011 13:37, Alice Kaerast <kaerast at computergentle.com> wrote:
> Richard Stallman, founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation
> will be speaking in Sheffield on March 5th on Copyright vs Community in
> the Age of Computer Networks.
>
> "Copyright developed in the age of the printing press and was designed
> to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by this
> technology. 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."
>
> It should be a really good talk and is completely free of charge,
> sponsored by BCS and Sheffield Hallam University.
>
> Tickets are available from
> http://localevents.theiet.org/register.php?event=c0ef7e
>
> --
> Alice Kaerast
> Catalyst for Collaboration
>
>
>
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