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Free Software & law related links 30. IV. 2011 – 06. V. 2011

Free Software Business¶

Ubuntu CTO, Matt Zimmerman is leaving Canonical.

  • Canonical Blog: Matt Zimmerman leaving Canonical

Red Hat launches a new PaaS called OpenShift.

  • the Inquirer: Red Hat launches Openshift 'platform as a service'
  • RedMonk: Deconstructing Red Hat’s OpenShift: The Q&A;

Oracle has subpoenaed the Apache Software Foundation to produce documents relating to Apache Harmony in Google's Android operating system.

  • Apache Software Foundation Blog: The Apache Software Foundation Subpoenaed to Produce Documents in Oracle America vs. Google
  • the Inquirer: Oracle subpoenaes Apache dealings with Google

After Attachmate's acquisition of Novell, the questions arise what will happen to Mono and more importantly what will happen to SUSE?

  • ZDnet: Is Mono dead? Is Novell dying?
  • ComputerWorld UK: Who Should Buy SuSE Linux?

Software Patents¶

TechRights: Eben Moglen Explains Why Software Patents Should Not Exist

Open…: Do the Maths

TechDirt: How One Startup Used Patents To Kill A (Better) Competitor

Groklaw: Oracle Ordered to Reduce Claims Against Google From 132 to 3

Groklaw: Prior Art, Anyone? Anyone? Barnes & Noble? Google? Motorola?

TechDirt: Woz Completely Changes Tune On Patent Trolling From Just Months Ago

Ars Technica: Long-running TiVo patent battle settled for $500 million

the Inquirer: Oracle might have to toss 129 patent infringement claims in Google lawsuit

Ars Technica: Samsung continues barrage against Apple with new lawsuit in the US

Copyright and Other Legal Act Reforms¶

Michael Geist: Wikileaks on New Zealand Copyright: US Funds IP Enforcement, Offers to Draft Legislation

Peru's congress declares access to internet as a funamental right.

  • El Comercio: Congreso declara como derecho fundamental el acceso a Internet [spanish]

FFII criticises EU Comission's reply to the Opinion of European Academics on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement [ACTA] and is not happy at all with it.

  • FFII: The EU Commission lacks basic reading skills

IPtegrity: _Hollywood presses European Parliament to sign ACTA _

Intellectual Property Watch: Trading’s End: Is ACTA The Leading Edge Of A Protectionist Wave?

the Techspoiler: 13 reasons why the Infringing File Sharing Act [of New Zealand] is bad for you by Christopher Wood

Europa.eu: Digital Agenda: Commission and European industry join forces to build the Internet of the Future

TechDirt: Why Is The Obama Administration Putting Billions Of People At Risk With Patent Pressure From The USTR?

Spicy IP: USIBC lobbies extensively with the Indian Govt. for increased IP protection

the Register: [UK] Parliamentary committee suspends intellectual property rights inquiry

Ars Technica: Wikileaks cables reveal US pressuring Canada on IP enforcement

Ars Technica: WikiLeaks: US offered to bankroll New Zealand piracy crackdown

Government and Free Software Policies¶

Campaign4Change: A sign that Cabinet Office reforms will alter behaviour of major IT suppliers

OSOR: 'Open source on the rise in UK schools'

OSOR: EU/GR: Greece becomes the first EU Member State to use Open e-PRIOR

OSOR: IT: Advocacy group re-launches free software awareness-raising campaign for 2011 election candidates

Open Standards¶

More on the WebM Community Cross Licence.

  • CNET: Google's WebM patent pals agree to share

Other interesting links¶

ReadWriteWeb: This Could be Big: Decentralized Web Standard Under Development by W3C

Open…: Moral Bankruptcy of the Copyright Industry

ZDnet: Why You Should Think Twice About Opting-In to the Delicious-AVOS Transfer

On the Media: How to Beat Pirates

First Monday: Community created open source hardware: A case study of "eCars – Now!"

the Telegraph: Music industry takes lead in copyright battle

Righthaven – yet another highly controversial copyright-enforcement company with a dubious business model – is being sued.

  • TechDirt: Unsealed Righthaven Agreement Has Other Judges Questioning Legitimacy Of Righthaven's Lawsuits

  • PaidContent: Righthaven, Hoping To Turn Tide In Court, Hires Top NYC Copyright Lawyer

Technische Fakultät Friderich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürenberg: OSR Group Thesis: Open Source Collaboration Codified (in English)

the Guardian: Why poor countries lead the world in piracy

China Media News: After literature and MP3: Baidu’s encyclopedia accused of copyright infringement in China

TechDirt: Disney Claims It's Copyright Infringement For Dish To Offer Starz To Non-Premium Subscribers

O'Reilly Radar: Does digital text create a cognitive gap?

CNET accused of copyright infringement because of distributing LimeWire – a P2P tool.

  • ZDnet: CNET, CBS hit with piracy lawsuit: Who is to blame for piracy?:
  • Wired: CNET Accused of Copyright Infringement for Distributing LimeWire
  • Ars Technica: CNET sued over LimeWire, blamed for "Internet Piracy Phenomenon"

TechDirt: The Info Law Enforcement Gets When They Subpoena Facebook

TorrentFreak: Piracy Politics Fuel Internet Censorship

Ars Technica: Google faces $50 million lawsuit over Android location tracking

Ars Technica: And the leader in high speed fiber broadband is… Lithuania

Ars Technica: Unhappy Mounties sick of being private copyright cops

Ars Technica: House hearing blasts Sony's "half-hearted, half-baked" hack response

Ars Technica: Mozilla resists US gov't request to nuke "MafiaaFire" add-on

Ars Technica: Novell overturns judgement, WordPerfect antitrust suit against Microsoft is back on

This week in EDRi-gram about EU Comission and ACTA, "Virtual Schengen Border" or "Great Firewall of Europe", etc. etc.

  • EDRi-gram 9.9

hook out → study time :P


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May 6, 2011

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