While we have these endless conversations about the new law which is currently debated in the french parlement, it sometimes helps to look what other people say on the subject. Larry Lessig, a founding board member of Creative Commons offers a great speech on the subject at TED last year.
His proposal (not surprinsingly) is to apply Creative Commons licensing schemes to artistic content. The history and examples are quite telling and that may be a god route to go. Just curious about how artists in my country would feel with their work treated like software. Some transcript included. Read the rest of this entry »
Ha(pu)dopi
April 10, 2009
Non pas pour partager le triomphe bien triste des opposants à la loi. Mais pour continuer dans la démagogie sur le sujet : un lobbying de professionnels de cinéma contre la loi Hadopi sous pretexte qu’il s’agit d’une loi “démagogique” et qui se plaint qu’il n’existe de “plateforme unifiée de téléchargement des œuvres à prix accessibles et sans DRM“. Read the rest of this entry »



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