Lawrence Lessig (above) was undoubtedly the star speaker at
The Politics of Code conference yesterday. His presentation was certainly the zippiest one and I particularly liked the diagram pictured above that shows simply how laws designed to protect copyright against violation (outer circle) by protecting copyright protective code (middle circle) can block access to copyright material even when existing copyright law (inner red circle) allows fair use access.
It was encouraging to hear that he believes that due in part to meetings like this one the public in the UK, US and elsewhere are slowly starting to grapple seriously with the issues though he told me that there is nobody he could name who has produced what he feels is a good theoretical alternative to the current regulatory messes…union amoco creditmortgage accreditedaccredited online degreeacceptance agricreditcredit addison avenue unionadelphia creditorunion credit federal alloyfederal union aea credit Map
Lawrence receipt this saturday the FreeSoftware award at Fosdem.
Comment by Moosh — 10 February 2003 @ 7:19 pm