more fantastic news
An amazing week continues. First it was the victory in the RIAA case. Now news that Norway has acquitted Jon Johansen again. Stay tuned to the channel that has helped make much of this freedom possible -- EFF, and remember, it is the time for giving.
(BTW: I'm a board member at EFF, and my job is supposed to include asking rich people to give lots of money to support EFF. As I hate the possible implicit quid-pro-quo in asking for lots of money, help me Dean-ify fundraising at EFF. Lots of small contributions, soon. Or, alternatively, if you'd like to give big, I guess that's ok too.)
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But the US webcasting industry is pretty much dead, and it's a Windows Media world now, discovered this as I updated my New Years Eve website. Interstingly enough major radio stations in all parts of the world do go on the air with special New Years Eve shows. This is a good way to catch them. Finland however is going to be a last this year, as the music industry has made it probibitive for the national radio station YLE to continue streaming .
We give monthly through an automatic deduction on our Visa.
Philanthropy + airline miles is a good thing!
I wear my red EFF T-shirt to work at least once a week. The cartoon on the back has prompted quite a few interesting questions: "What is 'first sale'?" What is 'fair use'?"
What I've observed is that one should be very careful about explaining legal matters in much the same way that one should approach explaining computers in a cautious manner. The "thousand-yard-stare" is frustrating and disappointing in that one feels the need to "dumb down" the dialogue. But that really isn't a productive way to view the situation. It is much more productive to ask questions in order to determine the relative knowledge and experience of the person and proceed from there in a respectful and fruitful environment.
When confronted with the "thousand-yard-stare", I have found that it's best to be open and honest: I simply ask, "At what point did I lose you?" usually followed by, "Do you even care?". That seems to be the most efficient use of my time although the answers I recieve do sometimes undermine my belief that everyone is smart (most are just ignorant and lack curiosity).
--Jason
I think it is a significant gain.The limits of DMCA are becoming clear now with the recent decisions.One is curious to know what the court has said about the rights of the person who bought the DVD legally.
Is it possible to donate anonymously? I want to get into politics in Anaheim, and I think that Disney will make my life hard if they know I'm a supporter of the EFF. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but it's the only reason I'm not a member and don't donate already.
Yes, I'm sure that can be arranged, if you're willing to trust me as a middleman. Email me at lessig at pobox dot com.
EFF presents several native methods for anonymous donation, by the way--ranging from print and fax to PGP-encrypted email to a make-me-anonymous checkbox in the web form. They know their constituents. Enjoy!
Since you're already on the EFF Board, why not consider helping recruit a board capable of supervising the evolution of the the GFDL text corpus and maybe working out solutions to make it more compatible with the CC by-sa? The ideal Wikipedia board, a wonderful list of good suggestions that is being entirely ignored by the bogus "Wikimedia foundation" that was created by a clique, is a GREAT list of the people who could serve on a board that would take responsibliity for the integrity of the TEXT, not the License or contracts or institutions or user interfaces. That would be worth doing... they'd have only advisory powers, in most cases, but could sit on the boards of organizations that dealt with the text, changed it, and provided user interfaces.
Also, Larry, you're on that list of people who should serve on that board, which doesn't exist, and for that reason alone you should see what company you're in!