yup, copynight happens in a variety of cities on the same night and i'd rather not hear about toronto, sf, boston, ny, florida copynights all on this list.
anyway, i trust the list members and their judgment. -e On 10/26/07, Nelson Pavlosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Couldn't your "not appropriate" example be Copynight > <http://www.copynight.org/>, which is actually kind of interesting? > > Anyway, I'm not going to enforce any local event policy of any kind, I'm > not going to make that judgment call... if someone is posting too much > about their Cambridge bar-hopping habits, find someone else to ban them, > or DIY. > > Peace, > ~Nelson~ > > Elizabeth Stark wrote: > > To clarify, here's what my policy would be (similar to Crosbie's) > > > > We're all meeting up at a bar in Cambridge to discuss FC -- NOT > > appropriate > > > > A bunch of us are going to the supreme court hearing for Golan v. > > Gonzales (if it happens), and this is an important case about the > > public domain and its role in free speech, etc etc. -- appropriate. > > > > -E > > > > On 10/26/07, *Nelson Pavlosky* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Alright, if everyone wants to end this policy, then I'll retract it. > > > > I originally created the "no local events" policy because Jay was > > repeatedly posting local NYC events that were only vaguely related > to > > free culture, and multiple people (including Elizabeth) were > > complaining > > about that on this list. I figured it would be better to lay down > any > > such policy sooner rather than later so that we didn't get spammed > by > > local events from everywhere in the globe that 95% of the people > > on the > > list can't attend when people other than Jay start posting local > > events. (NYC is relevant to us b/c we all live on the eastern > > seaboard > > of the US, but what happens as the organization grows > geographically?) > > I also thought it would be easier to ban local events than to try to > > define exactly what events are free culture related, which is a hard > > call given our broad mission. > > > > However, this is also the official "high traffic" FC list, so I > > guess if > > you don't want to hear about local events, then you'll just have to > > unsubscribe now. > > > > Let's please try to keep stuff related to free culture though, > > OK? Some > > of Jay's local events that people complained about were only > > related to > > the technical aspects of Linux or vi, and not really about the > > philosophical or political aspects of free culture or free software. > > > > Peace, > > ~Nelson~ > > > > Kevin Driscoll wrote: > > > This email just sparked a big debate in my lab about the use of > > > "infinite" in this context. > > > > > > With the loss of Oink and TV-Links, our distributed libraries of > > > culture are clearly not safe. Has anyone heard of an effort to > > > archive or mirror YouTube content? > > > > > > I can imagine a script that downloads the .flv's of every result > > for a > > > certain search term. > > > > > > Fred, can you keep the rest of us updated on the trial? > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > On 10/25/07, Fred Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > >> The google v. viacom trial is having a hearing in NYC > > tomorrow... check out > > >> my FC @ NYU announcement: > > >> > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > >> From: Fred Benenson < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> Date: Oct 25, 2007 5:51 PM > > >> Subject: Google v. Viacom Tomorrow > > >> To: "Free Culture @ NYU's list serv" < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > >> > > >> Free Culture @ NYU, > > >> So one of the benefits of living in a self-proclaimed > > democracy is that at > > >> least some of the court trials are mostly open to the public. > > That means > > >> that when Viacom sues Google for ONE BILLION DOLLARS over > YouTube's > > >> "infinite amount of infringement" we're allowed to sit in on > > all the court > > >> room antics. > > >> > > >> I attended the first (and last, as far as I can tell) hearing > > and it was a > > >> scheduling hearing. Despite a stern warning from my lawyer > > friends that the > > >> hearing would be immensely boring, I really enjoyed it. The two > > sides ended > > >> up getting into their arguments in a very inappropriate and > > entertaining > > >> way. > > >> > > >> Now, I have no idea whether tomorrow will have the same kind of > > fireworks, > > >> but I am certainly intending on being there. There were mostly > > reporters and > > >> lawyers (especially one lawyer who kept on sneering when Google > > would say > > >> stuff like "How are we supposed to take responsibility for an > > 'infinite > > >> amount of infringement?'") last time and I felt a little out of > > place with a > > >> t-shirt, so you might consider wearing something nice if you > > don't want to > > >> feel awkward. > > >> > > >> Anyway, here's the information: > > >> > > >> Google v. Viacom > > >> 4pm, October 26th 2007 > > >> Room 21C > > >> Judge Louis L. Stanton > > >> United States Courthouse > > >> 500 Pearl Street > > >> New York, NY 10007-1312 > > >> Phone: 212-805-0136 > > >> If anyone wants to meet up, I'll be outside (or maybe in the > > lobby if its > > >> really going to rain) around 3:30. > > >> > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> > > >> Fred Benenson > > >> President, Free Culture @ NYU > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Discuss mailing list > > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > <http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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