Hi guys, I bought a ticket for this event, which is tomorrow nite: but now do tutoring on a Tuesday night so can't attend.
Anyone interested in attending using my ticket - free? If so, reply to this msg and I'll send you the PDF - "first in, best dressed" as they say. cheers, Patrick. On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Ben Finney <[email protected] > wrote: > Howdy all, > > The Wheeler Centre is organising an IQ² Debate with a topic related to > free culture, that of copyright and the misnomer “piracy” for copyright > infringement. > > The digital revolution is counter-intuitive to copyright. > Technological change is moving too fast for adequate laws to be > implemented – and for affected industries to keep pace. > > With such open access to information these days, how do we know > where one person’s work ends and another begins? Is the very idea of > intellectual property becoming a nonsense – or is it too important > to give up on, for the continuing functioning of the arts and the > sciences? And – the million-dollar question – how can we ensure > creativity continues to pay? > > Our speakers will consider the obstacles and opportunities ahead. > > <URL: > http://wheelercentre.com/events/event/copyright-is-dead-long-live-the-pirates/ > > > > -- > \ “He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his | > `\ enemy from oppression.” —Thomas Paine | > _o__) | > Ben Finney > > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-melb mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > > Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
