Videos: Food for Thought on Freedom of Thought, Corruption, and Corporate Deregulation
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2008-12-31 14:54:19 UTC
Modified: 2008-12-31 14:54:19 UTC
FREE SOFTWARE DAILY has just shared the following video, which puts under scrutiny the idea of software patenting.
Eben Moglen addressed the students and staff of Christ University, Bangalore, on the topic of "The Free Software Movement and the Struggle for Freedom of Thought" on 12-12-2008 in the Main auditorium of the Christ University campus.
Here is Larry Lessig speaking about the role of corruption in politics -- an issues he studies more closely than copyrights these days. This has a lot to do with so-called "intellectual property", which is just a monopoly enabler, or a government-granted franchise.
Here is questioning of the behaviour of corporations in general. A lack of regulation can be tied to the collapse of our economy at the moment.
Gemini Protocol is being obscured by the media - it doesn't help that Google 'hijacked' the word "Gemini" - but people still manage to find out about it, download a client, and use it
This story isn't just about Microsoft. It's also about corruption, there are many women victims, there is abject "abuse of process", and many more scandals to be illuminated in years to come.
"The key change in this year’s Actuarial Study, due to cascading the new “risk appetite” from the financial study, is a significant increase of the total pension contribution rate of 5.7 percentage points, up to a total of 37.8%. This is driven by an unprecedented decrease in the discount rate of 105 bps down to 2.2%."
Comments
Doug
2008-12-31 16:36:14
Dan
2008-12-31 16:43:25
I can't say I agree with that, in it's design stage, I beleive it was meant only to credit those who deserve credit. Sadly, it has...turned.
Roy Schestowitz
2008-12-31 17:59:51