Recordings in English

The Great Failure of Wikipedia

Jason Scott

“Wikipedia holds up the dark mirror of what humanity is, to itself.”

At Notacon 3 Jason Scott speaks about Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales design choices and their consequences.

Keywords: English, Jason Scott, John Seigenthaler, Notacon, Wikipedia

The Great Failure of Wikipedia

Jason Scott

“Wikipedia holds up the dark mirror of what humanity is, to itself.”

At Notacon 3 Jason Scott speaks about Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales design choices and their consequences.

Keywords: English, Jason Scott, John Seigenthaler, Notacon, Wikipedia

Software and Community in the Early 21st Century

Eben Moglen, Paul Everitt

“It began as a moral question. […] But it becomes along the way also a window into the economic organization of the human society in the 21st century.”

Eben Moglen, chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center, gives a keynote at the October 2006 Plone conference in Seattle.

Keywords: Business, Columbia University, Computer law, Copyleft licensing, Eben Moglen, Education, English, European Union, FLOSS, Free software, GNU General Public License, Larry Lessig, Mary Lou Jepsen, open content, Operating system, Paul Everitt, Paul Everitt, Richard Stallman, Richard Stallman, Seattle, Social Issues, Steve Ballmer

Software and Community in the Early 21st Century

Eben Moglen, Paul Everitt

“It began as a moral question. […] But it becomes along the way also a window into the economic organization of the human society in the 21st century.”

Eben Moglen, chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center, gives a keynote at the October 2006 Plone conference in Seattle.

Keywords: Business, Columbia University, Computer law, Copyleft licensing, Eben Moglen, Education, English, European Union, FLOSS, Free software, GNU General Public License, Larry Lessig, Mary Lou Jepsen, open content, Operating system, Paul Everitt, Paul Everitt, Richard Stallman, Richard Stallman, Seattle, Social Issues, Steve Ballmer

Software and Community in the Early 21st Century

Eben Moglen, Paul Everitt

“It began as a moral question. […] But it becomes along the way also a window into the economic organization of the human society in the 21st century.”

Eben Moglen, chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center, gives a keynote at the October 2006 Plone conference in Seattle.

Keywords: Business, Columbia University, Computer law, Copyleft licensing, Eben Moglen, Education, English, European Union, FLOSS, Free software, GNU General Public License, Larry Lessig, Mary Lou Jepsen, open content, Operating system, Paul Everitt, Paul Everitt, Richard Stallman, Richard Stallman, Seattle, Social Issues, Steve Ballmer

Netzpolitik.org Interview with Yochai Benkler

Yochai Benkler

“It’s that new diversity of ways of creating information and exchanging it, that characterizes the Network information economy.”

Markus Beckedahl from netzpolitik.org speaks with law professor Yochai Benkler about his book “The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom” and some of his thoughts on the developments and influences of collaborative work and peer production on the net.

Keywords: Collaboration, Commons-based peer production, English, Industrial information economy, Markus Beckedahl, Peer-to-peer, Politics, The Wealth of Networks, We the Media, Yale University, Yochai Benkler

Netzpolitik.org Interview with Yochai Benkler

Yochai Benkler

“It’s that new diversity of ways of creating information and exchanging it, that characterizes the Network information economy.”

Markus Beckedahl from netzpolitik.org speaks with law professor Yochai Benkler about his book “The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom” and some of his thoughts on the developments and influences of collaborative work and peer production on the net.

Keywords: Collaboration, Commons-based peer production, English, Industrial information economy, Markus Beckedahl, Peer-to-peer, Politics, The Wealth of Networks, We the Media, Yale University, Yochai Benkler

Understanding Software Patents

Hartmut Pilch

“My message to the patent world is: Either get back to the doctrines of forces of nature or face the elimination of your system.”

Hartmut Pilch of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) gives insights into the history of patent law, the theoretical shortcomings of the concept of software patents and their consequences.

Keywords: English, European Commission, European Parliament, FFII, Hartmut Pilch, Immanuel Kant, Josef Kohler, Othmas Karas, Paraflows 06, Vienna, Werner von Siemens

Software Monopolies and Open Source

Danese Cooper

 “And so they decided – because they could – to write their own world!”

Danese Cooper, board member of the Open Source Initiative, gives a short introduction about the relationship between software companies, software patents and the concept of Open Source.

Keywords: Computer law, Danese Cooper, English, FLOSS, Jonathan Schwartz, Microsoft, Proprietary software, Social information processing, Software licenses, Software patent, Standards, Steve Ballmer

Software Monopolies and Open Source Pt. II

Danese Cooper

“So it used to be if you joined the patent consortium and you’re helping to set a standard, you could basically print money.”

Danese Cooper, board member of the Open Source Initiative, gives a short introduction about the relationship between software companies, software patents and the concept of Open Source.

Keywords: Danese Cooper, English, H.323, Steve Jobs, video conferencing