Recordings

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, Industrial information economy, Peer-to-peer, Politics, The Wealth of Networks, We the Media, Yale University, Yochai Benkler

Software Patents and the EU

Eva Lichtenberger

„Ja das war ein Lehrbeispiel für Lobbyismus in Brüssel.“

As a member of the European Parlament for the Austrian Green Party Eva Lichtenberger gives an introduction into the decision-making processes of the European Parliament and the political situation and state of discussion in Brussels when the debate about software patents reached new peaks in September 2004 and July 2005.

Keywords: CII Directive, EU, European Parliament, Eva Lichtenberger, FFII, Interoperabilität, Microsoft, SAP, Software patents

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: European Commission, European Parliament, FFII, Hartmut Pilch, Immanuel Kant, Othmas Karas, Paraflows 06, 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, FLOSS, Microsoft, Proprietary software, Social information processing, Software licenses, Software patent, Standards

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, H.323, video conferencing