DISQUS

I'm finding the newer models of Eee PCs don't play well with Ubuntu wireless. Unless this situation is fixed I will no longer recommend Eee PCs for friends. The wireless even on the 1000HE running Ubuntu NBR 9.04 is flaky.

The older models seem to work well so I really don't get it.

Stay away from Hulu please. You have shared nothing with me as I don't reside in the United States. Such technology should be avoided like the plague.

Thanks for pointing to this Jerry.

A good video to get teachers/students thinking about fair use. I would follow that up by pointing to and explaining the Creative Commons spectrum of licenses as well. Promoting educational works licensed in this way makes any worry of sharing and remixing works in the classroom a non-issue. A large portion of what I now use in my classroom is CC-licensed (or something effectually similar). Teachers/students should not only learn about fair-use but also licensing models that are inherently harmonious with 21st-century, networked technology.

Thanks again for the dialog. Thought I'd add the final 3 tweets I posted in order to clarify the difference I see between authentic self-realization and comparing oneself to (and striving toward) a pre-digested ideal...

@mbogle Yes, the ideal is often pursued. Instead of seeing what one is, one is told (or reads) how one is supposed to be. Trying to *become*

@mbogle But that is very different than seeing oneself in action. When that happens, change is instant. Time isn't involved.

@mbogle Some organized religions promote becoming a described ideal. But IMO, that is (figuratively and literally) a waste of time.

"If we’re talking human flourishing, how can you beat creating an operating system that runs on 90+ percent of PCs has likely contributed trillions to global GDP over the last quarter century?"

By creating one that is free for any users including businesses. How does restricting the freedom of users make for a "flourishing" society?

"[...] with authors, it is the copy and the copy only that provides money [...]"

Is that so?

My bad.

I was wondering because it didn't seem to jive with the rest of the post. And all the while it was me not reading carefully.

Thanks for pointing that out, Tom.

"We naturally frown on unauthorized [copying]"

No.

"and misattributed copying."

Yes.

My high school class is reading Free Culture right now. A student recently posted some links noting that the Causbys received compensation for damages the military planes caused. She expressed some disappointment that Lessig did not provide those details in his book. Without further research, the book gives the impression that the Causby's were told to go take a walk.

I assume that while the truth is that damages were acknowledged, the planes were allowed to continue flying overhead after that. If so, perhaps this is the only aspect of the outcome Lessig is concerned with. That is, that the doctrine of property reaching "to the heavens" was thrown out and the case was decided using "common sense".

Regardless, it perhaps would have been better for that chapter to be clear on what the outcome actually was.

I think Sccarper has a point. This way makes "Intellectual" sound more like a noun rather than adjective.

I do sympathize with the "privilege" point of view. However, this only fixes one of two problems with the term "Intellectual Property". The problem it doesn't fix is this mashing together of laws that are very very different in implementation and purpose. True, patents and copyright are privileges. But is a trademark a privilege? It seems to resemble more a right as its purpose is to protect consumers and business.

Regardless, any work that questions the absurd proposition that we should think of ideas as "property" is certainly welcome. It's simply not possible to pass sane laws when we think this way.