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02. January 2008 Navigating the Maze of Free and NonFree Licenses Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Creative Commons (wiki) - urs @ 08:31:03 Greg London issued a first draft of his new book [1]: The Libre Labyrinth describes an objective way to understand how various FLOS licenses work, and how different FLOS licenses compare to one another. The book is available as well as PDF under a Creative Commons Lincense. [1] http://www.greglondon.com/libre/ Related post(s): CC Lizenzen fÃ¼r Schweiz nun online (7.35) Creative Commons license draft version 2.0 (6.63) Switzerland - Creative Commons License Drafts in French and Italian (5.13) phpinfo.net - francophone php website to be discontinued (4.19) free seat on the pavement (4.19) Related tags(s): moblog, intellectual_property, apache, academic, creative_commons Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 05. December 2007 Calendar of Bizarre Patents 2008 Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Humor (wiki) - urs @ 10:46:40 Patscan offers its new calendar of bizarre patents - for the upcoming 2008 [1]. [1] http://patex.ca/pdf/publications/calendar_2008.pdf Related post(s): Sunbird Mozilla calendar (7.52) Sony Ericsson Z520i sync with Google Calendar (6.22) Collaborative Events handling with a Wiki (5.85) Outlook calendar to RSS (5.82) Lightning - Thunderbird now with Calendar (5.81) Related tags(s): wireless_and_mobile, office, howto, xml, wiki Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 12. December 2006 Lessig's Code v2 Technology (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) \| Copyright (wiki) - urs @ 09:09:16 Nach der Erstausgabe von "Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace" anno 1999 folgt nun Code v2, eine Art "Update" der ersten Version: Code v2 [1] updates the original work. It is not, as Lessig writes in the preface, a "new work." Written in part collectively, through a Wiki hosted by JotSpot, the aim of the update was to recast the argument in the current context, and to clarify the argument where necessary. [1] http://codev2.cc Related post(s): GPL under test (6.39) Does Starbucks corporate policy not allow to take pictures inside the stores? (6.04) Hunting spammers (5.64) CC-ch - The yellow to green transition (5.43) Answering back to Spammers (4.69) Related tags(s): law, creative_commons, wireless_and_mobile, government, intellectual_property Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 28. June 2006 Google Book Library - Auswirkungen in Deutschland Economy (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) - urs @ 21:21:14 GemÃ¤ss Spiegel und Google Blog hat Google in einem Prozess in Hamburg gegen die Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft einen Erfolg erzielt. Das Gericht erkannte keine Verletzung des Urheberrechts, nur weil Google BÃ¼cher des Verlags einscannt. Das Urteil ist soweit ersichtlich noch nicht online verfÃ¼gbar. [1] http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,druck-424113,00.html [2] http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/germany-and-google-books-library.html [3] http://fhh.hamburg.de/stadt/Aktuell/justiz/urteilsdatenbank/start.html Related post(s): Book on Demand (6.23) Add the Google Toolbar to your browser (5.86) Navigating the Maze of Free and NonFree Licenses (5.63) Google in ZÃ¼rich is hiring (5.47) Google news for Switzerland (5.32) Related tags(s): content_management, open_source, privacy, creative_commons, search Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 16. March 2006 Creative Commons License in Court Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) \| Creative Commons (wiki) - urs @ 20:58:14 Zwei "erste" Urteile in Sachen Creative Commons lizenzierte Inhalte vor Gericht. Nachfolgend deshalb ein paar weiterfÃ¼hrende Links und erste BlogbeitrÃ¤ge: Spain - http://servicios.hoy.es/pg060228/prensa/noticias/Badajoz/200602/28/HOY-BAD-021.html - http://www.internautas.org/archivos/sentencia_metropoli.pdf The Netherlands - http://zoeken.rechtspraak.nl/zoeken/dtluitspraak.asp?u_ljn=AV4204 - http://creativecommons.ca/blog/?p=165 - http://madisonian.net/archives/2006/03/16/cc-see/ - http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060316052623594 Update: - http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5823 - http://www.blogh.de/565 Related post(s): Switzerland - Creative Commons License Drafts in French and Italian (12.2) Creative Commons license version 2.0 (10.9) Creative Commons license draft version 2.0 (10.2) Mozilla indicates Creative Commons license (10.1) Creative Commons License Compatibility Wizard (9.69) Related tags(s): wireless_and_mobile, wiki, xml, culture, talks Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 11. November 2005 Open Content Business Models Economy (wiki) \| Culture (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 11:54:35 Gestern hatte ich die Gelegenheit, am Tweakfest teilzunehmen. Im GesprÃ¤ch mit ZuhÃ¶rern und Rednern waren Freie Software und Open Content, insbesondere Creative Commons, oft die massgebenden Themen. Nebst der Revision des Urheberrechtsgesetzes, DRM und den neuesten Rootkits wurde ich einmal mehr auf die Frage aufmerksam gemacht, wie man mit Open Content Geld verdienen kann. Das ist ein Thema, zu welchem es keine eindeutige Antwort geben kann; ausser vielleicht der, dass man im konkreten Einzelfall nach dem geeigneten GeschÃ¤ftsmodell suchen muss. Dass einem massgeschneiderte Modelle nicht auf dem roten Teppich dargeboten wird, dÃ¼rfte einleuchten. Um hingegen selbst aus den Erfahrungen und Ideen von bestehenden Modellen zu lernen und eigene GeschÃ¤ftsmodelle zu prÃ¤sentieren, wurde die Plattform openbusiness.cc gegrÃ¼ndet: The openBusiness project will collect the best entepreneurial ideas to write the OpenBusiness Guide and everyone is free to participate. So join us now and help create the authorative source on open business models. [1] Die Plattform wurde erst vor wenigen Wochen ins Leben gerufen, bietet aber einen guten Ausgangspunkt fÃ¼r eine anregende Diskussion. Ihr Beitrag ist gefragt. [1] http://www.openbusiness.cc Related post(s): 1st OPCOSO Thinkathon (12.5) Open Content Alliance launched (10.5) Jahrbuch zu Open Source und Open Content (8.11) MSN search in Open Content Alliance (7.02) Open Content Speech (6.90) Related tags(s): talks, education, p2p, copyright Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 03. November 2005 DRM und Open Content? Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) \| DRM (wiki) - urs @ 23:54:16 Am Dienstag vergangener Woche hatte ich im Rahmen eines Workshops an der Tagung fÃ¼r Informatik und Recht in Bern die Gelegenheit, Creative Commons vorzustellen. Tagungsthema war "Nutzen und Gefahren von Digital Rights Management-Systemen" [1]. Die Tagung wurde durch das Bundesamt fÃ¼r Justiz, die UniversitÃ¤t Bern sowie den Schweizerischen Verein fÃ¼r Rechtsinformatik organisiert. Das Tagungsthema stand insbesondere in Bezug zur Revision des Urheberrechtsgesetzes. Meinen Workshop hielt ich ganz am Ende des Tages. Bei meinen VorrednerInnen war interessanterweise Creative Commons immer wieder mal aufgeworfen worden. Die Herausforderung bestand eigentlich darin, den Leuten - nachdem sie fast einen ganzen Tag lang von Rechtemanagement, BeschrÃ¤nkungen, KompatibilitÃ¤tsschwierigkeiten, Datenschutz etc. gehÃ¶rt hatten - zu erlÃ¤utern, wieso Open Content Lizenzmodelle von Urhebern Ã¼berhaupt genutzt werden. Zudem hatte ich Creative Commons mit DRM in Bezug zu bringen; Dazu gilt festzuhalten, dass die Lizenzen von Creative Commons eine Bedingung mit folgendem Wortlaut enthalten: Sie dÃ¼rfen den Schutzgegenstand mit keinen technischen SchutzmaÃŸnahmen versehen, die den Zugang oder den Gebrauch des Schutzgegenstandes in einer Weise kontrollieren, die mit den Bedingungen dieser Lizenz im Widerspruch stehen. Im Prinzip hÃ¤tte ich da den Vortrag beenden kÃ¶nnen. Open Content und die Verwendung von DRM stehen in einem nur schwer Ã¼berbrÃ¼ckbaren Widerspruch. WÃ¤hrend Open Content Lizenzmodelle bezwecken, gewisse Nutzungen ausdrÃ¼cklich zu erlauben, so schliessen DRM Systeme den Nutzer grundsÃ¤tzlich von Nutzungen aus. Daran Ã¤ndert wohl auch ein Open Source DRM nichts; Die Sicht auf den Code und die verwendete Technologie bedeutet nicht, dass dieses DRM System nicht doch fÃ¼r die Rechte- und Nutzungsverwaltung eingesetzt wird. Die Herausforderung fÃ¼r die Branchen, die DRM einsetzen wollen, wird es sein, die Akzeptanz beim Kunden und die InteroperabilitÃ¤t der Systeme zu erhÃ¶hen. An der Tagung wurde verschiedentlich berichtet, dass sich bezÃ¼glich der Akzeptanz von DRM Systemen gewissen Nutzer benachteiligt fÃ¼hlen wÃ¼rden, weil sie bspw. doppelt fÃ¼r ein Konsumgut zahlen wÃ¼rden. Einerseits sei da die Leistung fÃ¼r das Gut selbst und andererseits, etwa bei Musik, wÃ¤ren noch Abgaben zu leisten. Solche oft frustrierte Nutzer wÃ¼rden geradezu in Online-TauschbÃ¶rsen abgedrÃ¤ngt, hiess es etwa. BezÃ¼glich InteroperabilitÃ¤t, bezogen auf Inhalte, nicht auf Systeme, sieht es bei Open Content lizenzierten Inhalten besser aus. Auch hier gibt es HÃ¼rden, die etwa darin bestehen, dass eine PDF Datei nicht leichthin mit einem Texteditor â€gelesenâ€œ werden kann. Eine Speicherung in einem anderen Dateiformat stellt aber bei sog. freien Inhalten kaum ein Problem dar. Hinsichtlich der Akzeptanz von Open Content Lizenzmodellen kann auf die Vielfalt und Menge von Inhalten verwiesen werden; Wikipedia spricht eine eigene Sprache und die Millionen von unter Creative Commons lizenzierten Werken im Netz ebenso. Allenfalls lÃ¤sst sich noch fragen, ob man die BrÃ¼cke zu DRM Systemen schlagen kann, falls man will. Denn DRM Systeme werden dann zum wirklich ernstzunehmenden Problem, wenn freie Inhalte auf mittels DRM kontrollierten Betriebssystemen nicht mehr konsumiert werden kÃ¶nnen [2]; wenn sich Wikipedia Dokumente in einem Browser nicht mehr darstellen und unter Creative Commons Lizenzen lizenzierte mp3 Dateien nicht mehr abspielen lassen. Der Gedanke liegt nahe, dass eben solche freie Inhalte sich des verwendeten DRM Systems bedienen mÃ¼ssten. Das System mÃ¼sste aber mit â€offenen TÃ¼renâ€œ laufen gelassen werden. Ein Maximum an gewÃ¤hrten Rechten, bei einem Minimum an EinschrÃ¤nkungen. Um nochmals auf die Tagung zurÃ¼ckzukommen; Irrtum vorbehalten, war es Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren, der erwÃ¤hnte, dass die Industrie den Ball auch schon mal an die Verwertungsgesellschaften weitergespielt habe, im Sinne, dass es doch eigentlich im Interesse der letzteren sein sollte, sich DRM Systemen zu bedienen, um die Interessen der Urheber im Zeitalter der Informationstechnologien besser wahren zu kÃ¶nnen. Das wÃ¼rde aber heissen, dass die Verwertungsgesellschaften sich um die Verbesserung der Akzeptanz und InteroperabilitÃ¤t von solchen Systemen kÃ¼mmern mÃ¼ssten. Die Finanzierung wÃ¼rde wohl durch die Gesellschaften zu tragen sein und wÃ¼rden letztlich wieder auf deren Mitglieder, sprich Urheber, abgewÃ¤lzt. Ich war schon geneigt zu sagen, wie schÃ¶n es doch war, als der Plattenspieler noch in der Wohnstube stand. SentimentalitÃ¤t hilft aber auch da nicht weiter; schon naht der nÃ¤chste Akt mit dem "Analog Content Security Preservation Act" [3]. [1] http://www.rechtsinformatik.ch/de/programm2005_de.html [2] http://waste.informatik.hu-berlin.de/Grassmuck/Texts/drm-fiffko.html [3] http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/analog_hole_discussion_draft.pdf Related post(s): Jahrbuch zu Open Source und Open Content (8.11) Open Content Alliance launched (8.00) MSN search in Open Content Alliance (7.02) Open Content Speech (6.90) Open Content Dossier (6.56) Related tags(s): talks, education, academic, social_network, government Comments (1) Permalink del.icio.us 28. October 2005 MSN search in Open Content Alliance Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Open Content (wiki) - urs @ 11:44:16 This week MSN stated its intention to join the recently formed Open Content Alliance (OCA) and that they intend to provide OCA relevant content search with MSN search [1]. To me it is not yet plain clear what licensing OCA will apply to the content. As Brewster Kahle states, it is intended to use public domain material where possible. He continues: When we are dealing with in-copyright materials, the Internet Archive has been leveraging the creative commons licenses to great effect. That sounds like a promising direction [2]. [1] http://www.opencontentalliance.org/MSN.pdf [2] http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000192.html Related post(s): Open Content Alliance launched (14.6) Jahrbuch zu Open Source und Open Content (8.11) Google and CC sensitive search (7.36) Open Content Speech (6.90) Open Content Dossier (6.56) Related tags(s): search, talks, education, art, technology_transfer Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 30. September 2005 Limewire is working on CC integration Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Creative Commons (wiki) \| P2P (wiki) - urs @ 18:01:09 Limewire coders seem to implement a mechanism to check for licenses on shared files in Limewire. If there is no appropriate license, the file will not be shared [1,2]. [1] http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=927 [2] http://www.limewire.org/fisheye/viewrep/~br=cc-publish-branch/limecvs Related post(s): SMASH ::: Mixed-signal analog and logic simulation (6.33) MozPHP - running PHP in Mozilla (6.18) Get a complete working back-end! (4.27) Microsoft view on commodity software (4.26) PHP Development IDE for Win32 (3.60) Related tags(s): mozilla, linux, open_source, php Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 31. August 2005 RSS feed licensing for delicious Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Creative Commons (wiki) - urs @ 12:26:14 del.icio.us is currently experimenting [1] with RSS feed licensing. This is an important issue. Information in an RSS feed should be licensed as one does with the blog posts too. What, if one does not want to have others to use his content commercially? The licensing is there to talk about it. Make a clear statement now and make the users clear, what they are allowed to do with your feed and eventually what they must not. If you choose a Creative Commons license be aware, that they are non-revocable [2], so consider thoroughly. I have chosen an attribution sharealike license though for my del.icio.us feed. What the del.icio.us license selector for CC licenses IMHO currently is missing of, is a per-jurisdiction selection. [1] http://blog.del.icio.us/blog/2005/08/license_to_lice.html [2] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/29/creativity_computers_copyright_letters/ Related post(s): Get Atom feed statistics via FeedBurner (6.98) Gmail with Atom feed (6.37) FOSS Licensing Howto (6.04) Freetag - a tagging and folksonomy system (5.49) Atom 0.1 feed generator for Wordpress (5.45) Related tags(s): economy, software, music, php, wireless_and_mobile Comments (1) Permalink del.icio.us 16. August 2005 Fremder Markenname als AdWord bei Google Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 09:25:48 Via heise.de [1,2]: Ein Unternehmen, das Anti-Aging-Produkte vertreibt und entsprechende Markenrechte besitzt, hatte Google in Wien verklagt. Es wehrt sich dagegen, dass bei Eingabe eines Markennamens in die Suchmaske von Google.at Anzeigen mit Links zu Konkurrenzangeboten eingeblendet werden. Weiter wird aufgefÃ¼hrt, dass das Keyword-Advertising in einer Suchmaschine sei nicht mit Meta-Tagging auf einer Website gleichzusetzen [sei]. Man wird den Eindruck nicht los, dass bei der Gestaltung einer Website nebst der Benutzerfreundlichkeit ("Usability") auch namens-, marken- und wettbewerbsrechtliche Aspekte mit einbezogen werden mÃ¼ssen. [1] http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/62832 [2] http://www.internet4jurists.at/entscheidungen/olgw_134_05s.htm Related post(s): Add the Google Toolbar to your browser (5.86) Google in ZÃ¼rich is hiring (5.47) Google Book Library - Auswirkungen in Deutschland (5.36) Google news for Switzerland (5.32) Google Desktop Search going for Thunderbird (5.22) Related tags(s): intellectual_property, content_management, privacy, creative_commons Comments (1) Permalink del.icio.us 27. June 2005 Grokster came down Law (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 16:52:34 At least, that is rumoured on scotusblog.com [1]. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that developers of software violate federal copyright law when they provide computer users with the means to share music and movie files downloaded from the internet. Slyck.com has some more details [2]. But finally only that opinion [3] will count. [1] http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2005/06/grokster_stream.html [2] http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=838 [3] http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04slipopinion.html Related post(s): Post-Grokster world with a closed P2P eDonkey (6.03) Related tags(s): random_thought, p2p, economy, copyright Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 10. June 2005 CC-ch - The yellow to green transition Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Creative Commons (wiki) - urs @ 12:23:36 Lawrence Lessig posted a current-spread-of-CC map [1]: As of Thursday, the current spread of Creative Commons. The green are countries where the project has launched. The yellow are close. The red is yet to be liberated. We at Openlaw are pushing the things to have a green area soon. Please follow and take part in the discussion ("Vernehmlassung") we officially start next week [2,3]. [1] http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002952.shtml [2] http://www.creativecommons.ch/weblog/ [3] http://www.webtechnology.ch/kalender/detail.asp?ID=489 Related post(s): Marklar follow-up (4.41) Related tags(s): apple Comments (2) Permalink del.icio.us 31. May 2005 Couleur 3 using Creative Commons license Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 13:03:15 The Swiss radio station Couleur 3 [1] is providing its podcast under a Creative Commons license (by-nc-sa) [2,3]. La Radio Suisse Romande reste propriÃ©taire des droits, mais soutient une diffusion libre de certaines chroniques et Ã©missions hors de la sphÃ¨re marchande. Vous pouvez tÃ©lÃ©charger ces sons de la Radio Suisse Romande sur votre ordinateur ou votre baladeur numÃ©rique, les Ã©changer sur les rÃ©seaux P2P, graver un CD. The podcast feed is available here [4]. Personally I think that this decision is a encouraging step in the right direction. [1] http://www.couleur3.ch [2] http://www1.rsr.ch/rsr/creative_commons/popup_cc.htm [3] http://www1.rsr.ch/rsr/aide/podcasting.aspx [4] http://www.couleur3.ch/fr/rsr.html?siteSect=4001 Related post(s): Switzerland - Creative Commons License Drafts in French and Italian (12.2) Creative Commons license version 2.0 (10.9) Creative Commons license draft version 2.0 (10.2) Mozilla indicates Creative Commons license (10.1) Creative Commons License Compatibility Wizard (9.69) Related tags(s): wireless_and_mobile, wiki, weblog, xml, copyright Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 22. April 2005 Creative Commons in Berne Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 20:58:12 VoilÃ ma presantation [1]. I just finished my presentation at the Kornhaus Forum here in Berne. Let's see what the discussion will bring afterwards ;) [1] http://circle.ch/pdf/gehrig_050422_cc-ch_kornhaus_bern.pdf Related post(s): Creative Commons license version 2.0 (8.50) Creative Commons Switzerland online (8.40) How to describe DRM? (8.39) Lancierung der Creative Commons Lizenzen (8.22) Switzerland - Creative Commons License Drafts in French and Italian (8.22) Related tags(s): media, culture, talks, copyright, wireless_and_mobile Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us Creative Commons Switzerland online Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) - urs @ 09:22:21 Seit gestern gibt es nun auch eine Einstiegsseite zu Creative Commons Switzerland [1]. Sie dient insbesondere der Vermittlung von Information bezÃ¼glich Creative Commons, soweit diese in Zusammenhang mit der Schweiz steht. GegenwÃ¤rtig liegt bspw. der Entwurf der Ãœbersetzung der an die Schweizerische Gesetzgebung angepassten CC Lizenz by-nc-sa vor. Auch Sie kÃ¶nnen Ihren Beitrag leisten, indem Sie sich in der offiziellen Mailingliste eintragen und an der Diskussion - im Rahmen der Vernehmlassung - beitragen. Das Gesagte gilt natÃ¼rlich fÃ¼r alle Landesteile. ;) Mein Dank geht an die adfinis GmbH [2], die das Hosting kostenlos zur VerfÃ¼gung stellt. [1] http://www.creativecommons.ch [2] http://www.adfinis.ch Related post(s): How to describe DRM? (11.4) CC-ch weblog (10.8) Switzerland - Creative Commons License Drafts in French and Italian (10.4) CH7 - first Swiss movie under Creative Commons (9.38) apt-get install lic. iur. (8.63) Related tags(s): creative_commons, academic, talks, copyright, intellectual_property Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 20. April 2005 Kopieren und einfÃ¼gen bitte Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) - urs @ 22:39:48 Matthias Born aka Berner Zeitungsblogger [1] hat fÃ¼r die allwÃ¶chentliche Weblog-Kolumne in der Berner Zeitung einen Artikel rund um Creative Commons zum Besten gegeben. Dies gerade rechtzeitig im Vorgang zur CC-ch Ouverture von Freitag Abend im Kornhaus Forum. Die Ãœbersetzung der CC Lizenz by-nc-sa liegt momentan als Entwurf vor und sollte aller Aussicht nach noch diesen FrÃ¼hling publiziert werden [2]. Wen es interessiert - und das dÃ¼rften eigentlich nicht nur die mit einem iPod sein - kann um 20:00 Uhr ja mal vorbeischauen [3]. [1] http://www.borniert.com/?p=34 [2] http://creativecommons.org/worldwide/ch/ [3] http://www2.kulturprozent.ch/digitalbrainstorming Update: Ach ja, wer sich an diesem Abend alternativ fÃ¼r Variaton [1] entscheiden sollte - auch keine schlechte Idee ;) [4] http://variaton.ch Related post(s): hispeed im Schneckentempo (3.70) Bundesratswahl online verfolgen (3.17) Engagement bei LOTS/fossdays (3.13) LeertrÃ¤gerabgabe fÃ¼r digitale Speichermedien (1.75) Related tags(s): economy, politics, government, deutsch, technology Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 12. April 2005 Open Digital Rights Language Intellectual Property (wiki) \| DRM (wiki) - urs @ 18:43:37 As found recently: The Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) [1] Initiative is an international effort aimed at developing and promoting an open standard for the Digital Rights Management expression language. The Second International ODRL Workshop will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on the 7-8 July 2005. The Call for Participation closes on 15 April 2005. [1] http://odrl.net Related post(s): Open Content Alliance launched (6.69) Artikel zu CC im Tagesanzeiger (5.74) GroupIT ::: yet another content managment (5.35) WebShell - A Tcl based scripting language (4.86) Jahrbuch zu Open Source und Open Content (4.81) Related tags(s): creative_commons, search, moblog, innovation, science Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 10. April 2005 Links zu map.search.ch Economy (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) - urs @ 19:42:14 Ein Kommentar des search.ch Teams zur Frage der Verlinkung von map.search.ch Links: [Redaktion:] Links ohne kommerziellen Zweck sind sehr willkommen! Die URLs sind absichtlich einfach gehalten um verlinken (und auch das versenden per mail!) zu erleichtern. Links auf die Homepage sind auch praktisch nie problematisch. Bei direkten Address-Links mit kommerziellem Charakter bitten wir Sie aber vorher mit uns Kontakt aufzunehmen. Diese EinschrÃ¤nkung ist eine zwingende Auflage einer unserer Datenprovider. (Das gilt leider fÃ¼r alle Links, ob in neuem Fenster oder nicht) [1] http://about.search.ch/archives/2005/04/08/mapsearchch-mit-mehr-informationen/#comment-722 Related post(s): New map service by search.ch (7.71) search.ch with a new CI? (5.72) map.search.ch with new feature (5.17) Indexing PHP search engine (4.87) search.ch has a blog now (4.75) Related tags(s): software, art, technology_transfer, open_source, creative_commons Comments (1) Permalink del.icio.us 07. April 2005 Legaltorrents taken offline? Technology (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 08:57:53 Legaltorrents is currently down. Has it been taken offline? Related post(s): Wikipedia auf CD-ROM (4.73) RSS Reader for MIDlet capabale handhelds (4.16) Complicated world (3.63) MozPHP - running PHP in Mozilla (3.27) iTunes als Business Modell fÃ¼r CC Musik? (2.76) Related tags(s): open_content, deutsch, content_management, wiki, wireless_and_mobile Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 15. March 2005 Die Privatkopie am Ende? Law (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) - urs @ 11:59:29 Unter heise.de [1] wird heute ein Livestream [2] zum Thema "Die Zukunft der Privatkopie" anlÃ¤sslich einer Diskussion an der CeBIT zur VerfÃ¼gung gestellt. PersÃ¶nlichkeiten aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Politik u.a.m. diskutieren die Grenzen der Privatkopie im Rahmen der Informationstechnologien. [1] http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/57518 [2] http://tvonweb.de/kunden/dmag/cebit2005/150305/heise/index.html Related post(s): Logo- und Design-Contest fÃ¼r fossdays (3.47) Bundesrat bestimmt Tagesthemen (2.98) Engagement bei LOTS/fossdays (2.71) Swiss bleibt Swiss (2.64) Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Espace Media Groupe und der Bund Verlag AG genehmigt (2.58) Related tags(s): open_source, event, economy, civil_society Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 09. February 2005 LeertrÃ¤gerabgabe fÃ¼r digitale Speichermedien Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) \| DRM (wiki) \| Open Content (wiki) - urs @ 18:19:37 Gegen Ende MÃ¤rz sollte die EidgenÃ¶ssische Schiedskommission fÃ¼r die Verwertung von Urheber- und Leistungsschutzrechten [1] Ã¼ber einen Tarif fÃ¼r eine VergÃ¼tung auf den in digitalen AufnahmegerÃ¤ten eingebauten Festplatten oder Speicherchips entscheiden [2]. Die Verwertungsgesellschaften beantragen eine VergÃ¼tung von Fr. 1.04 pro Gigabyte (GB) AufnahmekapazitÃ¤t fÃ¼r Audio-AufnahmegerÃ¤te (z.B. iPod) und Fr. 1.27/GB fÃ¼r audiovisuelle AufnahmegerÃ¤te (z.B. digitale Set-top-Box mit Harddisc oder Videoharddiscrecorder). FÃ¼r AudiospeichergerÃ¤te mit einem Mikrochip soll die VergÃ¼tung 12 Rappen pro Megabyte betragen. StÃ¼tzen tut sich der Antrag auf Art. 19 und 20 URG: Der Antrag der Verwertungsgesellschaften stÃ¼tzt sich auf Art. 19 und 20 des geltenden Urheberrechtsgesetzes, wonach privates Kopieren zwar erlaubt ist, der Hersteller oder Importeur von LeertrÃ¤gern jedoch eine VergÃ¼tung schuldet. Die Verwertungsgesellschaften geben sich bei der Argumentation alle MÃ¼he, die Notwendigkeit einer Abgabe zu begrÃ¼nden. So wird mit Tarifen im Ausland verglichen. Ein kurzes Nachschlagen [3, via 5] bei GEMA zeigt, dass die Tarife teils von den Angaben in dem hier referenzierten Artikel erheblich abweichen. Leider ist nicht ganz klar, worauf sich die SUISA stÃ¼tzt. Es wird auch argumentiert, dass - leider auch hier kein Quellenhinweis - nur 1% der auf AudiogerÃ¤ten gespeicherten Daten aus legalen Quellen kommen wÃ¼rden und aufgrund des fehlenden iTunes Shop Angebots in der Schweiz wohl auf "sÃ¤mtlichen iPods in der Schweiz" Dateien lagern wÃ¼rden, fÃ¼r welche nicht bezahlt worden sei. Es ist unklar, ob diese Aussagen belegt sind. Im Prinzip mÃ¼sste man jetzt angesichts der beantragten VergÃ¼tungen zu einem Verfechter von DRM mutieren. Denn DRM ist insofern Positives abzugewinnen, als klar(er) ist, wem Kosten zu verrechnen sind. Denkt man diesen Weg weiter, so kÃ¶nnte man auf die Idee kommen, dass die Verwertungsgesellschaften im Bereich digitaler Medien dunkle Zeiten auf sich zukommen sehen, sollte im Rahmen der Urheberrechtsreform das Digital Rights Management an Boden gewinnen. Jedenfalls gilt es, diese Entwicklungen angespannt zu verfolgen. Denkbar wÃ¤ren hier aber alternative Wege. Mit gutem Beispiel geht hier Creative Commons voran. Ãœber deren Homepage lassen sich bspw. Audiodaten finden, welche durchaus legal heruntergeladen und auf einem MP3 Player gespeichert werden dÃ¼rfen [4]. Ein iTunes Shop wÃ¤re zwar chic, aber um im Internet legal zu Audiodaten zu kommen, ist er nicht zwingend nÃ¶tig. [1] http://www.eschk.ch [2] http://www.suisa.ch/cgi-bin/engine/home/big?lang=d&id=534 [3] http://www.gema.de/kunden/zpue/verguetungspflicht.shtml [4] http://search.creativecommons.org/index.jsp?q=funk&format=Audio [5] http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/33449 Related post(s): Lancierung der Creative Commons Lizenzen (4.56) Related tags(s): creative_commons, deutsch Comments (1) Permalink del.icio.us 08. February 2005 Upcoming DRM-less music store Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Content Management (wiki) \| DRM (wiki) - urs @ 16:16:51 [via Steve, 1] Michael Robertson - founder of Lin~~dows~~spire - is going to announce a new, DRM-less online music store next week called MP3tunes [2]. [1] http://fooworks.com/node/122 [2] http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050202-4576.html Related post(s): iTunes als Business Modell fÃ¼r CC Musik? (6.74) amaroK LiveCD - Open Music Player (6.36) Upcoming - collaborative event calendar (6.19) Music Library in Bern (5.64) Start-up application with PHP-XML database (5.61) Related tags(s): creative_commons, linux, open_content, social_network, government Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 02. February 2005 Creative Commons by-nc-sa draft for Switzerland Law (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 19:58:45 Christiane Asschenfeldt [1] - International Commons Coordinator - has just announced the discussion guidelines for our CC license draft [2] and backtranslation [3]. If I say our it is because I gave a hand as well, but of course most credits go to Mike and Christian ;) If You cannot download the PDF files either enter the full URL in your Acrobat Reader or use wget ;) Please feel free to comment and discuss the draft in the mailinglist. [1] http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-ch/2005-February/000000.html [2] http://creativecommons.org/worldwide/ch/translated-license.pdf [3] http://creativecommons.org/projects/international/ch/english-changes.pdf Related post(s): Switzerland - Creative Commons License Drafts in French and Italian (13.9) Creative Commons Switzerland online (11.5) How to describe DRM? (11.4) Creative Commons license draft version 2.0 (10.9) CH7 - first Swiss movie under Creative Commons (9.38) Related tags(s): media, wireless_and_mobile, wiki, academic, creative_commons Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 01. February 2005 Das Recht am eignen Bild Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) - urs @ 12:16:58 Heute in der NZZ online [1]: Ein amerikanisches Gericht hat den Nahrungsmittelmulti NestlÃ© zu 15,6 Millionen Dollar Schadenersatz verurteilt. NestlÃ© hatte jahrelang einen Mann auf einer Kaffeepackung abgebildet, ohne die Rechte am Bild zu besitzen, wie Konzernsprecher FranÃ§ois Perroud am Dienstag zu einem Bericht der Los Angeles Times bestÃ¤tigte. [1] http://nzz.ch/2005/02/01/vm/newzzE4NY0JWB-12.print.html Related post(s): Die Weltwoche bloggt (4.79) Hemmunglose Internet-Selbstdarsteller (3.86) Podcasting Legal Guide (3.44) search.ch has a blog now (3.43) 1, 2 oder 3 (2.88) Related tags(s): rant, creative_commons, podcast, weblog, copyright Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 10. January 2005 PubPat activities - Protecting the Public Domain Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 14:58:41 It is good to know where one can find the appropriate information. Just the other day I read somewhere about Microsoft's FAT patent issue and I know that it is said to be bogus [1]. Just backing up ;) [1] http://www.pubpat.org/Microsoft_517_Rejected.htm Related post(s): What is the public domain? (12.9) Anonymous domain name registry? (6.79) Is .NET software Free Software? (6.37) fossdays logo - public voting (5.57) Netnotar for starting your company (5.43) Related tags(s): event, government, intellectual_property, open_content, media Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 31. December 2004 5. Schweizer Kunst-Supermarkt in Solothurn Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) \| Art (wiki) - urs @ 18:48:19 Stattfinden tut der 5. Schweizer Kunst-Supermarkt in Solothurn im Palais Besenval [1] vom 18. November 2004 bis 8. Januar 2005. Alle teilnehmenden KÃ¼nstlerinnen und KÃ¼nstler prÃ¤sentieren je 40 Originalwerke. Es werden ausschliesslich Originale verkauft. Um am Supermarkt teilnehmen zu kÃ¶nnen, ist ein hohes QualitÃ¤tsniveau gefordert. Um Kunst fÃ¼r ein breiteres Publikum erschwinglich zu machen, entschied man sich fÃ¼r eine besondere Preispolitik; Die Werke werden einheitlich verpackt zu vier Preisen (CHF 99.â€“, CHF 199.â€“, CHF 399.â€“ und CHF 599.â€“) angeboten und ansprechend prÃ¤sentiert... Run Forest Run! ;) [1] http://www.kunstsupermarkt.ch Related post(s): Tweakfest - visions of digital lifestyle (4.79) Simple MMS configuration (3.65) European PHP user forum (3.64) Revision Urheberrecht - Fahrplan 2005/2006 (3.60) VTX mit Blog Hosting (3.59) Related tags(s): innovation, science, wireless_and_mobile, copyright Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us CC's second anniversary Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Social Network (wiki) \| Random Thought (wiki) - urs @ 17:51:21 Creative Commons turns 2.0 [1]. Congratulations! There will be a party January 6th 2005 in San Francisco. We definitely should celebrate locally too. I will have a look where we could meet in Bern - what do you think about the ~~Kornhaus~~ Bar Turnhalle, Speichergasse 4, Bern [2]? [1] http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002365.shtml [2] http://www.circle.ch/wiki/CC-turns-2.0 Comments (5) Permalink del.icio.us 06. November 2004 Bluebottle OS by ETH Zuerich Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Software (wiki) - urs @ 13:07:18 Jack [1] worked out to run Qemu to boot a curious OS inside; Bluebottle [2]. It is a system to be hosted by the ETH ZÃ¼rich. I haven't heard of it yet. Bluebottle is a powerful operating system based on the Active Object System (Aos) kernel. It provides a compact runtime environment for the Active Oberon language, which supports active objects directly, and enables the construction of efficient active object-based systems that run directly on the hardware. Maybe it is due to its "oldfashioned" license [3] in times of Open Source why I havent noticed the OS yet. Kidding ;-) And no, Oberon isn't dead yet. [1] http://wholegeek.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_wholegeek_archive.html#109967755209630551 [2] http://bluebottle.ethz.ch [3] http://bluebottle.ethz.ch/license/index.html Related post(s): eth zuerich (8.22) Related tags(s): moblog Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 01. November 2004 Fundamental mistake to let people pay for Fahrenheit 9/11? Government (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Random Thought (wiki) - urs @ 22:45:46 Today I read that one can watch Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 for $9.95 on a pay-per-view basis: Voters in the US will be able to log on to the net tonight and download Michael Moore's controversial documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, for some topical election-time viewing. Net movie provider CinemaNow is making the film available on a pay-per-view basis as of this evening, The BBC reports. I have seen the film today on ORF and would assume, that it is a mistake to let people pay for that film. My arguments are towards providing that piece of master-work under a license like the Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial of Creative Commons to bring as many as possible before the movie players ;) Finally, those having seen that film, would possibly play an important role in the upcoming elections; especially those in the swing states. Just an idea. [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/01/politics_us_movies/ Update: I obviously did not have all facts while writing the above as you can read in a post on DRM News [2]. [2] http://drmnews.com/archives/2004/10/27/download-fahrenheit-911/ Related post(s): Funky and Recursive Blogroll-Finder (3.83) FOAF and Co-Depiction (3.74) Installing Debian on an Apple iBook (2.97) PHP CLI for OS X (2.96) Unofficial APT repositories (2.85) Related tags(s): linux, law, php, android Comments (1) Permalink del.icio.us 31. October 2004 Fetching content frequently Weblog (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 23:36:06 Just had a chat with Joshua Schachter from del.icio.us as he asked me Do you have any idea why a few hosts are fetching del.icio.us/rss/urs so frequently? I am always amazed, whom of you out there could be interested in my blog posts or - as it seems now - my bookmarks. Nevertheless, blogging to me has been like using a pocket- or scrapbook to jot down my thoughts, ideas and things I would forget within no time ;) Anyway, it is good to have folks like Joshua to provide such fancy services like del.icio.us. Update I: By the way. The last of my bookmarks saved on del.icio.us was a link pointing to an article in the NZZ [1]. Mr. Vasella is told to have said that those who waive the patent protection would undermine innovation. Maybe this is a bit too simple. An egg-and-chicken problem maybe. First we need innovation and maybe then it can be a good idea to protect that innovation with a patent. But just have a look at the writing of Karl-Friedrich Lenz [2]: "Grenzen des Patentwesens. Konkrete MaÃŸnahmen gegen die Patentinflation."; worth reading. Update II: via chregu [3] "Es spricht einiges dafÃ¼r, dass Patente auf Software, die in USA gÃ¤ngige Praxis sind und in Europa vor ihrer Legalisierung stehen, in Wirklichkeit die Innovation einschrÃ¤nken. Europa kÃ¶nnte immer noch den Kurs wechseln." Deutsche Bank Research [4] And Switzerland? [1] http://nzz.ch/2004/10/31/wi/page-article9YI9S.html [2] http://k.lenz.name/d/v/index.html [3] http://blog.bitflux.ch/archive/nosoftwarepatents.html [4] http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/de/m/intro/index.html Related post(s): Hex BlogPhone (5.78) Open Content Alliance launched (4.36) MSN search in Open Content Alliance (4.19) Free XML tools and software (4.11) PHPope - content management (3.67) Related tags(s): php, talks, education, java Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 06. September 2004 GPL under test Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 23:35:57 [via Lessig, 1] The General Public License (GPL) â€“ the Magna Carta of the Open Source Software movement â€“ has passed its first important legal test. A Munich Court confirms GPL enforceability [2]. [1] http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002145.shtml [2] http://www.jbb.de/html/?page=news&id=33 Related post(s): Demosite of myNEWS (6.67) PHP EasyWindows Installer (6.16) ffmpeg - The upcoming tool for video conversion (4.86) Scripts (3.98) Zend.com spotlights on my PHP-Autogallery (3.86) Related tags(s): weblog, wireless_and_mobile, php, open_source, projects Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 04. September 2004 ASF rejecting Sender ID Open Source (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 10:25:08 [via slashdot, 1] "The Apache Software Foundation [2] has rejected the patent-encumbered Sender ID specification. This means no Sender ID support for SpamAssassin, Apache JAMES, etc. They state that the current license is generally incompatible with open source, and contrary to the practice of open Internet standards." Add-on: Debate on trust regarding Microsofts' Open Source plans [3]. [1] http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/02/1446229 [2] http://apache.org/foundation/docs/sender-id-position.html [3] http://weblogs.asp.net/jledgard/archive/2004/08/24/220028.aspx Related post(s): SPF add-on to SMTP (9.53) SpamPal, ASK et. al. (5.47) etoy goes for KAYWA Blog (4.12) Free PDF conversion of MS Office documents (3.11) Related tags(s): software, open_source, technology, weblog Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 11. August 2004 283 potential patent claims against Linux Linux (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 10:34:38 From the OSRM paper: Dan Ravicher, founder and executive director of the Public Patent Foundation and senior counsel to the Free Software Foundation, reviewed all U.S. software patents that have been litigated through appeal, examining whether the Linux kernel contains technology that could trigger patent claims against end-users. In conclusion, he found that no court-validated software patent is infringed by the Linux kernel. However, Ravicher also found 283 issued but not yet court-validated software patents that, if upheld as valid by the courts, could potentially be used to support patent claims against Linux." That reminds me of the book written by Karl-Friedrich Lenz called "Grenzen des Patentwesens. Konkrete MaÃŸnahmen gegen die Patentinflation."; always worth a read and giving you ideas what one could do against (software)patent claims [2]. [1] http://www.osriskmanagement.com/press_release_080204.pdf [2] http://k.lenz.name/d/v/Grenzen.pdf Related post(s): GIF U.S. patent expired (5.66) Howto learn from others; or - a Linux install guide (4.98) Linux on Xbox - running without hardware fix (4.84) Phat Linux - running Linux on a Windows Host (4.66) User-mode Linux (4.62) Related tags(s): law, technology, linux, economy Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 09. August 2004 How can copy protection be constitutional? Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Software (wiki) - urs @ 13:47:55 [via drmblog, 1] Ed Foster [2] writes about copy protection as an absolute immoral, illegal, and unconstitutional intrusion of individual rights. That intrusion has limitations in the Constitution according to that article. So that is where the power of companies, effectively writing their own laws based on power granted from congress, has to find its limitations. [1] http://www.drmblog.com [2] http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2004/7/13/0301/68024 Related post(s): Good Copy Bad Copy (8.26) WinSCP - a freeware SCP (Secure CoPy) client (5.56) DRM bridged by contract (4.34) 10th annual report of the Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner (3.71) Xdebug extension for PHP (3.55) Related tags(s): copyright, creative_commons, intellectual_property, politics Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 28. July 2004 Lookout for Outlook content Open Source (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 00:14:52 A friend [1] of mine mentioned Lookout [2]. An indexing search engine working as plug-in for Microsoft Outlook. The company has recently been bought by Microsoft. So the license agreement looks a bit strange to me (here just the beginning): License, Limited Warranty and Copyright IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and Microsoft Corporation (The Company) for Lookout (The Software). If you do not agree to all of the terms of this License, then do not use, copy or install The Software. This Software is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. All rights reserved. Please read the license terms below. Portions of this software are Copyright (c) 2001 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved. Please read the Apache Software License included in this document. For more information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see http://www.apache.org. [...] This seems like the first Microsoft software licensed under an Apach license. [1] http://blog.li/trash/2004/07/27/564.html [2] http://www.lookoutsoft.com Related post(s): Open Source Outlook MAPI connecter available (6.90) Outlook to iCal export (6.83) Import Outlook calendar items into iCal (5.74) Outlook calendar to RSS (5.17) Spam filter for Outlook 2000 and 2002 (4.63) Related tags(s): apple, software, mozilla, php, talks Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 11. July 2004 Schatzi-Halter Technology (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 00:18:14 Lars - a friend of a friend - publishes some of his "objects", various types of mostly handy innovations. Tonight I installed the "Schatzi-Halter" to hold a postcard from a Christo exposition [1]. [1] http://www.atelier-v.ch/Seiten/18.html Related post(s): Linux Solutions Group aktiv in der Schweiz (4.80) Keinen Rappen fÃ¼r die Software (4.31) Related tags(s): linux, deutsch, open_source Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 01. July 2004 CreativeCommons search engine Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 11:59:33 CreativeCommons runs a CC sensitive search engine as prototype. Simply add the search form plug-in to Mozilla compatible browsers [1]. [1] http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=commons&submitform=Find%20search%20plugins Related post(s): Indexing PHP search engine (9.31) Plug-and-Play search engine written in PHP (8.56) Feedster RSS search engine (8.03) New map service by search.ch (7.75) Fulltext search in PHP files on Windows (7.57) Related tags(s): weblog, random_thought, technology, art, technology_transfer Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 17. June 2004 GeoBlog - Standortbestimmung fÃ¼r Moblogger Weblog (wiki) \| Wireless and Mobile (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Deutsch (wiki) - urs @ 00:00:39 Die Idee geistert schon lÃ¤nger bei mir umher und weil mir momentan zur Realisierung etwas die Zeit fehlt, will ich sie hier kundtun. Die Idee - ich nenne es schlicht GeoBlog - ist die, den vom Mobiltelefon aus auf den Blog gesendeten Bildern eine lokalisierende Komponente beizufÃ¼gen. Das wÃ¤re wohl einfacher, wenn die Mobiltelefone GPS mitgeliefert bekÃ¤men; was nicht ist, kann noch werden. Bei GeoBlog handelt es sich um einen Workaround: In einer Tabelle [1] sollen LÃ¤ngen- und Breitengrad von Mobilfunkantennen eingetragen werden. Die beim Mobiltelefon erscheinende Zelleninformation "Bern-West" sollte nun mehr oder weniger genau zu einer bestimmten Lokalisierung fÃ¼hren, die folglich mit dem Bild, sofern es sofort verschickt wird, in Verbindung gebracht werden kann. Nebst der Tabelle, die nur in aufgrund von Freiwilligenarbeit entstehen kann und auch entsprechend unter einer Creative Commons Lizenz steht, bedarf es einer Software, die auf den gÃ¤ngigsten Telefonen installiert werden kann und mindestens die Zelleninfo ausliest und dem MMS oder E-Mail des Blog-Post automatisch mitliefert. What do you think of it? [1] http://www.circle.ch/wiki/GeoBlog Related post(s): Flatrate GPRS with Swisscom (4.03) Locative Technology on Nokia Series 60 phones (3.49) Related tags(s): wireless_and_mobile, economy, geodata Comments (2) Permalink del.icio.us 31. May 2004 From Movable Type to Wordpress Weblog (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 16:58:40 [via Chregu, 1] Mark Pilgrim has - for reasons he points out in his blog post - replaced his blog backend from Movable Type to Wordpress [2]. This blog here is still running with a modified version of cafelog/b2. I was waiting for Wordpress 1.2 [3], which offers some nice new features and upgrades, such as OPML import/export, Thumbnail handling, subcategories etc. [1] http://blog.bitflux.ch/p1702.html [2] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/05/14/freedom-0 [3] http://wordpress.org/development/archives/2004/05/22/heres-the-beef/ Related post(s): KABLOG - enhanced mobile blogging (9.59) WordPress CSS Style Competition (7.11) Atom 0.1 feed generator for Wordpress (6.77) WYSIWYG Plugin for Wordpress (6.67) hacking and forking b2 (5.68) Related tags(s): java, wireless_and_mobile, weblog, random_thought, social_network Comments (1) Permalink del.icio.us Creative Commons license version 2.0 Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 16:51:56 Creative Commons announced version 2 of their licenses [1]. Also have a look at Mr. Lenz' Blog about eventual licensors warranty claims [2]. [1] http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4216 [2] http://k.lenz.name/LB/archives/000872.html Related post(s): Switzerland - Creative Commons License Drafts in French and Italian (14.0) Creative Commons license draft version 2.0 (12.6) Mozilla indicates Creative Commons license (10.1) Creative Commons License Compatibility Wizard (9.69) Couleur 3 using Creative Commons license (9.55) Related tags(s): wiki, copyright, culture, talks, academic Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 17. May 2004 WiX - a Microsoft Open Source project on sourceforge.net Open Source (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 14:29:47 [via M. de Icaza, 1] Rob Mensching [2] has written the Windows Installer XML (WiX) [3]; a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code. The project, originally developed internal to Microsoft, was released under the Common Public License [4]. For more information on that license you may also refer to the IBM CPL FAQ [5]. [1] http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/archive/2004/Apr-05.html [2] http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/04/05/107709.aspx [3] http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/ [4] http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl.php [5] http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-cplfaq.html Related post(s): Open Source Outlook MAPI connecter available (13.9) Inkscape - Open Source SVG Editor (11.3) Microsoft view on commodity software (11.3) Maguma Open Studio (9.73) view-source Protocol by Microsoft (9.68) Related tags(s): government, media, open_source, software, intellectual_property Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 28. April 2004 CH7 - first Swiss movie under Creative Commons Culture (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 14:14:01 Thought this might interest you; CH7 [1] is (probably) the first movie ever released under the Creative Commons [2] license (Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial 1.0) in Switzerland. The story in brief: Tina's biggest dream is to make her own movie; not as an actor but as "regisseur" (Director). Together with her two friends Diego and Sebastian they start to record without having a screen-play. As it is often the case, they need quite some money to realize the film but acutally do not have it yet. To rob a bank is just one of their ideas to get cash... Georg Glutz, a starreporter from the channel CH7, tries to get more information about the filmfreaks; not without success. ... the dialogs are mainly in Swiss German ;-) [1] http://ch7.ch [2] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/ Related post(s): Creative Commons license version 2.0 (8.50) Creative Commons Switzerland online (8.40) How to describe DRM? (8.39) Couleur 3 using Creative Commons license (8.31) Lancierung der Creative Commons Lizenzen (8.22) Related tags(s): media, talks, copyright, wireless_and_mobile, wiki Comments (3) Permalink del.icio.us 18. March 2004 Mircrosoft will gesetzliche Rahmenbedingungen ins Parlament bringen Law (wiki) \| Politics (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Software (wiki) - urs @ 18:50:57 Ich wollte eigentlich einen lÃ¤ngeren Artikel schreiben; hier aber vorerst mal die Pressemitteilung von Microsoft [1]. So als Vorgeschmack auf was da kommen mag, folgende Notiz [2]: The terms of the patent license for implementing this specification. [1] http://www.microsoft.com/switzerland/presse/de/default.mspx?ID={0CFB7068-C670-41E3-8BB6-A95977527204} [2] http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/privacy/spam_callerid.mspx Related post(s): Volksabstimmung vom 26. September 2004 (6.54) Urheberrecht - Rechtskommission des StÃ¤nderats (5.39) Bundesratswahl online verfolgen (2.96) HÃ¤usliche Gewalt als Offizialdelikt (2.90) Volksabstimmung vom 18. Mai 2003 (2.77) Related tags(s): copyright, government, technology, law, politics Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 26. February 2004 Mozilla indicates Creative Commons license Weblog (wiki) \| XML (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 14:16:59 mozCC is an extension for Mozilla-based browsers, which provides a convenient way to examine and indicate Creative Commons licenses embedded in web pages. Depending on the embedded RDF, the respective icons show up in the status bar of the browser. You may find RDF examples of the different license types at creativecommons.org [2]. Currently I have only one RDF license output per page. But of course you can add one per-post and assign: dc:title="$title", dc:identifier="$postURI", dc:subject="$category", dc:description="$description", dc:creator="$author" and dc:date="$date" as well [3]. [1] http://www.yergler.net/projects/mozcc/ [2] http://creativecommons.org/technology/licenseoutput [3] http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/archives/000674.html Related post(s): Switzerland - Creative Commons License Drafts in French and Italian (12.2) Creative Commons license version 2.0 (10.9) Creative Commons license draft version 2.0 (10.2) Creative Commons License Compatibility Wizard (9.69) Couleur 3 using Creative Commons license (9.55) Related tags(s): wireless_and_mobile, wiki, copyright, culture, talks Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 07. February 2004 What do we call the commons in Switzerland? Government (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 18:42:30 After diving into Benkler, Lessig and other reads [1,2], I was wondering what the "commons" would correspond to in the German language and specifically to a Swiss legal term. The dictonary did not help. Illustrative examples for the commons are the public roads, the places, the woods and if you turn more technically e.g. the radio frequency spectrum. The government does have its fingers on them but grants access for the public for some of these resources. As for example for public places in Switzerland there are three levels of intensity of usage. People can easily walk or chat with others on public places ("schlichter Gemeingebrauch") as long as they do not allocate the place just for them selfs. If they want to gather for a political demonstration [3], the utilization corresponds to a second level ("gesteigerter Gemeingebrauch"). The intesity of a certain activity at this level is usually at such a strength where others get disturbed and therefore one basically needs to be authorized. Finally and thirdly, an exclusive activity ("Sondernutzung") does require a concession. Here we speak of "Ã¶ffentliche Sachen" - probably best translated with "public property" . So commons from my point of view could be described as "Ã¶ffentliche Sachen" or "Ã¶ffentliche GÃ¼ter" or maybe even better as "Gemeingut". [1] http://www.benkler.org/Pub.html [2] http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/lessigkeynote.pdf [3] http://jumpcgi.bger.ch/cgi-bin/JumpCGI?id=BGE_127_I_164 Related post(s): Creative Commons Switzerland online (7.33) How to describe DRM? (6.34) Switzerland - Creative Commons License Drafts in French and Italian (6.34) LOTS 2005 - Call for Participation (5.78) Creative Commons by-nc-sa draft for Switzerland (5.68) Related tags(s): media, academic, creative_commons, technology, talks Comments (5) Permalink del.icio.us 06. February 2004 LOTS - Let's Open The Source Overview Economy (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Software (wiki) - urs @ 11:28:05 The Organizing Team is pleased to present the first edition of LOTS; an attractive event dedicated to Open Source. There are about 12 FLOSS related companies, 29 speeches, 17 projects, six workshops and a lot more to see and hear. Most of the presentations will be held in German, some in English. Would be nice to see you there [1]. [1] http://lots.ch/Programm.html Related post(s): 1st LOTS Open Source Event in Bern (13.3) TÃ¤gliche Ration Open Source (12.7) Keinen Rappen fÃ¼r die Software (10.0) Apache Cocoon and Lenya Workshops (9.16) Jahrbuch zu Open Source und Open Content (8.73) Related tags(s): economy, open_content, government, talks, geodata Comments (2) Permalink del.icio.us 01. February 2004 Link-back URL Regarding The Attribution Option In Licenses Weblog (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 18:13:40 Mr. Lenz [1] commented the new Creative Commons License draft while pointing to a probably technical challenge regarding the link-back - or back-link; the expression is not yet used consistently around the blogs as I can see - issue. As he states, there is in fact a problem, that most copyrightholders do not get informed when a contract has been closed. So even if I am missing the point; here my proposal: I was thinking of a link-back URL to the copyrightholder's site which implements a kind of pingback mechanism [2] Pingback is a method for web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. Typically, web publishing software will automatically inform the relevent parties on behalf of the user, allowing for the possibility of automatically creating links to referring documents. For example, Alice writes an interesting article on her Web log. Bob then reads this article and comments about it, linking back to Alice's original post. Using pingback, Bob's software can automatically notify Alice that her post has been linked to, and Alice's software can then include this information on her site. To come around the problem of down-sites, there could be set up an independent foundation that hosts accounts for copyrightholders. The foundation would simply a) an account specific URL to include in the license b) statistics of link-back requests (date, evtl. IP of Remote Host). Eventually, that foundation could or should be hosted by the WIPO. There have been some thoughts mentioned on the CC weblog earlier but not yet that specific [3]. I think one of the main problems with simple text is, that any RDF or link encapsuled within a blog-post get lost while doing a copy-paste from (X)HTML. Personally I try to give credits to every snippet of text which is used here to comment, to clarify or to explain within a post. So giving proper attribution is not such a problem. But still, that does not - always - solve the discribed issue of informing the copyrightholder... [1] http://k.lenz.name/LB/archives/000776.html [2] http://hixie.ch/specs/pingback/pingback [3] http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/3636 Related post(s): Creative Commons license draft version 2.0 (11.6) CC Lizenzen fÃ¼r Schweiz nun online (7.35) Die tel.search.ch Option linkzoom (6.77) Back to the roots of CGI (6.57) Navigating the Maze of Free and NonFree Licenses (6.51) Related tags(s): wireless_and_mobile, wiki, deutsch, rant, search Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 29. January 2004 Creative Commons license draft version 2.0 Weblog (wiki) \| Wireless and Mobile (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Wiki (wiki) - urs @ 11:23:22 Joi [1] just pointed out the draft of the Creative Commons by-nc-sa license version 2.0 [2]. There will be some changes regarding the warranties, a link-back to the attribution clause and among other points, compatibility questions regarding e.g. the GNU Free Documentation License are to be discussed. On behalf of the compatibility issue Eric S. Raymond [3] worked out some guidelines related to open source in his Licensing-HOWTO. The compatibility between different licenses is from my point of view quite important e.g. for work that has been published prior the CC era. We should eventually start a compatibility list as it has been done for licenses regarding open source software. The idea is porbably not new though ;-) [1] http://joi.ito.com/archives/2004/01/29/version_20_of_creative_commons_licenses.html [2] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/draft2.0 [3] http://www.catb.org/~esr/Licensing-HOWTO.html#compatibility Related post(s): Switzerland - Creative Commons License Drafts in French and Italian (17.5) Creative Commons by-nc-sa draft for Switzerland (15.9) Creative Commons license version 2.0 (14.1) Mozilla indicates Creative Commons license (10.1) Creative Commons License Compatibility Wizard (9.69) Related tags(s): copyright, culture, talks, academic, geodata Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us DRM bridged by contract Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 01:23:11 While working on my thesis I came along Digital Rights Managment (DRM) today. DRM [1] as a system can be understood as a set of three competences: Observe access and the use of a copyrighted work (information about the document, author, user etc.) Controlling the copyrighted work (password, copyright-protection, keys/signature) Protection of authenticity and integrity of the copyrighted work Then I went through the directive 2001/29/EC [2] and read that - as in article 6 IV - the rightholder may take "voluntary measures" with other rightholders or third parties e.g. the enduser. IMHO this means, that one can use contract law to avoid DRM being effective at first place. Article 6 IV regulates eventualities of missing voluntary measures later on. So the question is if such a contract - as it may be GNU Free Documentation License - would work as an execption. From my point of view it does. Some more DRM-reading on slashdot [3]. [1] http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue8_11/may/index.html [2] http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/intprop/news/ [3] http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1659244 Related post(s): 10th annual report of the Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner (2.63) Swiss Post buys search portal search.ch (2.14) Link-back URL Regarding The Attribution Option In Licenses (2.13) Related tags(s): politics, economy, random_thought, intellectual_property, weblog Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 19. January 2004 UNESCO Free Software Directory Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Software (wiki) - urs @ 20:20:41 The UNESCO joined the FSF Free Software Directory in April 2003. The license of each listed software is veryfied to be "free". Good to know that there is such a resource. [1] http://fsd.unesco.org/directory/ Related post(s): Is .NET software Free Software? (8.65) Wine for Mac OS X? (6.98) Get Sun Solaris 8 for free (6.79) AGNULA - A GNU/Linux Audio distribution (6.35) .htaccess problem on drives other than C (6.12) Related tags(s): apache, geodata, moblog, music, linux Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 05. January 2004 What is the public domain? Civil Society (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 16:57:43 While working on my thesis I came along an article by Bryan Pfaffenberger [1] where he states What is the public domain, and why is it so important to the growth and development of a democratic civil society? Yochai Benkler, a law professor at New York University, defines the public domain in these terms: "Information is "in the public domain" to the extent that no person has a right to exclude anyone else from using the specified information in a particular way. In other words, information is in the public domain if all users are equally privileged to use it" (Benkler 1999). Just one but a strong argument to put creative work under a suitable Open Content License. [1] http://www.linuxjournal.com/print.php?sid=4709 Update: Bryan has also a blog: http://pfaff.tcc.virginia.edu/pfaffenblog Related post(s): PubPat activities - Protecting the Public Domain (7.18) Anonymous domain name registry? (6.79) Is .NET software Free Software? (6.37) fossdays logo - public voting (5.57) Netnotar for starting your company (5.43) Related tags(s): open_source, event, government, intellectual_property, open_content Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 18. September 2003 About browsing the web and why Lotus Notes matters Technology (wiki) \| Intellectual Property (wiki) - urs @ 00:46:53 [via Jon's Radio, 1] I propose to go for Ray Ozzies [2] weblog post first and then Jon's. It is about telling a fascinating story about a software product on one hand and changing the world with a few dozen lines of text on the other. What is it about? Ray Ozzie and others have worked on the development of Lotus Notes. He recently became aware of the patent US 5,838,906 and the Eolas lawsuit against Microsoft about the browser experiance. Ray explains in deep how Lotus Notes was built and worked at that time and finally states that We even shipped it about 18 months before his filing. Lotus was a public company and at the time one of the biggest forces in the personal computing industry, so surely the person or persons doing the patent filing must have or should have known about our hypermedia innovations. Given all the press coverage, he was likely also influenced by them in envisioning his own distributed hypermedia enhancements to the then-nascent Web browser technology. Jon summarizes that Ray's essay could have saved [3] Microsoft more money than Ray invested in his company Groove and finally points out: Innovation is an act of willful imagination. What you dream up can indeed change the world. But the world keeps changing too, in ways that can require you to refocus your dream. Not an easy thing to do. [1] http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2003/09/17.html#a798 [2] http://www.ozzie.net/blog/stories/2003/09/12/savingTheBrowser.html [3] http://www.rkmc.com/firm_news.asp?newsId=167&iba=Yes Related post(s): Firefox and Pop-ups (4.89) Maguma Open Studio (4.15) Browsing and modifying XML documents online (4.07) Should MT, Blogger and UserLand et.al. join forces? (3.85) meeting joi ito (3.49) Related tags(s): mozilla, php, weblog, moblog Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us 11. September 2003 Eyeballs Any-Bandwidth Technology Intellectual Property (wiki) \| Software (wiki) - urs @ 16:08:30 Heard about Eyeball Chat Video Messenger just recently and it was interesting to hear, that they have a patent-pending Any-Bandwidth Technology [1]. Well, I was reflecting back on a problem we had in Switzerland, when customers ranted on the provided bandwidth. So, the Fachhochschule Rapperswil [2] came up with a measurement kit that runs in a browser and actually calculates the real bandwith. The question one might ask is, what was state-of-the-art at time of patenting [3]. [1] http://www.eyeball.com/company/anybandwidth.html [2] http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/performancetest/ [3] http://ch.espacenet.com/espacenet/ch/en/e_net.htm?search5 Related post(s): Soybo technology to integrate PHP, XML-RPC, AppleScript et. al. (4.38) JSR-170 Content Repository for Java technology API (4.18) SAP DB goes OpenSource and PHP will be ready for it! (3.69) Microsoft Office XP - Smart Tags Technology (3.65) DIRT - Dynamic Image Rendering Technology (3.49) Related tags(s): apple, java, wireless_and_mobile, linux Comments (0) Permalink del.icio.us	Werbung: Beiträge von Dritten: Nachfolgende Titel verweisen auf von mir gelesene Weblogs. Feeds: Blog Content Blog Comments WikiAgenda: Comments: Good question, but... Hi, thank you very... Unter http://www.s... 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