---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:03 PM Subject: Fwd: [Open Manufacturing] Russian President: Time To Reform Copyright - Slashdot To: [email protected] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul D. Fernhout <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:58 PM Subject: [Open Manufacturing] Russian President: Time To Reform Copyright - Slashdot To: Open Manufacturing <[email protected]> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/0358209/Russian-President-Time-To-Ref... "While most of the rest of the world keeps ratcheting up copyright laws by increasing enforcement and terms, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appears to be going in the other direction. He's now proposing that Russia build Creative Commons-style open and free licenses directly into Russian copyright law. This comes just a few days after he also chided other G8 leaders for their antiquated views on copyright." http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110606/07525814563/russian-president-prop... http://torrentfreak.com/russias-sane-thoughts-on-copyright-110530/ Also related: http://hken.ibtimes.com/articles/153988/20110529/g8-closes-with-internet-dec... --Paul Fernhout http://www.pdfernhout.net/ ==== The biggest challenge of the 21st century is the irony of technologies of abundance in the hands of those thinking in terms of scarcity. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open Manufacturing" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing?hl=en. -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens