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Aug

No user serviceable part inside

Posted by Jean-Pierre  Published in Anticipation SF 2009

Cory Doctorow was the moderator on this panel with, as participants,  C Meeks, Howard Davidson and Jack William Bell.  The discussion was about how people relate to technology and is it possible to take control of it.  For most people technology is like a black box, a very complex black box with no possibility to [...]

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Tags: Arduino, C Meeks, Doctorow, Electronic, experiment, Howard Davidson, Jack William Bell, technology

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13

Aug

No book to sign… do not despair

Posted by Jean-Pierre  Published in Anticipation SF 2009

A friend had some time on his hands and was near Doctorow at the time.  He then decided to get an autograph.  But wait!  He had no book to sign.  Quick thinking got him an exclusive piece of electronics.  A signed ebook reader!

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Tags: autograph, Doctorow, ebook

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8

Aug

Intellectual property and creative commons

Posted by Jean-Pierre  Published in Anticipation SF 2009

Our host were : Cory Doctorow (Great guy, met him later) Laura Majerus Felix Gilman Basically copyrights has been made when copying was involving big factories with enormous means.  A copyright dispute was then a fight between major players in the big league.  Its reflected in the current law.  They are complex and ofter are [...]

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Tags: author, copyright, Doctorow

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