RMS Talk
March 8, 2011
I went to the Richard Stallman talk tonight on `Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks’ which was held at Sussex University. I must say I was impress, I was entertained for the 2hr duration and questions afterwards.
After a brief introduction on what is free and non-free software, part of which how he introduced the concept of the 4 software freedom rules, and then how things such DVD and Blu-Ray take away these freedoms from us. Following this he discussed the history of copyright and how it used to be applied when it was invented and through the ages to today. Proposed his own solutions to how long copyright should last for as well as how to provide funding for entertainment.
If you catch a chance to see him I would really recommend it.
UPDATE:
More in depth review and audio recording here – https://www.martineve.com/2011/03/09/richard-stallman-at-the-university-of-sussex/
