Not sure if its coincidence, but just noting that this is a few days after Software Freedom Day on 21 September. Daniel. On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 14:39:32 +1000 Patrick Sunter wrote:

Thanks Ben - looks like the speakers they've got lined up might manage a reasonably interesting debate. I've just booked to go along.

Sounds like you should start an Aus pirate party Ben if you're going to use the scare quotes around all possible uses of the word ;)

cheers, Pat S.

On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Ben Finney

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Howdy all,

The Wheeler Centre is organising an IQ² Debate with a topic related to free culture, that of copyright and the misnomer “piracy” for copyright infringement.

The digital revolution is counter-intuitive to copyright. Technological change is moving too fast for adequate laws to be implemented – and for affected industries to keep pace.

With such open access to information these days, how do we know where one person’s work ends and another begins? Is the very idea of intellectual property becoming a nonsense – or is it too important to give up on, for the continuing functioning of the arts and the sciences? And – the million-dollar question – how can we ensure creativity continues to pay?

Our speakers will consider the obstacles and opportunities ahead.

http://wheelercentre.com/events/event/copyright-is-dead-long-live-the-pirate...

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Sounds like you should start an Aus pirate party Ben if you're going to use the scare quotes around all possible uses of the word ;)

There already is one: pirateparty.org.au D.

cheers, Pat S.

On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Ben Finney

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wrote:

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Howdy all,

The Wheeler Centre is organising an IQ² Debate with a topic related to free culture, that of copyright and the misnomer “piracy” for copyright infringement.

The digital revolution is counter-intuitive to copyright. Technological change is moving too fast for adequate laws to be implemented – and for affected industries to keep pace.

With such open access to information these days, how do we know where one person’s work ends and another begins? Is the very idea of intellectual property becoming a nonsense – or is it too important to give up on, for the continuing functioning of the arts and the sciences? And – the million-dollar question – how can we ensure creativity continues to pay?

Our speakers will consider the obstacles and opportunities ahead.

http://wheelercentre.com/events/event/copyright-is-dead-long-live-the-pirate...

...

-- \ “He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his | `\ enemy from oppression.” —Thomas Paine | _o__) | Ben Finney

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