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[ A large majority of the angel investors and venture capitalists who took part in a Booz & Company study say they will not put their money in digital content intermediaries (DCIs) if governments pass tough new rules allowing websites to be sued or fined for pirated digital content posted by users. More than 70% of angel investors reported they would be deterred from investing if anti-piracy regulations against "user uploaded" websites were increased. ...]

[This new legislation, if enacted, would strike at the very core of the way the Internet has been structured. Sharing, openness, and participation are at the core of what the Internet represents. When it comes to a choice between an open Internet and an Internet of walled gardens patrolled by government censors, there is no doubt which is preferable. As Booz & Co. pointed out in a recent study, the SOPA legislation could lead to a decline in Internet innovation.]

["Secure boot" is a technology described by recent revisions of the UEFI specification; it offers the prospect of a hardware-verified, malware-free operating system bootstrap process that can improve the security of many system deployments. Linux and other open operating systems will be able to take advantage of secure boot if it is implemented properly in the hardware. This document is intended to describe how the UEFI secure boot specification can be implemented to interoperate well with open systems and to avoid adversely affecting the rights of the owners of those systems while providing compliance with proprietary software vendors' requirements. To learn more about the recommendations please download the .PDF below. ]

[¡Copiad, malditos! proyecto de documental para TV + web sobre propiedad intelectual. Más información: www.copiadmalditos.net Para descargar el documental hay varias opciones: 1 - En RTVE.es se ofrecen dos versiones en FLV y MP4 para su descarga de...]

[Temáticas y programa 2011 ÍNDICE JUEVES 27 de OCTUBRE: Los OXCARS, el mayor show de cultura libre de todos los tiempos (4ª edición) VIERNES 28 de OCTUBRE: modelos sostenibles para la creación en la era digital SÁBADO 29 de OCTUBRE: retos y herramientas de defensa de internet y del compartir ]

About.com Digital Music Glossary of Terms A list of definitions explaining some of the terminology that is used in this guide.

[Abstract The Media Value Chain Ontology (MVCO) is an ontology for formalizing the representation of the Media Value Chain. It couples naturally with the MPEG-21 multimedia framework, and its standardization as Part 19 of this ISO/IEC standard is underway (at the editing time of this document). Although hooked on the broader framework of the MPEG-21 standard, the MVCO ontology is complete and useful on its way. The MVCO is quite a relative small ontology, (less than 60 classes and 20 properties), simple to understand and accompanied by a forthcoming Java API. It has been coded as an OWL Ontology.]

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[Fundamentos Legales ............., ciudadano español, con e-DNI ........, cuyos datos expresamente solicito sean reservados y amparados por el párrafo cuarto del artículo 4 de la Ley 4/2001, de 12 de noviembre, con domicilio a efectos de notificaciones en la dirección de correo electrónico ............., y postal en calle............... , en nombre y representación propia. Ante el Excelentísimo Señor Presidente del Congreso de los Diputados y ante todos sus diputados comparezco, y en virtud de lo establecido en el artículo 3, párrafo primero, y siguientes de la Ley 4/2001, en el ejercicio del derecho fundamental de petición y en atención a los siguientes antecedentes FORMULO PETICIÓN que desarrollo a continuación. Antecedentes: ...]

[Copyright by Mike Masnick Mon, Oct 3rd 2011 3:55pm from the thank-goodness-for-little-things dept Ah, ASCAP. The music collection group that keeps getting more and more desperate, seems to have finally and completely lost its quixotic attempt to claim that a music download represented a "public performance," which required a separate license, beyond the mechanical reproduction license. The group had been in a legal fight with Yahoo and Rhapsody over whether or not those companies had to pay extra to songwriters (whom ASCAP represents) in addition to the money they were already paying to license songs from the record labels for downloads. The district court sided with ASCAP and presented a bizarre formula involving a percentage of all revenue (such that Yahoo would have to pay some of its search revenue to ASCAP for no clear reason). Thankfully, an appeals court overturned the ruling, noting that a download is not a public performance, and that the bizarre calculation rate didn't make much sense. ]

*Aclarando el Manipulado (por la Industria y las representantes de "l@s Creadores") Concepto de "Ánimo de Lucro" en los Intercambios no-comerciales entre usuari@s de Internet...

[We're all constantly hearing about new cool sites, apps, and products on the market. Most of us forget 90% of these within a few hours of hearing about them...and for good reason. There's no way to keep an eye on everything that's out there. ...]

[Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is preparing to make a big announcement on Thursday. It's sure to be filled with platitudes about the benefits of broadband and boosting the economy. But the devil, as always, will be in the details. And that's how we'll know whether the FCC is sticking up for the consumers they're supposed to represent, or whether we're witnessing the agency's complete capture by the industries it's supposed to regulate. ...]

‎[... Los jueces del Tribunal Supremo estiman que, según la sección 101 de la legislación de los derechos de autor, solo sería justa una ampliación de los 'royalties' en el caso de que las composiciones "se emitieran, bailaran o interpretasen publicamente" y convienen que una descarga "no es ninguna de esas tres cosas". ...]

*History Repeating. [German music royalty collecting agency GEMA has once again stepped up to enforce their strict copyright regime. But this time they picked the wrong target. The group mistakenly demanded money from the nonprofit organization Musikpiraten for publishing five Creative Commons licensed tracks. Musikpiraten is baffled by the false claim and is considering filing a complaint for copyfraud. ...]

[from the for-shame dept With all the talk of the EU's decision to retroactively extend copyright from 50 to 70 years, despite no evidence that this is needed or useful, very little attention was paid to the massive harm this causes. Multiple studies showed that such an extension wouldn't provide much, if any, money to musicians, but most of the money would actually be diverted from artists to major record labels. And it gets even worse. Copycense points us to some reports about how copyright extension is guaranteeing that plenty of classical music won't be heard: ]

[04.10.2011 19:00h - 20:30h Place: Medialab-Prado. Plaza de las Letras, C/ Alameda, 15 · Madrid Una nueva sesión de #redada con la participación de David García Aristegui (programa Comunes en Radio Círculo), Ignasi Labastida (Creative Commons España) y el abogado Javier de la Cueva sobre la posibilidad de crear una entidad de gestión de derechos de cultura libre. [streaming en directo] Hashtag: #redada Se recomienda llegar a las 18:45h para evitar problemas de aforo. ]

[Enésima prueba de la inutilidad de la Ley Sinde. La norma creada por el Gobierno con el apoyo de PP y CiU para cerrar páginas web de enlaces ha sido puesta en ridículo por David Bravo, abogado especializado en propiedad intelectual, ante la propia industria del cine gracias a un exitoso experimento que se ha propagado por las redes sociales. ...]

[The EU Parliament just started discussing a resolution and oral question to the Commission on Net Neutrality. Make your voice heard to ensure that your EU representatives make a strong commitment for a free and open Internet against pressure from the telecoms industry. ...]