Sunday, April 15, 2007
Norwegan Liberal Party Passes Resolution for File Sharing
Norwegan Liberal Party Passes Resolution in Favor of File Sharing
New Proposal Would Move Copyright Laws into the 21st Century
By TheCaptain, April 15, 2007
Norway's liberal party, Venstre, has recently passed a resolution that is nothing short of revolutionary-in favor of file sharing. Copyright law is out of date, the party says...technology now makes it such that current copyright laws actually impede the cultural progress that could otherwise take place, by stopping a tremendously efficient mechanism of sharing information. A new system is necessary that would facilitate the production of content while at the same time giving users access to it. The new resolution calls for a change of policy in four areas: file sharing, sampling, commercial copyright lifespan, and the use of digital rights management software (DRM).
Read this interesting article from Associated Content
New Proposal Would Move Copyright Laws into the 21st Century
By TheCaptain, April 15, 2007
Norway's liberal party, Venstre, has recently passed a resolution that is nothing short of revolutionary-in favor of file sharing. Copyright law is out of date, the party says...technology now makes it such that current copyright laws actually impede the cultural progress that could otherwise take place, by stopping a tremendously efficient mechanism of sharing information. A new system is necessary that would facilitate the production of content while at the same time giving users access to it. The new resolution calls for a change of policy in four areas: file sharing, sampling, commercial copyright lifespan, and the use of digital rights management software (DRM).
Read this interesting article from Associated Content
Labels: advocacy, copyright, europe, government, laws, norway
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Satellite Operations go Open Source
Satellite Operations go Open Source
Apr 2007
The European Space Agency is using an inhouse developed open source "Space Craft Operating System", called SCOS-2000. A recent project, the German TerraSAR-X radar imaging craft is using it.
The next-generation TerraSAR-X, which uses sophisticated ground infrastructure to deliver Earth observation data, is assisted by Open-source software developed at ESA's Operations Centre...
Here is the SCOS-2000 project page
Via: Technocrat
Apr 2007
The European Space Agency is using an inhouse developed open source "Space Craft Operating System", called SCOS-2000. A recent project, the German TerraSAR-X radar imaging craft is using it.
The next-generation TerraSAR-X, which uses sophisticated ground infrastructure to deliver Earth observation data, is assisted by Open-source software developed at ESA's Operations Centre...
Here is the SCOS-2000 project page
Via: Technocrat
Labels: communications, europe, space
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