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Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks
Lecture
A unique opportunity to hear the world famous founder of the Free Software Movement
Speaker(s)
Richard M Stallman
Location
Please note revised venue
The University of Sheffield Auditorium, Sheffield University Union of Students, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN.
There is a free car park available on Durham road, just off Glossop Road (S10 2JA) and pay & display parking around the University area.
People travelling by train can catch the Supertram for Middlewood / Hillsborough at the station and alight at the University. The Students Union complex is across the road from the tram stop.
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The IET - South Yorkshire Network
About this event
About This Event
Copyright developed in the age of the printing press and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by this technology. But, the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only Draconian punishments can enforce it. The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for Draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright, to promote progress for the benefit of the public, then we must make changes in the other direction.
Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system (see www.gnu.org) in 1984. GNU is free software - everyone has the freedom to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes, either large or small. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today.
Cost
The lecture is free of charge
Programme
09:45 Check - in / registration
10:30 Lecture starts
13:00 Lecture ends (approx)
