re. software ownership

[Russell McOrmond]

Bob Chandler wrote:
> A previous poster mentioned that this issue is "loaded".  Yup...it
> definitely is! ;)

   Closer to home, I'm the policy coordinator for CLUE: an Association 
for Open Source.   We have been and will be active in Canadian copyright 
revision, and have policy statements http://cluecan.ca/policy

   I will be presenting this in a meeting tomorrow morning with the 
Chair of the Parliamentary Industry Committee.  I'll be posting about 
this on my BLOG after the meeting.  To get an idea of who I have spoken 
with in the past, see: http://flora.ca/mp.shtml

   I should also mention some statistical/factual problems with an 
organization that does invalidly talk about "Software Theft" which is 
the self-called "Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft".


Correcting misinformation "statistics" from BSA/CAAST whenever we see it.
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/3956

Shortform: Their "study" does not adequately differentiate between 
software copyright infringement and people using legal copies of FLOSS 
software such as Ubuntu Linux.    The studies from legacy software 
manufacturers, recording industry and motion picture studios are 
similarly flawed by including their legal competition as if it were a 
form of infringement.


More related articles:
CAAST/BSA/etc
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/taxonomy/term/369

-- 
  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
  Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property
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   manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or
   portable media player from my cold dead hands!"