The SFLC (Software Freedom Law Center, the ‘legal arm’ of the FSF) lawsuit against Cisco Systems (nasdaq:csco) has been settled . The details are not yet available.
Related:
December 11, 2008: SFLC files lawsuit against Cisco Systems on the behalf of FSF. The complain is available as PDF
December 11, 2008: FSF publish a press release.
May 12, 2009: recap of the settlement on PROSKAUER ROSE NewMedia law blog.
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SFLC vs Cisco
Michael Geist @ Concordia, talk on “Why copyright”
Yesterday, I had the chance of being present at the talk of one of the best canadian law activist speaker Michael Geist. He talked about the, now on-hold, Canadian bill C-61 that imposed a copyright law reform. “Reform” being the important word, not “update” or “review” ; reform.
The talk was great and focused on “digital advocacy” and how copyright law changes could leave us stranded – without the very means that were used to fight C-61, how digital democracy is being built around tools that could be outlawed though law gimmick.
But this rant is not about Michael Geist or his presentation, which, again, was very good and will soon be available – it’s about pseudo-scholars plaguing this kind of conference. I’m sorry but I really can’t stand people asking 5 minutes question ending in “Am I right?” Especially when this question was a summary of the last 75 minutes presentation… Arggg. Please, getting a job offering public recognition of your mental skill is easy – very easy – don’t do that while other people are interested.