To pay so much attention to Bill Gates’ retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software companies, imposes on its customers.
From the BBC
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SPAM
I was thinking about what was going through the minds of those forwarders of chain mails. One can think of himself having good intention, by forwarding emails so that he/she can help whoever needy claimed by the anonymous chain mail; or so that his/her friends can be informed by the so-called freebies.
By doing so, [...]
The Canadian police announced that it will stop targeting people who download copyrighted material for personal use. Their priority will be to focus on organized crime and copyright theft that affects the health and safety of consumers instead of the cash flow of large corporations.
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Another work by Corporatism Extremist.
Discussed Previously @ [Free Culture] Illegal File Sharing Propaganda - Now Infesting SP
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ADOLF LAM
Countering Extremism Propaganda
freemusic.freeculture.org
“Freeculture.org is building a library of the best free music the web has to offer. And we need your help.
This will be your music — you are the curators and creators. We want everything: all genres, all time periods, all cultures — as long as it is available under a license for sharing and collaboration.”
Weak User Risk Argument based on small possibility — p2p client without knowing it is a p2p system. Based on this weak justification, the brochure draws another possible outcome — system exposed to malicious application, which most of the time Windows System are Vulnerable to. This entire argument basically summaries “This application is risky because [...]
When Pierre visited Ibiza, Spain for two weeks, his iPhone went with him, and he returned with memories of a hedonistic summer vacation, and a $4190.76 bill from AT&T.
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The talk looks at the origin of copyright, and how it has evolved overtime from something that originally served the benefit of the people to a tool used against them. RMS focuses on looking at how computers have changed copyright from a restriction on industry, to a restriction on all of society. He also proposes [...]
“Donations are crucial to Open Source projects. But convincing users to donate can be quite tricky. Developers from K3b, Sabayon Linux, Gentoo Linux, and Elive Live CD, share the importance of donations and what factors motivate users to donate.
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A selection of postings from Iraqi bloggers inside and outside the country gives a viewpoint far away from that offered by the mainstream media. Find out what the Iraqi people really think.
riverbendblog.blogspot.com
nabilsblog.blogspot.com
IraqTheModel.blogspot.com
twentyfourstepstoliberty.blogspot.com
citycalledhell.blogspot.com
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