Asked by the awesome Scrum Coach, Sandy Mamoli, to do my little bit and spread the word - the details:
- 12th of December from 9.30am to 2.30pm
- Fronde, Queen's Wharf
- "After"-party at the Chicago bar
Asked by the awesome Scrum Coach, Sandy Mamoli, to do my little bit and spread the word - the details:
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agile,
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wellington
“© kiwiright” is a 12 minute documentary about how copyright laws have been contorted to benefit the financial needs of corporate rights holders and no longer benefits the public nor the artists who create the work itself. Employing a fair-use argument, “© kiwiright” intercuts interviews with New Zealand lawmakers and technologists with Disney clips defining and commenting on copyright law.
The filmmaker calls “© kiwiright” a "proof-of-concept" film remixing footage from other films released under Creative Commons licenses to build an argument against “guilt upon accusation” laws and to promote freedom of speech and expression.
For more information, visit:
creativefreedom.org.nz
eff.org/action
See the original Creative Commons works that "© kiwiright" builds upon at:
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale
ripremix.com/
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Here in New Zealand we were one of the first countries that the forces that be tried to implement the "3 strikes and you're out" law with regards to alleged copyright infringement via the Internet - in essence if you're accused 3 times by a copyright holder of illegally copying their work you will have your Internet disconnected by your ISP. I have no qualms with copyright holders protecting their goods BUT the issue is that the disconnection would occur immediately on the third accusation and before any evidence is produced and way before you have a chance to defend yourself - therefore you are guilty because someone has accused you.
I'll keep at this till a million sign! We mustn't let Mandy do this WRONG thing. Please sign & RT:http://is.gd/50gQK #webwar #threestrike
Helping Ben on a project and the team would love to know your thoughts:
... part of a group looking at building a collaborative platform for data sharing for a local Government organization, it seemed logical to approach the project in a similarly collaborative way. Wanting to “eat their own dog food”, a joint group of individuals shared in the project; Mike Riversdale, Aaron Brunet and Ben all joined forces to work on a project initiated by a forward thinking local government staffer required to manage an extensive natural resource. The great thing about this particular project is that, without giving specifics out, it seeks to improve the management of a scare natural resource.
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collaboration,
tools

“It’s not about the technology. It’s not about data quality. Or privacy. Or commercial sensitivity, or any of that stuff. That should all be dealt to as part of the everyday functioning of any administration,” Ryan writes.
“It is about accepting that we, the government, collect and manage this information on behalf of citizens and that it is our fundamental responsibility to make it available to them, in a way that supports the creation of public and economic value.”
Spotted this over at the UX Barcamp group - Scott Berkun's, How to run a great unconference session
Perfect compliment to my wider How To Facilitate A Barcamp/Unconference
It used to be blog posts but, hey, thieves have gotta get with the times as well you know!