2006 April

Please sign the EFF’s petition in favor of music sharing. There is one flaw in the wording of this petition. It is a mistake to speak of “compensating musicians” for copying, because that encourages the RIAA’s dangerous pretense that they have “lost” something when people copy. The appropriate goal is not that musicians be “compensated” - it is to support music and musicians. However, that is no reason not to sign the petition.

Live streaming audio and video are available from the 2nd International Conference on GPLv3 along with other parts of the 7th International Forum on Free Software. Please see http://gplv3.fsf.org/av for the feeds.

The UK government is asking for comment on issues of concern to free software supporters. Please send an email comment and pass the word on. See the FSF news item for more info. The deadline is April 21.