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[Russell McOrmond]

David J Patrick wrote:
> Alright, ubunuers, how might we feel about a paid workshop ?

   As in, people pay to attend: not that I'm paid (I wouldn't mind, but 
not necessary).


> that's AWESOME !
> Is this goodness aggregated somewheres on the web ?
> the cluecan.com site ?

   CLUEcan.ca has an RSS feed, and I blog on that site.  I also blog on 
digital-copyright.ca.   I generate too much volume, and don't want to 
flood the CLUEcan.ca site, which is why I also blog elsewhere on this topic.

   At to IRCan and ITERation, the push is to have this fully documented 
on the Treasury Board website itself.   This is the logical place for 
things to be.   They are getting pretty close to when that would be a 
reality, and I'll obviously be blogging about it on the CLUEcan.ca site 
when that happens.

> I hope we can pull off this talk, in fairly short order, and if so, we
> should make a short list of strategic guests, who might most benefit
> from it.

   While what is happening in TBS/etc is exciting from a use 
perspective, it is quite possible that a new Copyright bill will have 
been tabled by the time this gets organized.  It may be useful to make 
this the focus.

   If you want background on where this "copyright" stuff is coming 
from, check out the following article for the background.  This has been 
a decade and a half long policy battle.

CLUE policy coordinator at the Alternative Telecommunications Policy 
Forum http://www.cluecan.ca/node/444


   I expect that Ubuntu users would:

   a) like to have their freedom to make their own choices about what 
software is installed on their own hardware.

   b) like to disallow "copyright holders" or "device manufacturers" 
from imposing software choices on us.


   This is really the core of what the changes are about, and why we 
need to fight back hard (and get as many people as possible to sign the 
two petition, write letters to their MPs, etc, etc...)

-- 
  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
  Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property
  rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition!
  http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/

  "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware
   manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or
   portable media player from my cold dead hands!"