On 8/7/08, Peter Reutemann <fracpete@waikato.ac.nz> wrote:

Hi there

Below the official announcement of RMS' visit here at Waikato university.

Note: Use the following link to search for block "L" (the seminar is
taking place in room 01 on the ground floor):
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map/

Cheers, Peter

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SEMINAR: Wednesday 20 August, 6 - 8pm in LG.01
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Title: Copyright vs Community
Speaker: Richard Stallman

Seminar Flyer: http://www.scms.waikato.ac.nz/docs/pdfs/Copyright_Lecture_DL_Flyer.pdf

Abstract:
Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed
to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing
press.  But the copyright system does not fit well with computer
networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it.

The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for
draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while
suppressing public access to technology.  But if we seriously hope to
serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright to promote progress,
for the benefit of the public then we must make changes in the other
direction.

Biography:
Richard Stallman is a free software activist and programmer, the
founder of GNU Project, original author of the GNU/GPL, and Founder
and President of the Free Software Foundation.  He has received
several awards and honorary doctorates for his work.

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Marieke Boleyn
Academic Support Officer
Department of Computer Science
The University of Waikato
Phone: 07 838 4911
Website: www.cs.waikato.ac.nz
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