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What’s Wrong With the Music Modernization Act

Artist royalties are at the center of the Music Modernization Act

An act of Congress that was supposed to level the playing field for performers and songwriters seems to do little to upset the status quo. As The Who once said, “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” […]

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SCO, the Not-Walking Dead, Returns

It appears that the once cancelled SCO Show has again been rebooted after a federal judge okays an appeal. […]

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The DMCA as Ransomware

DMCA as ransomware

Actually, the incident reads more like vandalism than ransomware, but it still illustrates that the DMCA is bad law and still needs to be changed. […]

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Should the Fair License Replace the GPL?

It seems to us that enterprises have adopted “permissive” licenses because they see them as a way to “have their cake and eat it too.” […]

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Should the U.S. Army Have Its Own Open Source License?

Army software open source license

Should the U.S. armed forces begin releasing software under an OSI approved open source license rather than as public domain?

Roblimo’s Hideaway

This question has generated many pixels’ worth of traffic on […]

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Gael Duval, Father of User Friendly Linux, on Mandrake and /e/ Phone: I really enjoyed reading this article. Mandrake was my first distro. Then Mepis ...
Gael Duval, Father of User Friendly Linux, on Mandrake and /e/ Phone: Nah, I'd never do business with him again after the StarOffice debacle. I was p...
What's Wrong With the Music Modernization Act: As much as I feel for independent creators who are subject to greedy publishers ...
Gael Duval, Father of User Friendly Linux, on Mandrake and /e/ Phone: @Stephan: > This is really a matter of different audience. ...did you ser...
Gael Duval, Father of User Friendly Linux, on Mandrake and /e/ Phone: This was a great read, and it really took me back. I have fond memories of my t...