The capitalists keep telling us that strong property rights are the basis of economic freedom, and intuitively people like owning stuff. This is a powerful argument for Free Software with their limits on IP powers, but for some reason it is usually used to argue for strong IP rights. Should be a fun talk.
Rusty Russell was IP Policy Adviser to Linux Australia, and has been a Linux kernel contributor for well over 10 years.
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| 09.25 | 10.35 | 11.05 | 11.35 | 12.00 | 13.45 | 14.15 | 14.45 | 15.55 | 16.25 | 16.55 |
| Arthur Sale | Laura Simes | Matthew Landauer | Liam Wyatt | Jessica Coates | Sarah Stokely | Jeff Waugh | Simon Greener | Claudine Chionh | Rusty Russell | . |
| Beyond Open Source | Copyright law | OpenAustralia | Gratis & libre | Freedom Fighting | Citizen journalism | We are the translators! | GeoData | Digital history | Free as in Market | Close + Freedom Bingo |