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Daniela Faris (669)
Johannesburg, South Africa

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member since:   18/5/2007
birth date:   27/5/1983
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  blogs · iCommons.org taking some down time
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8/5/2008 22:46 · no comments

iCommons.org will be unavailable for a few minutes for server maintenance on Friday, 9 May between 3:00 and 5:00 GMT.

So don't be alarmed when you can't get your hit of Commons news, we promise we'll be back in a flash!

blogs · An update from Heather Ford: Action Plans for Openness
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24/4/2008 19:00 · no comments

Being open is a positive principle on many levels: it improves quality, it provides the building blocks for innovation on top of current products and processes by understanding how they work, it builds security and trust because we know what is being done behind the veil, and it facilitates participation because we can see into the mechanics of a project and find a way to participate...

   
 
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  resources · iSummit 08 programme structure document
6/2/2008 21:26 · no comments

Submissions for programme suggestions are opening soon for the Summit 08. This PDF document shows the suggested basic structure for every day of the iSummit, by displaying the times for keynote addresses, general sessions/panels, and Labs, which are a new addition to the Summit programme.

Labs are dedicated to specific themes, projects or mediums, it is up to the proposer to...

resources · The iSummit 2008 in Sapporo: presentation by CC Japan (pdf format)
1/2/2008 20:06 · no comments

At the iSummit 2008 planning workshop held in Johannesburg on 17 and 18 January, Yuko Noguchi presented 'The iSummit 2008 in Sapporo', which outlined the practical conditions and consequences of having the iSummit in Japan, and identified issues which need to be addressed during our planning event.

For feedback on problem-solving and brainstorming that took place at the event,...

   
 
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  articles · The Hague Declaration calls for global commitment to open standards
by Simon Dingle · voted on 16/5/2008 18:24 · 13 votes · no comments

The founders of the Digital Standards Organization recently convened in The Hague to develop a declaration that calls on governments to further the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a commitment to the adoption of open standards.

The declaration calls for a consideration of "a society in which full and effective participation in government and society, and access to...

articles · Colombian ruling on copyright: Without profit there is no criminal offence
by carobotero · voted on 15/5/2008 17:24 · 24 votes · 5 comments

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Colombia, the highest criminal judicial tribunal and Cassation Court (deals with the Cassation procedures also known in other juridical traditions as right of appeal on points of law), determined that in order to establish a criminal violation of copyright, it is necessary to find if the criminal conduct is for profit-making, if it causes...

   
 
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  articles · Colombian ruling on copyright: Without profit there is no criminal offence
by carobotero · commented on 15/5/2008 18:03 · 24 votes · 5 comments

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Colombia, the highest criminal judicial tribunal and Cassation Court (deals with the Cassation procedures also known in other juridical traditions as right of appeal on points of law), determined that in order to establish a criminal violation of copyright, it is necessary to find if the criminal conduct is for profit-making, if it causes...

articles · Superman – caught in a cage called copyright!
by Tobias Schonwetter · commented on 11/4/2008 20:42 · 24 votes · 1 comment

This month, iCommons’ resident copyright columnist, Tobias Schonwetter, offers his view on a recent US court decision which reassigned the copyright in Superman-related works to the family of one of the original creators.

At the end of March 2008, United States District Judge Stephen G. Larson issued a decision which in the eyes of many provided a long overdue vindication for...

   
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