Comments on: different worlds

By: bern de galvez

bern de galvez — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:05:52 +0000

Gag me.

By: Why

Why — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 04:45:45 +0000

Wow. You sure seem naive about Brazil. One meeting where someone didn't get killed, and the place is sliced bread.

By: Peter Burgess

Peter Burgess — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 02:33:21 +0000

The feedback from the WSF is extremely encouraging ... but the financial muscle and power still sits in Davos ... hidden behind PR and press releases. I am engaged with an emerging transparency and accountability network (Tr-Ac-Net) that aims to make excellence in transparency and accountability the norm rather than the exception. It is much more about leadership and commitment than anything else, and since big organizations do not seem to want to do it, then it will have to be us.

Peter Burgess
Tr-Ac-Net in New York

By: leo prieto

leo prieto — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:04:56 +0000

So close and yet so far away. In Chile we are trying hard to fight for the freedom of information, software and music. But when you have the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" donating millions in (trojan) Windows PCs to schools here, it gets harder ever day. We need a Gilberto!

By: Max Lybbert

Max Lybbert — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:33:51 +0000

I just remembered; once upon a time I wanted to create a small online magazine about Brazil (Terra Adorada, from the national anthem), but I wanted to understand Brazilian copyright. Just like everything else Brazilian, it was interesting.

(1) There are certain "creator's rights" that cannot be sold or transferred, no matter what the contract says. These rights work like a certain Trademark, and allow the creator the ability to keep work from being used in disagreeable contexts.

(2) There is a special area for "works for hire," but no section defines how such a work is created. All work (by default) is supposed to be copyright the original creator.

By: Paul Huff

Paul Huff — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:30:02 +0000

I've been a Gilberto Gil fan for a long time. I'd heard conflicting reports about his government connections though, although most of the Brazillian wannabes in the United States I know thought it was pretty cool that he could be the Minister of Culture... Thanks, Mr. Lessig, for reporting on this interchange. It's confirmed what I'd already suspected: Gilberto Gil is a very down-to-earth, good person. Kudos!

By: oliver

oliver — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:30:53 +0000

Wow.

By: Rik Panganiban

Rik Panganiban — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:44:35 +0000

Thanks Dr. Lessig for this great story. I am currently at the WSF and blogging at http://rikomatic.objectis.net/news . I wish I could have been at that meeting, which sounded incredible. All the meetings are incredible, its a progressive political activists dream here.

By: Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:50:21 +0000

Hey y'all, ted nugent here. Im for all sorts of things that help little dark skinned people around the world who live in huts and have cows and stuff. For instance, I would be willing to sail around south america on a boat full of young college girls and 'help' people. Or, we could have a rock concert and my accountants can get NGOs to pay for free publicity- we will call it "Brazil Aid", or, "Hand Across Brazil". It will be rad. I will make sure that all the proper feminist groups are represented as well, as if and when the brazilians are freed, the men will start behaving differently. I love helping poor people, and I love helping naive young college chicks.

By: RabbleRouser

RabbleRouser — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:26:41 +0000

Photos of lessig from some of the other people there and a video, and an article about the discussion (in spanish)