[OpenGLAM] Notes from the OpenGLAM workshop at OKCon

Tue Oct 1 14:25:31 UTC 2013

Dear all:

I understand the primary goal here is to spread open culture, but for 
that to work these days, free culture licenses are not the only practice 
that needs to be enco7uraged.  We won't be able to have open culture if 
the means to access it is locked away.

Free software is important because spyware and malware can be hidden 
with impunity in closed source software and javascript on web pages.  
Many people use browser add-ons like NoScript as protection against the 
the java script launch of viruses into our systems.    For me, the 
referenced web page
http://openglam.org/2013/09/19/openglam-switzerland-workshop-okcon-2013/ 
was badly broken (see attachment for screenshot) until I allowed 
javascript.  My usual response to such a page is to leave (and I know 
I'm not the only one).   This is hardly conducive to sharing culture.

More important still is the danger of DRM.  Many people are unaware of 
the powerful American corporate copyright lobby, which is working to 
enact secret trade agreements as well as directly pressuring governments 
to change laws to serve their special interests at the expense of the 
rights of the public.  We know (thanks to Wikileaks) that American 
pressure led to Canadian enactment of new copyright law that makes 
circumvention of DRM illegal for *any* purpose - including access of 
digital content we have a legal right (ie. our own work, freely licensed 
or public domain material).

These issues may not bother anyone now, but if things continue as they 
are, we may wake up one morning to find the digital commons locked 
behind DRM (perhaps because one corporation controls the software & 
hardware of all our digital devices, or perhaps another corporation 
controls the Internet).

Regards,
Laurel L. Russwurm

On 19/09/13 11:28 AM, Joris Pekel wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Sam Leon has written a report about the Monday workshop we had at the 
> Open Knowledge Conference last Monday. All the slidedecks are included.
>
> http://openglam.org/2013/09/19/openglam-switzerland-workshop-okcon-2013/
>
> Hope you enjoy.
>
> All the best,
>
> Joris
>
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