Comments on: Computer Clouds, Promise and Perils http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/07/computer-clouds-promise-and-perils.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:29:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Holmes Wilson http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/07/computer-clouds-promise-and-perils.html/comment-page-1#comment-64849 Holmes Wilson Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:51:07 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=18489#comment-64849 Hi there, Saw you'd written about the Amazon / 1984 flap, and I thought you might be interested in the petition we launched yesterday: http://defectivebydesign.org/amazon1984 We have over 1400 signatures already, and signers include Lawrence Lessig, Clay Shirky, Cory Doctorow and other notable authors, librarians, and scholars. The petition opens: "We believe in a way of life based on the free exchange of ideas, in which books have and will continue to play a central role. Devices like Amazon's are trying to determine how people will interact with books, but Amazon's use of DRM to control and monitor users and their books constitutes a clear threat to the free exchange of ideas." Please have a look, and if you support the cause or think it would be interesting to your readers, a blog post would be great! Thanks, -Holmes Wilson Free Software Foundation Hi there,

Saw you’d written about the Amazon / 1984 flap, and I thought you might be
interested in the petition we launched yesterday:

http://defectivebydesign.org/amazon1984

We have over 1400 signatures already, and signers include Lawrence Lessig,
Clay Shirky, Cory Doctorow and other notable authors, librarians, and
scholars.

The petition opens:

“We believe in a way of life based on the free exchange of ideas, in which
books have and will continue to play a central role. Devices like Amazon’s
are trying to determine how people will interact with books, but Amazon’s
use of DRM to control and monitor users and their books constitutes a clear
threat to the free exchange of ideas.”

Please have a look, and if you support the cause or think it would be
interesting to your readers, a blog post would be great!

Thanks,

-Holmes Wilson
Free Software Foundation

]]> By: Danielle Citron http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/07/computer-clouds-promise-and-perils.html/comment-page-1#comment-64780 Danielle Citron Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:36:57 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=18489#comment-64780 Thanks so much, Bob! I look forward to seeing you at another Privacy gig soon. So great to see that you are a reader. Danielle Thanks so much, Bob! I look forward to seeing you at another Privacy gig soon. So great to see that you are a reader. Danielle

]]> By: Bob Gellman http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/07/computer-clouds-promise-and-perils.html/comment-page-1#comment-64774 Bob Gellman Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:32:22 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=18489#comment-64774 Two links on CC and privacy. A letter about LA's plan to move all its documents into the cloud: http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/pdf/WPFLetterLA_July172009fs.pdf A report on CC and privacy: http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/pdf/WPF_Cloud_Privacy_Report.pdf Two links on CC and privacy.

A letter about LA’s plan to move all its documents into the cloud:
http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/pdf/WPFLetterLA_July172009fs.pdf

A report on CC and privacy:
http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/pdf/WPF_Cloud_Privacy_Report.pdf

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