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Photographers Rights (iPhone App)

On September 2, 2011 By

Have you ever wondered about your rights as a photographer? Or if you can or can’t take pics in special locations when you are traveling around?? If so, you can have a pocket guide to help you. I recently participated in doing this iPhone Application, which is helpful in guiding you when taking [...]

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Presentation about FreeLex

On July 10, 2011 By

Presentation about FreeLex in English Presentation about FreeLex in Spanish

I prepared two presentations about FreeLex. They are exactly the same thing, but, one is in English and the other one is in Spanish. These presentations are ready to [...]

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Presentation about CC in English Presentation about CC in Spanish

I prepared two presentations about Creative Commons. They are exactly the same thing, but, one is in English and the other one is in Spanish. These presentations are ready [...]

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Some time ago I told you about the New Spanish Digital Inquisition, the so-called Sinde Law. By that time it seemed that the Spanish Sinde Law was creating a mercifulness law for “controlling” the Internet. However, it seems that, from July 6 2011, Italy is going to become the [...]

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A double-edged Law

On June 5, 2011 By

Time ago I introduced you a Spanish Law called “la ley Sinde”, commonly known as the “law without unlawful downloads”, by which it would be possible to close down web sites offering P2P links, or linking to content violating the copyright, without a process in a Court, that is, without a Judge deciding. I [...]

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Spain’s secret conflict

On May 29, 2011 By

You have three options:

Watching the documentary Reading the long post Doing both things

It’s up to you how much of your time you want to spend to know about Catalans in Spain

Would you like Catalonia to be an Independent State within the European Union?
✔ YES
✘ NO
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Quo Vadis Spain??

On May 27, 2011 By

We want a new society. This, does not work anymore.

Today, May 27th 2011 the Spanish & Catalan police, under the orders of the Catalan Government, tried to evict the demonstrators of Catalonia Square in Barcelona. But… why??

Last May 15th, Spanish youth, using Social Media, decided to demonstrate around more [...]

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To me, copying means the “Genesis of Creation”, (Javier de la Cueva)

As you might already know, the Copyright is a set of rights given by law to the author of an original work, which includes, in Europe, both economic and moral rights. It is not, itself, a License. [...]

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Law is very similar to the mayonnaise: it requires creativity and art when mixing and handling the ingredients, but this does not mean that with the same ingredients and receipt the result will be always the same. (Corrado Giustozzi, my translation from Italian)

Code is Law: Does Anyone Get This Yet? from [...]

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Violating CC licensed work

On April 17, 2011 By

Times of crisis can show the best or the worst in human behavior. Good or bad behavior shows up in the most unpredicted ways. One example of “very bad behavior” linked with the recent disaster of March 11th 2011 in Tohoku area in Japan is the case presented here. A well-known and prestigious Spanish Newspaper [...]

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