The copyright dinner last night went well. We had a good turnout – 10 people to talk about copyright issues.
It was a smart, knowledgable crowd with diverse interests — code, art, law. We had an interesting conversation about problems with current copyright policy, and ways that we can fight bad laws and change people’s understandings about culture as property. The discussion was more collaborative and less debate-ful than previous, more free-form EFF- meetings, for better and worse…
At the end of the meeting we brainstormed about ways to get the word out to legislators, press, and the community, and have folks on point on point to do homework and co-ordinate action.
The next session will have Beth Macknik leading a discussion on on databases, privacy/surveillance. I’m really looking forward to the next session. The Total Information Act has me really worried. Beth has a lot of great background knowledge on the issues, and excellent ideas about approaches.