Copyright versus Universal Access to All Human Knowledge
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http://www.q2cfestival.com/play.php?lecture_id=7748
Cory Doctorow presents opposing views and the current state of play in the global copyfight, stressing that low cost collaboration leads to weirder, more interesting, and more inspiring things than anything else we know today at Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future Festival in Waterloo, ON.
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Perimeter Institute is the world’s largest research hub devoted to theoretical physics. The independent Institute was founded in 1999 to foster breakthroughs in the fundamental understanding of our universe, from the smallest particles to the entire cosmos. Research at Perimeter is motivated by the understanding that fundamental science advances human knowledge and catalyzes innovation, and that today’s theoretical physics is tomorrow’s technology. Located in the Region of Waterloo, the not-for-profit Institute is a unique public-private endeavour, including the Governments of Ontario and Canada, that enables cutting-edge research, trains the next generation of scientific pioneers, and shares the power of physics through award-winning educational outreach and public engagement.