Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks (Calgary 2009)--Richard Stallman Speech

Mr. Stallman delivers this speech to a group of eager faculty members and law students at the University of Calgary's Merv Leitch School of Law on February 3, 2009.

After a brief introduction to Free Software and the aims of the Free Software Movement, Mr. Stallman dives into his main topic, beginning with a short lecture on "Intellectual Property" (mostly having to do with why you shouldn't use that term), followed by the history and development of copyright law, before finally getting into the meat of his talk on why copyright law, as it is currently written, is obsolete and harmful to society.

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By: Richard Stallman
Event: Annual Merv Leitch Lecture at the Faculty of Law
Date: February 3, 2009
Location: University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Language: English
Duration: 1h 14min

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0)