Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks 
a presentation by Richard Stallman 

Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it. The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright -- to promote progress, for the benefit of the public -- then we must make changes in the other direction. 

Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system in 1984. GNU is free software: Everyone has the freedom to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes either large or small. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer award, and the the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates. 

Monday, Feb. 4 6:30 p.m. 
Cabrillo College Forum Bldg. 450 
6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos 
Free admission -- Reservation recommended 
RSVP by e-mail to rms.cabrillo@gmail.com 

Sponsored by 
Cabrillo College Computer and Information Systems Department 
and the Cabrillo College GNU/Linux Users Group 

For more information, call 335-7303 
or visit http://www.cabrillo.edu/associations/clug