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• A Politics Of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism for the Net? by James Boyle - Paper by James Boyle calling for reduction of intellectual property laws, to be achieved by political machination inspired by the environmental movement.
• A Primer On the Ethics of "Intellectual Property" - This primer provides a general framework for freeing any information covered under copyright and patent laws.
• Copyright Law and Independent Creation Theory - Complaining that the law of independent creation allows the theft of music.
• Copyright: Guardian of Intellectual Property - Guide to computer ethics issues and current news includes an introduction to the problematic copyright issues raised by digital media.
• Did You Say "Intellectual Property"? It's a Seductive Mirage - Supports the idea that the term carries a bias since it suggests thinking about copyright, patents and trademarks by analogy with property rights for physical objects and also that it's a catch-all to lump together disparate laws. By Richard Stallman.
• Excess Copyright - A blog about excess in Canadian and international copyright law, trademarks law and patent law. By Howard Knopf, a jurist practicing Intellectual Property law in Canada.
• Free Intellectual Property Exchange (FreeIPX) - A news and discussion site dedicated to critical analysis of the use, abuse, and relevance of IP Law. [Slash-style site]
• Giftfile Project - A project to enable authors of computer files containing nonproprietary intellectual works (free music, literature, software) and their supporters (including fans, users) to participate in a gift economy.
• IP Future - This group is organized to promote discussion of intellectual property laws worldwide. It is hoped that a network of interested people can come together to begin discussing a future for intellectual property law which balances the needs of people with the needs of intellectual property owners.
• IP-Wars.net - Examining, chronicling, and battling the censorship attempts of intellectual property laws. Contains user contributed articles and news feeds.
• IPKat - Weblog covering copyright, patent, trade mark and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
• Information Liberation: Against Intellectual Property - A chapter from the book Information Liberation, written by Brian Martin.
• Intellectual Property Compensation Via Tipping - Article that proposes (with case studies) that tipping may be a viable compensation model for intellectual property (such as music and books).
• Intellectual Property Rights Overview - The W3C's take on intellectual property rights in the Information Age.
• Library Juice Copyright Issue - A supplement to the weekly e-zine Library Juice from September, 2000, devoted to the political and philosophical issues of intellectual property, especially as they relate to libraries and the internet.
• Roundtable - 98.09 - An Atlantic Unbound roundtable on the future of intellectual property and copyright law in the digital age
• Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project (FUP) - Provides legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of "fair use" in order to enhance creative freedom.
• The GNU Manifesto - The last name in software freedom...this outlines the reasons that "Gnu's Not Unix" produces free software.
• The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind - Professor James Boyle's site discussing the balance between intellectual property and the public domain -- including free downloadable versions of his Yale University Press book on the subject.
• The Right to Read - Richard Stallman's famous parable about the Right to Read, and what will happen if intellectual monopoly laws continue to grow.
• The Guardian - "Intellectual Property" is a Silly Euphemism - According to the author, owning a song or a piece of writing isn't like owning a television, and to call it anyone's "property" is seriously misleading. (February 21, 2008)
• Wired - The Eagle Is Grounded - Article comparing today's toughening of US intellectual property laws to help given to the US shipping industry 30 years ago, resulting in even greater losses for US firms, higher prices, and frustrated consumers. (February 01, 2004)
• The Register - Sneaky Cable Crypto Scheme in the Works - Article exposing that the cable television industry is moving to implement a copy protection scheme that will allow movie studios and cable providers to control what viewers are able to record. (December 22, 2000)
• The Mark is the Beast - An article describing the change in the usage of trademarks, and how it stifles our use of our own language. (July 20, 1998)

Random Indian Recipes:-

• Prawns Pickle
  Clean and wash prawns neatly. Drain water completely. Marinate with Salt,turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste for 30 min. In a pan heat oil and add hing and red chilly powder. Fry for 2 min. Now add methi powder and marinated prawns. Fry again for 2-3 min. Lastly...
  
  
• Kadboli
  In a pan heat butter and add rice flour,maida,Sesame seeds,red chilly powder and salt. Mix well and knead dough using hot water. Cover the dough and keep aside for 40 min. After 40 min knead again and make small balls out of dough. Now make into rope and give kadboli shape. Heat oil in a kadai and fry kadbolis on low flame till dark brown. Allow to cool and store in air-tight container.
  
  
• Sambar Masala Powder
  Fry mustard seeds and asafoetida in little oil. Fry other remaining ingredients one by one. Mix all and make a fine powder. Store in a air tight container. Sambar masala powder is ready to use for dosa and idli.
  
  
• Stuffed Bangda
  First clean the bangda.remove eyes and tail. Give cuts on stomach both the side. Apply lemon juice and little salt.keep aside for 10 min. In a bowl take red chilly powder,turmeric,ginger paste,tamarind pulp and salt. Mix well and apply this chutney to bangda. fill chutney also in stomach. Keep aside for 20 min. Dip bangda in rice flour and fry in hot oil on mid. flame. Stuffed bangda is ready.
  
  
• Smoke Chicken
  First clean the chicken and apply ginger garlic paste,curd,salt and red colour and keep aside for 1 hour. After one hour in a pan take 2 tbsp oil and fry onion for 4-5 min. Add red chilly powder,turmeric powder and fry for one min. Now pour marinated chicken in pan and allow to cook. When oil started to seperate from the mixture add garam masala powder. Burn koyla on gas. When koyla burn fully put this koyla in ...
  
  
• Plain Dosa
  Wash rice,urad dal and methi seeds and soak in a water for atleast 4 hours. Grind to a smooth paste with a water.and keep aside for atleast 4-5 hours. Add salt and mix well. Heat a non-stick tava and grease with butter or oil. when hot, sprinkle a little ...
  
  
• Pineapple Jam
  Remove skin and eyes of pineapple and grate it. Add sugar and saffron in pineapple pulp. Put on low flame to boil for 10 min. Lastly add elaichi powder and mix well. Pineapple jam is ready.
  
  
• Lasun Chakli
  In a mixing bowl take rice flour,besan, dry lasun chatni,carom seeds,sesame seeds,sugar and salt. Heat two cups of water in a deep pan and add one tbsp of oil and bring it to boil. Add the flour mixture into the hot water. stir continuously on low flame. Cook till the mixture gets a dough consistency. Remove from the heat. cover and allow to cool for ten minutes. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai. Knead the dough finely. Put a portion of ...
  
  
• Phodnicha Bhat
  Chop onion,green chilly and coriander leaves finely. In a pan heat oil and add mustard seeds. When it starts to splutter add finely chopped green chilly and kadipatta. Now add finely chopped onion and fry for 2-3 min till transperent. Add asafoetida and turmeric powder. Now add cooked rice with salt. Mix finely and...
  
  
• Mohanthal
  Heat ghee in a pan and add besan. Fry on a low flame till you get a nice smell (light brown colour). Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl. Add milk powder and mix well and keep aside. In another pan make syrup of one cup of water and sugar. Boil till one string consistancy. Add besan mixture and elaichi powder. Remove from heat and stir continuously till the mixture thickens. Pour the mixture into greased thali and spread evenly. Sprinkle cashewnuts pieces and set aside to cool and set. Cut into squares.