Category Archives: Digital rights Law & Freedom

YouTube offers Creative Commons licensing for video uploads

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

Today I uploaded my monster truck videos to YouTube and found the surprise that they are now offering the option to publish your videos under the Creative Commons Attribution license. That is great news! YouTube is the biggest online video … Continue reading →

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Youtube Copyright School video

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

This video is horrible! It reminds me of the 50′s anti socialism/communism propaganda with the voice, tone and the graphic tactics used in it. And while it doesn’t omit the topic of Fair Use, it does try to avoid it, … Continue reading →

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Gave DRM talk at UANL

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Gabriel Saldaña

Today I gave a talk about DRM technologies and how they affect everyone that consumes products with them. It took place at the UANL physics and mathematics faculty. It interests me very much the fact that its the second time … Continue reading →

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More ugly stories about depending on cloud computing

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Gabriel Saldaña

Depending on “the cloud” to provide all software has increasingly shown some of its issues. What’s strange is that not many people are concerned about it. Google marking all sites as unsafe Google marked all search results as unsafe websites, … Continue reading →

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Facebook terms for your uploaded content

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Gabriel Saldaña

Maybe this is old news, but I was checking Facebook’s terms of use to see if something had changed since the last time I saw them. But everytime I read this, I keep getting surprised and annoyed. The following is … Continue reading →

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About Non Disclosure Agreements

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Gabriel Saldaña

Lately I’ve been asked to sign these documents called Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs). While the companies that want me to sign them try to protect their <irony>super highly secret and very successful “intelectual property” </irony> the statements they claim on … Continue reading →

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