Author Archives: Kaido

ACTA: the follow-up

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

The days after the protest (which was called ‘a qualitatively new phenomenon in Estonia’ by one of the main poll companies) have been full of action, too.  On the meme front, some musicians (rumoured to be serious ones) have released … Continue reading →

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Stop ACTA @ Tallinn

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

Just returned from the event. Yes, I wore the tinfoil hat and shared some seeds (well, actually some nuts and goji berries) with others. Those who do not get it, please read the previous post (and note the abundance of … Continue reading →

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Show must go on

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Lucky, lucky Mr Laar…  He was relieved almost overnight of his dubiously honourable burden of bearing the title of “The Guy Who Filled Up Facebook” (see the previous post).  His coalition partner, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia … Continue reading →

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How Mart managed to fill up Facebook

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

(the story is actually nearly a week old by now, but I had no time to write about it earlier. It might still be of interest to somebody) The international tragicomical farce called ACTA (Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement) has reached Estonia … Continue reading →

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A desktop for new Linux users – some thoughts

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

There is an Estonian legend telling about the Old Man of Ülemiste (Lake Ülemiste is the water source for most of Tallinn, the capital) visiting the city gates every midsummer and asking if the city is ready. The guards are … Continue reading →

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Wow!

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

In my various lectures about legal aspects of IT, I’ve often used the hypothetical example of “what if Sir Timothy Berners-Lee had patented the Web?” (it would have been able to start developing freely from the year we have now). … Continue reading →

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Backfired

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Some time ago, the Tibetan Dalai Lama visited Tallinn. He has been here a couple of times before, always drawing ire from the Chinese government. This time, the reaction was to drop a minister’s planned visit to China, something else … Continue reading →

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EPFSUG

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

…, the European Parliament Free Software User Group,  is apparently getting some wind into its sails. After visiting the EP last Spring,  I did not hope for such changes they are now trying to accomplish. Good work – and it’s … Continue reading →

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Stealing the (very) old dreams

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

The JSTOR affair is really a new level of absurdity in the already pretty crazy world of ‘intellectual property’.  A very good overview is provided by Glyn Moody at his Open Enterprise blog. The man who copied a bunch of … Continue reading →

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LPI partnership

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

It’s finally done – Estonian Information Technology College is the first Estonian Approved Academic Partner of Linux Professional Institute. While Linux has always been a part of EITC curriculum (all labs have been in dual-boot since the beginning), it did … Continue reading →

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