Motivating Anti-IP Activism in Canada

By Joshua Chalifour, 29 October 2007

In the scheme of things, few people have the interest (or is it patience?) to delve deeply into the concept of “intellectual property” (IP). I think that is why IP regulation is among the most under-considered issues in public political discourse today. It’s difficult, in the snap of a soundbite, to make an easily understood [...]

P-LILEC Downloads

By Joshua Chalifour, 23 September 2003

Download, distribute, and use any of these official versions of the Phy-d’eau License of Intention for Liberty in Expression and Creativity.

Diatribe on Digital Culture, Freedom, and Mistaken Fields of Invisible Stuff

By Joshua Chalifour, 19 August 2002

Incredulous–that is the only word for the situation unfolding itself. From practically any news source on any given day, a person can find a story about people being prosecuted for their dealings with artefacts of our own shared culture. They are prosecuted through laws which are perverted by or erected by business entities. In every [...]

Phy-d’eau – License of Intention for Liberty in Expression and Creativity

By Joshua Chalifour, 11 August 2002

A license designed to promote a continuing culture of free thinking and creative expression. It addresses human expression, largely through art practices, and applies specifically to the works produced by such practices.