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Open Source vs. Copyright vs. Creative Commons vs. Open Access vs. Copyleft
Francis Deblauwe, Saratoga, CA (United States) · Aug 21st, 2008 9:55 pm · 33 votes · no comments made
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The free Google Trends tool offers many possibilities. Let's compare the related concepts that concern us all at iCommons. What do we see when facing off "open source," "copyright," "Creative Commons," "open access" and "copyleft"? Googlers go for "open source" followed by "copyright." The remaining three concepts are relatively unknown. In other words, the Open Access movement... [ read ]
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Serbia: New Instructions and Law Regulations on Online Privacy
Danica , belgrade (Serbia) · Aug 20th, 2008 10:52 pm · 21 votes · no comments made
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Serbia’s Republic Agency for Telecommunications (RATEL) brought a new Internet and communications monitoring law on Internet traffic interception and redirection. There is strong disapproval from the Serbian Internet community.
This document of instructions defines technical requirements for authorised monitoring of some specific telecommunications and provides a list of duties... [ read ]
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Get Booked on the Digital Hero Book Project
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Access to ICTs is one of the most important areas of development in countries like South Africa. 'It's vital for educationâ?¦' we're told. 'It will empower peopleâ?¦' is another common refrain. But what that actually translates into, in a tangible way, is often left unsaid.
The Digital Hero Book Project is exactly that ' a tangible example of how ICT in African schools and... [ read ]
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"Everything under control?"
Heather Ford, Johannesburg (South Africa) · Oct 04th, 2006 4:51 pm · 20 votes · no comments made
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This was the headline of an article in Swiss magazine, Blick after yesterday's 'Day Against DRM' and the launch of the website drm.info. FSFE led a small, but determined group of anti-DRM activists to the Dataquest store in downtown Zürich (chosen because it is the closest thing to an Apple store in Switzerland) where leaflets were distributed to people passing by on their... [ read ]
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Jo's Toolkit: a student journalist's recipe for success
Daniela Faris, Johannesburg (South Africa) · Sep 29th, 2006 4:12 pm · 20 votes · no comments made
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Bring together student journalists, media studies lecturers, editors of major South African magazines and online newspapers. Add their collective, yet varied experiences from practicing in the field of media. Mix in a touch of good advice and helpful hints. Stir in a pinch of passion for the profession. Attach a Creative Commons (CC) license ' and viola - you have Jo's Toolkit,... [ read ]
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'rel=license': Creative Commons' machine-readable code explained
Heather Ford, Johannesburg (South Africa) · Sep 28th, 2006 8:22 am · 20 votes · no comments made
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I'm at the New Context Conference in Tokyo produced by Digital Garage and superbly hosted by iCommons Chairman, Joi Ito. It's been a fascinating event with insights into the future of Web 2.0 from the perspective of internet theorists and pioneers.
Yesterday I listened to Technorati Chief Technologist, Tantek Ã?elik talking about 'microformats'. Technorati helps you find out... [ read ]
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Soccer World Cup 2010: Euphoric Killing
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Soccer, referred to as 'The Beautiful Game', is an ideological phenomenon. Fans lose themselves in its euphoric dimensions, which span every intellectual configuration from superstition to virtual bookmaking. Rivalry is fierce, both on and off the field. Soccer's canonical status as the most popular sport in the world is reaffirmed every four years on the occasion of the FIFA World... [ read ]
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iSummit 2007 in Croatia: the heart throb of the Adriatic
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Big as a pumpkin, cherry-red and round, the sun hovers over the coastline. My hands glow. The water looks like gold. These Croatian sunsets must be laced with steroids or something! Glowing on the other side of the waterway in a lego-like grandeur are Dubrovnik's old city-walls.
I'm filming a video documentary about music in Croatia to show at next year's iCommons Summit. Since... [ read ]
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Copy It Right
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Applying a Creative Commons licence to works has become second nature to thousands of creators around the world. But for many writers, musicians, artists and researchers, proving authorship and when the work was licensed, is less easy ' especially if they are first time or inexperienced CC users. In the wild frontiers of the internet, it's still relatively easy to claim a piece... [ read ]
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21st century: "read only" culture is so passe
Alek Tarkowski, Warszawa (Poland) · Sep 22nd, 2006 2:31 pm · 20 votes · no comments made
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Prof. Larry Lessig gave his keynote speech on "The Read/Write Society" at the end of the second day of the Wizards of OS 4 conference (read part 1 and part 2 of our WOS 4 coverage). He began by telling the story of John Philip Sousa, an early 20th century American composer who believed that the development of first voice recording machines would "ruin artistic development" and cause... [ read ]
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Revisioning iCommons
In 2005, iCommons was established as an outgrowth of Creative Commons with an objective to ‘advance the wider dissemination of non-commercial sharing of scientific, creative and other intellectual works by the general public’. Creative Commons was the sole member, guarantor and sponsor of the charity, providing organisational and financial support.
Today, iCommons has a small,... more
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