Photos, books, links and writing related to creative commons
Everything tagged creative commons
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07/07/07
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Music Is Not a Loaf of Bread
I was cleaning out some old notes and ran across this link, a bit old, but definitely worth a read if you haven’t before: By conventional industry logic, file sharing hurts the odds for commercial success. Wilco front man Jeff …continue reading »
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06/18/07
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Iron Age ‘Mickey Mouse’ Found
Proving once again that everything Disney is a second rate knockoff (from Discovery): “One thousand years before the cartoon character Mickey Mouse was even a glint in Walt Disney’s eye, a French artist created a bronze brooch that looks remarkably …continue reading »
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03/27/07
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Writing in the free world
Jonathan Lethem explains to Salon why copyright laws stifle creativity and why he’s giving away the film option to his new novel. Lethem continues to be an outspoken critic of the publishing world and, in my opinion, one of the …continue reading »
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02/09/07
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The Ecstasy of Influence
Jonathan Lethem’s amazing essay on copyright, plagiarism and what’s wrong with the American copyright system. Quite possibly the best essay you’ll read this year. Long yes, but well worth it especilly when you get to the end and realize how …continue reading »
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05/17/06
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Copyright: A Broken Contract with the Public
Copyright law and ?Intellectual Property? are not about ownership or property. You own what you make. Other people own what they make. If someone walks into your house and takes what you have made without your permission, they have stolen …continue reading »
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05/17/06
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News of the dead: Bill Gates: Copyright reformists are commies, all will bow before Windows Media
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05/17/06
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Stanford Copyright & Fair Use - Solving the P2P “Problem” - An Innovative Marketplace Solution by Rob Kasunic
The resolution of the peer-to-peer dilemma remains perplexing and elusive. The controversies surrounding peer-to-peer file distribution present one of the most profound challenges to copyright law to date. By examining the controversy and some of the proposals for resolution, this …continue reading »
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05/17/06
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Baudio
Baudio is intended to encourage thought on issues surrounding file-sharing, derivative art, and the alternative copyright systems now under consideration. You can also conceivably use Baudio to glean some sense of the structure of a binary file.continue reading »