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Commons Philosophy
Andrew Rens · Cape Town (South Africa) · Jun 15th, 2007 11:05 pm
To discuss, debate, argue and wrangle over the philosophy of the commons, and philosophical, theoretical and scholarly issues affecting the commons.
To host on-line discussions on commons philosophy, theory and research, and to help organise scholarly work around the commons. [more]
Category: Other
Project end date: 6/6/2010 (337 days to go)
Creation date: Jun 15th, 2007 11:05 pm
Development stage: planning
city: Cape Town
country: South Africa
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Main Language: English
Number of people involved: 7
recent posts
iSummit session on Philosophy of the Commons
Jun 29th, 2007 9:24 pm – 0 comment
Tom Chance organised a session on the Philosophy of the Commons which was one the liveliest and most interesting session of the conference in my not especially humble opinion.
One of the panelists; Benjamin Mako Hill argued that its necessary for iCommons to define Free Culture, as he has done in A Definition of Free Cultural Works.
The session prompted a number of articles... [more]
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Lack of a comprehensive philosophic vision for the Commons has been one of the major aspects of the critique to the CC project,...
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recent forum entries
What is your vision of freedom?
Does iCommons require a single definition of freedom or many?
Must freedom include the ability for everyone to make...
Jun 17th, 2007 3:31 am
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Lessig on Digital Barbarism
Lawrence Lessig has posted a review of David Halperin's recent book, Digital Barbarism.
Halperin, who authored the (in)famous New York Times article calling for perpetual copyright, has now compiled his ideas into a book. Lessig offers a much-needed critique, including citing misconceptions about Creative Commons (Halperin conflates it not only with "freeware" with software... more
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