http://www.icommons.org/ 2009-7-06T05:21:40Z http://www.icommons.org/images/i_commons_01.gif http://www.icommons.org/ Dr. Anne Fitzgerald, Prof. Brian Fitzgerald, and Jessica Coates<br /> QUT Law Faculty, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, and Creative Commons Australia<br /> <br /> The question of access to and re-use of materials produced by government and other publicly-funded bodies has emerged as an important issue in recent years. The growing interest in open access to government... http://www.icommons.org/articles/serving-the-public-cc-and-australian-governments 2007-7-23T16:49:55Z Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices jots down her impressions from the International Workshop on Asia and Commons in the Information Age that recently took place in Taipei, Taiwan. <br /> <br /> Rebecca's post on her blog was pointed out by Subbiah Arunachalam and made for a really interesting read. I wanted this to reach a wider audience and hence figured it would make sense... http://www.icommons.org/articles/views-from-the-international-workshop-on-asia-and-commons 2008-1-30T17:00:14Z Take a look at the terms of use of the "citizen journalism" area in one of the most popular newspaper's website in Brazil:<br /> <br /> While citizen journalism area of the main Brazilian newspaper website <br /> <br /> "According to this term, the collaborator ... assigns to Infoglobo, free of charge and for a perpetual term, rights over artistic, photographic, audiovisual and literary works posted... http://www.icommons.org/articles/who-owns-what-user-generated-content-in-brazil 2007-8-07T16:22:57Z In this era of user-generated content, everyone is creating websites, videos and audio remixes. Brand new digital artifacts are created by linking, embedding and streaming of multiple media sources ' each potentially released under its own license. When uploaded to independent media hosts, such as Flickr or YouTube, the content's licensing may be affected. In a world of mixed media,... http://www.icommons.org/articles/how-to-licence-mixed-media-without-a-law-degree 2007-3-06T16:04:05Z As part of the ongoing efforts to include more creators and collaborators in this year’s iSummit, and showcase CC-related work from all over the world, the 2007 iSummit in Dubrovnik has an extra component – a mini film festival on Thursday June 14th, the night before the Summit opens, at Lazareti. While not all the films are CC licensed, they are all concerned with CC in some way,... http://www.icommons.org/articles/wanna-see-a-movie 2007-6-06T00:25:49Z Brianna linked to a post on Black Star Rising titled "Why Photographers Hate Creative Commons" which raises a number of important issues and highlights a number of misconceptions about CC licenses.<br /> <br /> At the risk of repeating much of what I posted the other day on the topic of the mainstream media and copyright, I thought I would repeat much of my comment on the Black Star Rising... http://www.icommons.org/articles/do-photographers-really-hate-creative-commons-licenses 2008-1-05T12:40:27Z How do/should we frame "access to knowledge"?<br /> <br /> That is the question which the plenary session opening the A2K Conference discussed.<br /> <br /> Two statements struck me during this session.<br /> <br /> One of the statements was made by Prof Benkler, a professor at Yale Law School who said:<br /> <br /> "Diverse Conditions demand diverse approaches".<br /> <br /> Trying to define "access to knowledge" begs questions... http://www.icommons.org/articles/framing-access-to-knowledge 2006-4-21T22:56:21Z On Saturday evening after the keynote talk, Tomi announced that a PGP key signing would be occurring downstairs from where it was. He said, If you know what it is, you're invited, and if you don't, you're invited so you can learn what it is.<br /> <br /> My interest in PGP comes from Free Software enthusiasts who use signatures to stand by the software they publish.<br /> <br /> PGP stands for "Pretty... http://www.icommons.org/articles/signing-keys 2007-6-18T03:24:23Z Samuli Torssonen talks about his recent trip to the Cannes Film festival and how the industry thinks about the Internet, in this video interview. http://www.icommons.org/articles/samuli-torssonen-creator-of-star-wreck 2007-6-17T02:11:06Z Commoners not able to make the trip to Dubrovnik, Croatia for the 2007 iCommons' Summit were able to attend the conference nonetheless, in Second Life. This is thanks to the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and Linden Labs who developed and ran a parallel online event.<br /> <br /> All iSummit keynote presentations were streamed live to attendees in Second Life and questions could be posed... http://www.icommons.org/articles/second-summit 2007-6-18T03:23:35Z Commoners are, on the whole, a thoughtful bunch, and we like to read and think about important stuff, like intellectual property and democracy and the global commons and global policy and beer and, you know, stuff. <br /> So this month, we’ve decided to give you a list of five websites, which offer new, challenging and interesting perspectives on these issues. There is an enormous amount... http://www.icommons.org/articles/5-of-the-best-places-to-learn-something-new-about-the-world 2008-4-14T18:56:20Z How should we define 'media literacy' in this digital era? Traditional notions of media literacy are based on the evaluation of the messages we are overwhelmed with every day, making use of media technology, and expressing ourselves through various media activities. But we are also required to pay attention to the new phenomena of 'sharing' in the digital media environment. The... http://www.icommons.org/articles/youthvoice-teaching-korean-kids-how-to-share 2006-12-06T14:55:53Z Kathryn Smith likes good secrets. Not necessarily fun or beautiful ones - in fact her work often reveals those that are dark and violent – but her talent lies in her ability to both find and create hidden narratives, and obscured meaning, within a variety of mediums including film, photography and drawing. This week I spoke to Smith about her interest in the underbelly of filmic... http://www.icommons.org/articles/art-intercom-featuring-artist-kathryn-smith 2007-6-11T08:47:39Z One of the themes that is often raised in discussions within the iCommons community is this: open licensing is great for stimulating creativity for those who want to use it for their own works, but what effect can it have on civil society? How can using resources that are freely licensed make it simpler, better and faster for organisations, schools, NGOs and civil society groups... http://www.icommons.org/articles/5-resourceful-sites-ngos-cant-live-without 2007-1-30T13:05:12Z The University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business is one of the world's bravest business schools. Their Executive Education unit is recognised as one of the world's Top 10 in their class!<br /> Heather Ford (head of iCommons) was on the faculty to present at Nomadic Marketing: one of the innovative new programs the GSB have introduced to their offering on the practical application... http://www.icommons.org/articles/business-school-course-for-artists-to-succeed 2007-7-30T17:36:01Z A recent announcement from the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities caused something of an Internet news stir, seeing active discussion on several blogs and other outlets, including high traffic sites such as BoingBoing and Slashdot.<br /> <br /> According to a report from the BBC, the Egyptian Government is about to enact a copyright law to protect Egyptian antiquities, and this law... http://www.icommons.org/articles/egypts-attempted-5000-year-copyright-extension 2008-1-11T20:53:09Z This month, iCommons' resident copyright columnist, Tobias Schonwetter, challenges the benefits of ever-longer copyright protection.<br /> <br /> 'Copyright should last forever less one day!'<br /> (Jack Valenti, long-time president of the Motion Picture Association of America)<br /> <br /> The debate over the adequate term for copyright protection is as old as copyright legislation itself and fortunately,... http://www.icommons.org/articles/the-fallacy-of-long-copyright-protection 2007-4-03T10:07:39Z iCommoners and the artists in residence had the good fortune of sharing the street outside the gallery with every drunk teenager in the city last night. I suppose I should feel sorry for the six or seven boys I saw through the course of the evening hunched over a sink in a bathroom, but seeing as how I recognized a lot of these guys as the cat callers who had annoyed me earlier... http://www.icommons.org/articles/the-art-happens-here-the-full-exhibition-review 2007-6-17T17:32:14Z Almost every morning as I drink my first cup of morning coffee I go online to read the news, visit a few blogs (usually the less-than-thought provoking gossip blogs), and scan through my email. Without fail I collect several stories from each of these sources (even the gossip blogs!) relating to the bizarre attempts of various individuals and groups to determine who has the legal... http://www.icommons.org/articles/whats-in-a-name-the-double-binds-inherent-in-controlling-cultural-terms 2008-6-30T17:11:31Z Episode Two of the iCommons podcast is now online and ready to be downloaded!In this episode, we'll be discussing plans for the iCommons summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from 15 to 17 June 2007. Daniela Faris explains the new-look artist in residence programme and Rebecca Kahn speaks to last year's artist in residence Nathaniel Stern, about Dublin, net art and beer. Heather Ford gives... http://www.icommons.org/articles/icommons-podcast-episode-2 2007-2-08T14:18:02Z txtBusca http://www.icommons.org/home/busca.php Search in iCommons.org