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What's In A Name? The Double-Binds Inherent in Controlling Cultural Terms
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... [more]
NIN gives the record industry The Slip ... again!
NIN (aka Nine Inch Nails) has released yet another album for free download online. NIN has been doing this for sometime now. They released their album Year Zero for download using Garageband and Logic formats so fans could really get into the nuts and bolts of their tracks and remix them. They also released Ghosts I to IV in a range of options from free downloads to super duper... [more]
Organisation Spotlight: Safe Creative
A few years ago Juan Palacio, a Spanish software expert, wrote a book and wanted to share it on the Internet as a PDF document. This got him wondering whether it is possible to register the file’s original creator, and after some research he found that in his native country this was not possible unless he printed the book out on paper first. The lack of facilities to register digital... [more]
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Tony Curzon Price Presentation to 2007 iSummit business models stream
tony curzon price · text (PDF) · Jun 20th, 2007 · 30 votesa simple argument:
- you need a community to build a web site
- but a hidden cost of CC licensing is community dispersion
- solutions
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The... [more]
Jimmy Wales interview on 702
JC · Nov 26th, 2007 · 11 votesClick here to download and listen to the Jimmy Wales interview with 702, during his visit to South-Africa, where he was promoting the Wikipedia Academ... [more]
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Access to Knowledge Conference (A2K3), Geneva 8 -10 Sept 2008
Switzerland · Sep 08th to Sep 10th · no comments madePlease save the date for the third annual Access to Knowledge Conference
(A2K3) on September 8-10, 2008.
In a departure from precedent, please note... [more]
Pan-Commonwealth Forum 5
London (United Kingdom) · Jul 13th to Jul 17th · no comments madeThe Pan-Commonwealth Forum (PCF5) is for practitioners, researchers, planners and policy makers in the fields of open and distance learning and development.... [more]
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The Public Voice &OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy
InternationalEngage the community in the public policy discussion of the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy & other OECD related meetings.
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Stories Stones and Stations,Future Generations,Stories Of The Railway,
York (Canada)Using GPS technology these Stories Stones and Stations can be accessed using Google maps and yahoo geocities .
Adding universal templates to locate time and place content. [more]
In this iCommons podcast episode the staff talk about how they came to work at iCommons, what they have achieved so far, and what their vision is for the future is.
