"...We can only promote the commons as a new narrative for the 21st century if they are identified as a common denominator by different social movements and schools of thought. In my point of view, enforcing the commons would be not only possible, but strategically intelligent.
Read more »The commons as a common paradigm for social movements and beyond
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Hackers & Global Justice: Another World is Possible - by Kate Milberry
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« It took me almost five and a half years, from the first class to my final defense, but here it is: my dissertation. Maybe one day I’ll write about the emotional and personal cost of a PhD but for now, I’ll try to revel in the relief of completion. Comments, as always, welcome! And of course, it is copyleft. So share and share alike (but give credit where credit’s due!)...
Read more »GEEKS AND GLOBAL JUSTICE: ANOTHER (CYBER)WORLD IS POSSIBLE by Kate Milberry
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Save the Date! Free Culture X | Feb. 13-14th in D.C.
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"Free Culture X – the 2010 Conference of Students for Free Culture – will be held February 13th and 14th in Washington, D.C..."
Read more »A2K4: Access to Knowledge and Human Rights Conference - February 12-13, 2010
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"Please save the date for the Fourth Access to Knowledge Conference (A2K4) scheduled to take place at Yale Law School on February 12-13, 2010 [...] This year, we will again host a major A2K conference, but with a more specialized theme: the intersection between access to knowledge and human rights..." — see also:
Read more »"Defining the contours of freedom" - Free Software Foundation
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«Great, great video from Lawrence Lessig about the importance of the free software movement to society and culture as a whole. Lessig also wrote the forward to Richard Stallman's book "Free Software, Free Society" and it's one of the many things that helped me see the big picture where free software is concerned.»
Read more »Strengthen the Commons
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"...They form the social fabric of a free society. Commons do not belong to anyone individually nor do they belong to no one. Different communities, from the family to global society, always create, maintain, cultivate, and redefine commons. ... They produce free software and free knowledge, and create films, music, and images to be shared.
Read more »Commoner Letter #1: Mohamed Nanabhay of Al Jazeera
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"I’m happy to announce the launch of this year’s Commoner Letter series – a series of letters written by prominent members of the CC community in support of our annual fundraising campaign. We want to be very clear that this campaign is about much more than raising money for CC.
Read more »Digital rights: call to all citizens to fight back (Free Culture Forum)
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"The first International Free Culture Forum will take place in Barcelona from October 29 to November 1 2009. This event will bring together the main organisations and most active voices in the world of Free Culture and Free Knowledge to set common agendas and strategies..."
Read more »Copyright Protection in the Digital Age - Library of Alexandria, Egypt
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"The Library of Alexandria, Egypt, is holding a three-day workshop to introduce judges, lawyers, and researchers from Egypt and the Arab world to new tools for the dissemination of knowledge.
Read more »Tux in Free Gaming
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Tux is the offical mascot of the Linux kernel and is a widely known symbol among the Linux and free software community. He is short, fat, and has yellow duck-like flippers and a beak. He was designed by Larry Ewing based on a suggestion by Alan Cox and he was named by James Hughes. He represents no known penguin, but he most looks the most like a little/fairy penguin.
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CULTURAL HERITAGE on line - Empowering users: an active role for user communities
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"Following the success of the previous conference in 2006, we are delighted to announce that the 2nd "CULTURAL HERITAGE on line" conference will be hosted by Teatro della Pergola in Florence in December 2009. This conference aims to explore, analyze, and evaluate the state of the art and future trends in user communities and cultural contents..."
Read more »Why I don’t like “Non-Commercial” licenses
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"Want to know why I use a Share Alike license instead of one of those pernicious “Non-Commercial” licenses? This fine article explains all. Aw heck, I’m just gonna republish the whole thing here, since it’s free..."
Read more »Creative Commons @ Software Freedom Day 2009 in NYC
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"It should be no surprise that here at CC, we’re huge fans of Free Software [...] There are numerous celebrations happening around the world, but I”ll be attending the one in NYC..."
Read more »Free Software Foundation files objection to Google Book Search settlement
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"BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, September 8, 2009 -- Today the Free Software Foundation (FSF) filed an objection in court to the proposed Google Book Search settlement (The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc.).
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