http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm Best content from the oD-DRM group Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:21:45 -0000 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:21:45 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/media_net/people_copyright/reinvention_scarcity <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>The reinvention of scarcity</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/author/Tony_Curzon_Price.jsp">Tony Curzon Price</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary"><em>The community-building projects of the digital world are celebrated for the abundance they make it possible to access and share; but what if the culture of a community only arises from jointly endured constraints? Tony Curzon Price explores a key paradox of the online age.</em></div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:21:45 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-commons/lowdown_3659.jsp <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>iCommons for beginners</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/author/Tony_Curzon_Price.jsp">Tony Curzon Price</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary"><div class="pull_quote_article"> <div class="pull_quote"> <strong>Tony Curzon Price, Becky Hogge and Sam Howard Spink are <a href="/openblogs/blog/od/">blogging from the iCommons iSummit</a> in Rio this weekend, 23-25 June 2006</strong> </div> <p> <strong>Creative Commons</strong><br /> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/" target="_blank">Creative Commons</a> is an American charity founded by the radical libertarian legal scholar, <a href="http://www.lessig.org/" target="_blank">Lawrence Lessig</a>. Its aim is to help cultural creators give up some of their copyrights by creating the required legal framework of licenses. Why would a cultural creator do that? Because spreading a message, establishing and nourishing a reputation, having an audience, participating in the commonwealth of cultural production, may all be more important than the elusive royalty stream. </p></div></div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:21:35 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-commons/genius_3667.jsp <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner">Should artists know better? - the British copyright experience</div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:21:23 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-commons/tales_3668.jsp <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>The global digital commons and other unlikely tales</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/author/David_M_Berry.jsp">David M Berry</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary">The commons movement may be groundbreaking and innovative but as it hurtles towards a global model, it risks the privatisation of culture and a disregard for national boundaries, says David M Berry.</div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:21:09 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/media/copyright_con_3746.jsp <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>The Crown's copyright con</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/author/Becky_Hogge.jsp">Becky Hogge</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary">As the UK government abuses copyright law to stifle free speech and obstruct freedom of information, the case of Craig Murray reveals how the impulse of power to control dissent is crushing democratic rights anew.</div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:20:57 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/media/free_software_4113.jsp <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>Free software's Faustian moment</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/author/Felix_Cohen.jsp">Felix Cohen</a><br /><a href="/author/Becky_Hogge.jsp">Becky Hogge</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary">A recent deal between Microsoft and Novell has ignited the long-smouldering controversy about whether code can be owned. Is it the first step towards a two-tier software economy?</div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:20:41 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/media/IP_debate_4155.jsp <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>Let the IP debate begin !</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/author/Becky_Hogge.jsp">Becky Hogge</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary">An imminent British report on intellectual-property law will shape government policy on the balance between consumers and rightsholders. Becky Hogge sets the scene – and takes sides – in the debate to </div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:20:29 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-copyrightlaw/gowers_4160.jsp <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>The future of intellectual property: Andrew Gowers interviewed</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/author/Becky_Hogge.jsp">Becky Hogge</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary">Andrew Gowers, commissioned by the British government to map the next generation's intellectual-property framework, explains his thinking to Becky Hogge – and leaves her feeling that the "copyfight" for a public domain of information has only just begun.</div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:20:16 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/media/hogge_wipo_4431.jsp <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>A gain for the public domain</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/author/Becky_Hogge.jsp">Becky Hogge</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary">After a surprising breakthrough in negotiations, the scene is set for a full debate on intellectual-property rights and human development. Becky Hogge is encouraged, but the fight isn’t over yet.</div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:20:04 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/media_net/people_copyright/free_culture <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>Free culture: tumble down the walls</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/user/502130">Tom Chance</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary"><em>The Creative Commons movement needs to have a bold vision for the enlargement of cultural freedom, says Tom Chance.</em></div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:19:47 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/media_net/copyright_people/magnatune_revolution <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>The Magnatune revolution</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/user/502163">John Buckman</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary"><em>The net-based record label Magnatune is pioneering a new way of making "open music" an instrument of creative empowerment, says its founder John Buckman.</em></div> <div class="info-submitted"></div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:19:37 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/media_net/people_copyright/icommons_harvest <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>The iCommons harvest</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/author/Felix_Cohen.jsp">Felix Cohen</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary">There's no tragedy in a digital commons where quality content is king, says Felix Cohen.</div> <div class="info-submitted"></div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:19:24 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/gilberto-gill-open-minister <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>Gilberto Gil: the open minister</h2> <div class="info author"><div class="multiple_authors"><a href="/user/514548">Jose Murilo</a><br /></div></div> <div class="article-summary">The global reputation of the renowned Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil is secure. Byt what of his legacy as Brazil's minister of culture? The test, says his former colleague Jose Murilo, will be the fate of his vision of "open culture" as a space for progressive change in the global-networked society. </div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:19:10 -0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/editorial_tags/media_and_the_net <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><h2>media &amp; the net </h2> <div class="inner_content"> <p id="help"></p><div class="help"><div class="term-container"> <div class="term"> <div class="description">From Big Brother to Mr. Murdoch to Mr. Burns, the media saturate our lives. Here, we decode, explain and debate the media we rely upon for democracy - and entertainment.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:17:10 -0000 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/will_wright_makes_toys_that_make_worlds.html <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner"><a href="/index.php/talks" class="grey">Talks</a> <span> Will Wright: Toys that make worlds</span></div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/tag/no_tag">no_tag</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/od_drm/content/user/tonycurzonprice" title="View tony curzon price's content in group">tony curzon price</a></p> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:16:04 -0000