Listen to the Music from the Book

Chapter 6 of the book describes the history of a single song — a protest at the government’s handling of Hurricane Katrina called George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People.  It traces the origins of that song back through the 20th century.  A number of people have asked me to point them towards online versions of the music discussed in the chapter. › Continue reading

An interview with Flypmedia

Jim Gaines, formerly of Time, now of Flypmedia, interviewed me about the public domain.  I am normally a videophobe, but his site uses a really interesting mixture of video and text.

Talking book versions

Reading a blog posting from Blind Flaneur I was inspired by these words..  “Producing a book accessible to blind readers probably wasn’t one of Boyle’s motives when he decided to release it in the public domain.. › Continue reading

Come celebrate CC’s 6th birthday! 12/18/2008

December 18th, 2008, from 9pm – 2am at 111 Minna Gallery (111 Minna Street, San Francisco)

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Larry in bad company?

Larry Lessig’s new book Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy very carefully and — as always — eloquently › Continue reading

Cory Doctorow Review

Cory Doctorow, the  blogger immortalized in this xkcd comic › Continue reading

The State of Things..

I was interviewed on North Carolina Public Radio today.  The host, Frank Stasio, is one of my favourite interviewers › Continue reading

Mashing up a bio picture..?

My friend Dan clearly doubts whether I am a responsible user of technology.  He edited my bio picture… › Continue reading

On The Media..

The always charming Brooke Gladstone — host of NPR’s On The Media — interviewed me about the book.  Appropriately, the photo chosen to illustrate the story in their archive is a CC licensed one that came from Flickr…