Archive for December, 2008

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

Monday, December 29th, 2008 Culture, Mashups, Music No Comments

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.

Monday, December 29th, 2008 Interviews, Video No Comments

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

Saturday, December 20th, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

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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Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

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

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

Cory Doctorow Review

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

Friday, December 12th, 2008 Uncategorized 1 Comment

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

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

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

Monday, December 8th, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

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…

Saturday, December 6th, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

From the Blog

  • Who Steals the Gene from Off the Common

    My new Financial Times column on the creation of a science commons is now up.  For the ungated version, read on…

  • What if the Web Really Worked For Science?

    Here is the video of my speech in Vienna at the IRF symposium.  The title was What If the Web Really Worked for Science? Reimagining Data Policy and Intellectual Property.

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