Presentations and documents tagged “isummit08”
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Expanding Boundaries Of Fair Use Protection Und...
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago. 999 views
The fair use doctrine provides a critical exception to American copyright protection, and plays an increasingly important role in protecting free expression. But while copyright restrictions are expanding, so too are fair use protections. I...
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The Future of the Global Commons by Heather Ford
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Technology. 1015 views
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Mars Landing: How Collecting Societies have Ope...
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Technology. 728 views
This presentation will explore the evolving relationship between Collecting Societies and individual rights management practices as expressed through the use of Creative Commons licenses by musicians and other free culture practitioners. Th...
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Language as a Commons by Erin McKean
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Business & Mgmt. 1355 views
The commons is not a new idea, but rather one that has been assisting in the generation of meaning since human beings developed the ability to recognise and replicate signs. Erin McKean, the best-dressed lexicographer in the business, explo...
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No License for these territories by Jamie King
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Business & Mgmt. 1059 views
As innovative and forward-looking as the Commons is, the real world is still one step ahead. As comprehensively as open content is documented, there are territories of sharing that have yet to be pinned down by lawmakers of any description ...
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Sharing and Open Knowledge and the Future of Sc...
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Technology. 977 views
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10 years of open content by David Wiley
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Technology. 1072 views
The Commons has been going for long enough for it to have a 'history' and perhaps even a 'legacy'. The Commons is now old enough to ask the questions that are a challenge for any parent: "Where did I come from?"
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Collaborative Creativity and the test of time b...
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Technology. 1091 views
Innovation as a product of an ivory tower of individual ownership is not so much a thing of the past as an obsolescence. Many minds sharing freely solve problems faster.
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The Literacy Project: Building connections in t...
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Technology. 884 views
Many believe that the Internet can play an important role in promoting literacy and education efforts worldwide. It was with that aim that Google, LitCam, and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning launched The Literacy Project, which pro...
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Social Movements on the Commons by David Bollier
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Technology. 931 views
The Commons is one of many social movements active in the world today. Many of them share characteristics with the Commons, but there are significant differences. What can the Commons learn from other social movements and vice versa? Is th...
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Ready to Share: Fashion and the Commons by Joha...
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Fashion & Beauty. 1088 views
More than any other industry, fashion treats most of its creative output as a commons - shared resources that can be freely reused, recreated and recombined. How does the fashion industry manage to thrive with virtually no copyright protect...
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Enclosing the Commons - for Dummies: Creativity...
from iCommonsiSummit08, posted 10 months ago in Finance. 884 views
In his address at the iSummit '08, Adam Haupt argues that legal threats issued by SAB Miller and Wiley Publishing to culture jammers Laugh It Off Media and Mail & Guardian Online, respectively, provide important perspectives on democracy an...
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Mars Landing
from paulkeller, posted 10 months ago in Technology. 499 views
Keynote presentation about the relationship between Creative Commons and Collecting Societies given on the 1st of August 2008 at the iSummit 2008 in Sapporo, Japan
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The Commons in the Corporation: The challenge o...
from mohamedn, posted 10 months ago in Business & Mgmt. 2335 views
Concepts such as Open Source and Creative Commons are usually foreign to most corporations. Mohamed will share his experience with championing these concepts within a media company and discuss how Al Jazeera is aligning these philopsophies ...
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APC Internet Rights Charter: An Overview (prese...
from natashaprimo, posted 11 months ago in Technology. 517 views
This provides an overview of the mission and history of the APC IRC, together with brief comments on how the APC network seeks to make the IRC a real and living document through awareness raising and practical action.
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iSummit 2008 Open Education Track
from ahrashb, posted 11 months ago in Sports. 490 views
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isummit08 ed track session 3
from ahrashb, posted 11 months ago in Sports. 409 views
Flow chart of some topics of consideration for the open education track, iSummit 2008, in Sapporo, Japan. Session 3.
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Internet Freedom & Internet Bill of Rights
from netfreedom, posted 11 months ago in Technology. 2072 views
Robert Guerra's presentation at the 2008 icommons session on Internet Bill of Rights
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iSummit 2008 - Wikipedia Survey
from philipp, posted 11 months ago in Finance. 1018 views
Background to the first official Wikipedia Survey, conducted by UNU MERIT and the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Creative Commons Around The World 2008-07-31
from mlinksva, posted 11 months ago in Books. 2681 views
