Tag Archives: copyright

Monty Python: they’ve got more in return

via mashable.com txt Monty Python youtube channel We’re letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in return. None of your driveling, mindless comments. Instead, we want you to click on the links, buy our movies & TV shows and soften our pain and disgust at being ripped off all [...]

In Defense of Creativity

[txt] In Defense of Piracy – Lawrence Lessig on Wall Street journal online [book] Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy by Lawrence Lessig The return of this “remix” culture could drive extraordinary economic growth, if encouraged, and properly balanced. It could return our culture to a practice that has marked every [...]

Copyleft Festival 2008

txt: Perché un festival del copyleft – Copyleft Festival 2008 La sequenza più logica sarebbe: l’opera circola gratis, il gradimento si trasforma in passaparola, ne traggono beneficio la celebrità e la reputazione dell’autore, quindi aumenta il suo spazio di manovra all’interno dell’industria culturale e non solo. E’ un circolo virtuoso. [en] The most logical sequence [...]

A new Cultural Economy

link: Ars Electronica 2008 – A New Cultural Economy: The Limits of Intellectual Property LINZ 04-09 september 2008 txt: Curatorial Statement (Joichi Ito) Computers and the Internet has lowered the cost of communication and the creation and distribution of information so much that many fundamental notions of organizations, economics and property have completely changed or [...]

Fair Christmas, Internet Age!

txt: Fair Use Vs. Free Speech in the Internet Age: The Lane Hartwell Problem – www.techcrunch.com The rights of the copyright holder have always been balanced against the more fundamental right of free speech. And free speech in the Internet age, more so than ever before, goes way beyond words and text. The way people [...]