The multi-stakeholder Global Congress, convened in Washington, DC on 25-27 August 2011, issued The Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. A powerful statement for the public welfare purposes, such as education and health, that all legal protection… Mehr lesen >
Just off the press: Lucie Guibault, Christina Angelopoulos (eds.), Open Content Licensing. From Theory to Practice, Amsterdam University Press 2011. Full text download / Table of Content. „To promote the use of open content licenses, it is important to better… Mehr lesen >
Das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) lädt zur Konferenz Zukünftiges Internet. Themen sind: Das Internet als öffentlicher Raum, Technische Grenzen und Herausforderungen des Internet, Das Internet als kritische Infrastruktur und Die Metaregeln für die Informationsgesellschaft. Mit dabei sind Wolfgang… Mehr lesen >
Re-Touching McLuhan – The Medium is the Massage. Marshall McLuhan Centennial Weekend, 27–29 May 2011. Conference, screening, installation, performance. Embassy of Canada / Marshall McLuhan Salon, Leipziger Platz 17, Berlin. The international conference Re-Touching McLuhan: The Medium is the Massage… Mehr lesen >
On 25-27 August 2011 the American University Washington College of Law in Washington DC will host a Global Congress, no less. If you want to participate in „one of the most important meetings on international intellectual property law and policy… Mehr lesen >
The 6th Annual Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) will take place on 30th June – 1st July 2011 at Kalkscheune, Johannisstr. 2, in Berlin. This year’s topics include Open Data Technology, Open Science and Open Data in Academic Research, Open Law,… Mehr lesen >
Next week, 25-27 April the Rethink Music conference will take place in Boston, MA, USA. The Berkman Center has just published a great collection of papers as Briefing Book for the conference. It includes one by Yochai Benkler entitled „Voluntary… Mehr lesen >
Berklee College of Music and MIDEM debut the Rethink Music Conference In association with Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society and Harvard Business School, Rethink Music will examine the business and rights challenges facing the music industry in… Mehr lesen >
Auf dem Podium: * Dr. Volker Grassmuck, Medienwissenschaftler * Marlene Löhr, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Landesvorsitzende * Thorsten Fürter, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Abgeordneter des Landtags, netzpolitischer Sprecher Moderation: * Dr. Konstantin von Notz, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Bundestagsabgeordneter, innen- und netzpolitischer Sprecher… Mehr lesen >
This is my presentation at the second Free Culture Forum on 29 October in Barcelona. You can watch the video recording (ogg, starting at 00:12:00), look at my slides (pdf) and read the slightly edited text here: ~~~ Thanks for… Mehr lesen >