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 >
The Commons Strategies Group with a little help from some friends has drafted an Open Letter to Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff to be signed by international organizations, academics and activists in support of the work of the Brazilian society and… 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 >
Rumors were boiling during the last weeks who president-elect Dilma Rousseff will appoint as her new minister of culture. On Monday, 20 December, as one of the last cabinet posts she announced her decision. After five and a half years… 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 >
Richard Stallman today published an Open Letter to Brazil’s President Elect Dilma Rousseff and the Citizens of Brazil. The founder of the GNU project and the Free Software Foundation congratulates Brazil on its readiness to introduce the freedom to file-share… Mehr lesen >
Dutch artists unions and consumer association call for legalizing uploads in exchange for an Internet levy. A German study shows that half of Internet users favor a culture flat-rate.
I’m at the „Economies of the Commons 2. Paying the Costs of Making Things Free“ in De Balie in Amsterdam right now (12.-13.11.2010). It brings together the free culture scene with the library and archives communities and again examines how… Mehr lesen >
Am 20. November von 17:00-19:00 Uhr MEZ (19:00-21:00 Uhr Moskauer Zeit, im Strelka-Institut, Zugang nur mit persönlicher Einladung) veranstaltet das Goethe-Institut Moskau unter dem Titel „Zugang“ eine Diskussion zu den Themen Netzpolitik, Kultur-Flatrate, Lizenzmodelle, Open Access und Creative Commons. Es… Mehr lesen >