Archive for the ‘copyright’ Category
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Does making a book freely available online hurt or enhance the sales of the hardcopy? Advocates suggest that if you read a bit of the book online you're more likely to buy the hardcopy if you like it and finish reading it on paper. You're also more likely to recommend ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
We've been talking about all sorts of things to do with media production these past few weeks in my Digital Media unit, including some conversations about stock footage. So, it's rather timely to see that, as has been widely blogged elsewhere, one of Hillary Clinton's campaign advertisements has turned back ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
While Australians have long been noted as some of the most voracious downloaders of television, using bittorrent-based peer-to-peer sources has generally been focused on accessing UK and US shows which don't screen in Australia until some time (from weeks to years) after the original airdates. However, the recent case ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
One of the big announcements at the celebrations of Creative Commons' fifth birthday was the release of the CC+ (CCPlus) licensing arrangement which combines existing CC licenses with ability to also explicitly point to additional licensing (for example, terms for commercial use on an NC CC license). From the ...
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
A hearty congratulations to the Aotearoa New Zealand Creative Commons folk who announced yesterday that they've successfully ported the Creative Commons licenses to the Aotearoa New Zealand legal system!
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
The 2007 Creative Commons Fundraising Drive is under way, so if you're concerned about ensuring that extreme copyright doesn't kill creativity, please consider donating. For me, ensuring that copyright laws don't lock away creative potential for the average person is incredibly important and I still think that Creative Commons is one of ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
A couple of months ago I wrote about Virgin Mobile's controversial use of CC-Licensed images from Flickr in one of their advertising campaigns. Things have now taken an odd twist, with on of the teenagers features in the photos suing not just Virgin but Creative Commons as well! As the Sydney ...
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
On the CC-Community list Jessica Coates has posted links from the recent Sydney Law Review where, among other cool things, they created some parody advertisements based on the patronizing 'Piracy is Wrong' ads which play in Australian cinemas and are at the front of many legitimately-purchased Australian DVDs. Each ...
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
On the back of a lot of really interesting work and events last year, Creative Commons Australia have released their "Unlocking the Potential Through Creative Commons" report which examines the role (and potential roles) of Creative Commons licensing in Australia. It's an easy read and has lots of examples, so ...
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
I just submitted an abstract for the Media International Australia special issue 'Beyond Broadcasting: TV for the Twenty-first Century'. Here it is:
“We’re sorry, but the clip you selected isn’t available from your location:” Watching Battlestar Galactica in Australia and the Tyranny of Digital Distance
[Figure 1. Screen-capture from http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/, 11 September ...
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, australia, bittorrent, convergence, copyright, fan culture, participatory culture, tv, tyranny of digital distance | 12 Comments »
