Archive for the ‘copyright’ Category
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 ...
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Monday, March 12th, 2007
Creative Commons Australia announced today the release of Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons, a book collecting a number of essays about copyright and open content licensing in teh Australian context. It's edited by Brian Fitzgerarld, who leads Australia's CC project. It draws on a 2005 conference, ...
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