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Creative Commons launched in Australia
The Australian affiliate of Creative Commons, a new international movement to address issues of balance, compromise and moderation over copyright issues will be launched at the University of Melbourne under the auspices of IPRIA next week. Woo-hoo!
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Magnatune blog and Creative Commons comp
John Buckman, who runs Creative Commons’ favourite “online music label” magnatune, now has a blog. I liked the transcription of a cute exchange between Buckman and a major label exec, who apparently doesn’t like being called evil. Speaking of CC, Seb’s Open Research points us to the winning video in the Creative Commons Moving Image…
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Audible magic
ArtMachine on Audible Magic, DRM, the music industry, and economic inequality. Nice work.
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Bamboo and Network Architecture
What with the current vogue for eco-metaphors when describing social networks and the living city, people have been talking about swarms, viruses, and ecosystems for a while. So the other day while wandering through the Mt. Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, I noticed this sign about how bamboo evades all attempts to eradicate it, and thought it…
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First Monday: Filesharing and Subculture
At First Monday: Digital music and subculture: Sharing files, sharing styles by Sean Ebare. Via hypergene mediablog.
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iTunes ad
Eek! Teenagers who were sued by the RIAA for downloading music appear in a TV advertisement for an iTunes/Pepsi cross-promotion – launched during the Superbowl.
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Common Content
Common Content is “an open catalog of Creative Commons licensed content”. Handy.
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Scam Baiting is so Tempting
The unfortunate few may have noticed that the Nigerian Email Scam has mutated into something much more melodramatic (and it has moved to Dubai). I am so tempted to reply to the one which I have just received: Dear Sir, As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I…
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Music and Copyfight
Yesterday I was at QUT for the Digital Music Symposium. Transcription of my scrawled notes follows (does this count as some kind of quasi-live blogging?). Apologies for Bridget Jones-speak in places, as cannot be bothered creating fancy narrative. The room is full of lawyers speaking in loud and rounded tones, hanging their well-suited arms off…
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The continued destruction of mp3.com
As of December the 3rd, the recently sold independent music portal mp3.com will destroy their complete archive of songs by independent artists. From kuro5hin For background on the sale (and ethical failure) of mp3.com, go here.