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Mixtape με Μουσική Creative Commons για τα 10 Χρόνια Γενέθλια!!

2012-12-28T16:55:41Z

Φέτος τα Creative Commons κλείνουν 10 χρόνια και αριθμούν εκατομμύρια χρήστες σε όλο τον πλανήτη. Από τις πρώτες άδειες μέχρι το ολοκληρωμένο σύστημα αδειοδότησης που προσφέρουν σήμερα τα Creative Commons, η πορεία ήταν δύσκολη αλλά έγινε δυνατή χάρη στους χιλιάδες ανθρώπους που δουλεύουν για τη προώθηση αυτού του εναλλακτικού αλλά πάντα νόμιμου τρόπου κατοχύρωσης πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας. Το μέλλον των αδειών είναι μπροστά και αυτά τα 10 χρόνια είναι μόνο η αρχή.

Στην ετήσια συνάντηση των συνεργατών μας τον Σεπτέμβριο που μας πέρασε συζητήσαμε τις διάφορες δράσεις και ενέργειες που θα κάνουμε για τον εορτασμό των 10 χρόνων. Αποφασίσαμε λοιπόν την δημιουργία ενός Mixtape με καλλιτέχνες και δημιουργούς από όλη την Ευρώπη που χρησιμοποιούν άδειες Creative Commons.

Το αποτέλεσμα ήταν εξαιρετικό. Μαζέψαμε υλικό από 20 χώρες ανάμεσα τους και η Ελλάδα και δημιουργήσαμε μια συλλογή με μουσική Creative Commons! Το μοναδικό αυτό Mixtape είναι διαθέσιμο με διάφορες άδειες για κατέβασμα στο Free Music Archive στο Soundcloud και στο Internet Archive και αποτελείται από διάφορα είδη μουσικής όπως ηλεκτρονική, φολκ, κλασσική, drum & bass, ροκ κτλ. Το εξώφυλο του δίσκου εκδώθηκε και αυτό με άδειαCreative Commons Attribution license.

Η Ελλάδα συμμετέχει και αυτή στη δημιουργία αυτού του mixtape για τα γενέθλια των Creative Commons με τους αγαπημένους StrangeZero! Άλλες Ευρωπαϊκές χώρες που συμμετέχουν είναι το Βέλγιο, η Βουλγαρία, η Τσεχία, η Σλοβακία, η Ισπανία, η Γερμανία κ.α. Απολάυστε και εσείς τώρα μουσική με άδειες Creative Commons και γιορτάστε μαζί μας τα γενέθλια μας!

Dzień Domeny Publicznej 2013

2012-12-28T16:01:14Z

Koalicja Otwartej Edukacji jak co roku zaprasza na wspólne obchody Dnia Domeny Publicznej. Z początkiem 2013 roku dzieła kolejnych twórców staną się wolne dla wszystkich. Do Domeny Publicznej przejdzie twórczość m.in. Bronisława Malinowskiego, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Bruno Schulza, Wojciecha Kossaka. Pełna lista twórców przechodzących do Domeny Publicznej z dniem 1 stycznia 2013 roku dostępna tutaj. Na obchody [...]

Post-workshop notes: Creating Digital Music 101: GarageBand

2012-12-28T14:36:14Z

[Sat, 10 Nov 2012]

Nine people turned up (there was a cap of 12; heard it rained heavily so maybe some opted to stay home?)

Nine was a nice number. I sensed the average age was around late 20s to early thirties. Heh, it's nice to know as an 'uncle' in my 40s, I'm teaching the young'uns something.

What the session covered:

Hour 1: Getting to know GB; learning the basics
Hour 2: Composing your own track/ Some ‘audio production’ tips
Hour 3: Continue + Showcase

Demo of a track composed in GB.

Musical concepts - “Bars”, “patterns”, “Even counts”
Layering concept - like photoshop

Pair up - check with a “musical buddy for the day”

Opening a new GB project (file names, tempo)

The GB environment and controls
File menu, add tracks, LCD, Loops, Instruments
Shortcut Keys - Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, Zoom in/ Out

Preferences panel

Using loops to create music - 20mins
Change tempo
Drag loops into workspace
Copy
Extend loops
Edit - Split/ cut/ copy
Layers

Instruments - 20mins
Experiment with different instruments
Musical Typing
Changing MIDI notes

Individual Track controls

Effects (“i” Edit)

Audio Production tweaks
Compressor
EQ

Export

Share

Before we started, I asked what were they wanted to take away from this session. Most had their Macs for a while but never quite learned how to use GarageBand.

About a third played some form of instruments. Most were piano players (interesting!)

Going round I saw everyone actively building their tracks.

What I tried not to do was overwhelm them by whacking all I knew from the past seven years and seven albums, since I picked up a Mac (woah, seven already?)

I let each participant copy a GarageBand sampler (composed the day earlier) and let them attempt a remix. The sampler (aptly titled TenElevenTwelve) sounds like this:
TenElevenTwelve by Ivan Chew

They didn't seem overwhelmed. Plenty of time to play around. Nice arranges tracks too; these folks have good musical timing.

Three hours was a good duration. Class size of ten was excellent; probably 20 would be fine with an assistant.

One tech problems: The rental MacBook didnt have the latest GarageBand version. Wasnt able to drag and drop loops. Luckily while the software update was in progress, one participant readily volunteered his Mac until the update was completed.

Planned for everything (extra power extensions, making sure we nailed down the screen resolution; a 'live' dry run with my colleagues before this public session) except that one. Must make mental note.

When I was mulling over the session on the train, I asked myself why I liked to share and teach.

On one hand, it means putting myself in the firing line, where participants have a range of expectations. Even of the session is a free one, I don't believe it's an excuse to waste people's time.

On the other, there's something immensely satisfying in seeing people give that nod of understanding, or outwardly thanking for having gained insights.

I wonder if it's an affirmation of my own self worth. Maybe, though I can find other ways to satisfy my ego.

Oh, I ended up conducting this workshop because the Public Library was running a series of Arts related programmes. Mooted the idea of a digital music workshop to a colleague, she liked it, and I volunteered to run it.

Coincidentally it was held on a 10.11.12

Hmm, if nine people turned up, that meant 9.10.11.12.

lol

The Little Prince and the Public Domain

2012-12-27T13:50:33Z

so it’s the time of the year again where lists of authors who’s works will enter into the public domain on the 1st of january are compiled left and right. Generally these efforts work like this: you start a list of authors who have died in in the year ending 70 years ago (1942) and then compile them into a list and rank them by whatever criterion you wish to apply (notability, specific nationality, etc..).

While this seems rather straightforward it seems like a good opportunity to recall the underlying complexities of calculating copyright term duration: If you have a fast internet connection and a big screen, you may want to take a look at this 25 MB pdf, which depicts the decision trees for 30 european jurisdictions that power the public domain calculators on www.outofcopyright.eu.

The interesting thing about this PDF is not how complex it is in absolute terms, but rather that the subject matter depicted is supposed is something that the EU considers to be ‘harmonized’ (by the 2006 copyright term directive). As you can easily tell by glancing at the image above, copyright duration in the EU is anything but harmonised. In fact, as Christiana Angelopoulos, who compiled the information contained in the pdf, argues in a new paper, we are dealing with 27 different public domains for the 27 member states of the EU.

According to Angelopoulos this is the result of four parallel failures of the harmonisation effort (Gaps in Conceptual Harmonisation, Exceptions to Harmonisation, Related Rights of Unharmonised Term and Incorrect Implementation of the directive). One of the most interesting passages of her paper is the one about the effects of the war-related term extensions that are part of French copyright law:

In France, the Intellectual Property Code contains three provisions extending the term of protection for works which were in copyright during WWI and WWII or whose authors died for France. To compensate the loss and difficulties in the commercial exploitation of works during the two World Wars:

The rights of authors, composers and artists of works published before the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and which had not fallen into the public domain on 3 February 1919 were extended by 6 years and 152 days;

The rights of authors, composers and artists of works published before 1 January 1948 and which had not fallen into the public domain on 13 August 1941 were extended by 8 years and 120 days;

The rights of authors, composers and artists who died for France during WWI or WWII were extended by 30 years.

It should be noted that the two first extensions can accumulate in cases of works published during WWI, which can then benefit from an extension of up to 14 years and 272 days.

[…]

The fate of the 30-year extension in favour of authors who died for France has not been decided upon by the courts. If the provision remains valid, then depending on the applicability of the other extensions, the term of protection of a musical work whose author died for France may range from 100 years pma (70 years pma + 30 years) to 114 years and 272 days pma (70 years pma + 30 years + 6 years and 152 days + 8 years and 120 days). With regard to non-musical works, commentators are divided on whether the added mileage would salvage the other two extensions as well: some commentators consider that the extensions due to the wars remain absorbed by the new harmonised term of protection. In this case, a non-musical work whose author died for France, whether published during WWI or WWII or not, will benefit from a term of protection of 100 years pma (70 years pma + 30 years). Others argue that, given that the accumulated extensions will certainly result in a term longer than that of the Directive, the calculation should be made on the basis of the old 50 years pma rule. As a result, the term for non-musical works whose author died for France would vary between 80 years pma (50 years pma + 30 years) and 94 years and 272 days (50 years pma + 30 years + 6 years and 152 days + 8 years and 120 days), depending on the date of publication of the work.

The case of a non-musical work published during WWI or WWII and written by an author who died for France is not hypothetical. Several famous authors belong to this category, including Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Guillaume Appolinaire and Charles Péguy; uncertainty thus surrounds the term of protection of their works. For example, the entry of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s famous novella The Little Prince into the public domain oscillates from 1 May 2033 to 1 January 2045, depending on the interpretation accepted. (Christina Angelopoulos: The Myth of European Term Harmonisation: 27 Public Domains for the 27 Member States, IIC, 2012-5, p. 567.)

These extensions can make life rather difficult for anyone compiling lists of authors whose works will enter into the public domain. More generally the lack of harmonisation points to a bigger problem though. If copyright is indeed the primary system of assigning ownership in knowledge driven economies then we should be seriously concerned about the complexity of the system, which makes it extremely difficult to ascertain if a work can be used without permission from the author or not. COMMUNIA has pointed this out in our policy recommendation #4 and it appears timely to point out the need for more harmonisation in the light of the upcoming public domain day on the 1st of January 2013.

Materia: Noticias sobre ciencia, medio ambiente, salud y tecnología

2012-12-27T09:57:46Z

¿Educar o entretener? Todo medio dedicado a la ciencia y la tecnología se enfrenta a la misma pregunta. Materia es un medio en castellano que reúne a galardonados periodistas del desaparecido Público en una publicación que apuesta por el rigor y la calidad de sus contenidos. Su objetivo es la difusión más amplia posible de contenidos científicos y tecnológicos, por lo que han elegido una licencia Creative Commons para sus reportajes.

Entre sus artículos más recientes se destaca un interesante resumen noticioso del 2012, que incluye una postura decidida a favor de la investigación científica como uno de los elementos fundamentales para la recuperación económica de España y Europa. Materia es definitivamente uno de los medios en línea más recomendables para seguir (facebook:materia.ciencia | twitter: @materia_ciencia) durante el 2013.

知识共享中国大陆项目应邀赴清华大学进行交流活动并举行CC十周年生日会

2012-12-27T05:02:41Z

2012年12月24日，知识共享中国大陆项目团队应清华学堂人才培养计划钱学森力学班首席科学家郑泉水教授的邀请，赴清华大学与钱学森班的同学们进行交流，介绍知识共享协议与开放共享理念，并举行CC十周年庆祝活动。知识共享中国大陆项目负责人王春燕、项目经理朱捍东、清华大学顾学雍教授、钱学森班2012级同学及来自中国人民大学法学院的CC志愿者们共同参加了此次活动。

活动现场，王春燕教授在发言

在活动的第一部分，CC中国大陆项目负责人王春燕向同学们介绍了CC协议的背景和相关的法律问题。王春燕提到，CC协议的兴起源于一群知识精英认识到现有的版权制度限制了创造和创新的活力，而在版权制度的基础上设计了一套法律工具，即CC协议。CC协议是传统版权体系“所有权利保留”的有益补充，为权利人提供“部分权利保留”的另一重选择，打破了创作者和使用者之间权利信息不对称的局面，帮助创作者更好地传播和分享作品。CC协议和它所代表的开放共享运动正在慢慢改变人们知识生产和知识传播的方式，并有助于实现权利人与大众之间的利益平衡。

CC中国大陆项目经理朱捍东为同学们介绍了CC协议的使用和CC中国大陆项目的艺术推广计划。他通过介绍CC中国大陆项目在艺术领域举办的各项活动和艺术家们对CC协议的使用呈现了艺术家的独特视角和分享创意的方式，说明了CC协议如何帮助艺术家分享作品，传递灵感。CC中国大陆项目助理孙蓓蓓接着为同学们介绍了开放教育资源（OER）、开放数据、开源硬件与开放设计，以及CC中国大陆项目在这些领域所做的工作。

清华大学顾学雍教授在发言

在活动的第二个部分，即问答互动环节，清华大学钱学森班的同学们积极提出了许多问题。同学们非常关心保护自己知识成果的方法，以及开放共享与知识产权保护之间的关系。就同学们提出的问题，王春燕老师与同学们进行了深入的交流。钱学森班同学们的理工背景和人大志愿者们的法科背景相互补益，使得讨论更加的活跃和深入。

活动的第三个部分是CC十周年的庆祝活动。CC中国大陆项目团队与钱学森班的师生一起，分享了CC十周年的生日蛋糕。CC志愿者们为同学们分发了CC纪念品，活动在欢乐的气氛中顺利结束。

来自中国人民大学的CC志愿者们

CC志愿者团队和清华大学钱学森班的学生们一起合影留念

清华学堂人才培养计划钱学森力学班是清华大学的工科基础科学班，以工程力学系为主，联合航空航天、机械等八个系科，聚集一批精英学生，借助清华大学和国际范围内的顶尖学者共同建设。钱学森班致力于营造一个自主学习和个性化发展的创造性学习环境。同学们将于一月份进行为期四天的“极限学习”计划，为了帮助同学们竖立知识产权保护和开放共享的意识，负责此次学习计划的顾学雍教授要求同学们将此计划的学习成果采用CC协议授权。知识共享中国大陆项目在知识共享十周年之际，向这群知识精英和未来社会的知识领袖介绍CC协议和开放共享理念，具有特殊的积极意义。两校不同专业背景的同学们也在这次活动中进行了非常愉快的交流，大家都期待着下一次，法律与科技碰撞的精彩。

文/ 孙蓓蓓图/朱捍东温迪

“La comunidad de CC en Latinoamérica se caracteriza por su orientación de interés público”

2012-12-26T22:13:50Z

A propósito de los 10 años de Creative Commons (CC), hablamos brevemente con Claudio Ruiz, coordinador regional de CC para Latinoamérica, para tener una visión de cómo ha ido evolucionando la cultura libre en este lado del planeta.

¿Hay condiciones particulares de desarrollo de la comunidad Creative Commons en Latinoamérica?
Más que condiciones particulares, creo que la penetración de Internet en Latinoamérica ha facilitado procesos de integración y distribución de material y contenido que durante muchos años estuvieron ocultos, y que gracias a procesos de digitalización y masificación de las nuevas tecnologías, han permitido que puedan salir a la luz y poder facilitar su uso y re-uso creativo. Además, la comunidad de afiliados de CC en Latinoamérica se caracteriza de manera muy clara por su orientación de interés público, donde la aparición de amenazas legislativas que pretenden hacer cada vez más desequilibrado el escenario legal de derechos de autor, hace cada vez más urgente la posición de defensa de los derechos de los usuarios en la lucha sobre los derechos de autor en Internet.

¿Cuáles son las principales barreras de entrada de Creative Commons a la comunidad de creadores de Latinoamérica?
Creo que la principal es la información. Latinoamérica no tiene tasas importantes aún de penetración de Internet pero está creciendo a un nivel importante, lo que podría llevarnos a pensar que la información respecto de los derechos y formas de utilización y creación intelectual va a ir también en crecimiento. Una vez que esto crece, es inevitable encontrarse con barreras y obstáculos que no entrega Internet, sino que una regulación que está pensada en el mundo del pasado. CC, en este sentido, es una alternativa gratuita, fácil y cómoda para que los autores puedan decidir cómo su obra circula en Internet y, asimismo, entrega información al público respecto de sus derechos.

Novel legalistic © education: Right to Culture

2012-12-25T03:53:41Z

Collage based on Social Campaign: The Right to Culture CC-BY-SA

What passes for copyright education aimed at the general public (caveat: aiming to educate about copyright out of context of broader info- and social-policy is misguided, but I’ll leave that be for now, and the campaign described fortunately doesn’t mention copyright) might be categorized along the following:

Legalistic (explaining what can or can’t be done within current law) and/or normative
Blunt (e.g., downloading is a crime, copying isn’t theft) and/or turgid (e.g., how to comply with the DMCA, what maybe fair use, how public copyright licenses work)
Tilted in favor of more or less restriction

It’s easy to think of examples of examples of all of the resulting combinations, except for one: legalistic, blunt, and favoring less restriction. The nearest I can recall were the EFF “MP3 is not a crime” and “coding is not a crime” stickers, but it is hard to know what to take from those without knowing background stories (and I can’t recall what the MP3 one referred to), and “not a crime” is not very positive. Thus I find the Modern Poland Foundation’s Right to Culture campaign interesting (emphasis added):

The Modern Poland Foundation has launched a social campaign ‘The Right to Culture’. Its main goal is to enhance public awareness of freedoms under the copyright law.

The message is carried by three simple statements which are consistent with the copyright law, but often wrongly seen as a violation:

I have the right to copy books.
I have the right to download films.
I have the right to share music.

The three sentences – in speech bubbles – have been placed on the Warsaw subway cars’ windows. They also point to the project website prawokultury.pl, where one can find detailed information explaining legal provisions of the Copyright Law in Poland.

Art. 23 of the Copyright Law states that one is “permitted to use free of charge the work, which has been already disseminated for purposes of private use without the permission of the author.” This includes “the use of single copies of the work by a group of persons staying in a personal interrelation with each other, including in particular blood relation, kinship or a social relationship.” This means that restrictions concerning everyday activities such as copying books or e-books, downloading films or sharing music or files are not unconditional. Therefore, it is legal to make a copy of a book, download a film from the Internet or send a music album to a friend.

Go to the announcement for links and more.

Perhaps similarly legalistic, blunt, and favoring less restriction campaigns should be considered for your jurisdiction.

New Zealand Open Data Conference

2012-12-22T16:14:51Z

As research communities worldwide look for new ways to make the scientific process and its data and results more open and participatory, New Zealand is showing us how it is done.

In July 2010, The New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL) approved by the Cabinet provided guidance for agencies to follow when releasing copyright works and non-copyright material for re-use by others. NZGOAL seeks to standardise the licensing of government copyright works for re-use via Creative Commons New Zealand law licences and recommends the use of ‘no-known rights’ statements for non-copyrighted material.

Then in August 2011, the Declaration on Open and Transparent Government was also approved by the Cabinet whereby the government committed to actively release high value public data “to enable the private and community sectors to use it to grow the economy, strengthen the social and cultural fabric, and sustain the environment… to encourage business and community involvement in government decision-making.”

And earlier this month in December 2012, a report of the Education and Science Committee presented to the House of Representatives of the 50th Parliament an Inquiry into 21st century learning environments and digital literacy. Among its recommendations were that the Government:

review the intellectual property framework for (NZ) education system to resolve copyright issues that have been raised, including considering Creative Commons policy.

consider the advantages and disadvantages of whether all documentation produced by the Ministry of Education for teaching and learning purposes should be released under a Creative Commons licence.

In keeping with this spirit, a group of researchers committed to bringing an Open Research conference to Australia and New Zealand are organizing a three day event February 6-8, 2013 in Auckland.

The purpose of this conference is to explore new, open models of research that speed up the effective transfer of research results and improve economic, environmental and social impacts. A growing community of researchers around the world are investigating new commercial and academic models to enhance the reach of their research. These new ways of doing research openly are akin to changes happening in the IT and business world, where open innovation has enabled people to achieve more together than they ever could alone.

Creative Commons plays a key role in promoting openness in science. Events such as this one in Auckland demonstrate the concern about open science that the community shares with Creative Commons. In the end, only good things can come out of openness, sharing and broad participation. Creative Commons is very pleased to see this event take place, and wishes it utmost success.

Syria Deeply, an open-licensed news aggregator about Syria

2012-12-22T13:15:33Z

For those who think that news reports on Syria lack context and historical background, Syria Deeply might be the solution. It is an amazingly well-done news aggregator, a great combination betwee journalism and technology. And it is also open-licensed., using the most flexible Creative Commons license, CC BY.

Read my post on Creative Commons blog:

Syria Deeply: CC-Licensed News Aggregator

Donatella Della Ratta, December 21st, 2012

In January 2009, Al Jazeera launched a pioneering initiative: the first news repository licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. At the time, restrictions imposed by the Israeli military in Gaza prevented international news outlets from reaching the Strip and reporting from within. Al Jazeera, which had the advantage of being the only news outlet with a correspondent on the ground, came up with a creative solution by making its exclusive footage available to be used, remixed, translated and re-broadcasted by everybody, including competitors.

Three years later, a similar situation is happening with Syria. Shortage of news is dramatic and reports from within the country are rare and often require that journalists’ lives are put at risk in order to gather information. This is why it is key to have initiatives such as Syria Deeply, a news aggregator launched two weeks ago by a team of journalists and technologists headed by seasoned reporter Lara Setrakian.

Syria Deeply is a news platform that aims to redesign the user experience of the Syria story, for greater understanding and engagement around a complex global issue.‬ The platform is part news aggregator, part interactive backgrounder, part original reporting and feature stories. And the great news is that the content on the site is entirely CC BY–licensed, in order to encourage sharing and viral distribution.

This is a major step in crisis reporting and will allow a wider audience to become more aware of the dramatic situation in Syria, fostering a better understanding of a complex issue by adding context and historical information to the headlines.

“I believe technology is the key to getting more and better news to a broader audience,” says Setrakian. Open licensing can support this process and spread more and better understanding on Syria-related issues.

Syria Deeply: CC-Licensed News Aggregator

2012-12-21T21:53:54Z

Creative Commons Asia Pacific Regional Meeting

2012-12-21T18:50:02Z

In November, representatives from CC projects in Asia Pacific nations came together in Jakarta, Indonesia. Every second year we gather in person to combine powers and plan for the future – and this time affiliates in South Korea, China Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand were hosted by CC Indonesia.

From legal matters to community building and sustainability, we dedicated a whole day to discussions on a range of key issues and challenges for us as individual affiliates and as part of the regional and global CC community. Some fantastic work has been going on in each jurisdiction, and 2013 could be a year of projects across borders. Strategic areas include breaking down language barriers through translation work, developing messaging for government and education sectors, and creating mentoring relationships among teams. The massive diversity in our region is actually a strength, especially for all the CC volunteers out there who might want to work on projects from another country – and all of this will inform our 2013 roadmap (to be posted online).

The second day was a public program for CC representatives and local speakers to run sessions on open government, open data, OER, the creative arts and general tips for beginners. CC Indonesia had a special reason to celebrate since they had recently translated the license chooser and deeds into Bahasa Indonesian, and could present on them for the first time. A translation of Lawrence Lessig’s Free Culture (PDF) had also been launched in February by friends from KUNCI Cultural Studies Center in Yogyakarta. Followers around the country submitted reviews of the Indonesian text in the hope of snapping up one of the 15 travel scholarships to Jakarta. The CC Indonesia project is run out of Wikimedia Foundation’s Indonesian arm, and so the keynote speaker Kat Walsh expertly intersected both communities as the Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation and a CC Legal Council. The best moments included stand up comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono, #SKUBYB boys and girls rapping, a dance performance by CC Malaysia, Adhitia Sofyan on acoustic guitar and the giant dancing Ondel-ondel puppets.

For more, see the the program and presentations, public session notes, Flickr photos, and roundup video.

Concurs foto Wiki Loves Monuments

2012-12-21T18:03:34Z

Wikipedia în limba română și Asociația ProLinux anunță organizarea în luna septembrie a concursului de fotografie Wiki Loves Monuments România 2011 (http://wikilovesmonuments.ro/).

Această competiție este destinată promovării monumentelor istorice din România prin realizarea unor imagini libere ce vor putea fi folosite în cadrul Wikipediei.

Proiectul „Wiki Loves Monuments” a fost lansat în Țările de Jos în 2010. Concursul de anul trecut a dus la obținerea a peste 12.500 de imagini, folosite în special pentru ilustrarea articolelor corespunzătoare ale enciclopediei online Wikipedia.

Concursul este organizat anul acesta, în 16 țări europene, în perioada 1-30 septembrie 2011, pentru a coincide cu Zilele Europene ale Patrimoniului. Timp de o lună, participanții își vor încărca pozele și filmele cu monumente istorice pe biblioteca online Wikimedia Commons sau pe platforma Flickr sub o licență liberă (gen Creative Commons) . Colecția de fotografii obținută astfel va fi disponibilă gratuit pentru toți cei interesați.

Câștigătorii concursului din România vor fi anunțați la sfârșitul lunii octombrie de către juriul format din fotografi membri ai Asociației Artiștilor Fotografi din România și un reprezentat al organizatorilor.

Pe lângă premiile concursului local, aceștia vor intra și în competiția pentru premiile oferite la nivel european.

Wikipedia (http://ro.wikipedia.org/) este operată de Fundația Wikimedia, o organizație internațională non-profit creată în 2003 special pentru a gestiona proiectele existente. Fundația are sediul în San Francisco, California, SUA și filiale în 27 de țări și teritorii. Discuțiile despre crearea unei asociații Wikimedia locale în România sunt în desfășurare.

Asociația ProLinux (http://www.prolinux.ro/) este o organizație non-profit care își propune promovarea și sprijinirea utilizării programelor de calculator cu surse deschise în rândul utilizatorilor instituționali, industriali și privați din România. Asociația a apărut în jurul Grupului de Utilizatori Linux din România (RLUG) dar și din dorința de a furniza o infrastructură care să permită extinderea unor activități asemănătoare.

LocalRec.Ro – LabelNOTLabel

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LocalRec.ro in an online platform dedicated to the promotion of the Romanian electronic music producers. Half net label, half promoting agency, Local Records is an atypical label because it does not sell music, it just promotes it. „We don’t work with money, we work with enthusiasm“.

LocalRec.ro will be promoted in Europe with 4 shows in 4 major cities (Berlin, Vienna, London and Barcelona) in this autumn, each featuring 3 Romanian artists or bands. 2000 CDs from Buzz.ro! 2010 compilation, a CD that presents some of 17 Romanian artists’ work will be freely distribute at the shows. On this CD, beside the music, the booklet has some info about the Romanian electronic music scene, about LocalRec.Ro and its artists and some info about the Creative Commons licensing. The tracks on BUZZ.RO! 2010 have a Creative Commons Romania 3.0 license and they can be freely played and distributed both online and offline. This compilation can be downloaded here.

This project has been made possible because ORDU (Romanian Organization for the User’s Rights), the NGO behind this net label, has won a Cantemir grant from the Romanian Culture Institute in 2010.

There are 15 local electronic music producers on LocalRec.ro website. Each artist has his own section where he or she is presenting his work, via audio streams, and other information. LocalRec.ro’s blog is constantly updated with gigs dates and locations and will also cover the European shows with pictures, clips and reviews.

The 15 above mentioned artists are: Alien Pimp, Bogdan, Candlestickmaker, Cosmin TRG, Cristi Cons, Discoballs, Inner, Makunouchi Bento, Minus&Ion, The Model, Poor Relatives, Silent Strike, Sillyconductor, Suie Paparude. Local Records will add an extra artist every month.

The launching shows will take place in this order:

Berlin: Vlad Caia, Cristi Cons, Inner / 3 septembrie, club M.I.K.Z.

Vienna: Cosmin TRG, The Model, Alien Pimp / 17.09.2010 / club Fluc Wanne

London: Silent Strike, Sillyconductor, Bogdan / 8.10.2010 / The Vibe Bar

Barcelona: Makunouchi Bento, Minus&Ion, Poor Relatives / 29.10.2010

The first three releases of LocalRecords are:

[LCL00] Buzz.RO! 2010 Compilation / March 2010

[LCL01] Bogdan – Thermodynamics EP / June 2010

[LCL02] Minus – 95 / July 2010

Primul concurs Hi-Q sub licenţa Creative Commons România

2012-12-21T18:03:34Z

Aproape 100 de remixuri s-au înscris în primul concurs organizat de Creative Commons România în colaborare cu trupa pop Hi-Q

În luna octombrie a debutat în România primul concurs de remixuri Creative Commons din România, susţinut de site-ul eOk.ro şi sponsorizat de Tuatara.ro, AV Audio SYS şi Microsoft. Timp de 6 săptămâni artiştii români au avut track-urile de voci ale unui nou single Hi-Q intitulat “Eu+Tu=Iubire”, încă nelansat pe piaţă.

Pe data de 19 noiembrie cei mai buni remixeri au fost desemnaţi de trupă şi premiaţi de sponsorii concursului. Premiul I l-a primit Dasteff, un compozitor din Bucureşti care se zbate de mulţi ani să dea lovitura în main-stream.

Florin Grozea (Hi-Q): “Suntem foarte bucuroşi că artiştii români sunt deschişi la conceptele promovate de Creative Commons! Hi-Q este din nou deschizător de drumuri în muzica online românească iar numărul mare de remixuri primit a fost un semn că România e pregătită noilor provocări ridicate de internet. Remixul lui Dasteff ne-a surprins plăcut şi îl vom promova pe căi oficiale ca <> al trupei.”

Ascultă cele mai bune remixuri din concurs si Vezi poze de la petrecere.

Cultura libera la Street Delivery 2010 cu ORDU

2012-12-21T18:03:34Z

Anul acesta la Street Delivery, prietenii de la ORDU (Organizatia Romana pentru Drepturile de Utilizator) va invita la un festin de cultura libera:

Timp de trei zile, aducem Internetul în stradă! Devenit mediul cel mai eficient şi mai utilizat de cooperare artistică, Internetul a dus la apariţia şi dezvoltarea unor forme de licenţiere a operelor artistice care să permită în mod explicit utilizarea, remixarea, transferul şi chiar redistribuirea acestora, după dorinţa autorului. Credem că aceste forme de licenţiere, mai puţin restrictive decât cele stabilite de lege, trebuie încurajate şi promovate.

Prin urmare, între 11 şi 13 iunie, pe strada Arthur Verona, participanţii la Street Delivery vor avea acces liber la filme, documentare, cărţi şi muzică care sunt distribuite de către autorii lor cu licenţe deschise. Veniţi cu stick-uri, hard-uri sau iPod-uri la standul ORDU, fiindcă am făcut o selecţie a celor mai bune asemenea produse artistice. Printre numele pe care le veţi găsi pe hard disk-ul nostru: Nine Inch Nails, Glass Candy, Lucky Dragons, Travka, Lawrence Lessig, Davis Guggenheim, Nina Paley. Mai multe detalii despre conţinutul hard-ului pe http://www.ordu.ro/

Noua melodie sub Creative Commons a celor de la Hi-Q

2012-12-21T18:03:34Z

Trupa romaneasca Hi-Q recidiveaza in utilizarea licentelor libere si lansează un nou single sub licența Creative Commons (BY NC SA 3.0 Romania)

’Mor de dor’ este o piesă pop sensibilă interpretată împreună cu
Alexandra Stan, o tânără din Constanța descoperită de Mihai Sturzu și
Florin Grozea (fondatorii Hi-Q) acum 7 ani.

Ascultati si descarcati de aici.

Mai multe detalii

Daca stiti si alte utilizari ale licentelor CC in Romania sau vreti sa lansati niste opere pe Internet sub licenta CC, nu ezitati sa ma informati prin email (bogdan punct manolea at apti punct ro) sa anunt si pe acest blog.

Compilatie CreativeCommons de muzica electronica romaneasca

2012-12-21T18:03:34Z

Buzz.RO! 2010 [+_+] Compilation

Summary in english: Freshgoodminimal.ro, a lead Romanian electronic music blog, launched Buzz.RO!, the first local music compilation under Creative Commons license. The compilation appears on CD, in 1000 copies, with 12 electronic music composers from Romania, and also in digital form, with another five tracks, for a total of 17 artists. All the songs could be shared and downloaded from the net for noncommercial use and part of them could be sampled and remixed. The CDs are not for sale. They will be used to promote the artists and the digital compilation and will be distributed to labels, promoters and other artists form Romania and abroad. The digital compilation will be distributed on various electronic music blogs and sites.

Buzz.RO! 2010 Compilation

Blogul Freshgoodminimal.ro lansează in premiera in Romania, prima compilatie de muzica sub licenta Creative Commons. Compilatia apare in format fizic in 1000 de exemplare, cu 12 producatori electronici romani si, in format digital, cu 17. Piesele vor putea fi descarcate si sharuite (si pe internet), iar unele vor putea fi samplate si remixate. ( de pe 22 Martie le gasiti si pe site-ul FreshGoodMinimal.ro)

“De-a lungul a 15 ani, scena romaneasca electronica a crescut in promoteri si organizatori de petreceri, in festivaluri si public, in locatii si invitati straini. Pentru a cladi insa ceva local de calitate, nu este de ajuns sa ne strangem laolalta si sa ne hranim bine cu sound. A sosit vremea sa investim in artistii romani si sa ne laudam cu ei in afara!

Desi a pornit initial ca un proiect de promovare a ideilor de sharing, pe parcurs a ajuns sa se contureze din ce in ce mai tare ca o imagine a unei parti importante a scenei producatorilor de muzica electronica din Romania. Fara a abandona promovarea conceptelor CC, incercam, folosindu-ne de ele, sa promovam producatorii romani in tara si in strainatate. Ambitia nostra este ca, folosind CC si rubrica Buzz.RO! de pe blogul freshgoodminimal.ro sa cream o serie regulata de astfel de compilatii si o platforma coerenta si organizata de promovare a artistilor electronici romani. Selectia nostra nu va avea pretentia de a fi exhaustiva. Ocolind aspectele comerciale si incercand sa o producem numai din fonduri proprii sau donatii, incercam sa evitam tentatia muzicii “de top” si sa pastram o anumita calitate”.

CD-urile fizice sunt destinate promovarii. Ele vor pleca catre organizatori de petreceri, labeluri si artisti din tara si mai ales din strainatate. Vor actiona ca un indicator catre toata compilatia digitala. Varianta digitala va fi distribuita pe siteuri si bloguri de profil.

artwork by wonderboy / foto by sharky / master by alien pimp / stikers by Wonderboy, Simon Frison, Noper, Milosh, A.V. Rusu si Modu Lab / sponsored by Lor Instal Construct

TRACKLIST COMPLET

01. Sillyconductor – Woolfia [cc by nc nd 3.0 ro]
02. Cristi Cons – Couch Revenge [cc by nc sa 3.0 ro]
03. Bogdan – Beginnings [cc by nc sa 3.0 ro]
04. Inner – Azotool [cc by nc sa 3.0 ro]
05. Ion – Master-Freier [cc by nc nd 3.0 ro]
06. Poor Relatives – Sanie [cc by nc nd 3.0 ro]
07. Vlad Caia – Random#9 [cc by nc sa 3.0 ro]
08. The Model – The Simple Life [cc by nc nd 3.0 ro]
09. TRG-Belgraded [cc by nc nd 3.0 ro]
10. Alien Pimp – The Original [cc by nc sa 3.0 ro]
11. Makunouchi Bento feat. Selfmademusic – Nukekubi [cc by nc sa 3.0 ro]
12. Michi – French Kiss [cc by nc nd 3.0 ro]
13. Alexandrina – Noi Doi (Silent Strike Remix) [cc by nc nd 3.0 ro]
14. Candlestickmaker – Take Me Elsewhere (And Back Again) – Contorsionist Remix [cc by nc sa 3.0 ro]
15. Minus & Ion – One Time Only [cc by nc nd 3.0 ro]
16. PoorRelatives – a a a [cc by nc sa 3.0 ro]
17. Discoballs – Str. Ongfeeling [cc by nc sa 3.0 ro]
18. Suie Paparude – Belladonna [cc by nc nd 3.0 ro]

BY = Attribution – oricine poate folosi piesa în orice scop, cu condiția să menționeze autorul.
SA = Share Alike – oricine poate folosi piesa pentru a face o alta derivata din ea, cu condiția să o distribuie mai departe sub aceeași licență CC.
ND = No Derivative Works – nimeni nu are voie să facă o operă derivată din piesă.
NC = No Commercial – oricine poate asculta piesa, ea poate circula liber inclusiv pe internet, dar nu o poate folosi nimeni în scop comercial.

Licențele CC au valoare juridică și sunt traduse și adaptate conform legislației a peste 52 de țări din lume. În România, au fost traduse și adaptate la legea română de către Asociația pentru Tehnologie și Internet (APTI).

Mai multe detalii despre licențe și utilizarea lor pe www.creativecommons.org

Prezentare la “Informatica la Castel”

2012-12-21T18:03:34Z

Zilele astea sunt la castelul de la Macea, judetul Arad unde se desfasoara Scoala de Vara “Informatica la Castel”, care include Simpozionului “Linux și medii virtuale de instruire.”

Am avut placerea sa fac o prezentare despre Creative Commons si utilizarea sa la nivelul actual. Daca e cineva interesat de ea, o pun si mai jos (evident licentiata prin Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Romania)

Prezentare Creative Commons – in romana

Lansare concurs RMX & B Famous 4

2012-12-21T18:03:34Z

De la echipa eok.ro :

Datorită succesului înregistrat de concursul “RMX & B Famous 3″ ne-am hotărât să organizăm câte un concurs de acest gen la fiecare 2 luni! Asta nu înseamnă că vor fi mai puţine premii, sau mai puţină promovare.

Dimpotrivă! Datorită partenerilor şi a sponsorilor noştri generoşi avem mai multă expunere online şi mai multe premii.

Concursul “RMX & B Famous 4″ vine cu o provocare: melodia Hi-Q “Eu+Tu=Iubire“ nu este încă lansată deci nimeni nu ştie cum sună originalul. Vocile sunt licentiate printr-o licenta Creative Commons Romania BY-NC-SA 3.0 . E momentul ca voi să vă puneţi talentul la contribuţie şi să faceţi o melodie aşa cum v-ar plăcea vouă.

Vocile pentru remix le găsiţi pe contul Hi-Q de pe eOk.ro… Sau, şi mai simplu, apăsaţi pe bannerul de pe prima pagină.

Concursul a început oficial pe 6 octombrie şi se încheie pe 10 noiembrie. Aveţi mai mult de 30 de zile să câştigaţi premiile oferite de Tuatara.ro, Microsoft şi DjSuperStore.

Premiile sunt în valoare totală de peste 4000 de RON!

Hai, treci la treabă

Echipa

PS: Creative Commons România susţine acest concurs şi pe plan internaţional. Să se ducă vestea!

Ia o licenta Creative Commons in 3 pasi simpli

2012-12-21T18:03:34Z

1. Mergi la http://creativecommons.org/license/?lang=ro

2. Bifeaza casutele pe care le vrei si le crezi de cuviinta si apoi apasa butonul Selecteaza o licenta

3. Ia Codul HTML din pagina ce urmeaza si pune-l pe creatia ta (muzica, text, video, etc)!

Pentru mai multe detalii, intrebari sau discutii – poti sa intri pe lista de discutii cc-ro.

Materiale media de la Lansarea Creative Commons Romania

2012-12-21T18:03:34Z

Prezentare Bogdan Manolea o gasiti aici (odp) – sau aici(ppt)sau pe slideshare pusa de Florin.
Poze de la Nicu. .
Miron Ghiu filmulete. (1,2,3 si 4).
Filmul promotional despre CC este pe dotsub (subtitrarea facuta cu ajutorul lui Carmen)

Skate of the Web bajo licencia Creative Commons Puerto Rico

2012-12-21T17:59:44Z

Nos alegramos al confirmar que otro de los sites más importantes de la blogósfera se ha incorporado a las licencias de Creative Commons Puerto Rico. El Dr. Antonio Vantaggiato, pionero en el campo de educación a distancia y fundador del Instituto de Educación a Distancia (INED) de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, ha anunciado en su blog, Skate of the Web, que se une al esfuerzo colectivo de ccPR.

Pueden acceder a la entrada, publicada esta mañana, por aquí.

Reseña desde Guerrilla Pop

2012-12-21T17:59:44Z

Desde el blog Guerrilla Pop de Rafi Torres nos llega una reseña muy completa de lo discutido la noche del lanzamiento de las licencias ccPR. Rafi es el diseñador de la página original de Creative Commons Puerto Rico y forma parte del equipo desde nuestros inicios.

Pueden acceder a la reseña por aquí.

Lanzamiento Público de las Licencias de Creative Commons Puerto Rico

2012-12-21T17:59:44Z

El Decano de la Escuela de Derecho, Dr. Roberto Aponte Toro, la y la Clínica de Asistencia Legal le invitan al lanzamiento público de las licencias de Creative Commons Puerto Rico

Viernes, 22 de febrero de 2008
7:00 pm
Salón L-2
Escuela de Derecho

Exhibición y presentación artística luego de la presentación

Creative Commons es una corporación sin ánimo de lucro que ha desarrollado un innovador proyecto internacional con el objetivo de fortalecer a creadores y creadoras para que sean ell@s quienes definan los términos bajo los cuales sus obras pueden ser usadas, qué derechos desean entregar y bajo qué condiciones lo harán. Creative Commons es una respuesta al régimen tradicional de de derechos de autor o copyright, el cual impone obstáculos excesivos al proceso creativo y la cultura libre. Bajo dicho régimen, las creaciones artísticas, literarias e intelectuales quedan automáticamente y por defecto bajo la protección de las leyes de copyright, las cuales establecen que toda creación plasmada en un medio tangible tiene “todos los derechos reservados.”

Creative Commons ensaya resolver un problema dual: por un lado, que autores interesados en hacer cumplir sólo algunos de sus derechos (o ninguno de ellos) no tienen una forma fácil de anunciarlo y, por otro lado, que personas que quieren copiar y reutilizar obras creadas por otros no tienen una forma fiable de identificar los trabajos que están disponibles para tales usos. ¿Cómo resuelve este problema Creative Commons? Creative Commons crea unas licencias que definen un abanico de posibilidades entre dos extremos: los derechos de autor plenos (“todos los derechos reservados”) y el dominio público (“sin derechos reservados”). En otras palabras, a través de sus licencias, Creative Commons ayuda a un autor a ofrecer su trabajo con “algunos derechos reservados” en vez de “todos los derechos reservados” y, consiguientemente, ayuda a los individuos a fácilmente encontrar obras que podrán utilizar flexiblemente (para usos creativos subsiguientes), según permitido por el autor, sin temor de violentar derechos o de estar expuestos a costosos procesos legales.

Para más información, puede explorar los sitiales de Creative Commons Puerto Rico (http://pr.creativecommons.org) o Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/international/pr).

Pueden ver la invitación aquí

Fotos del lanzamiento ccPR

2012-12-21T17:59:44Z

Ya comenzamos a subir material de la noche del lanzamiento de las licencias ccPR.

Pueden ver las fotos aquí:

Fotos del lanzamiento de las licencias Creative Commons Puerto Rico:
http://flickr.com/photos/24156661@N02/sets/72157603992681305/

Fotos que tomó Joi Ito, Chairman of the Board, de Creative Commons:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/sets/72157603970631839/

DigiZen bajo licencia Creative Commons Puerto Rico

2012-12-21T17:59:44Z

Les envío una nota de Creative Commons desde el blog del Dr. Mario Núñez del RUM. Esto es un paso importante ya que DigiZen siempre ha sido una plataforma clave en la blogósfera no sólo puertorriqueña sino de la educación en línea en general.

Gracias por esto, Mario… enhorabuena

Pueden acceder al blog aquí.

Pueden acceder a las nuevas licencias ccPR aquí.

* No olviden que este viernes es la fecha de lanzamiento de las licencias ccPR en la Escuela de Derecho de la UPR, Salón L-2, 7:00pm

ccPR – primera reseña bloguística

2012-12-21T17:59:44Z

Les envío la primera reseña publicada del lanzamiento de las licencias ccPR. En estos días estaremos subiendo las fotos del evento a la página y comunicándonos con los artistas que solicitaron reuniones más pequeñas para adiestrarles en el uso de las licencias.

La reseña es del Dr. Antonio Vantaggiato, catedrático de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, pionero del aprendizaje a distancia y de la blogósfera en general: http://blogs.netedu.info/?p=293

Es importante seguir regando la voz en torno a ccPR. Les envío unos enlaces para distribuir:

Para suscribirse a las novedades de ccPR:
http://lists.creativecommons.pr/mailman/listinfo/red_ccpr

Para licenciar trabajos creativos:
http://creativecommons.org/international/pr/

Reseñas de Noctámbulo y Dondequiera

2012-12-21T17:59:43Z

Hoy he encontrado dos nuevas reseñas del lanzamiento que comparto con ustedes:

Noctámbulo
Incluye fotos del evento

Dondequiera
En inglés

Reseña desde Free Culture @ UPRM

2012-12-21T17:59:43Z

Pueden leer otra reseña del evento de lanzamiento de ccPR en el blog estudiantil Free Culture @ UPRM. También aprovechamos para felicitarles por la iniciativa de difundir la cultura libre en las universidades puertorriqueñas. Enhorabuena