Creative Commons for NGOs (& other Media Makers)

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Wednesday October 11, 2006 14:56

by redjade

(CC™)?

British Council Agitprop

Unbounded Freedom by Rosemary Bechler is a new publication from Counterpoint. It was launched in partnership with the London Book Fair on 29 September 2006.

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The growing popularity of cultural commons thinking sets new and provocative challenges for traditional copyright law. Changes are occurring in politics, the economy and law, but first and foremost in the domain of culture. As a cultural relations think-tank, Counterpoint have chosen to publish ‘Unbounded Freedom’ to stimulate, inform and advance all sides of this debate, and to explore copyright alternatives more suited to the rapidly changing global circumstances of our digital age.

One third of all internet users have now downloaded music, videos and information using P2P file sharing software. New attitudes to the accessibility and ownership of intellectual property have become a force for change that will transform communication in the information age. User-led innovation is reshaping cultural production so that it is trans-national, more egalitarian, less deferential, much more diverse and above all, self-authored.

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Read more info....
http://www.counterpoint-online.org/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=618

Download your free copy of Unbounded Freedom here:
http://www.counterpoint-online.org/doclibrary/british_c...m.pdf

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redjade note: Counterpoint Online [ http://www.counterpoint-online.org ] describes itself as the 'Cultural Relations Think Tank of the British Council' [ http://www.britishcouncil.org ] - I know this may seem like a loaded question and a cheap shot, but why is it exactly that RTÉ & other Irish Gov't entities don't do stuff like this?

Does Brand Ireland™ only mean Guinness™ RyanAir™ and the IRA™?