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Lessig on Digital Barbarism
Lawrence Lessig has posted a review of David Halperin's recent book, Digital Barbarism.
Halperin, who authored the (in)famous New York Times article calling for perpetual copyright, has now compiled his ideas into a book. Lessig offers a much-needed critique, including citing misconceptions about Creative Commons (Halperin conflates it not only with "freeware" with software... more
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Announcing the ccColombia launch
carobotero · Bogotá (Colombia) · Aug 17th, 2006 11:32 am · 20 votes · no comments made
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimedaniel/177665745/" href="http://icommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/carolina_and_jaime_ccColombia.jpg">![]( "Carolina and Jaime, two of the four ccColombia project leads, by Juan Carlos De Martin, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 <!-- BBCode auto-link start --><a href=") http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimedaniel/177665745/" id="image172" alt="Carolina and Jaime, two of the four ccColombia project leads, by Juan Carlos De Martin, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimedaniel/177665745/" src="http://icommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/carolina_and_jaime_ccColombia.jpg" />The launch of the Creative Commons Colombia (ccColombia) project has been a process full of small successes and hard work. We are a special team consisting of initially three and now four co-leaders: Carolina Botero, Jaime Rojas, Andres Umaña and Alfredo Vargas; and we interestingly, have never all met in the same place at once! We have certainly built the project with a plurality of voices, thanks to the power of technology.
On the 22nd of August we are closing the first stage of the process that was supported by Universidad del Rosario, by officially launching ccColombia.
During the first stage, we focused our energies on the translation and porting of the licenses into the local juridical environment, by following the processes of the neighbouring jurisdictions and by giving talks about the Creative Commons approach. The discussion on our list, which now consists of more than 80 registered participants; and the translation work we have undertaken, has been complemented with presentations to different target groups: artists, university professors and students, copyright professionals, free software activists and public institutions.
As in other jurisdictions the blogger community embraced the concept of Creative Commons by displaying the 'CC' button on their sites and have accepted it's implications with enthusiasm. The free software community in Colombia has shown strong support for our cause; and has assisted us by brokering opportunities to present talks about Creative Commons at universities in Colombia, all of which were met with a positive reception. Finally, local artists, especially from the electronic scene, are becoming very enthusiastic followers.
The public sector is a different and special chapter. The awareness about copyright issues and the need for open access is an idea that some institutions already understand and observe with great responsibility, while others have yet to even consider this point of view. The case of Sistema de Información sobre Diversidad de Colombia (SIB), a public database of Colombian biodiversity information, is a perfect example of a public project that finds answers in the Creative Commons approach.
The educational sector in Colombia deserves a special note: these institutions are coming to understand the new ways in which knowledge can be built, using the framework of technology in the twenty-first century, and so are trying to take advantage of all the possibilities in this new digital environment. This sector has established clear goals to pay special attention to copyright issues; and so have taken a special interest in the Creative Commons movement.
The launch will be sponsored by University el Rosario, Politecnico Grancolombiano and eltiempo.com. We also count on the support of the the Ministerio de Educación, el-directorio comunidad de Software Libre, Fundación Karisma and Monitor. Two major events will be hosted to celebrate the launch.
The first event will be held in the University Politecnico Grancolombiano. This session will be broadcasted through this university's network (Renata) to other Colombian universities, and will open the signal for others to pick up and webcast the proceedings via the internet. This session will take place in the morning and includes presentations by Professor Lessig and the ccColombia team. Additionally some lectures on Colombian initiatives regarding the use of Creative Commons licenses in the public and private sectors will take place.
In the evening we will have an arts showcase in one of the main public libraries in Bogotá, the 'Biblioteca Virgilio Barco'. Thanks to a prize from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation of one million dollars; awarded to the network of public libraries in Bogotá in 2002, a mandate was established to increase the services related to the internet and technology, thus the Biblioteca Virgilio Barco is the perfect venue for the launch.
The event will display artists' interpretations of 'remix culture' and will include their testimonies and performances, all under Creative Commons licenses. This interactive environment will be the perfect setting where musicians, video artists, photographers and bloggers will display their work for the first time in Colombia.
We are also proud to announce that during the launch of ccColombia, we will be presenting the addition of a tool to eltiempo.com, an important nationwide newspaper site that has recently built a 'social participation' section. The tools to be launched will allow the site's bloggers, as well as, video and photo bloggers, to license their content under Creative Commons licenses. This will make eltiempo.com the first online traditional media website in Colombia to offer their citizen journalists the opportunity to use Creative Commons licenses.
We understand that the launch is the beginning of a long road. We are looking forward to the coming stage where as a team we can build a strong community in Colombia. During the iCommons Summit we were able to look forward to our second phase, which will move away from the 'legal aspect' towards empowering communities through social and economic development.
The process of making the concepts of the commons movement into a reality through the establishment of specific projects; and by making these projects specific to the Colombian reality, is now our main goal. We are eager to show all of you how we progress in this amazing place called Colombia; full of talent, imagination and passion. We hope to count on you and rely on the experiences of the community to undertake this exciting journey!
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