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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

 
Happy Birthday, Creative Commons!
Rebecca Kahn, iCommons reporter (South Africa) · 2 comments
 
Everybody in the iCommons community wishes you all the best on this, your 4th birthday.

You've come a long way, baby, and the world is a better place for it.

If you're anywhere near these places on the 15th/16th of December, go on and raise a glass and celebrate the big day.

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Hi Bec, thanks to this article, I got to know of the birthdate of CC. Is there a series of birthday celebrations planned to mark the occassion? Any idea?
Kiruba Shankar · Chennai (India) · Sep 24th, 2007 2:37 pm
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Hey Kiruba

I know that last year they did have a series of parties around the world. I think the general idea is to do whatever you want to to celebrate - in a very barcampy way, and then blog, flickr, and write about it.



Rebecca Kahn, iCommons reporter (South Africa) · Sep 25th, 2007 7:08 pm
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