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Bjorn Wijers (1979) is an interaction designer, programmer, writer and critical thinker from the Netherlands with a 10+ years of experience in digital culture. His interests are mainly focussed around the use and creation of (free/open source) technology and (open content) art within a social and cultural context.
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http://www.burobjorn.nl
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articles · Having fun with CC playlists
22/12/2006 13:57 · 30 votes · no comments
During the festive season we tend to spend some quality time with family and friends, enjoying some festive tunes. Now that there is time to relax and listen to music, why not compile a CC-licenced music playlist, or listen to the following playlist created by Bjorn Wijers:
Artist: Some Weird Sin
Song: 'True Love Is Suidicide'
Sounds like: Pj Harvey before 'Is This Desire?'...
articles · And now a ccSalon in Amsterdam
30/11/2006 09:37 · 24 votes · 1 comment
Creative Commons Salons have been held in San Francisco, New York, Warsaw, Seoul and Johannesburg, and now the city of Amsterdam will host its very own ccSalon too.
The first Dutch ccSalon will kick off on Wednesday 13 December at 20:30 in 'De Melkweg' Amsterdam and will be focused on music and sounds.
The evening will start with an interesting talk by the Italian 'stand-up'...
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articles · This Be Cat Country
by Simon Dingle · voted on 17/6/2007 16:49 · 37 votes · 1 comment
A story by Bjorn Wijers and Simon Dingle
Croatia is a land of warm weather, beautiful people, good beer and cats. So many cats. In fact, we spotted some locals with "CC" t-shirts while exploring old town during the iCommons Summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia and excited to speak to local commoners we asked them about their threads. Turns out CC stands for 'Cat Country'. And we're...
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articles · Artists' rights to distribute
by Jamison · commented on 26/1/2008 07:42 · 13 votes · 3 comments
When media in Australia uses works licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution licences the media is given no rebate by the rights organisation. My view is that if commercial media did get a reduction when they used open content, that the market would be more efficient. More local self published content would be used and publishers might take their ears out of their pockets.
My...
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