It surprises me how many people don’t know about the fabulous work being done by the Aspen Institute, the 59-year-old international nonprofit organization that works on environmental and economic concerns. It’s a sort of constantly evolving think tank perfectly suited for the new economy: The Aspen Institute convenes roundtables — in Aspen, Colo., Washington, DC, […]
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At Creative Commons’ 6th birthday
Just back from Creative Commons‘ sixth birthday party at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. (I think I’ve been to most of CC’s birthday bashes. Here’s my coverage from last year.) Creative Commons — I think of it as a service that lets you fine-tune your copyright (haven’t seen a more succinct definition anywhere) — […]
Web 2.0 Expo: Copyright risks
(Photo of Fred von Lohmann at ETech last month by Scott Beale — I was exhausted today so didn’t bring my camera!) The most interesting session of Day Four of the Web 2.0 Expo today, for me, was the presentation by Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Fred von Lohmann about copyright risks. Fred (whom I devoted […]
Lawrence Lessig on Creative Commons
At Real People Network, I have an 8-minute video interview with Stanford Prof. Lawrence Lessig.