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Posted: 2008-09-12 Video duration : 20 minutes 20 seconds
Rebecca MacKinnon: iSummit '08 Keynote Speaker
Free Culture and Free Speech: Why strong and vibrant free culture communities are important for freedom of expression: In the democracies of today freedom of expression is often taken for granted when it is particularly fragile. It is a right that needs to be continually exercised, because if it isn't, the space that society provides for it shrinks until the next time someone exercises that right. The communities that subscribe to the ethos of the Commons are important actors in the creation of the space for free expression. Read more…
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Posted: 2008-09-15 Video duration : 22 minutes 17 seconds
Adam Haupt: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
"Enclosing the Commons - for Dummies: Creativity, citizenship and media ownership" In his address, Haupt argues that legal threats issued by SAB Miller and Wiley Publishing to culture jammers Laugh It Off Media and Mail & Guardian Online, respectively, provide important perspectives on democracy and commons enclosure. Both the Wiley "for Dummies" and SAB Miller "Black Labour White Guilt" cases offer insights into corporations' tendencies to employ narrow understandings of IP to protect their own interests - often at the expense of the public interest. However, we should be wary of reducing both media incidents to 'David and Goliath' struggles. The story of commons enclosure and limitations on free speech is not always as dramatic. Media ownership offers one example of the ways in which democracy is perverted and the South African media landscape is no exception in this regard. Read more…
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Posted: 2008-09-15 Video duration : 16 minutes 4 seconds
Jessica Powell: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
"Building connections in the Literacy Community" Many believe that the Internet can play an important role in promoting literacy and education efforts worldwide. It was with that aim that Google, LitCam, and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning launched The Literacy Project, which provides a platform through which literacy organisations and teachers can connect and share best practices, tools, and information. This talk will look at the promotion of best practice sharing through the site, as well as address some of the challenges faced across this field, including Internet connectivity, new media literacy, and cultural and language differences. Read more…
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Posted: 2008-09-19 Video duration : 18 minutes 20 seconds
Johanna Blakley: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
Ready to Share: Fashion and the Commons Read more…
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Posted: 2008-09-19 Video duration : 24 minutes 12 seconds
Joi Ito: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
Status of the Commons Read more…
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Posted: 2008-09-19 Video duration : 20 minutes 19 seconds
Hiroaki Kitano: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
Sharing and Open Knowledge and the Future of Scientific Research Read more…
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Posted: 2008-09-19 Video duration : 11 minutes 12 seconds
Erin McKean: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
Language as a Commons Read more…
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Posted: 2008-10-01 Video duration : 22 minutes 49 seconds
David Wiley: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
Open Content: The first decade Read more…
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Posted: 2008-10-01 Video duration : 18 minutes 31 seconds
Paul Keller: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
Mars Landing: How Collecting Societies have Opened Read more…
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Posted: 2008-10-01 Video duration : 19 minutes 15 seconds
Anthony Falzone: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
Expanding Boundaries Of Fair Use Protection Under U.S. Copyright Law Read more…
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Posted: 2008-09-12 Video duration : 17 minutes 44 seconds
Rishab Ghosh: iSummit 08 Keynote Address
Collaborative Creativity and The Test of Time: Innovation as a product of an ivory tower of individual ownership is not so much a thing of the past as an obsolescence. Many minds sharing freely solve problems faster. Read more…
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Posted: 2008-09-10 Video duration : 17 minutes 18 seconds
Jamie King: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
No License for these Territories: As innovative and forward-looking as the Commons is, the real world is still one step ahead. As comprehensively as open content is documented, there are territories of sharing that have yet to be pinned down by lawmakers of any description and it is here where the cutting edge of the Commons has yet to be felt. Who's going to get there first? Read more…
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Posted: 2008-09-10 Video duration : 22 minutes 35 seconds
David Bollier: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
Social Movements on the Commons: The Commons is one of many social movements active in the world today. Many of them share characteristics with the Commons, but there are significant differences. What can the Commons learn from other social movements and vice versa? Is there a more effective way of doing things and has someone been doing it for ages without the Commons noticing? Read more…
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Posted: 2009-01-06 Video duration : 0 minutes 0 seconds
Mohamed Nanabhay: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
The Commons in the Corporation: The challenge of raising awareness within media corporations Concepts such as Open Source and Creative Commons are usually foreign to most corporations. Mohamed will share his experience with championing these concepts within a media company and discuss how Al Jazeera is aligning these philopsophies to their strategic goals. Read more…
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