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From: Heather F. <hf...@gm...> - 2006-03-06 12:23:56
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Dear friends, Creative Commons South Africa will be facilitating a 3 hour session at Sangonet's Annual Conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday entitled 'A Creative Commons for South Africa =96 Building Open Communities' (see http://sangonet.org.za/conference2006/). If you're in Johannesburg this week, be sure to get to what is promising to be a great event! Also, as part of the SANGONeT conference, there will be a special "Research session" on Thursday, 9 March 2006. Sangonet has invited researchers and students interested in ICT issues to attend this session from 09h00-11h00, followed by the closing ple= nary session. The conference will be held at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways, Johannesburg. No registration fee will be required, but Sangonet asks that people send their details to - in...@sa... - to confirm their participation. The list of papers to be presented are enclosed at the end of the message. I have also attached an invitation for you to the gala dinner on 8 March 20= 06. For more information about the conference, please visit the conference webs= ite - www.sangonet.org.za/conference2006. Look forward to seeing you at the conference. Best wishes Heather. --------------------- Research Track, 9 March 2006, 09h00-11h00, Injabula Room Keynote paper: "The Lessons of Open Source =96 Participation, Inclusion, Empowerment" Prof Tony Brant, School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom "A Grounded Study of the Adoption of Communal Computing Facilities among th= e Urban Poor" Wallace Chigona, Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Tow= n "An Investigation of ICTs for Rural Development: The Possible Application o= f ICT Project Management Techniques for Sustainable ICT Projects in Rural Development" Caroline Pade, Brenda Mallinson and David Sewry, Rhodes University "Knowledge Work and Internet Use in KwaZulu-Natal AIDS NGOs" Justine Johnstone, University of Sussex/Kznaidslink "E-waste: South Africa case study" Alan Finlay, Open Research "Marketing Strategy for e-Government Services in South Africa - The Case of= the Cape Gateway Project" Petro van Ryn, Cape Gateway Project, Centre for e-Innovation, Cape Town -- Heather Ford Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 IM: queenbea878: AOL 243161375: ICQ heatherford: skype Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons http://www.commons-sense.org |
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From: Heather F. <hf...@gm...> - 2006-03-06 12:23:55
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Dear friends, Creative Commons South Africa will be facilitating a 3 hour session at Sangonet's Annual Conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday entitled 'A Creative Commons for South Africa =96 Building Open Communities' (see http://sangonet.org.za/conference2006/). If you're in Johannesburg this week, be sure to get to what is promising to be a great event! Also, as part of the SANGONeT conference, there will be a special "Research session" on Thursday, 9 March 2006. Sangonet has invited researchers and students interested in ICT issues to attend this session from 09h00-11h00, followed by the closing ple= nary session. The conference will be held at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways, Johannesburg. No registration fee will be required, but Sangonet asks that people send their details to - in...@sa... - to confirm their participation. The list of papers to be presented are enclosed at the end of the message. I have also attached an invitation for you to the gala dinner on 8 March 20= 06. For more information about the conference, please visit the conference webs= ite - www.sangonet.org.za/conference2006. Look forward to seeing you at the conference. Best wishes Heather. --------------------- Research Track, 9 March 2006, 09h00-11h00, Injabula Room Keynote paper: "The Lessons of Open Source =96 Participation, Inclusion, Empowerment" Prof Tony Brant, School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom "A Grounded Study of the Adoption of Communal Computing Facilities among th= e Urban Poor" Wallace Chigona, Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Tow= n "An Investigation of ICTs for Rural Development: The Possible Application o= f ICT Project Management Techniques for Sustainable ICT Projects in Rural Development" Caroline Pade, Brenda Mallinson and David Sewry, Rhodes University "Knowledge Work and Internet Use in KwaZulu-Natal AIDS NGOs" Justine Johnstone, University of Sussex/Kznaidslink "E-waste: South Africa case study" Alan Finlay, Open Research "Marketing Strategy for e-Government Services in South Africa - The Case of= the Cape Gateway Project" Petro van Ryn, Cape Gateway Project, Centre for e-Innovation, Cape Town -- Heather Ford Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 IM: queenbea878: AOL 243161375: ICQ heatherford: skype Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons http://www.commons-sense.org |
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From: Heather F. <hf...@gm...> - 2006-02-06 11:46:31
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"The future of open business, and its significance for entrepreneurs: A presentation and discussion of practical examples from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa" =3D=3D Wednesday, 8 February 2006: 17h30 - 19h00, Wits University Public and Development Management Campus, Parktown, Johannesburg =3D=3D Entrepreneurs, artists and creators of intellectual work often have limited means of getting their intellectual outputs published. Invariably the needs of the creator are secondary to those of the large, corporate publisher who relies on a business model that takes a sizeable cut of the profits, and endeavours to hold all the rights to the intellectual work. Within this business model there is little scope for creators who would like to not only make a living from their work but would also wish to provide their audiences and target markets with greater freedom to sample, copy, share or build upon their works in order to develop a useful and sustainable pool of resources for the community. In this sense OpenBusiness entrepreneurs are realizing that collaboration, sharing, and giving can be economic activities, while they are at the same time a cultural and social form of interaction. However, any of these creators who wishes to move away from the traditional publishing business model that strictly controls the rights, dissemination and profits of the work, often have to rely on their own intuition. There is no well structured overview of how creative entrepreneurs can integrate into their business models, open-content licences which offer both the user a variety of freedoms and the creator a number of protections. A collaborative research project entitled OpenBusiness (http://www.openbusiness.cc) is currently being compiled by academic institutions based in Brazil (FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro), the United Kingdom (Oxford University, London School of Economics and Michael Young Foundation) and South Africa (LINK Centre, at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg), to provide entrepreneurs, artists and creators with practical guides about how to incorporate Creative Commons open-content licences and other open-content licences into their business models. The team involved in the OpenBusiness project will be presenting the OpenBusiness concept and findings to date on the 8th February 2006. The presentation will include: =A7 an introduction to the project =A7 objectives and outcomes of OpenBusiness =A7 country-specific examples of successful OpenBusiness projects from the UK, Brazil and South Africa =A7 the future of OpenBusiness, and =A7 general discussion and debate. DATE: Wednesday, 8 February 2006 TIME: 17h30 - 19h00 VENUE: Classroom 9, The Donald Gordon Building, Wits P&DM ADDRESS: 2 St David's Place, Parktown, Johannesburg light snacks will be served RSVP: Tumi Molefe, on (011) 717 3913 or via email at Mol...@pd... Biographies Christian Ahlert: Christian Ahlert is a public project lead of Creative Commons England and Wales. He is a fellow at the Michael Young Foundation, where he is establishing an organization to support and protect the cultural and intellectual commons in a sustainable way. He is Research Associate of the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, where he is also a Senior Research Associate of the Centre for Brazilian Studies. Previously, he worked at the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford. In addition he managed a number of European Commission projects in the area of internet and media policy, as well as international development and technical assistance projects. Ronaldo Lemos: Ronaldo Lemos is the director of the Center for Technology & Society at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) Law School in Rio de Janeiro. He is the project lead for the Creative Commons project in Brazil, and a member of the International Commons Board. He is an LL.B. and an LL.D. from the University of Sao Paulo, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. He is one of the founders of the collaborative site www.overmundo.com.br. Carolina Rossini: Carolina Rossini is a member of the Center for Technology & Society at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) Law School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She coordinates the the regional Open Business project in Brazil, which includes actions in two other Latin American countries and also in Nigeria. She earned an MBA in E-Business from the Instituto de Empresas de Madri, Spain, and a Master Degree in International Negotiation from the joint program offered by UNICAMP/UNESP/PUCSP, S=E3o Paulo, Brazil. Carolina is a lawyer graduated from Universidade de S=E3o Paulo (USP) and studied International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo (PUC). She worked for 6 years as the legal counsel for the Telefonica Group in Brazil. Heather Ford: Heather Ford is the public project lead for Creative Commons South Africa. She has a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Rhodes University and a certificate in Telecommunications Policy, Law and Management from the University of the Witwatersrand Link Centre. She worked with Creative Commons when she was a fellow at the Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship Program at Stanford University, California and is now running Creative Commons South Africa and a programme entitled 'Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons' (www.commons-sense.org). The programme focuses on encouraging access to and development of accessible educational content on the internet; developing case studies of open content business models; and engaging in the local cultural 'commons' in order to encourage local content in the film, music and creative industries. Andrew Rens: Andrew Rens is the legal lead for Creative Commons South Africa. He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg where he read for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (BA), and of Law (LLB). After qualifying as an attorney he researched Intellectual Property Issues on the Internet for the Master of Laws degree again at Wits Law School. At Wits he subsequently taught Intellectual Property, Telecommunications, Broadcasting, Space and Satellite, and Media Law and pioneered a course in Information Technology Law. He is currently a fellow of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, researching access to knowledge and alternative copyright issues. Kerryn McKay: Kerryn McKay is currently employed as a researcher at the LINK Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand. Kerryn holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Rhodes University, majoring in Journalism & Media Studies and English. She has worked for a number of years in the advertising and marketing industries, and was most recently the marketing director at a commercial property consultancy which specialises in education and training for both the public and private sectors, and the undertaking of property audit reviews and due diligences. -- Heather Ford Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 IM: queenbea878: AOL 243161375: ICQ heatherford: skype Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons http://www.commons-sense.org -- Heather Ford Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 IM: queenbea878: AOL 243161375: ICQ heatherford: skype Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons http://www.commons-sense.org |
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From: Heather F. <hf...@gm...> - 2006-01-30 09:56:25
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"The future of open business, and its significance for entrepreneurs:=20 A presentation and discussion of practical examples from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa" =3D=3D Wednesday, 8 February 2006: 17h30 - 19h00, Wits University Public and Development Management Campus, Parktown, Johannesburg =3D=3D Entrepreneurs, artists and creators of intellectual work often have limited means of getting their intellectual outputs published. =20 Invariably the needs of the creator are secondary to those of the large, corporate publisher who relies on a business model that takes a sizeable cut of the profits, and endeavours to hold all the rights to the intellectual work. Within this business model there is little scope for creators who would like to not only make a living from their work but would also wish to provide their audiences and target markets with greater freedom to sample, copy, share or build upon their works in order to develop a useful and sustainable pool of resources for the community. In this sense OpenBusiness entrepreneurs are realizing that collaboration, sharing, and giving can be economic activities, while they are at the same time a cultural and social form of interaction. However, any of these creators who wishes to move away from the traditional publishing business model that strictly controls the rights, dissemination and profits of the work, often have to rely on their own intuition. There is no well structured overview of how creative entrepreneurs can integrate into their business models, open-content licences which offer both the user a variety of freedoms and the creator a number of protections. A collaborative research project entitled OpenBusiness (http://www.openbusiness.cc) is currently being compiled by academic institutions based in Brazil (FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro), the United Kingdom (Oxford University, London School of Economics and Michael Young Foundation) and South Africa (LINK Centre, at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg), to provide entrepreneurs, artists and creators with practical guides about how to incorporate Creative Commons open-content licences and other open-content licences into their business models. The team involved in the OpenBusiness project will be presenting the OpenBusiness concept and findings to date on the 8th February 2006.=20 The presentation will include: =A7 an introduction to the project =A7 objectives and outcomes of OpenBusiness =A7 country-specific examples of successful OpenBusiness projects from the UK, Brazil and South Africa =A7 the future of OpenBusiness, and =A7 general discussion and debate. DATE: Wednesday, 8 February 2006 TIME: 17h30 - 19h00 VENUE: Classroom 9, The Donald Gordon Building, Wits P&DM ADDRESS: 2 St David's Place, Parktown, Johannesburg light snacks will be served RSVP: Tumi Molefe, on (011) 717 3913 or via email at Mol...@pd... Biographies Christian Ahlert: Christian Ahlert is a public project lead of Creative Commons England and Wales. He is a fellow at the Michael Young Foundation, where he is establishing an organization to support and protect the cultural and intellectual commons in a sustainable way. He is Research Associate of the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, where he is also a Senior Research Associate of the Centre for Brazilian Studies. Previously, he worked at the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford. In addition he managed a number of European Commission projects in the area of internet and media policy, as well as international development and technical assistance projects. Ronaldo Lemos: Ronaldo Lemos is the director of the Center for Technology & Society at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) Law School in Rio de Janeiro. He is the project lead for the Creative Commons project in Brazil, and a member of the International Commons Board. He is an LL.B. and an LL.D. from the University of Sao Paulo, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. He is one of the founders of the collaborative site www.overmundo.com.br. Carolina Rossini: Carolina Rossini is a member of the Center for Technology & Society at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) Law School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She coordinates the the regional Open Business project in Brazil, which includes actions in two other Latin American countries and also in Nigeria. She earned an MBA in E-Business from the Instituto de Empresas de Madri, Spain, and a Master Degree in International Negotiation from the joint program offered by UNICAMP/UNESP/PUCSP, S=E3o Paulo, Brazil. Carolina is a lawyer graduated from Universidade de S=E3o Paulo (USP) and studied International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo (PUC). She worked for 6 years as the legal counsel for the Telefonica Group in Brazil. Heather Ford: Heather Ford is the public project lead for Creative Commons South Africa. She has a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Rhodes University and a certificate in Telecommunications Policy, Law and Management from the University of the Witwatersrand Link Centre. She worked with Creative Commons when she was a fellow at the Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship Program at Stanford University, California and is now running Creative Commons South Africa and a programme entitled 'Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons' (www.commons-sense.org). The programme focuses on encouraging access to and development of accessible educational content on the internet; developing case studies of open content business models; and engaging in the local cultural 'commons' in order to encourage local content in the film, music and creative industries. Andrew Rens: Andrew Rens is the legal lead for Creative Commons South Africa. He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg where he read for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (BA), and of Law (LLB). After qualifying as an attorney he researched Intellectual Property Issues on the Internet for the Master of Laws degree again at Wits Law School. At Wits he subsequently taught Intellectual Property, Telecommunications, Broadcasting, Space and Satellite, and Media Law and pioneered a course in Information Technology Law. He is currently a fellow of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, researching access to knowledge and alternative copyright issues. Kerryn McKay: Kerryn McKay is currently employed as a researcher at the LINK Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand. Kerryn holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Rhodes University, majoring in Journalism & Media Studies and English. She has worked for a number of years in the advertising and marketing industries, and was most recently the marketing director at a commercial property consultancy which specialises in education and training for both the public and private sectors, and the undertaking of property audit reviews and due diligences. -- Heather Ford Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 IM: queenbea878: AOL 243161375: ICQ heatherford: skype Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons http://www.commons-sense.org |
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From: Heather F. <hf...@gm...> - 2006-01-18 14:00:45
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'The African Digital Commons - A Participant's Guide: 2005' is a conceptual map of the people, projects and processes that contribute to the development of shared, networked knowledge across the African continent. Download it in both French and English at www.commons-sense.org or http://www.commons-sense.org/pages/encyclopedia.htm. Let me know if you'd like a hard copy. ***************** Foreword One of the goals of the Commons-sense Project is to conduct research that helps equip African activists and decision-makers with the information they need to develop cutting-edge, relevant intellectual property policies and practices. We decided to begin with a map - a map that hopefully presents a broad picture of how far we've already come in Africa towards the goal of achieving a "digital information commons", as well as providing some sense of how to grow it further. We have tried to chart the international, regional and national policies, players and movements that to some extent dictate the scope of the commons in Africa, and at the same time to outline some of the creative responses from people on the ground working towards the expansion of the commons in some way. Because we wanted to get as extensive a picture as possible of who is already involved in digital commons activities throughout the continent, we decided to try to get people in Africa to represent themselves in the Guide . The technology we used was an online "wiki" which anyone, anywhere in the world could edit, amend, build on and improve. This Guide , then, is the offline version of a living "wiki" built by the people living and working on these issues in Africa. We are hoping that the publishing of this Guide can become an annual event, where we take stock of how far we've come, how issues, policies and laws have changed, which new projects have begun, and what the impact has been on the ground and on the net - in terms of the growth of the African Digital Commons. In time, we're hoping that the Guide will be used in classrooms and offices, by policy-makers and activists, educators and students, to raise awareness around the value of the commons to African innovation, education and creativity. One last word of thanks must go to our colleagues at the LINK Centre for their support and advice, to Wits University Copyright Librarian Denise Nicholson for innumerable leads and contacts, to A2LM in Southern Africa project leader Achal Prabhala for editorial support, to the IDRC - especially Heloise Emdon and Steve Song - for their ongoing encouragement, and finally to the hard-working builders of the African Digital Commons who, in the face of many challenges, continue to inspire with their vision of a continent that is turning the corner in many ways. Table of Contents Introduction Section 1: The Digital Information Commons: Mapping the Terrain 1.1: Information Commons 1.2: Copyright 1.3: Digitisation & Convergence Section 2: Global Players, Processes, Issues, Projects 2.1: WIPO 2.2: Geneva Declaration on WIPO 2.3: WIPO Development Agenda 2.4: The Broadcasting Treaty 2.5: Access to Knowledge (A2K) Treaty 2.6: WTO TRIPS 2.7: Exceptions via Berne & TRIPS 2.8: Compulsory Licensing & Parallel Importing 2.9: ' TRIPS Plus ' 2.10: United States 2.11: UN Agencies 2.12: UK CIPR 2.13: APC & Soros-OSI 2.14: Librarians 2.15: Consumer Groups 2.16: FOSS: Free & Open Source Software 2.17: Lawyers 2.18: Blogs & Wikis 2.19: Open Access 2.20: Open Content 2.21: Creative Commons (cc) Section 3: African Players, Processes, Issues 3.1: OAPI & ARIPO 3.2: UNECA 3.3: African Union & NEPAD 3.4: IPR Exceptions & Africa 3.5: Traditional Knowledge (TK) 3.6: Sui Generis Models 3.7: FTAs & TRIPS Plus 3:8: Open Access & Open Content in Africa 3.9: Funders Section 4: Directory of African Projects 4.1: Research, Policy Inputs & Advocacy 4.2: Creative Commons in Africa 4.3: ccSA: Creative Commons South Africa 4.4: Commons-sense Project 4.5: University Institutional Repositories 4.6: University Electronic Theses & Dissertations 4.7: Group Licences for Databases 4.8: Online Research Publishing 4.9: Online Journals 4.10: e-Learning 4.11: Schools: Online Curriculum & Support 4.12: SchoolNets & NEPAD e-Schools 4.13: FOSS in Africa 4.14: Archives 4.15: Local Content & Language 4.16: Blogs References & Bibliography *********** Avant-propos L'un des objectifs du Projet Commons-sense est de mener des recherches qui aident =E0 fournir aux d=E9cideurs et activistes africains les informations dont ils ont besoin pour d=E9velopper des pratiques et des politiques li=E9es =E0 la propri=E9t=E9 intellectuelle qui soient pertinent= es et innovantes. Nous avons d=E9cid=E9 de commencer par une carte : une carte qui pr=E9sente avec espoir une vaste image du chemin que nous avons d=E9j=E0 parcouru en Afrique pour atteindre l'objectif d'une =AB mise en commun de l'information num=E9rique =BB, ainsi que pour fournir des indications sur la mani=E8re de continuer =E0 la d=E9velopper. Nous avons essay=E9 de porte= r sur la carte les politiques, les acteurs et les mouvements internationaux, r=E9gionaux et nationaux, qui, dans une certaine mesure, imposent l'ampleur de la mise en commun en Afrique, et en m=EAme temps d'exposer certaines des r=E9ponses cr=E9atives des personnes sur le terrain qui travaillent vers l'expansion de la mise en commun de l'information de quelque mani=E8re que ce soit. Puisque nous voulions avoir une image aussi =E9tendue que possible des personnes d=E9j=E0 impliqu=E9es dans les activit=E9s de mise en commun num=E9rique dans le continent, nous avons d=E9cid=E9 d'essayer de faire que les personnes en Afrique se repr=E9sentent elles-m=EAmes dans ce Guide. La technologie que nous avons utilis=E9e =E9tait un =AB wiki =BB en ligne que n'importe quelle personne, n'importe o=F9 dans le monde, pouvait =E9diter, modifier, construire et am=E9liorer. Ce Guide est donc la version hors ligne d'un =AB wiki =BB vivant, construit par les personnes qui travaillent sur ces questions en Afrique. Nous esp=E9rons que la publication hors ligne de ce Guide puisse devenir un =E9v=E9nement annuel, o=F9 nous ferrions le point sur le chemin que nous avons parcouru, comment les questions, les politiques et les lois ont chang=E9, quels nouveaux projets ont d=E9but=E9 et quel a =E9t=E9 l'impact = sur le terrain et sur Internet, en termes de croissance de la Mise en commun Num=E9rique en Afrique. Avec le temps, nous esp=E9rons que ce Guide sera utilis=E9 dans les =E9cole= s et les bureaux, par les d=E9cideurs et les activistes, les enseignants et les =E9tudiants, pour sensibiliser davantage =E0 la valeur de la mise en commun pour l'innovation, l'=E9ducation et la cr=E9ativit=E9 en Afrique. Nous devons =E9galement adresser un dernier mot de remerciement =E0 nos coll=E8gues du LINK Centre pour leur soutien et leurs conseils, =E0 Denise Nicholson, biblioth=E9caire de droit d'auteur =E0 l'Universit=E9 de Wits, pour ses innombrables initiatives et contacts, =E0 Achal Prabhala, directeur du projet A2LM en Afrique Australe, pour son soutien quant =E0 la r=E9daction, =E0 l'IDRC (en particulier Heloise Emdon et Steve Song) pour ses encouragements continus, et enfin aux cr=E9ateurs assidus de la Mise en commun Num=E9rique en Afrique qui, face =E0 de nombreux d=E9fis, continuent d'inspirer gr=E2ce =E0 leur vision d'un continent qui surmonte ses difficult=E9s de nombreuses fa=E7ons. Table des Mati=E8res Introduction=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 Section 1 : La mise en commun de l'information num=E9rique : la carte du te= rrain 1.1 : La mise en commun de l'information 1.2 : Le droit d'auteur 1.3 : La num=E9risation et la convergence Section 2: Les acteurs, processus, question et projets mondiaux 2.1 : L'OMPI 2.2 : La D=E9claration de Gen=E8ve sur l'OMPI 2.3 : Agenda pour le d=E9veloppement de l'OMPI 2.4 : Le Trait=E9 sur la Radiodiffusion 2.5 : Le Trait=E9 sur l'Acc=E8s =E0 la Connaissance (A2K) 2.6 : L'ADPIC de l'OMC 2.7 : Les exceptions via la Convention de Berne et L'ADPIC 2.8 : La licence obligatoire et l'importation parall=E8le 2.9 : 'ADPIC Plus' 2.10 : Les =C9tats-Unis 2.11 : Les agences des NU 2.12 : La CDPI du Royaume-Uni 2.13 : L'ACP et Soros-OSI 2.14 : Les biblioth=E9caires 2.15 : Les groupes de consommateurs 2.16 : FOSS : Logiciel Libre et Gratuit 2.17 : Les avocats 2.18 : Les blogues et les wikis 2.19 : Le libre acc=E8s 2.20 : Le contenu libre 2.21 : Creative Commons (cc) Section 3 : Les acteurs, processus et questions africains 3.1 : L'OAPI et l'ARIPO 3.2 : L'UNECA 3.3 : L'Union Africaine et le NEPAD 3.4 : Les exceptions aux DPI et l'Afrique 3.5 : La connaissance traditionnelle (CT) 3.6 : Les mod=E8les Sui Generis 3.7 : Les ALE et ADPIC Plus 3:8 : Le libre acc=E8s et le libre contenu en Afrique 3.9 : Les investisseurs Section 4 : R=E9pertoire de projets africains 4.1 : Recherche, participations politiques et D=E9fense 4.2 : Creative Commons en Afrique 4.3 : ccSA : Creative Commons Afrique du Sud 4.4 : Le projet Commons-sense 4.5 : Les d=E9p=F4ts institutionnels des universit=E9s 4.6 : Les m=E9moires et les th=E8ses =E9lectroniques des universit=E9s 4.7 : Les licences de groupe pour les bases de donn=E9es 4.8 : La publication des recherches en ligne 4.9 : Les revues en ligne 4.10 : L'apprentissage en ligne 4.11 : Les =E9coles : programme d'enseignement en ligne et support 4.12 : Les SchoolNets et les e-Schools du NEPAD 4.13 : FOSS en Afrique 4.14 : Les archives 4.15 : Le contenu local et la langue locale 4.16 : Les blogues R=E9f=E9rences et bibliographie -- Heather Ford Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 IM: queenbea878: AOL 243161375: ICQ heatherford: skype Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons http://www.commons-sense.org |
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From: Heather F. <hf...@gm...> - 2005-11-22 14:44:15
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Ever been in a space shuttle or hung out at an internet caf=E9? The Learning Commons - in partnership with the Shuttleworth Foundation - invites you on a journey of exploration in an exciting new technology pilot project! www.learningcommons.co.za <http://www.learningcommons.co.za> Dear friends, We've just launched an exciting multimedia curriculum entitled: "Copyright and left: A multimedia curriculum on copyrights and responsibilities in South Africa" Written by Kerryn McKay and Heather Ford and animated by Phillipa Moore fro= m Paraffin Interactive, these animated materials offer a fascinating glimpse into the history of copyright, the impact of copyright and technology on local culture and indigenous knowledge, and new alternatives to copyright that enable you to freely copy and redistribute royalty-free content on the internet. The materials have been designed around outcome 3 of the South African technology curriculum (technology, society and the environment) for grade 9 learners are being delivered in the form of a multi-media CDRom with printe= d booklets for facilitators. In 'Copyright and left' learners are introduced to animated characters, Sarah and Dube, who together with the learners embark on an entertaining journey to navigate the copyright terrain to find the best way of publishing the songs that they have recorded. Designed to encourage active learner participation, the multimedia materials take learners from such diverse locations as a space shuttle hangar to an internet caf=E9 in a local township. During each part of the journey, learn= ers will meet four wise and eccentric experts who will convey knowledge of thei= r particular subject through the use of storytelling and case studies which will provoke learner discussion and critical thinking. Learners engage in interactive games throughout the CDRom, and can take par= t in fun and challenging group work in order to apply the knowledge that they have learned. The final assignment will demonstrate the learners' abilities to successfully combine the themes of the curriculum by developing a websit= e for their peers on copyright and its alternatives. Live in the Western Cape? Educators are invited to the final training seminar on the exciting multimedia grade 9 technology curriculum. The session will cover the curriculum contents, outcome alignment, learner assessments and background info. To be held at Pinelands High School on Thursday, 24 November, from 12.30 to 1.30pm. Contact Kerryn McKay on (011) 717 3141, cell: 082 334 6165, email: ker...@gm... Otherwise download the latest version from www.learningcommons.co.za<http://www.learningcommons.co.za>where you can also buy the published materials. Comments and suggestions are welcome! -- Heather Ford Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 IM: queenbea878: AOL 243161375: ICQ heatherford: skype Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons http://www.commons-sense.org |
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From: Eskedar N. <en...@un...> - 2005-11-11 06:12:31
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I will be out of the office starting 11/11/2005 and will not return until 20/11/2005. |
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From: Heather F. <hf...@gm...> - 2005-11-03 11:43:49
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'Once upon a time' wins the Commons-sense/Creative Commons South Africa Digital Arts Competition The winner of the Commons-sense Digital Arts Competition (http://www.commons-sense.org/pages/compet.htm) has just been announced. The winner is Tessa Comrie with her 60-second video incorporating stop-frame and computer animation entitled, 'Once Upon a Time' (download mpeg at http://nml.ru.ac.za/cc/). Runner-up of the competition is Nicholas Nesbitt with his multimedia entry entitled, 'The Electronic Diary of Kidu' (view at http://za.creativecommons.org/entrants/nic/OPEN.swf). Competition winner, Tessa Comrie is a student at the Rhodes University Department of Fine Art. She developed her entry for a UNESCO workshop entitled 'Africa Animated' in June this year. The workshop was run by local and international animation and film gurus and was attended by about 16 people from around the continent (see http://www.animationsa.org for more). The judges of the competition were positive and encouraging of the winning entry. Marcus Neustetter said that it was the element of 'fun' that made Comrie's work stand out from the rest. Nathaniel Stern said of Comrie's entry: 'It speaks to Africa and its tendency towards re-appropriation, shared histories of storytelling, Creative Commons' mixing ethos, politics of power and money/access - and let's be honest: it's really cute.' On winning the award, Comrie said, 'I think the greatest thing about this is that I am being rewarded for doing something I consider fun! I am also very excited about the future of animation in South Africa, which is growing fast and offering many opportunities for creative people.' Nesbitt is a student at the Wits University School of Arts. He created the work in the form of a storybook. 'I wanted to create a world that had a narrative that could be deciphered after a few iterations - a digital illustrated story book, like the one you got when you were a kid that asked you to turn the page. Plus, 'kidu' is cute so people like it.' Congratulations to the two winners for their 'more-than-cute' entries! -- Heather Ford Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 IM: queenbea878: AOL 243161375: ICQ heatherford: skype Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons http://www.commons-sense.org |
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From: Andrew B. <ab...@um...> - 2005-11-02 06:11:37
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Bornwell- I hope this finds you...well...well! Will you be at WSIS? If so, let me know where you're presenting- it would be good to catch up. I'll be presenting some of ILI's work on inclusive education at the UNESCO stand, and presenting with Dan Wagner, Tim Unwin and Adama Samassekou on Thursday the 17th from 9-11am in Nabeul room. Title- "Pro-Poor ICT for Education". Stop by if you can. Best wishes Andrew On Jul 21, 2005, at 1:55 AM, Bornwell Mwewa wrote: > Hi Heather, > > Yes I think I was born to be a star. If I wasn't stuck behind my PC and > the Linux server I would probably be on the chats. > > I don't know about Angelina's lips but I do have charisma, if I may say > so myself. > > But alas you are only looking for South Africa's Cubicle Superstar! > > Sad isn't it? > > Give me a call if and when you get round to Zambia. > > All the best > > Bornwell Mwewa > OKN/Local Content Manager > OneWorld Africa (OWA) > Tel: +260-1-292740 > Fax: +260-1-294188 > Mobile: +260-97-775365 > http://africa.oneworld.net/ > http://www.openknowledge.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: aki...@li... > [mailto:aki...@li...] On Behalf Of > Heather Ford > Sent: 19 July 2005 18:29 > To: com...@li...; cc...@li...; > aki...@li... > Cc: tj...@go... > Subject: [Commons-sense] You were born to be a star! > > You sing like an angel and you've got more charisma than Angelina > Jolie's lips. Here's your chance to shine. In a bid to find South > Africa's most talented cubicle superstar - its most vocally adept pen > pusher - M-Net is enabling corporations to enter teams in Office Idols. > And South Africa's Go Open Source Campaign, in association with > Creative > Commons South Africa, is rising to the challenge. From geeks to global > alliances, we will unite as one, and put our best... voice forward! > > We will get our chance to shine on DStv's channel 37 and an opportunity > to appear on a specially packaged show on M-Net's Series Channels. The > winners from each company will compete against other winners in their > category, with the aim of pin-pointing a single winner in our company > field. All the category winners will then compete against each other in > a final on the actual Idols set for the chance to be crowned first > Office Idol. Other than the dollops of fame, if we win, Go Open Source > (and Creative Commons as a partner) will receive *R500 000.00* of free > exposure on DSTV. Oh, and the individual winner will receive something > "very special". > > The Office Idols concept is linked to a charity so bug your colleagues, > accost your associates and enter now. > > Find an entry form attached, but remember, deadline is this Friday and > you have to be able to get to the auditions in Johannesburg on > Saturday, > 30 July to enter the auditions! Bring your support team! > > Send Tjipo your entry form with your signature form (don't worry about > the employee number) on fax: 021 970 1263 or <tj...@go...>. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Akinimod-commons mailing list > Aki...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/akinimod-commons > > |
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From: Heather F. <hf...@gm...> - 2005-09-22 15:15:15
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From: Heather F. <hf...@gm...> - 2005-08-10 07:07:45
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Call for Work: THOUGHT THIEVE$ short film showcase *please forward widely* WWW.THOUGHT-THIEVES.ORG THOUGHT THIEVE$ is a short film showcase about corporate appropriation of knowledge, culture, and creativity. It is a grassroots response to the Micro$oft propaganda competition of the same name [see http://www.msn.co.uk/thoughtthieves/Default.asp]. Our version of THOUGHT THIEVE$ is about big companies stealing and profiting from the knowledge commons. Think about it: how would you feel if you saw your cultural traditions, collective creativity, thousands-year-old seed strains, indigenous medicinal knowledge, or even your very genetic code being passed off as the property of some multinational corporation? What would you do? We want to know! Send us your short film on corporate piracy by Friday, 16th September, 2005 for your chance to be included in an international distribution and screening series. To be confirmed: the makers of the most creative films, as decided by popular vote, may be invited to attend a special premier screening of their film in Tunis, Geneva, or London. Also, we could all win a limitless supply of cutting-edge Free Software; tons of Public Domain, Fair Use, Creative Commons, and Copyleft content to use as source material; non-Genetically Modified food; affordable generic medicines ... and lots of other cool stuff TBA. DEADLINE: Submissions are due by 16th September, 2005. MORE INFO: HTTP://WWW.THOUGHT-THIEVES.ORG THOUGHT THIEVE$ affiliates as of August 8, 2005: * Electronic Frontier Foundation: www.eff.org * Downhill Battle: www.downhillbattle.org * Creative Commons South Africa: za.creativecommons.org * IP Justice: www.ipjustice.org * LOCA records: www.locarecords.com * Media Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia: www.miu-ft.org * Alternative Law Forum: www.altlawforum.org * IPleft: www.ipleft.or.kr * Jinbonet: www.jinbo.net * Chamsaesang (The People's Media): www.newscham.net * KIFV (The Association of Korean Indepedent Film & Video): www.kifv.org * MEDIACT: www.mediact.org * World-Information.Org: world-information.org * Communication Rights in the Information Society: www.crisinfo.org QUICK LINKS: * SUBMIT your short film: http://thought-thieves.org/bm/publish.php * TRANSLATE this message using Indymedia Translations Tool: http://tinyurl.com/93rqb * BECOME an affiliate: http://tinyurl.com/apm4v * SUBSCRIBE to our mailing list: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/thought.thieves CONTACT THOUGHT THIEVE$: Sasha Costanza-Chock (+USA) 607.351.5559 info AT thought-thieves.org http://www.thought-thieves.org --=20 Heather Ford Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons http://www.commons-sense.org |
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From: Chris A. <arm...@pd...> - 2005-08-08 14:54:58
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Dear Commons-sensers, Thanks to all of you who have registered with, and contributed to, our wiki, called the African Commons Encyclopedia, at: http://www.commons-sense.org/TikiWiki/tiki-index.php This is just a quick note to say that, starting Monday 22 August, I will be downloading various entries in the wiki and compiling an offline "publishable" version of the Encyclopedia, to be translated into French and to be made availalble in PDF in both English and French later in 2005. Thus, for many of you whose projects and organisations are mentioned in the wiki, you only have 14 more days to go into it and check for accuracy and add/delete/update the entries that I will be using to build the offline version. If you don't want to input directly into the wiki, you can just send me an e-mail with any inputs. Note: the wiki will not "die" on 22 August - it will live on (forever?!) as an ongoing online Commons-sense Project activity, with (hopefully) annual offline PDF compilations like the one I am doing this year. Sincerely Chris ______________________________ Chris Armstrong Associate, LINK Centre Wits University, Johannesburg Tel: +27-11-717-3548 OR +27-83-590-8744 Fax: +27-11-717-3910 arm...@pd... http://link.wits.ac.za |
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From: Bornwell M. <bor...@on...> - 2005-07-21 05:56:33
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Hi Heather, Yes I think I was born to be a star. If I wasn't stuck behind my PC and the Linux server I would probably be on the chats. I don't know about Angelina's lips but I do have charisma, if I may say so myself. But alas you are only looking for South Africa's Cubicle Superstar! Sad isn't it? Give me a call if and when you get round to Zambia. All the best Bornwell Mwewa OKN/Local Content Manager OneWorld Africa (OWA) Tel: +260-1-292740 Fax: +260-1-294188 Mobile: +260-97-775365 http://africa.oneworld.net/ http://www.openknowledge.net -----Original Message----- From: aki...@li... [mailto:aki...@li...] On Behalf Of Heather Ford Sent: 19 July 2005 18:29 To: com...@li...; cc...@li...; aki...@li... Cc: tj...@go... Subject: [Commons-sense] You were born to be a star! You sing like an angel and you've got more charisma than Angelina Jolie's lips. Here's your chance to shine. In a bid to find South Africa's most talented cubicle superstar - its most vocally adept pen pusher - M-Net is enabling corporations to enter teams in Office Idols. And South Africa's Go Open Source Campaign, in association with Creative Commons South Africa, is rising to the challenge. From geeks to global alliances, we will unite as one, and put our best... voice forward! We will get our chance to shine on DStv's channel 37 and an opportunity to appear on a specially packaged show on M-Net's Series Channels. The winners from each company will compete against other winners in their category, with the aim of pin-pointing a single winner in our company field. All the category winners will then compete against each other in a final on the actual Idols set for the chance to be crowned first Office Idol. Other than the dollops of fame, if we win, Go Open Source (and Creative Commons as a partner) will receive *R500 000.00* of free exposure on DSTV. Oh, and the individual winner will receive something "very special". The Office Idols concept is linked to a charity so bug your colleagues, accost your associates and enter now. Find an entry form attached, but remember, deadline is this Friday and you have to be able to get to the auditions in Johannesburg on Saturday, 30 July to enter the auditions! Bring your support team! Send Tjipo your entry form with your signature form (don't worry about the employee number) on fax: 021 970 1263 or <tj...@go...>. |
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From: Heather F. <Fo...@pd...> - 2005-07-19 16:29:53
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You sing like an angel and you've got more charisma than Angelina Jolie's lips. Here's your chance to shine. In a bid to find South Africa's most talented cubicle superstar - its most vocally adept pen pusher - M-Net is enabling corporations to enter teams in Office Idols. And South Africa's Go Open Source Campaign, in association with Creative Commons South Africa, is rising to the challenge. From geeks to global alliances, we will unite as one, and put our best... voice forward! We will get our chance to shine on DStv's channel 37 and an opportunity to appear on a specially packaged show on M-Net's Series Channels. The winners from each company will compete against other winners in their category, with the aim of pin-pointing a single winner in our company field. All the category winners will then compete against each other in a final on the actual Idols set for the chance to be crowned first Office Idol. Other than the dollops of fame, if we win, Go Open Source (and Creative Commons as a partner) will receive *R500 000.00* of free exposure on DSTV. Oh, and the individual winner will receive something "very special". The Office Idols concept is linked to a charity so bug your colleagues, accost your associates and enter now. Find an entry form attached, but remember, deadline is this Friday and you have to be able to get to the auditions in Johannesburg on Saturday, 30 July to enter the auditions! Bring your support team! Send Tjipo your entry form with your signature form (don't worry about the employee number) on fax: 021 970 1263 or <tj...@go...>. |
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From: Chris A. <arm...@pd...> - 2005-07-13 14:14:12
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13 July 2005 Commons-sense Wiki: The "African Commons Encyclopedia" Dear Commons-sense Conference 2005 participant, We here at Commons-sense Project headquarters in Johannesburg, now experiencing the chill mornings and evenings of yet another highveld South African winter, hope you are well. Thank you again for your participation in the May conference - if you go to http://www.commons-sense.org you'll remember just how exciting it was! As promised at the conference, we have now set up a "wiki" through which we can all collaborate online to develop a comprehensive picture of where the "African digital commons" is at. The wiki, called "The African Commons Encyclopedia" and using a free and open source web platform known as TikiWiki, can be found at: http://www.commons-sense.org/TikiWiki Please go to the site and register in the top left corner, choosing a username and password. Once you have registered you will immediately receive an e-mail that guides you to entering the site for the first time. All of this will only take you a couple minutes, and then you are in! Once in, you can edit the wiki at any point by clicking on the "edit" bar at the top left of the text, or you can provide comments/suggestions by clicking on the "comment" bar at the top right of the text. In edit mode, if you want to do any fancy formatting and don't know the syntax, just click on "Wiki quick help" at the top right of the text for tips. And that's it. Simple. Fun. Our plan is to publish an offline version of this wiki at the end of August, so that gives you all about one month to contribute. Many of you are working on projects mentioned in the wiki; so now is the time to add more information, correct any inaccuracies, brag about latest achievements, etc. Also, now is the time to add information about any projects, activities and other interesting African commons phenomena not yet mentioned in the wiki. Enjoy! If you have any questions, complaints, praise, fears, desires..please e-mail us... Heather Ford: hf...@gm... Chris Armstrong: arm...@pd... ______________________________ Chris Armstrong Associate, LINK Centre Wits University, Johannesburg Tel: +27-11-717-3548 OR +27-83-590-8744 Fax: +27-11-717-3910 arm...@pd... http://link.wits.ac.za |
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From: A.J. V. <ajv...@gm...> - 2005-07-13 12:29:46
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After the discussions on the BBC's creative-commons based license for their archives, this story caught my eye: http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=3D261002 Apparently the BBC made recordings from the archives of all Beethoven's symphonies available for download last month, along with introductions to teach a little about the music. Those of you who know me probably know my love for rock and roll as well, but I actually like Beethoven, he was the rocker of his own era. That aside, I think it's a great idea, it helps reintroduce people to a typ= e of music that is becoming forgotten. That is not how some major record executives see it. They have sued the BBC claiming the free downloads are 'unfair government competition'. What's next ? Book publishers suing the national libraries ? One record executive is quoted as saying: " You are also leading the public to think that it is fine to download and own these files for nothing." He does not explain why it could possibly be NOT fine. These recordings were funded by the BBC. There is no record company copyrig= ht here, and no musicians copyright from the orchestra's on the performances, the only copyright holder, has made this available under the license of the= ir choosing - yet the record companies are livid. Perhaps the most important thing about this however, is that it highlights the biggest fallacy the record companies consistently rely on. They keep saying "we are fighting to protect the artists from starvation". I am fairly certain that starvation is not one of Beethoven's primary concerns these days. Furthermore Beethoven lived before copyright law even existed in Germany. There is no copyright on the compositions, there is on= ly the performance rights of the orchestra, which the BBC legally owns. This is not and never has been about the rights of artists, this has never been about securing an income for them. This is about protecting the unhealthy monopolies that publishers hold over distribution. As Douglas Adams would have put it. "A bunch of stupid jerks who will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes" Ciao A.J. -- A.J. Venter Lead Developer - Direq International +27 82 726 5103 Fax: 0866542898 http://direq.org http://silentcoder.co.za ------------------------------------------------------- -- A.J. Venter Lead Developer - Direq International +27 82 726 5103 Fax: 0866542898 http://direq.org http://silentcoder.co.za --=20 "Semper in excretum set alta variant" - My father A.J. Venter - http://www.silentcoder.co.za |
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From: Heather F. <fo...@pd...> - 2005-07-11 12:22:16
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African Digital Commons Competition: Only 3 weeks to go! Creative Commons South Africa invites digital video, artwork and interactive displays that expresses your view of African digital creativity, remixing and innovation. Make use of public domain, Creative Commons-licenced materials or your own original work - or a mixture - to create something truly inspiring! The Prize: R6,000 To enter the competition, produce either one of the following: . a digital video (max. 60 seconds); OR . a digital artwork; OR . a digital info-graphic that, in your view, expresses the essence of African Digital Creativity, Remixing and Innovation. Interactive work that requires an internet connection is encouraged. Deadline 31 July, 2005 Email submissions to HF...@gm... Heather Ford LINK Centre: Digital Commons Programme Manager Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 'Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Commons' www.commons-sense.org Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org |
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From: jh-01 <in...@jh...> - 2005-06-28 09:16:45
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Hi there, I'm researching open content projects from AFRICA that will form part of a global research project on this topic. :::::: Open content? For our purposes we mean: content that is both freely available with users rights to adapt and change the work. The focus is not just on distribution and access, but also on new forms of collaborative content production. I am primarily interested in projects where a (potentially) large resource is produced collaboratively, either by a group of volunteers or by members of an institution. The projects DO NOT neccessarily need to use the creative commons licenses. Theme categories include: educational material, manuals, reference work, media (news, etc), art & culture and citizen information :::::: Some examples: the wikipedia project - wikipedia.org Egyptian awareness - misrdigital.blogspirit.com/ "basically a bunch of young people with concealed digital cameras covering major events that don't get any coverage by the local media" - citizen journalism :::::: How can you help? It is very hard to find projects of this kind but if you do know of any or if you know of anyone who may have an idea could you please pass this email on or reply with any url's. Perhaps we could use this research to contribute to the commons-sense "african commons encyclopedia" I would greatly appreciate any help you could offer, :::::: Project URL <http://oc.openflows.org> http://oc.openflows.org Many thanks, Jason Hobbs jh-01 concepts between clicks <" rel="nofollow">http://www.jh-01.com/> www.jh-01.com (+27) 11 339 2679 (+27) 72 260 5478 skype.com: jh_01_jhblive |
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From: Heather F. <hf...@gm...> - 2005-06-14 05:42:34
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News just in: Creative Commons South Africa licences went live late last ni= ght! Congratulations and thanks to Andrew Rens and the Creative Commons HQ for making this happen - its been quite a journey! Now you can replace the US licences with our own jurisdiction specific ones. Just go to 'publish' (http://creativecommons.org/license) on the Creative Commons website http://creativecommons.org, choose your conditions and specify 'South Africa' in the jurisdiction field. You'll then be taken to a page with a link to the South African human-readable code that, in turn, links to the lawyer-readable code. The Afrikaans and Southern Sotho versions should be available soon! And check out the latest stream of cc licensors in Africa here http://za.creativecommons.org/getcontent/ -- Heather Ford Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Information Commons http://www.commons-sense.org |
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From: Heather F. <fo...@pd...> - 2005-06-09 09:17:23
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Dear friends, We've extended the deadline of this competition to encourage more works - please send onto anyone who might be interested - this will be a great opportunity for artists, creators and authors to showcase their work among the growing Creative Commons International community! Judges include Larry Lessig, Christo Doherty, Marcus Neustetter and Nathaniel Stern. Best wishes, Heather. Creative Commons South Africa invites digital video, artwork and interactive displays that expresses your view of African digital creativity, remixing and innovation. Make use of public domain, Creative Commons-licenced materials or your own original work - or a mixture - to create something truly inspiring! The prize R6,000 To enter the competition, produce either one of the following: . a digital video (max. 60 seconds); OR . a digital artwork; OR . a digital info-graphic that, in your view, expresses the essence of African Digital Creativity, Remixing and Innovation. Interactive work that requires an internet connection is encouraged. Deadline 31 July, 2005 Email submissions to HF...@gm... Copyright licencing All submissions will be licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ for more details). All entries will be attributed to their author with a link back to the Commons-sense website where they will be hosted. Make sure you get permission from any collaborators to use this licence in your work! For references, re-mixing raw materials, and re-mixing examples, go to: 'Free Culture' by Lawrence Lessig www.free-culture.org; www.creativecommons.org; the Internet Archive: www.archive.org; and http://za.creativecommons.org. This prize is sponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Heather Ford LINK Centre: Digital Commons Programme Manager Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 'Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Commons' www.commons-sense.org Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org |
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From: Heather F. <fo...@pd...> - 2005-06-08 12:03:02
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Quick, before you forget, please drop us a line about your evaluation of the Commons-sense conference! We're especially interested in hearing more about: - how to make sessions more interactive, creative and useful; - how relevant the material was, and whether it has stirred you or your organisation to start thinking about copyright/creative commons issues in a new light; - the quality of logistics organisation (travel, accommodations etc); - whether you'd like to see another Commons-sense next year and one or two things that you'd like to see covered. Your remarks will be compiled for the commons-sense website. Also, remember to send your 3 best blog entries if you're interested in entering the blogging competition. Thank you, again, for attending what we hope was an exciting event. We were amazed and thrilled at the wonderful and varied projects that are in full force around Africa, and we believe that this event is one way of drawing us together in a way that furthers a united vision of the African Digital Information Commons. Please feel free to respond in French. Best, Heather. Heather Ford LINK Centre: Commons-sense programme Phone: +27 11 717 3914 Cell: +27 82 872 7374 'Commons-sense: Towards an African Digital Commons' www.commons-sense.org Creative Commons South Africa http://za.creativecommons.org |
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