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ACIA: Pig Head Skin (Full)

ACIA: Pig head skin ( Welcome to my song)

ACIA: Sudev Bangah

Remarks on the Cultural Implications of ?Creativ...

Owing to the invitation I received to take part in the 2008 ACIA Workshop, I have the opportunity to familiarize myself with information about ?creative commons.? I feel this is a worthwhile project to promote. It is apparent that my invitation stemmed directly from my previous research work on the Chinese conceptions of ?gong? (the Chinese notion closest to the Western idea of ?public?) and related issues. Therefore, the contribution I may make to this workshop can be nothing but an explorati...

Authorship in the Commons: Should Rights Exist i...

With the expansion of copyright, there has been increasing calls for the protection of the public domain to ensure that there is a common pool of creative resources for new authors and other creators to build upon. Authors who willingly surrender some of their rights to the public through private contractual ordering such as the Creative Commons licenses or GPL increase this pool of free resources for new authors to work with. Together with digital technologies that provide the tools to put to...

Playing Well With Others: Increasing Compatibili...

One of the criticisms most frequently made of the open access movement is the growing number of divergent licence models. While it can be argued that the flexibility this provides for creators is necessary for the continued growth of the commons, compatibility between these many licences remains a major barrier for those wanting to remix material from multiple sources. Important steps have recently been taken towards compatibility between the GPL and Creative Commons licensing models - what wi...

To Surpass Or To Conform ? What Do We Want Publi...

The commons movement has become phenomenal in recent years. Nevertheless, with the multiplication of participants and the different politics they have brought in, it is unclear whether there exists a clear picture of what the goal of this movement actually is. Although based on the current copyright regime, public licenses have been instrumental for the commons movement, but what do we want these licenses help us to achieve?

Managing Copyright In A Digital World

This presentation will cover the latest developments in the role of collecting rights management on the Chinese Mainland, with specific focus on Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC) and the China Audio-Video Collective Administration (AVCA). These two organizations are currently the only two collecting rights societies in China Mainland. Also discussed will be a new proposal for a third collecting rights society for literary works. The talk will discuss the new challenges and opportunities ...

Making Creative Commons Common in Asia

Throughout 2007 Creative Commons (CC) built the business and community development pipeline around the concepts of increasing Creative Commons license adoption globally and providing solutions to all types of external organizations in order to lower the transaction cost for supporting Creative Commons licensing and technologies. In only a year CC has worked with majors like Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Apple to build stronger relationships that have also helped to incubate startups that thriv...

Sony eyeVio-User Generated Media Meets Creative ...

Integrating Creative Commons into eyeVio helped solving the copyright management issue faced by many user generated content services. Creative Commons provides eyeVio with a tool to give media consumers the freedom to take content across devices while maintaining the rights for media producers to keep control of their creations. This presentation will give an overview of Sony eyeVio service, explain how Creative Commons is integrated into eyeVio's user experience, and examine the value of Crea...