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Open Design (Dutch Design Week 2009) [NL]

Open Design (Dutch Design Week 2009) [NL]

As the World of Open is expanding beyond the borders of pure content designers in the Netherlands have gathered for the (Un)limited Design Contest. Numerous designs have been developed and published under a Creative Commons license*. On Friday, 23 October 2009, the lucky winners of the contest were announced at the Dutch Design Week in [...]

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Peter Troxler, 28-10-2009

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Tangled in Legal

11-12-2009 by Peter Troxler No Comments

The (business) world is looking for protection of ideas: patents, copyright, trade marks, licenses, rights management — legal instruments pretending to preserve the opportunity of exploitation to the original inventor, author, creator, giving them the opportunity to sue anybody taking — stealing! — intellectual property and turning it profitably into a business.
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28 Oct 2008: Los oXcars 2008

30-10-2008 by Peter Troxler
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Los OXCARS, held on 28 october 2008 in Barcelona, is the major international event of free culture of all times — a not-for-profit gala open to everybody. Over 100 artists … a total of 16 activities … 7 hours non-stop of free culture.
With Simona Levi, Guillermo Zapata, Wu Ming One and Francesco Cusa, Platoniq, Jamendo, Orxata sound system, Leo Bassi, Brent Simon, Maquina de Touring and Filastine.

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Status, Use and Trends of Open Content Models in the New Media Industry

03-10-2008 by Peter Troxler
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The discussion about what stimulates innovation in the creative industries quickly touches on the topic of intellectual property rights. Yet there is a growing number of repositories of user-generated content; and Creative Commons Licensing has become a popular extension to traditional copyright terms. I spoke to a number of people who are all active in New Media. Using the example of Creative Commons Licensing, I discussed the potential of open content and its possible pitfalls.

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This work by Peter Troxler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Netherlands.