A number of us have purchased OLPCs in the give one get one program and are interesting in building on it. So we’ve booked a room at ITP and are going to bring our laptops and have fun. We’re also going to talk about making the laptop more manageable as a […]
After the wonderful amount of discussion today we figured it’s time to re-instate a discuss list for Free Culture @ NYU. So click here to join it (apologies for relying on Google, but it’s cheap and easy).
Please sign up and feel free to discuss and post anything related to free culture (@NYU and otherwise) but […]
Through the courageous efforts of Parker, Free Culture @ NYU’s treasurer, we’ve secured room reservations and dates for our general meetings for the entire year. As usual, they’ll be at the Kimmel center, but we’ll have the luxury of our own private space from now on. (No more hassling for chairs in the lounge.) Check […]
Have no idea what we are or what we’re doing? Here are some links for you to get started and read up about who we are and what we do:
FreeCulture.org : This is the “National Organization” as we refer to it. It’s basically a good place to see who is doing what else in the […]
For any of you Free Culture @ NYU fans who missed the last two talks we sponsored: don’t despair, there is hope. First you should sign up for our e-mail list so you don’t miss any future presentations, and then you should watch the media that has been diligently recorded for us by the kind […]
Free Culture @ NYU friend and critically acclaimed American writer Jonathan Lethem (Wikipedia bio here) has just launched “The Promiscuous Materials Project” that invites authors and remixers to use short works he’s created:
These stories are for filmmakers or dramatists to adapt. They’re available non-exclusively — meaning other people may be working from the same material […]
So, this weekend is the Open Access summit and I wanted to share some thoughts on how to help bring this on a widespread basis.
Closely tied to open access is encouraging funding organizations to include language in their grant proposals which promotes open access, for code and content. This is in the foundation’s best interest […]
From the FreeCulture.org blog:
Freeculture.org will be holding an organization-wide Open Access event in NYC on Jan. 13, 2007 from 12-5pm at NYU, exact location TBA. All chapters are invited and encouraged to attend.
The event will be free and is open to anyone interested in advocating for Open Access and Free Culture on university campuses. There […]
A friend of mine recently had a chance to hear Matt Pittinsky, the chairman of Blackboard give a presentation at Teachers College at Columbia University on new software system he is working on. Matt took a little heat for his company’s policies, which have caused “great consternation” in the educational world, as this open […]
In what some are calling an “early Christmas present” the US Copyright Office and Library of Congress have issued 6 new exemptions to the DMCA. Below is a list of the exemptions with my thoughts and attempted explanations underneath each one. Note that I am certainly not a lawyer and this is my opinion as […]
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