Tag Archives: Creative Commons

Book Report of ‘Ourspace – Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture’ by Christine Harold

Sander Leegwater | 14 September 2009, 8:28 pm | tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

This book really hit an personal snare with me, because I have been trying to avoid most commercial expressions by any medium for years now. I really regard it as an invasion of my privacy – I didn’t ask to be battered with consumerism for all my life – but it seems that’s just how everyday day life has to…

Book review of: Animal Spirits

Sjoerd Tuinema | 14 September 2009, 10:10 am | tags: , , , , , , , ,

In Animal Spirits, Matteo Pasquinelli takes on a burdensome task of elaborating on modern digital culture (or capitalism) from the viewpoint of complicated philisophical sociology. This goes alongside John Keynes’ definition of the animal spirits as a dynamic endogenious force within the multitude (a take on the the masses): “Keynes defines the…

Creative Commons Case Studies

Chris Castiglione | 09 April 2009, 4:51 pm | 3 comments | tags:

Almost a year ago Creative Commons launched the Case Studies Project with the aim of qualitatively measuring the impact of CC licenses on the world. As of this writing, the project showcases around 500 Case Studies of people using a CC License for photography, music, film, literature and education. Has the project been effective?