Every couple of years, there is a pop song that hits American culture with a boom, touching a musical creativity nerve center, leading to multiple…
Until recently, Clay Shirky was best known as the author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. The book was widely praised…
[youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOS43N8tAyI”] At what point is copying homage (as a way of honoring and being respectful of the original) even through direct copying? transformative (in…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEpj9w1yz64] On this blog, we write often about the value of fan-created works, about how fans use their creativity, using works created and owned by…
Greg Kot’s Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music is a must-read for those interested in how economics combined with listener actions have led the…
Due to the difficult line determining what is commercial and non-commercial use of copyrighted materials, Creative Commons has recently completed a study regarding this issue…
The paradox is to wield Che in an attack on [capitalism], its critics must participate in it. They engage in the act of consuming Che….
[blip.tv ?posts_id=2091622&dest=-1] The Center for Social Media just released the above video, Remix Culture: Fair Use Is Your Friend, to help illustrate the Code of…
David Bollier’s Viral spiral : how the commoners built a digital republic of their own is a very good book with a horrible title. While…
Ignoring cultural context has led to some incredibly bizarre cease-and-desist notices recently. Yet intellectual property and culture are tied together. New works are not created…