. Today marks the big Anti-ACTA day in Denmark and across the country in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg people are hitting the streets to show their opposition to the subjugating legislative initiative. I am part of the Danish movement against ACTA, and have helped setup the demonstration today and act as spokesperson. To our […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Aalborg, Activism, Copyright, Internet, Interviews, Media, Open web, Press, Talks
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Tagged Aalborg, activism, Anti-ACTA, demonstration, freedom of speech, human rights, Internet, netneutrality, Stop ACTA
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My friend and collaborator in Creative Commons Denmark, Peter Leth, has recently published a great new book, 'Creative Commons For Alle' (English: Creative Commons For All) which aims at introducing the immense strength of using Creative Commons licenses to the broad audience in general and to grade school teachers in particular. As Public Project Lead […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Activism, Copyright, Creative Commons, Open web, Sharing, Writing
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Tagged books, CC, Creative Commons, Creative Commons For Alle, open culture, open web, Peter Leth, sharing
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Tonight I am giving my Intro to Creative Commons talk in Open Space Aarhus (OSAA), a vibrant hackspace community in Denmark's second largest city, Aarhus. This will be my first visit there, and as being part of the Platform4/FormuLab/Hal9k hack-communities I am quite curious to see the place. If you're in the city, join us! […] Read More…
The talk about open culture and Creative Commons that I did at the IT University earlier this month was recorded on video and has now been put online. In case you want to check it out, see below. The talk about open culture and Creative Commons that I did at the IT University earlier this […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Activism, Copenhagen, Copyright, Creative Commons, Open web, Presentations, Talks, Technology
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Tagged Christian Villum, Creative Commons, IT University Copenhagen, ITU, open culture
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Next week we are inviting people to join the next Creative Commons Salon in Copenhagen; this time with a theme titled: "CC from bottoms up". Among other you can hear talks by CC Europe Regional Manager Jonas Öberg from Sweden - as well as participate in a new idea: The forming of a more formal […] Read More…
I just did a talk in front of a nice and engaged audience of students and teachers at Aarhus Business Academy (Aarhus Erhvervsakademi) at the MultiMediaDays conference. The talk was a combination of general introduction to Creative Commons and a case-presentation of my record label Uhrlaut/Urlyd and our use of open licensing to create a […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Aarhus, Activism, Copyright, Creative Commons, Presentations, Sharing, Talks, Technology
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Tagged Aarhus, Creative Commons, digital, erhvervsakademiet, MultiMediaDays
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Today I'll be hosting a workshop at the Creative Commons Global Summit in Warsaw, Poland, focussing on how to work with volunteers in the CC communities across the globe. The idea is to address ways to establish such communities, how to sustain/expand them and of course how they can be used as a strong resource […] Read More…
Just arrived yesterday in Warsaw, such a beautiful city, to attend the Creative Commons Global Summit 2011. As Public Lead for Creative Commons Denmark I am representing our CC affiliate jurisdiction along with my colleague Martin von Haller Grønbæk. The idea is, first and foremost, to meet and network with all the other leads from […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Activism, Creative Commons, Culture, Open web, Sharing, Technology, Travel
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Tagged activism, CC, conference, Creative Commons, open culture, poland, warsaw, warszawa
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Today I'll be doing an Urlyd presentation at the first ever open culture event in the history of the Faroe Islands. As a part of the event, which is hosted by all the CC chapters in Scandinavia in collaboration with the Cloudberry Project, I'll be summarizing our label business model using CC-licenses and sharing as […] Read More…