Lots of talk-activity these next couple of weeks. Tonight I'll be co-hosting the Creative Commons/KODA debate in Copenhagen and give a brief presentation of the CC-licensing tools and also my label Uhrlaut - and the same in Aarhus tomorrow, Thursday, in the Promus building. Friday I'll give a Platform4-presentation in Aalborg in front of two […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Copenhagen, Creative Commons, Music, Open culture, Platform4, Talks, Uhrlaut
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Tagged Creative Commons, KODA, music business, sharing, Uhrlaut
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. 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, Internet, Interviews, Media, Open culture, 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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For the second time last week I was asked to appear for a comment in Danish national radio DR P3's "Pressen" program (Friday Jan 20 2012). This time they were discussing FBI's forced close-down of online locker-service Megaupload. Naturally, I expressed the dire concern among proponents of the open web, that these kind of […] Read More…
Wednesday this week I was interviewed on Danish national radio DR P3 in the afternoon program P3 Pressen about the SOPA shenanigans going on in the US right now. The interview is approx 4 minutes and you can hear it here. SOPA is a draconian law being passed through congress in the US […] Read More…
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, Creative Commons, Open culture, 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, Creative Commons, Open culture, Open web, Presentations, Talks, Technology
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Tagged Christian Villum, Creative Commons, IT University Copenhagen, ITU, open culture
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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, Creative Commons, Open culture, Presentations, Sharing, Talks, Technology
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Tagged Aarhus, Creative Commons, digital, erhvervsakademiet, MultiMediaDays
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Today I head for the Faroes as public lead for Creative Commons Denmark - together with CC Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland - to help the local CC crew to establish the chapter there. Ahead lies three days of talks, dialog and discussions - as well as an extra day to hike the mountains there […] Read More…
A couple of weeks back (I just haven't had the time to blog about it before now) I was once again interviewed for the show 'Breitband' on German national radio Deutschlandradio. Continuing on the theme of Creative Commons, the popular and highly esteemed radio show keeps adressing the need for German artists and songwriters to […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Berlin, Creative Commons, Interviews, Media, Music, Open web, Press, Technology, Urlyd
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Tagged Breitband, CC, Christian Villum, copyright, Creative Commons, Deutschlandradio, Germany, interview, open culture, radio, Urlyd
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