Last week we (Creative Commons Denmark) held two events in in Copenhagen and Aarhus in collaboration with the Danish collecting society, KODA, and a beautiful bunch of artists and labels (Per Vers, Tone, Dad Rocks, Town Portal, Red Tape Records, Father Figure Records and my own label Uhrlaut Records) to discuss new business models for […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Activism, Copenhagen, Copyright, Creative Commons, Internet, Interviews, Music, Uhrlaut
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Tagged Creative Commons, Dad Rocks!, music business, P6 Beat, Radio 24/7, Snævar Albertsson
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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, Copyright, Internet, Interviews, Media, Open culture, Open web, 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…
Just before christmas I was interviewed by the editors of online magazine Have Backstage; an interesting spin-off of Copenhagen-based pr and communication agency Have PR & Kommunikation. The article has now been published. The interview was part of a series of interviews with Danish entrepreneurs on the alternative cultural scene and focused on the opportunities […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Art, Copenhagen, Creative Commons, Creativity, Culture, Interviews, Platform4, Technology
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Tagged culture, digital domain, digitalization, Have Backstage, Have PR
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Tone aka. Sofie Nielsen, who is a friend and collaborator of mine and whose music I release on my label Uhrlaut, is all over the place right now. In November her album 'Hanging By The Moon' (for free download - click link) was pre-nominated for the Best Album category at the upcoming Nordic Music Prize […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Aalborg, Culture, Music, Platform4, Uhrlaut
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Tagged Aalborg, Denmark, Magasinet, Martin Hall, Nordic Music Prize, Nordjyske Kulturpris, Nordjyske Media, Nordjyske Medier, Odense, Performing Apart, Platform4, Sofie Nielsen, Spar Nord, Tone
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The interview I did at the 'Harddisken Special'-session held by DR channel P1 (Denmarks National Radio) during SPOT Festival last weekend has now been broadcasted (Wednesday, June 1 2011) and is available as stream and download (mp3/acc podcast). My bit is in the second half of the program and focus on CC and our open […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Aarhus, Creative Commons, Interviews, Urlyd
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Tagged Anders Høeg Nissen, Creative Commons, Danmarks Radio, DR, Harddisken, public broadcaster, radio interview, Urlyd Audiovisual Recordings
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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, Copyright, Creative Commons, Interviews, Media, Music, Open web, 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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Now this is s a bit fun: In this month's issue of Prestize, I am portrayed in a full page interview - and presented as "one of Aalborg's famous faces". Quite funny. The interview can be found in the online version of the magazine here.Now this is s a bit fun: In this month's issue […] Read More…