. With 2013 slowly coming to an end it's also time for the annual donation spree in which we are allowed to put our wallet where our mouths are - to show our appreciation for the heroes out there who are doing work without which the world would be a much worse place to live. […] Read More…
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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Posted in Activism, Copenhagen, Copyright, Creative Commons, Internet, Interviews, Music, Press, Uhrlaut
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Also tagged Dad Rocks!, music business, P6 Beat, Radio 24/7, Snævar Albertsson
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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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Posted in Copenhagen, Copyright, Creative Commons, Music, Open culture, Platform4, Talks, Uhrlaut
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Also tagged KODA, music business, sharing, Uhrlaut
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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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Posted in Activism, Copyright, Creative Commons, Open culture, Open web, Sharing, Writing
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Also tagged books, CC, 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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Posted in Activism, Copenhagen, Copyright, Creative Commons, Open culture, Open web, Presentations, Talks, Technology
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Also tagged Christian Villum, IT University Copenhagen, ITU, open culture
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I did a guest lecture today at Aalborg University as a part of the so-called Wednesday Lecture series. Quite fun. I did my signature Creative Commons+Uhrlaut/Urlyd talk, but extended to a 1,5 hour session. Thanks to those who attended!I did a guest lecture today at Aalborg University as a part of the so-called Wednesday Lecture […] Read More…
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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Posted in Aarhus, Activism, Copyright, Creative Commons, Open culture, Presentations, Sharing, Talks, Technology
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Also tagged Aarhus, 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…