Category Archives: creative commons

Digital copyright: it’s all wrong

By Craig | Published: June 11, 2008

A draft treaty proposes draconian measures to protect copyright. THE forces of reaction are fighting back. As they often do, they are carrying out their planning in secret, in the knowledge that if more people knew of their activities they would not be allowed to get away with it (link)

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Developing the UK’s e-infrastructure for science and innovation

By Craig | Published: October 12, 2007

Produced by the Office of Science and Innovation (OSI) e-Infrastructure Working Group, the report – Developing the UK’s e-infrastructure for science and innovation – sets out the requirements for a national e-infrastructure to help ensure the UK maintains and indeed enhances its global standing in science and innovation in an increasingly competitive world (link)

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What is HASTAC?

By Craig | Published: August 15, 2007

A consortium of humanists, artists, scientists, social scientists, and engineers from universities across the country, HASTAC (“Haystack”) is committed to new forms of collaboration across institutions, disciplines, and communities to promote creative uses of technology. Since 2003, we have been developing tools for multimedia archiving and social interaction, gaming environments for teaching, innovative educational programs [...]

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FEDORA COMMONS AWARDED $4.9M GRANT TO DEVELOP OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR BUILDING COLLABORATIVE INFORMATION COMMUNITIES

By Craig | Published: August 15, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Fedora Commons: Sandy Payette (607) 255-9222, payette@cs.cornell.edu http://www.fedora-commons.org Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation: Greg Nelson (415) 561-7427, greg.nelson@moore.org FEDORA COMMONS AWARDED $4.9M GRANT TO DEVELOP OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR BUILDING COLLABORATIVE INFORMATION COMMUNITIES (Ithaca, New York, August 10, 2007) – Fedora Commons today announced the award of a four year, $4.9M grant [...]

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What is WIPO?

By Craig | Published: September 1, 2006

One of the 21st Century’s greatest battlegrounds (apart from water, energy, and enviromentalism) will be the battle over ideas; or atleast the battle over who ownes those ideas. As Western societies move towards ‘knowledge based economies’ or economies where the manufacture and consumption of ‘knowledge and culture’ become the driving force of our economies (ie. [...]

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    Hi, my name is Dr Craig Bellamy and I am a digital humanities analyst for the Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative, a consortium based at the University of Melbourne, however, the views expressed in this blog are the responsibility of the author alone.

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