Archive for October, 2006

Stray Cinema

Stray Cinema is an open source film. It is an exploration of the possibilities of the information-sharing age. We aim to become a continuing community that uses the potential of modern info-sharing technologies and paradigms to create movies that are then Continue reading »

• 31st Oct, 2006
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How Non-Commercial Licenses make Business

John Buckman is a popular guy among those interested in commons-based businesses. iCommons recently caught up with him in Tokyo, and last week we here at openbusiness made a pilgrimage to London's Covent Garden for dumplings Continue reading »

• 31st Oct, 2006
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Hacker ethic and the Real World

About Wines and Hackers: P2P Foundation Blog discovered recently that the open business model is more usual in the traditional businesses than it is usually thought. Stormhoek is a South African winery that self discovered that their creative and productive Continue reading »

• 31st Oct, 2006
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Soft stroking on culture’s head

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Let's talk about an alternative script: on its première day, a movie is also officially released on Overmundo project website and on peer-to-peer file sharing networks. That's how came to light Continue reading »

• 30th Oct, 2006
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From the Elitism of Web 1.0 to the Bubble 2.0

Web 2.0 is associated with two different meanings: a collection of participatory and collaborative technologies and an organizational model for social networks. Both ideas are complimentary, giving rise to new opportunities in communication, activism and business. Also, web 2.0 could be understood as Continue reading »

• 27th Oct, 2006
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Open University becomes more Open

The Open University has just opened its OpenLearn service where educational resources are available for free. They completely follow what I'd call 'remix-philosophy'. They write:"(...) share and reuse educational resources. Download some learning materials, adapt to your needs: translate, shorten, extend, Continue reading »

• 27th Oct, 2006
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Cafuné é bom. No cinema e em casa.

Este é um filme diferente: no mesmo dia em que foi lançado nas salas de exibição de cinema, era também oficialmente disponibilizado no site Overmundo e nas redes p2p de compartilhamento de arquivos. Assim veio ao público Continue reading »