CC legal day session 3 – enforcement Key points from Lessig talk Discussed the reasons for retiring CC licences, most recently the stand alone developing nations and most of the sampling licences. Main two reasons — lack of use and the possibility of publishers using DevNations to avoid publishing under a “true” open access licence. [...]

Session 2 on trying to measure use of CC. Mike Linksvayer went through some of the problems in trying to track CC use.  Key points: Search for backlinks is very volatile because the numbers differ between search engines and can vary depending on which server (of the search engine) you happen to be on. Google’s [...]

Arrived in Dubrovnik — Many thanks to the entire iCommons team for everything! Session one – Localizing 3.0 After an introduction by Catharina and Heather, two representatives from CC-Netherlands discussed the versioning process to 3.0. CC-Scotland is in the middle of updating from 2.5 to 3.0, and this will prove helpful. For those that are [...]

I thought I’d post this email I received asking for contributions to a survey for those of you working at a museum or gallery. I attended Ghufran’s PhD lunch, where PhD students give a one hour presentation on their research over lunch, last month. She is at an early stage in her research, but I [...]

I just got news that I received a scholarship to attend this year’s iCommons iSummit in Dubrovnik, Croatia. I will be attending the legal day as part of the team from CC-Scotland, and I’ll be wearing my Open Rights Group hat as well. I’m not presenting or anything, but I will be soaking up all [...]

I’ve been following the Legal Lad’s Quick and Dirty Tips for a more lawful life podcast, in part because I want to see how someone deals with trying to offer information about the law without running afoul of creating an attorney / client relationship or engaging in unauthorised practice of law. The Legal Lad is [...]

In “Unique Idea of Festival Ownership” the Scotsman interviews Pete Irvine, who runs an Edinburgh based events firm, on his new approach to ownership of the events that his company creates: After years of creating festivals and events through his Edinburgh-based firm, including the city’s famous Hogmanay celebrations, Irvine feels that the time has come [...]