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Chances are, this is what you want to see. This Flash presentation combines Lawrence Lessig's original 243-slide presentation (on the current state of intellectual property and its ramifications on creativity and culture) timed against the audio of his OSCON 2002 keynote address. [Note: If you're having strange audio on Linux or Mac, trying using the fast forward/reverse buttons, which may clear up the sound.
Free Culture: Lawrence Lessig Keynote from OSCON 2002 - O'Reilly Media
by Lawrence Lessig 08/15/2002
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This collection of articles from PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases and other PLoS journals focuses on the application of genetically modified (GM) insects for control of animal and plant diseases.
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In the latter half of the 17th century the English polymath Thomas Browne wrote Musaeum Clausum, an imagined inventory of ‘remarkable books, antiquities, pictures and rarities of several kinds, scarce or never seen by any man now living’. Claire Preston explores Browne’s extraordinary catalogue amid the wider context of a Renaissance preoccupation with lost... When he died in 1921 the singer Enrico Caruso left behind him approximately 290 commercially released recordings, and a significant mark upon on the opera world including more than 800 appearances at the New York Met.
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This intervention was delivered by India at today's WTO Council for TRIPS during discussions of agenda item "N" on IP Enforcement Trends.By Michel Bauwens, originally published at http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-new-years-message-of-the-p2p-foundation-what-digital-commoners-need-to-do/2011/01/01/
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On May 8, the latest negotiating session for the latest secretive trade agreement will start in Dallas and continue for two weeks.Miro Community
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Getting depressed by all the negative news about the Euro, recession, unemployment, and so on? Find instant inspiration in these 10 movies about our near future…. More movies?Friday November 11 - Sunday November 13 FSCONS is over. Thanks for a great conference!
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Welcome to the Internet’s best source for what you love most… incredible free stuff!We have collected over a thousand examples of Collaborative Consumption from all corners of the world. Below is just a handful of the hottest ideas from around the globe. If you spot or know of any great examples in your area, please add them to our CC Antenna .