Archive For The “Creative Commons” Category

Joining the copyright dots…

By | July 15, 2011

I’ve been trying unsuccessfully today and yesterday to upload the above video to YouTube. It’s of a 2007 TED Talk by Lawrence Lessig, about the effect of copyright law on creativity. I like it for a few reasons, namely that I’ve learned a lot about co…

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‘Winter In America’ – a tribute

By | June 25, 2011

I first became aware of Gil Scott-Heron around the early to mid-nineties, while I was at university, although it was a while till I actually got where he was coming from. He was often listed on posters around town as playing at something like that …

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10 things…about ’10 things’

By | May 28, 2011

In order to provide some sort of structure to a new feature here at ‘Postings From An Edge’, here are 10 things about ’10 things…’. This will give me a framework from which to write and guidance to any future guest posters.
’10 things…’ posts… ca…

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10 things…about ’10 things’

By | May 28, 2011

In order to provide some sort of structure to a new feature here at ‘Postings From An Edge’, here are 10 things about ’10 things…’. This will give me a framework from which to write and guidance to any future guest posters.
’10 things…’ posts… ca…

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Creative Commons in the Classroom: Use, Share, Remix

By | April 11, 2011

  On Tuesday 19 April, I will be speaking at IATEFL in Brighton – my first presentation at an international conference. I am due to present on the use of Creative Commons-licensed works (hereafter CC) in the classroom and other copyright-related issu…

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Creative Commons in the Classroom: Use, Share, Remix

By | April 11, 2011

  On Tuesday 19 April, I will be speaking at IATEFL in Brighton – my first presentation at an international conference. I am due to present on the use of Creative Commons-licensed works (hereafter CC) in the classroom and other copyright-related issu…

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Unformed thoughts on the Internet

By | February 25, 2011

‘Digitage Web 2.0′ by ocean.flynn (issued under CC-BY-NC-SA license)As with so many millions of others around the world, the Internet has become a major feature of my life. Not only do I spend a lot of ‘leisure’ time on it, but I also use it and tea…

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Steampunk Wallpaper

By | February 18, 2011

I took the plunge a little while ago and went for issuing my Flickr-hosted photos under the least restrictive CC licence (a simple Attribution one), with the intention of allowing people to make use of them as they see fit. This essentially means that …

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New film: ‘Station To Ocean’

By | February 4, 2011

It’s been in the pipeline for a few months now, was initiated before winter began and is coming out now that winter is ending – the latest short from Globalism Films.Titled ‘Station To Ocean’, this short film was produced in response to a call for vide…

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Changed terms of use

By | January 9, 2011

I’ve got some stuff coming up here soon on using Creative Commons licenses, so thought that I’d put money were mouth is and open up the content of this blog for licensing. I’m not really sure how much blog content gets used out on the wilds of the open…

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