It’s the surest way to become a multimillionaire according to research carried out by economist Jason Potts, Queensland University of Technology (Australia). His findings indicate that “one in three of Australia’s young multimillionaires aged 40 or under made their fortunes in the creative industries”.
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Creativecommons.org has been thoroughly restyled. A fresh face has been applied to the website. I think the new design of the Commons Deeds (the texts that tell you the main content of the license) looks really fresh. Also some of the symbols used to clarify the licenses have been altered. A notable change is the […]

Australia has reviewed its copyright law and will allow Australians to make private copies of copyrighted work. This means that people who copy cd’s to their iPod are no longer breaking the law. With any luck the new law will come into effect before Christmas.
Meanwhile, in the UK Andrew Gowers published the Gowers Review of […]

It’s been some weeks now since Copybot invoked Second Life citizens to revolt. And days have passed since the British government did decide not to extend the duration of copyright protection. We have also become aware of it that Microsoft’s Zune does not go well together with Creative Commons. While this weblog was down the […]