http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:22:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en you might have heard that the Wikimedia Foundation and the National Portrait Gallery are having a bit of a row these days. At the core of the dispute lies the fact that in march an English wikipedia administrator by the name of Derrick Coetzee uploaded more than 3000 high resolution ... http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland/2009/07/26/uk_national_portrait_gallery_vs_wikimedia_vs_the_public_domain/ Last Wednesday I attended the launch of 'Adieu auteursrecht, vaarwel culturele conglomeraten' the new book by Joost Smiers. In this book he argues that (a) copyright is harmful, because it has led to large conglomerates dominating the production of culture and that (b) the world would be better off without ... http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland/2009/06/16/taking_the_copy_out_of_copyright/ Loes Peeperkorn from the Scen foundation kicked off the conference ‘Nu voor Later’ at the Reinwardt Academy.  She welcomed everybody and spoke about the conference’s goal; to increase attention for IT heritage or ‘new heritage’ in the Netherlands.  The Scen foundation, co-organizer of the conference, is a collaboration between collectors, ... http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland/2009/03/30/nu_voor_later_conference/ Early last year the Dutch government (the ministry for Economic Affairs, the Justice Department and the ministry for Education Culture and Science to be precise) commissioned a research report on the socio economical aspects of (peer 2 peer) file sharing. Last week the research consortium formed by TNO, SEO & ... http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland/2009/01/21/why_trying_to_become_a_guitar_hero_is_bad_for_the_music_industry_but_good_for_the_economy/ In July 2008 the European Commission published a Green Paper on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy. According to the Commission, The purpose of the Green Paper is to foster a debate on how knowledge for research, science and education can best be disseminated in the online environment. The Green Paper aims ... http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland/2008/12/01/comments_on_the_eu_green_paper_on_copyright_in_the_knowledge_economy/ The presidential campaigns are in their final stage, elections are coming up.  Time to already have a cautious look what might happen after November 4th. For instance, what will happen with science and technology policy under the next administration? The people of Sciencedebate 2008 provide us that view. They asked ... http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland/2008/10/27/who_will_be_cto_of_america/ Professor Bernt Hugenholtz the director of the Institute for Information Law (IVIR) at the University in Amsterdam (and Legal project Lead for Creative Commons Netherlands) has written an open letter to the president of the European Commission, Manuel Barroso in which he is expressing his irritation with the European ... http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland/2008/09/01/eu_commission_ignores_scientific_studies_on_copyright_term_extension_listens_to_music_industry_instead/ Last week Politiek Online had its first get-together in a series of diner conversations, theme for the evening: E-participation (soup with gremola, duck, cucumber salad, a glass of wine and other home made pleasantries). Why is it that we trust in Wikipedia, but shrug at the outcomes of discussions with citizens? ... http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland/2008/04/18/in_crowds_we_trust/ Felix Stalder has posted an interesting review of the recent Economies of the Commons Conference (organized by Knowledgeland in collaboration with the Balie, Images for the Future, p2p fusion and Creative Commons Netherlands) to the nettime mailing list. His review highlights the increasingly difficult position that large archive projects (like ... http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland/2008/04/16/copyright_dungeons_and_grey_zones/ Knowledgeland, Sound & Vision, The Balie and other organizations host the conference 'Economies of the Commons' at debate-center The Balie in Amsterdam on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th of April . Leading experts and specialists from audiovisual archives (BBC, INA), libraries, frontrunners in open access and the music industry (Last.fm ... http://blog.kennisland.nl/knowledgeland/2008/04/11/economies_of_the_commons_-_live_/