On Sunday January 14, 2018 Wikimedia NYC will celebrate Wikipedia’s 17th Birthday with its annual Wikipedia Day Conference, supported by the Free Culture Alliance NYC (including ISOC-NY). This year’s event will again be at the Ace Hotel NYC,and … Read the rest “MEETUP/WEBCAST SUNDAY – #WikipediaDay NYC 2018 @acehotelnewyork #shapetomorrow”
ISOC-NY is a member of the Free Culture Alliance NYC, an informal umbrella group of organizations in the New York City area with an interest in the Free Culture movement, Open Education, and related developments at the boundaries of … Read the rest “TUESDAY: Free Culture Alliance NYC Happy Hour #freeculture #fcanyc”
The 2013 Students for Free Culture Conference will take place on April 20th and 21st, 2013 at New York Law School. Through panels and keynote speakers, FCX2013 will focus on current issues in intellectual property law, open access to educational … Read the rest “WEBCAST: Students for Free Culture Conference Sat/Sun at New York Law School #fcx2013 #freeculture @NYLawSchool”
Missed this event oops !
ISOC-NY webcasts from Sat afternoon
James Vasile http://livestre.am/4qE7p (starts 19 mins in)
Makers, Hackers, and the World They Build http://livestre.am/4qEk3
Online Speech and Its Regulation http://livestre.am/4qLjX
The Wiki World’s Fair / Free Culture World’s Fair will be held on Governors Island in beautiful New York Harbor on Saturday July 7 (raindate: Sunday July 8 ) as part of the Great American Wiknic, and in welcoming … Read the rest “Wiki World’s Fair / Free Culture World’s Fair – Governors Island NYC – July 7 2012 #freeculture #nyc”
The OpenCourseWare Consortium has organized the first annual Open Education Week which will happen this week March 5-10, 2012. Open Education Week is a global event that seeks to raise awareness about the benefits of free and open sharing in … Read the rest “Open Education Week – March 5-10 2012 – event links #freeculture #openeducationwk #oer”
On October 19 2011 the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (ICAC) celebrated the 15th anniversary of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (HR 1555), an addendum to the Telecommunications Act of 1996. It was Section 230 that introduced the … Read the rest “ICAC celebrates 15 years of “safe harbor” protection for ISPs #netfreedom #freeculture”
A short video Cory Doctorow recorded for The Guardian called “Every Pirate Wants to Be an Admiral,” in which he lays out the case for a less-restrictive copyright as better for culture.
The 17th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council takes place in Geneva from 30 May – 17 June 2011. In preparation a number of reports have been filed, including one from Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection … Read the rest “UN Human Rights Council report on freedom of expression condemns Internet controls #netfreedom @UN_HRC”
Freedom House has released Freedom on the Net 2011: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media – a new study on encroachments on internet freedom worldwide.
The study found that Estonia had the greatest degree of internet freedom among … Read the rest “Freedom on the Net 2011 Report issued #freedom #freeculture”
As part of an NPR series on recording formats, a story on mp3 – including an excellent interview with “father of mp3” Karlheinz Brandenburg – yields the full tale of the rise of the format, how it escaped its parents, … Read the rest “NPR: The History of MP3 #freeculture”
Mansoor Ahmed are discussing.
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