Commons-sense conference: 25-27 May
For three days, participants from around Africa and the world will gather to strategise towards the realisation of an African Digital Information Commons.
This international event, carried out with a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), will encourage understanding of how alternative approaches to copyright and content-sharing, enabled by digital technologies and electronic networks, can be used in developing countries to enhance education and innovation.
The conference begins the evening of 25 May with the launch of Creative Commons South Africa by Creative Commons Chairperson Lawrence Lessig, Law Professor from Stanford University. The next two days will feature keynote addresses, case studies and demonstrations by “information commons” pioneers from the US, Brazil, India, Europe and several African countries. Delegates will share experiences and be equipped with the tools needed to implement open content and other flexible copyright approaches to digital publishing.
See www.commons-sense.org for more!
May 22nd, 2005 at 7:35 pm
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