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Authors Alliance
The Authors Alliance embraces the unprecedented potential digital networks have for the creation and distribution of knowledge and culture. We represent the interests of authors who want to harness this potential to share their creations more broadly in order to serve the public good.
Free Software Song
Opensource.com
At opensource.com, we want to show you the places where the open source way is multiplying ideas and effort, even beyond technology.
1923: A Monthly Zine of Public Domain Treasures
1923 is a year-long zine publication by Parker Higgins distributed on paper to 100 subscribers and online to the world. It was funded through a Kickstarter campaign in January 2019.
A Free, Libre and Open Glossary
A definition of terms like open source, crowdsourcing, gratis and shareable content.
A survey about copyright in the digital age
A survey about people's conception of copyright.
Accessibility Sustainability Excellence
“(R)ecommends a programme of action to enable more people to read and use the publications arising from research.”
Achieving Impossible Things
Six "impossible things": GNU/Linux, Wikipedia, the Creative Commons, the Blender Foundation, Open Hardware, and the OLPC/Sugar project. All created under free licenses for everyone to use, in defiance of our conventional ideas of business economics. Is it magic, coincidence, or just plain common sense at work here?
Ada & Zangemann
'A book that arouses children's interest in tinkering and encourages shaping technology.'
Against Intellectual Property
Kinsella [argues] that the very existence of patents are contrary to a free market, and adds in here copyrights and trademarks too.
Against Monopoly
A blog on intellectual property.
Australian Digital Alliance
'We are Australia's peak body representing copyright users and innovators.'
Australian Government Intellectual Property Manual
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Big Buck Bunny Loves Creative Commons
Why Creative Commons matters.
Bounty Hunters: Metaphors for Fair Intellectual Property Laws
Metaphors for Designing Fair Intellectual Property Laws
CC Government Guide
A guide to using Creative Commons licensing in government.
Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom
Anti-IP libertarian blog from Stephen Kinsella.
Choosealicense.com
A guide to choosing a license.
Code Book
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Communia
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Comunes
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Consequences, risks and side-effects of the license module “non-commercial use only”
The title is comprehensive.
Copy/South Dossier
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Copyright Week
A project from the EFF about problems with copyright.
Copyright for Librarians
"Copyright for Librarians" (CFL) is an online open curriculum on copyright law that was developed jointly with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Copyright in databases in Australia
An article on the circumstances under which copyright would apply to databases.
Copywrong
Facts about how Australian copyright law is out of touch.
Cost of Freedom
Essays on and from the free culture movement.
Creationistas
A lobbying site in favour of fair use.
Creative Commons Certificate
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Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians
Whether you’re a volunteer, professor, instructional designer, researcher, administrator or technologist—or simply looking for a great holiday gift—this book offers a background on copyright law, as well as a clear guide to open licensing and open advocacy. You can read this book on its own or while taking the CC Certificate course.
Creative Commons: A User Guide
A step-by-step guide to the world of CC licenses.
Design Livre
Design Livre is an attitude, a way of conceiving the design and seek a comprehensive and inclusive look, recognizing designs made by people. (translated from Portuguese)
Drafting the Gift Domain
Early Copyright History
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
Defending your rights in the digital world
Ethical Tech Giving Guide
The gifts in the left column respect your freedom much more than those in the right column.
Free As In Freedom
Free Culture Guide
An Arabic guide to free culture.
Free Knowledge Based On Creative Commons Licenses
Problems with using the NonCommercial Creative Commons license term.
Free To Mix
''The guide gives you information, activities and ideas to confidently create a remix from material you know you have the rights to reuse.''
Freesouls
Photos of Joi Ito and writings from others.
Future of Copyright Anthology
Short fiction and non-fiction on the future of copyright.
How Open Is It?
Defining open access.
Icommons
iCommons is a registered UK charity that promotes collaboration among proponents of open education, access to knowledge, free software, open access publishing and free culture communities around the world.
In The Shade Of The Commons
About bridging the gaps between information societies.
Income Models for Open Access
International Journal of the Commons
A journal that discusses resources that can be shared and used collectively.
Issues In Open Research Data
The book features chapters by open data experts in a range of academic disciplines, covering practical information on licensing, ethics, and advice for data curators, alongside more theoretical issues surrounding the adoption of open data.
It's a Jetsons World: Private Miracles and Public Crimes
A book which contrasts extraordinary private innovation with government recalcitrance.
John Colagioia
John Colagioia's blog - including the Free Culture Book Club.
La Quadrature du Net
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Libre Culture
An anthology arguing for freeing up works from copyright.
Libre Graphics Magazine
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LibreBus
A project to raise awareness of libre.
Made with Creative Commons
A guide to sharing your knowledge and creativity with the world, and sustaining your operation while you do.
Moving Image Contest
The results of a contest to explain the tension between culture and copyright.
Muktware
A Linux magazine.
On the Commons
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Open Access Ebooks
''This chapter discusses what Open Access means in the context of e-books, how Open Access e-books can be supported, and the roles that Open Access e-books will play in libraries and in our society.''
Open Access Explained
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Open Data Handbook
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Open Data, Open Society
A research project about openness of public data in EU local administrations
Open Library Of The Humanities
''Welcome to the initial ideas hub for the Open LIbrary of Humanities (OLH): a project exploring a PLOS-style model for the humanities and social sciences.''
Open Licensing of Primary Grade Reading Materials: Considerations and Recommendations
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Open Minded CEOs
A book.
Open Policy Network
''The mission of the Open Policy Network is to foster the creation, adoption and implementation of open policies and practices that advance the public good by supporting open policy advocates, organizations and policy makers, connecting open policy opportunities with assistance, and sharing open policy information.''
Open Source Licensing
Open source books
Learn more about open source and the growing open source movement with our comprehensive list of books below.
Panton Discussions
Conversations about open data in science.
Perspectives On Open And Distance Learning
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Plays Well With Others
"From Creative Commons, Plays Well with Others is a podcast about the art and science of collaboration."
Producing Open Source Software
How to Run a Successful Free Software Project
Public Knowledge
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Pwning Tomorrow
"Donate and download Pwning Tomorrow, a free, Creative Commons-licensed anthology of short fiction curated by EFF! The anthology commemorates EFF's quarter-century of fighting for digital rights, and features superstar writers speculating on the upcoming 25 years and beyond."
Question Copyright
An advocacy group for copyright reform.
Right To Music
A free, fair, independent music advocacy group.
Right2Remix
Advocating for legal remixing.
Sharing Is Liberty
A blog about copyright reform.
ShoeTool
'ShoeTool is an animated fairy tale about an elf shoemaker who thinks he buys a machine to help him make shoes... only to find out that there are there are strings attached to his "purchase."'
Smartcopying
*The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE*
Software Freedom Conservancy
*Software Freedom Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization that helps promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects.*
Spectrum of Rights
A cute explanation of how Creative Commons licenses work
Stephen Kinsella
An anti-IP libertarian writer and lawyer.
Teaching Copyright
"EFF's Teaching Copyright curriculum was created to help teachers present the laws surrounding digital rights in a balanced way."
The Case For Copyright Reform
"The book is a compilation of the strongest articles on reform of the copyright monopoly from Christian Engström (MEP) and (Rick Falkvinge)"
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Digital Public Domain
"(T)he authors argue that the Public Domain — that is, the informational works owned by all of us, be that literature, music, the output of scientific research, educational material or public sector information — is fundamental to a healthy society."
The Foundations For An Open Source City
A book about how Raleigh, North Carolina became an ''open source city''.
The Libre Labyrinth
Navigating the Maze of Free and NonFree Licenses
The Open Book
'The Open Book is a crowdsourced publication that introduces the global movement for open knowledge in the words of those who are helping to build it today.'
The Open Revolution
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The Open Source Way
A book about open source projects.
The Power Of Open
A book from Creative Commons about how those licenses have been used in various projects.
The Wealth Of The Commons
'A new collection of 73 essays that describe the enormous potential of the commons in conceptualizing and building a better future'
Trolling Effects
''Trolling Effects is a resource for those who have been targeted by patent trolls.''
Understanding Open Access
the most up-to-date information about when, why, and how to make your work openly accessible. Our goal is to encourage our members to consider open access publishing by addressing common questions and concerns and by providing real-life strategies and tools that authors can use to work with publishers, institutions, and funders to make their works more widely accessible to all.
What's the Deal with Copyright and 3D Printing
What it says.
Why Open Education Matters
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Why the Heck Should I Care about the TPP?
What it says.
Winning The Web
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copyleft.org
copyleft.org is a collaborative project to create and disseminate useful information, tutorial material, and new policy ideas regarding all forms of copyleft licensing.
Non-free, libre and open licensed
These entries may not be free, libre and open.
A Guide To Open Content Licenses
Bound By Law
A comic book about intellectual property law.
Coase's Penguin
An analysis of the economics behind free, libre and open source software.
Copyright And Creation
A report from the London School of Economics and Political Science, finding that online sharing does not reduce creator profits.
Developing Open Access Electronic Journals: A Practical Guide
What it says in the title.
Framed
Short videos about how law constraints culture.
Free Beer Book
Free Software, Free Society
Selected essays of Richard Stallman.
Google Chrome Comic
An introduction to Google's open source browser project.
Intellectual Property: Law and the Information Society
This book is an introduction to intellectual property law, the set of private legal rights that allows individuals and corporations to control intangible creations and marks—from logos to novels to drug formulae—and the exceptions and limitations that define those rights.
LibrePlanet Gaming Collective
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Open Design Now
A book about the importance of open design.
Our Digital Future
"Internet users from across the globe have come together to create a crowdsourced vision for free expression online."
Sharing The Book
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Theft: A History of Music
A new comic book covering 2000 years of musical borrowing, from Plato to rap.