If you missed out on our moving images contest earlier this year, you have a second chance of sorts. The Center for the Study of the Public Domain’s Arts Project Contest is based on our moving images contest. A contest to create a 2-minute moving image that explains to the public some of the tensions…

David Byrne’s tour journal now has an entry for last week’s WIRED concert and Creative Commons benefit. Byrne on the songs he and Gilberto Gil played together: Over the last few weeks I’ve been E-mailing his people regarding the possibilities of us doing a song or 2 together. We’ve exchanged ideas and MP3s via Email,…

The traditional academic journal publishing model has readers pay very steep fees for access. Open access publishers are challenging this model with a new one that allows free public access, with costs paid by submission fees. The sustainability of the open access has been the subject of much debate. We’ve linked to a Nature forum…

BBC commentator Bill Thompson, riffing on the ongoing dispute between Apple Computer and Apple Corps (the Beatles), has a suggestion: In the days they set up Apple Corps they were radical hippies who challenged the establishment in many ways. Wouldn’t it be nice if they did the same thing now, and made the music available…

We’ve written about iRATE radio and Magnatune several times in the past, including together. Now Erik Möller writes a nice article about discovering Magnatune artist William Brooks via iRATE.