People who study race, gender, and anthropology sometimes talk about “code-switching“: the way a person who straddles different cultures (poor and rich, minority and majority, north and south) learns to toggle between the lingo and mannerisms of each to survive, or in some cases, thrive. One of the several “ah ha!” moments of Siva Vaidhyanathan‘s…

Since I first implemented ccValidator late last year, I’ve been encouraged by the amount of feedback and suggestions I’ve received. Common-ers everywhere have pointed out bugs, suggested improvements and encouraged it’s development into a useful tool. Today, ccValidator has a new home: validator.creativecommons.org and a handful of new features. The validator now supports metadata specified…

“Germany debuts Creative Commons” by Monika Ermert

The Washington Post has a nice article about the innovative and all-around-fantastic Public Radio Exchange today. PRX bills itself as “an online service for peer-review and digital distribution of public radio programming”: it’s a low-friction clearinghouse for great radio. In the words of the article: Every minute of every hour, great gobs of fantastic, imaginative…

“BBC to Open Content Floodgates” by Katie Dean

“Flashline aims to ease open-source transition” by John K. Waters

“‘Exploiting’ a DRM speech” by Todd Bishop

“Public Interest Groups make Internet an Election Issue” by Russell McOrmond

“When standards don’t apply” by David Becker

“Culture Warrior” by Sandy Starr