Initial details here. We still haven't officially nailed down the date, though it will likely be January 18th, Wednesday, 5pm SLT. (Will update if this changes, of course.)
The book he'll be discussing, Free Culture, is available, well, for free, here, and at better bookstores worldwide. When/if we can get Larry's consent, we're hoping to have an SL edition available in the weeks before the event.
To reserve a spot at the event, join the group "Free Culture".
More details after New Year's. Meantime, please join Free Culture to discuss his ideas with others in-world, or do so here, in this topic.
I'll give you a topic: does Second Life's success thus far prove his theories correct?
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Hamlet Linden
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12-23-2005 21:53
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Mikey Dripp
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Contradiction
12-27-2005 14:36
SL's success actually contradicts Lessig's thesis. Lessig is founder of the Creative Commons movement, which encourages free sharing of information and designs, similar to open source software. In SL the most successful designs and designers tend to be the ones who protect their content. Most objects and patterns are sold without full mod/copy rights, and successful, widely used open-source designs are rather rare. I'd even suggest that free designs have a reputation for being "cheap" and low quality. It will be interesting to hear Lessig's response to these trends in SL but please don't give him the impression that sharing designs and letting others build on your work is the norm here.
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Hiro Habsburg
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Free Culture group
12-27-2005 20:23
Would love to join, but it seems to be a closed group!
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Hamlet Linden
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12-28-2005 15:09
Crap, will have to fix that when I'm back in-world on the 2nd.
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Altruima Linden
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12-28-2005 15:37
It's been fixed. The group Free Culture is now open for joining, find it in-world by clicking the Find button > Groups tab, and searching for it. Just click "Join Now" and you're all set.
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Hiro Habsburg
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12-28-2005 17:46
Thanks!
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Hamlet Linden
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01-03-2006 21:44
New reading assignment!
Professor Lessig is rewriting his classic book Code and specifically requested that Second Life Residents comment on a pertinent section of it, when he appears in mid-January: http://codebook.jot.com/Book/Chapter2/Ch2Part1 He's referring to the section called "Borders", just a few pages. Check it out, discuss! _____________________
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01-04-2006 01:01
In SL the most successful designs and designers tend to be the ones who protect their content. In general? Maybe. I'm thinking of Beryl Greenacre's cherry tree (correct copy) which there are a bazillion of all over second life. |
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Hamlet Linden
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01-10-2006 17:53
Event link here.
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Hamlet Linden
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01-12-2006 21:56
Reservations have reached full capacity (100+!) and so group membership has been closed. Check this forum topic or my blog for announcements on attending the event remotely-- either via a "repeater" area, where the conversation is re-broadcast, or at selected sites that'll (hopefully) stream an audio stream "play by play" as it happens. All participants will have a chance to ask questions of Lessig and (space permitting) get copies of his book signed. In any case, an edited transcript of the conversation will be blogged here the following week.
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Hamlet Linden
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01-14-2006 13:35
More updates!
http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/01/reading_lessig_.html http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/01/watching_lessig.html _____________________
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Hamlet Linden
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01-16-2006 17:01
Lessig Video Watching Party!
http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=139706&date=1137463200 Everyon can come to this one (well, server allowing.) _____________________
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Hamlet Linden
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01-17-2006 04:41
If you'd like a text repeater for the Lessig event, IM me and I'll drop one in yer inventory...
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Hamlet Linden
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01-19-2006 12:22
Illustrated transcript to yesterday's event begins here and will continue over the next few days. Thanks to everyone who came and listened, it was a great event, and Professor Lessig said he had a great time. I'm pretty sure we can bring him back fairly soon.
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01-19-2006 14:15
Just so you know, I was listening and trying to send a clarification to my question via IM. Guess it didn't make it through. Bummer that.
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Hamlet Linden
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01-23-2006 19:59
Who wants to become an officer of Free Culture to run Lessig-oriented events/ fundraisers/etc, including those potentially involving Professor Lessig himself? There's room for up to ten officers, so far four members of Free Culture have expressed interest. IM or e-mail me if you want to nominate yourself (or nominate another FC member.)
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Hamlet Linden
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01-25-2006 23:30
Events for Free Culture!
The listings: http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=145766&date=1138780800 http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=145768&date=1139040000 The text: Join us to plan cool, engaging events Lawrence Lessig's ideas and in support of Creative Commons. Attendance is open to all-- just join the Free Culture group. If you've expressed interest in being an Officer of Free Culture, bring your plans and dreams for events and fun fundraisers to present. After this event, we'll vote on Officers based on them! _____________________
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Hamlet Linden
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01-30-2006 16:43
The latest Lessig fun here:
http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/01/lord_of_the_les.html Meet us this Wed. or Sat. to help us plan the next event! http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=145766&date=1138849200 http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=145768&date=1139090400 _____________________
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Hamlet Linden
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02-08-2006 01:06
The Free Culture group now has its own Forum-- come on over an introduce yourself! As folks who've gone to the last few FC events in-world, we have folks from Creative Commons and Freeculture.org involved, along with an impressively diverse, talented range of folks.
Jump on in here: /invalid_link.html _____________________
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