Monthly Archives: August 2008

Getting the Ball Rolling: Formats for Licensing and Attribution

By Rob Linton on August 28, 2008

So even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, right?  I think I heard that somewhere before…
With that in mind here’s some preliminary thinking on a licensing and attribution format.

Posted in Licensing & Attribution, Microformat and Mark-up

Ubiquity Illustrates Impressive Thinking and the Need for Attribution Microformat

By David Gratton on August 27, 2008

The net was a buzz with with Aza Raskin’s post on Ubiquity: An experiment into connecting the Web with language.

Posted in Events, Licensing & Attribution, Microformat and Mark-up, Technology Innovation

The Long Trail

By Rob Linton on August 26, 2008

Lucas Gonze just blogged about our endeavours here and brought some very interesting points to light.

Posted in Copyright, Licensing & Attribution, Media, Microformat and Mark-up

The Need for an Attribution Trail

By David Gratton on August 25, 2008

When content is being reused from one source to another, etiquette and ethics would insist that the content creator (the person reusing content) provide clear attribution and links to the original content while obeying the content’s license.
When searching for an example of proper attribution, I had to go no further than Miss 604’s blog, aka [...]

Posted in Ethical Reuse, Events, Licensing & Attribution, Microformat and Mark-up, RDFa, Technology Innovation

Copyright Questions by the Truck Load

By Rob Linton on August 21, 2008

Janko Roettgers blogged about this German gem on p2p-blog.com:
German avant-garde musician Johannes Kreidler has composed a song that quotes from 70,200 other musical works in merely 33 seconds. Did I mention he’s an avant-garde musician? In any case, he’s trying to be a good citizen and properly report all of the songs he used to [...]

Posted in General Discussion, Microformat and Mark-up
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