Cory Doctorow's new young adult novel, Little Brother, is now available as a free download under a creative commons license. If you read this blog much, you know that I love creative commons and ebooks. The two go together like peanut butter and chocolate. You might know Cory from BoingBoing.net or his work with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. If you have a Kindle or Sony Reader, give this book a read. And if you like it, tell people.
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Lessig wants to build a “creative commons in Congress”: “Lessig wants to build a ‘creative commons in Congress’
By Julian Sanchez | Published: February 20, 2008 - 11:45PM CT
Stanford legal theorist Lawrence Lessig isn’t throwing his hat into the ring quite yet, but the renowned cyberlawyer has announced that he is seriously considering a run for [...]
A friend told me about www.manybooks.net today. This site is a terrific source of public domain and creative commons eBooks in a variety of formats, including the Sony Reader and Kindle. Once you have searched for the book of your choice, simply select “kindle” from the pull down format menu and save it [...]
This would be a huge step in the right direction. Professor Lessig is an ideal candidate to explain to luddites in the House and Senate that the Internet is not a series of tubes.
Full Bio: http://lessig.org/info/resume/
Lessig For Congress?: “luge writes ‘With the unfortunate passing of Congressman Tom Lantos, parts of Silicon Valley and [...]
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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