Creativity

The contest resulted in some superior and innovative work. "Some of the templates show just how advanced and flexible Openoffice.org's OpenDocument format is as both a Word and Spreadsheet ODF processor. The winning templates and many others breaks a myth that Openoffice.org cannot do advanced editing functions like Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel. It is obvious that Openoffice.org has come of age and is more than just a free alternative to MS Office but is an extremely worthy competitor" said Russell Ossendryver, Managing Director of Worldlabel.com. ...

I resist the urge to title this entry as "The monster speaks". Knowing the history of RIAA as of late and their actions, you can barely get yourself to even read what its president has to say. Should you need a reminder just think of all the not-so-rich families which have been sued over their heads for supposed copyright infringement even without proper evidence and a transparent process....

My dear reader. As you may have noticed we are living in an extremely interesting time. Things are changing so fast that every year may count numerous defining moments for our future. Alot of the future depends on you, whoever you may be. This article is for you, a person who just wants to live a good life and occassionaly have some fun. You need to be given an opportunity to prove yourself and freedom to be yourself. I am sure you have certain passions in your life and I am almost sure that whatever this passion is, it involves a certain amount of creativity....

Copyright has a reason for being. In principle, no one should be against copyright. It is a matter for social justice to some extent within capitalist relations of production. ...

I dont know if you have heard of the manga guyver. But it has interesting ideas about biotechnology. Here you can find more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_Booster_Armor_Guyver Here you can download the manga: http://japan-legend.com/wiki/index.php?title=Guyver:_scanlations I am myself am a big fan of the guyver. I collect almost everything that has to do with guyver. Manga, figures etc. This is a picture of my collection: [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/proto-guybaa2/guyver%20collection/Afbeeldingfsdfe316.jpg[/IMG] ...

Has anyone here watched this movie called "V for Vendetta"? What did you think of it? I did recently and it's gotta be one of the best movies I've ever watched. I might have not said something like some months ago, but from where I stand today the movie is a perfect fit, might even call it positively life changing and incredibly inspiring. ...

[quote=Opportunist][quote=tkrotchko]d) so-called "intellectual property" will be treated as real property, including the levy of "property tax" on the fair market value of the so-called "intellectual property". This would encourage artists and companies to maximize the value of productive property and abandon property that is not productive.[/quote] OMG. This is one of the most insightful ideas concerning copyright since its conception. If anything, this would be a huge leap towards more balance between those that create and those that use that creation, either to consume it or to create so...

From slashdot:[quote=/.]"The Internet Archive, whose main claim to fame is the Wayback Machine, designed to archive the internet's web history, has created a new project: the Open Content Alliance. It's purpose is to open the nation's library collections to universal web search. A number of major library systems, including the Boston Public Library and Smithsonian, have refused to sign up with competing ventures by Microsoft and Google because they do not provide for universal access to digitized books. These commercial ventures prohibit books being accessed by competing search engines....

Jono Bacon who is an Ubuntu Community Manager at ...

Universal Music decided to experiment with the sale of DRM-free mp3's. Eexperiment will run from August to January and wil include Google, Wal-Mart, and Amazon.com, but not iTunes....

This looks like a nice project unfolding, a DVD of Free Culture materials. All the stuff on the DVD gives you at least the right to share. I found out about it from this article I went to after cleaning out my bookmarks....

A collection of public domain fonts. I wish the site offered previews :/ ....