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Harvard's Berkman Center: Second Life Course

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as an Extension/Distance education through virtual world Second Life. live interactive sessions with remote students in Second Life. will also be licensed through Creative Commons and distributed to the general. "CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion," will be the first Harvard course. The course.

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Creative Commons Licensing Teachable Moment and An Apology!

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who I met in Second Life for advice) The link got fixed, but no apology! of the power of the "by" license and had just turned my default to it. I put that photo under that license because that was the default licensing available in flickr. To add insult to injury, the link was working! I appreciate it!

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Spotted: Another Hold The Sign Meme on Flickr

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I asked permission and also suggested they switch the license. It's cool to see these in flickr, an even cooler in Second Life - like the Avatars Against War. Unfortunately, most of the photos are under an "All Rights Reserved" copyright which can be a barrier to spreading them because you have to ask permission.

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Guest Post by Alan Levine: Social Media Recap from NMC 2009

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cc licensed flickr photo shared by alumroot. cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog. cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog. We managed to get a medium quality Quicktime stream that we put into Second Life, and higher quality Flash video stream , that we made available on the web. Previously, On NMC….

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Is some big old mean (ahem) commercial scavenger getting fabulously rich off of my photos?

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That's a photo I took of Marc Canter at the first Blogher Conference in July, 2005 I put it in flickr with an "All Rights Reserved" license which is the flickr default. Back then, I was totally ignorant of creative commons licensing versus all rights reserved. I had never changed it. ve always set my content free.

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Technology Hype Cycle from Gartner

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cc "BY" license Photo by Cosmic Spanner What we're witnessing with the hype and anti-hype or schmype swirling around Web2.0

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NpTech Tag Summary: Highlights from the NpDev and More

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Lucy Bernholz summarizes what NY Times Columnist, David Pogue has shared about his experience in Second Life and suggests his comments are revealing regarding the development of an independent sector in the virtual world. A Better World In Second Life Blog is tracking political activism taking place in virtual worlds.

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