This Wednesday it’s time again to meet for CopyNight! Join us for this fun social gathering about copyright, art, technology and much more. Not just for students only!
What: CopyNight Gainesville
When: Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 at 7pm
Where: Tim and Terry’s (1417 NW 1st Ave.)
The head of the Federal Communications Commission has submitted a plan to relax the 1974 media ownership rules, including repealing a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city. Proponents of the deregulation claim that the rules are outdated, opponents claim that repealing the rules would put too much control of information in the hands of too few companies. The FCC head tried to relax the same rules three years ago, only to have his actions challenged and overturned by an appeals court because of failure to adequately justify the need for a change. For the past three years, the FCC has been holding public hearings and performing studies to prepare for another attempt at changing the rules.
Several members of Florida Free Culture attended and spoke at the FCC hearing in Tampa, so we’ll continue to watch the FCC’s actions and see how well they pay attention when the public speaks out.
We want your art!
Open Art 2008 is the second installment of Florida Free Culture’s showcase of works by local artists and others; with a little bit of luck in the Reitz Union Gallery. Open Art aims to introduce artists and audience to Creative Commons licenses, which help artists share their work. All works exhibited will be available for download and, where permitted by the artist, remix/reuse or commercial use. This “open art” will help to remove barriers to culture and creativity and help artists find a wider audience.
How does it work?
Submissions are due by Monday October 29th at 11.59pm! Submit your work online or send us an email to arrange a pickup if your artwork is not in a digital form. Submissions can be anything from paintings to collages but most have been photographs. You can submit as many pieces as you wish.
Learn more about Creative Commons.
For more about last years event, see this page.
It’s time again for Free Your PC! We’ll be offering FREE McAfee antivirus protection, productivity and creativity software, games, and much more. If you’ve ever been interested in learning more about the Free Software movement or just need your PC cleaned up, bring your Mac or Windows laptop by and let us do the work for you!
When: Tuesday & Wednesday, Oct 9&10, 10am - 2pm
Where: Reitz Union Colonnade
Florida Free Culture is a student group at the University of Florida. Our mission is:
We are named for Lawrence Lessig's book, Free Culture, and are a chapter of FreeCulture.org.
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