Platform – Journal of Media and Communication
PLATFORM JO U R N al of MEDI A A ND Comm UNI cat I O N Yes, We’re Open! Why Open Source, Open Content and Open Access A Creative Commons Special Edition Dec 2010 ISSN: 1836-5132 online PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication Yes, We’re Open! Why Open Source, Open Content and Open Access. A Creative Commons Special Edition has been edited by graduate students at the University of Melbourne. It is published by the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne. Unless stated otherwise, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. TABLE OF CON T EN T S 1. Editorial By Elliott Bledsoe and Jessica Coates, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. 2. An Interview with Esther Wojcicki By Elliott Bledsoe and Jessica Coates, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. 3. The State of the Commons: Case Studies 2010 By Rachel Cobcroft, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. 4. Sharing with Creative Commons: A Business Model for Content Creators By Cheryl Foong, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. 5. Can Open Mean Terbuka? Negotiating Licenses for Indonesian Video Activism By Alexandra Crosby, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia and Ferdiansyah Thajib, KUNCI Cultural Studies Center, Indonesia. 6. Cooperation and Competition in Open Production By Peter Jakobsson, Södertörn University, Sweden. Editorial • 3 EDI T ORIAL ELLIO tt BLEDSOE AND JESSI C A COA T ES ARC CEN T RE OF EX C ELLEN C E FOR CREA T IVE INDUS T RIES AND INNOVA T ION , QUEENSLAND UNIVERSI T Y OF TE C HNOLOGY , AUS T RALIA Arguably, the concept of an ‘open’ or ‘free culture’ movement first emerged when Richard Stallman was lamenting a paper jam.
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