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Cory Doctorow's new book, Someone Comes to

Cory Doctorow's new book, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, is out today. As usual, the book is available for download under a Creative Commons license.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 20, 2005  •  books   copyright   Cory Doctorow   Creative Commons   open culture   publishing   sciencefiction

The first five mp3s of Beethoven's

The first five mp3s of Beethoven's symphonies are available for download on the BBC site. The site is really slow though...does anyone have a mirror or a BitTorrent available?

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 8, 2005  •  15 comments  •  BBC   beethover   classical music   MP3   music   open culture

BBC Radio will be offering mp3s

BBC Radio will be offering mp3s of all nine of Beethoven's symphonies. "All the symphonies are performed by BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda."

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 3, 2005  •  BBC   beethoven   classical music   MP3   music   open culture

David Byrne on how the tightening of

David Byrne on how the tightening of US borders keeps creativity out of our country. I imagine this has had an effect on the scientific community as well.

By Jason Kottke  •  Apr 25, 2005  •  davidbyrne   open culture   security   usa

Audio from the Who Owns Culture? talk

Audio from the Who Owns Culture? talk by Lessig, Tweedy, and Johnson now online. Streaming audio or mp3.

By Jason Kottke  •  Apr 25, 2005  •  audio   copyright   jefftweedy   Larry Lessig   open culture   remix   Steven Johnson

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