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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community. Since I’ve been working on IP policy and licensing on Bookshare, I was quite interested and had ideas of how to work with companies to apply their IP to social needs.

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In Case You Missed It

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But simply having the list may drive more interesting traffic, like, oh, Barham Salih, Iraq's Deputy P.M. Sample tweet: " We must finish paper on Iraq economic vision- but assumptions made so far risky and not verified with available data!" Creative Commons wants to hear how you use their license.

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Nonprofit Blog Highlight: Global Fund for Women

Have Fun - Do Good

Hamid, the Founder and Director of New Horizon for Woman, was particularly moving: "To all sisters and to all friends, What you hear from the media is little of the chaotic situation in Iraq. The reality is more tragic in Baghdad; killing and kidnapping take place day and night. No one feels safe anywhere. I don’t do this anymore. Dr. Naba S.

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How-to: Let Go and Start Blogging

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I followed the blog around the time of my travel to Venezuela in 2007 during which time the blog reported on the controversy surrounding the license of privately-held RCTV. He noted that when he turned against the Iraq War he lost two-thirds of his readers, especially after admitting mistakes about his position on the war.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

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He's an ex-Marine, has two sons in Iraq, is a arch Republican and right winger. activism art youth green This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 We sat down and had organic tea together and talked about, you know, "What did you think of the President's address?" Thanks for listening.

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