We've started the ball rolling on Creative Commons Malaysia and the whole community building aspect. We launched the program earlier this year - but this is actually the core of the program. The industry pushing the project forward with the community driving the program.
We just had the first meeting of the Creative Commons Board which included many individuals from the creative industry. This meeting sought to inform the industry of what Creative Commons as a creative community program has to offer.
Within this meeting, we talked about the issues that revolves around creative works and how they are protected via copyright and how they can be protected in the future via creative commons. CC is the little brother of Big C - the value add - standing on top of Big C (copyright) to help little guys be on top! :)
Check out the website at : http://creativecommons.org
Monday, May 15, 2006
Friday, May 12, 2006
Metal Gear Solid 4 : E3 Edition
If there is really anything to look forward to with the PS3, it would be the 4!
Hideo Kojima's baby - Metal Gear Solid 4.
The epitomy of japanese shiatsu massaging chair chic coolness dashed with a bit of james bond spliced in it - and make sure to pepper it with a bit of apocalypse now salt.
E3 - I missed it again this year - due to my lack of a travelable passport, but it's all good. With the Internet (not bandwidth withholding) I can download all the videos I want. Just that I can't experience the booth babes..... ergh.
MGS4 and PS3 - the biggest show at E3! I am flabbergasted at both the technology and creativity the folks at sony and kojima productions have put into their cash-cow. It may be a cash motivated project - but I can tell you this much. If we ever had an ounce of their passion in what we do, I think Malaysians can take on the world. This is evident in the work that has been presented - they don't even give you a chance to say.. hmm maybe if they did it this way it would have been better. Its drool induction to the max! Everything! the minute details - the powerhouse technology. EVERYTHING!
There will be 2 things we hope that will spur the industry here: I am banking on these 2 -
1. Talent
2. Funding
Which will lead to enough projects to keep the industry sustainable. Let's hope the puzzle falls into place - the future can be ours if we want to change it.
other than that --- enjoy the show:
Hideo Kojima's baby - Metal Gear Solid 4.
The epitomy of japanese shiatsu massaging chair chic coolness dashed with a bit of james bond spliced in it - and make sure to pepper it with a bit of apocalypse now salt.
E3 - I missed it again this year - due to my lack of a travelable passport, but it's all good. With the Internet (not bandwidth withholding) I can download all the videos I want. Just that I can't experience the booth babes..... ergh.
MGS4 and PS3 - the biggest show at E3! I am flabbergasted at both the technology and creativity the folks at sony and kojima productions have put into their cash-cow. It may be a cash motivated project - but I can tell you this much. If we ever had an ounce of their passion in what we do, I think Malaysians can take on the world. This is evident in the work that has been presented - they don't even give you a chance to say.. hmm maybe if they did it this way it would have been better. Its drool induction to the max! Everything! the minute details - the powerhouse technology. EVERYTHING!
There will be 2 things we hope that will spur the industry here: I am banking on these 2 -
1. Talent
2. Funding
Which will lead to enough projects to keep the industry sustainable. Let's hope the puzzle falls into place - the future can be ours if we want to change it.
other than that --- enjoy the show:
Monday, May 08, 2006
Learn More about Creative Commons | Creative Commons
What is Creative Commons?
simply put ~
"Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright — all rights reserved — and the public domain — no rights reserved. Our licenses help you keep your copyright while inviting certain uses of your work — a "some rights reserved" copyright."
In other words, how best to share your creative works on the net with the option to protect it the way you want it and still allow others to use, abuse and work on top of it.
I got into the whole CC movement last year (and still reeling from the effects) when Ng Alina came to talk to me after she returned from STANFORD as Dr. Ng Alina! She was did her PhD thesis with Professor Lawrence Lessig ( the main man evangelising the CC movement). I heard about CC but I did not know much. But, then, why not? Why not help Alina?
Hey, i'm creative. And I guess you are too. CC helps both of us share our creativity without worrying how people use our works for their own convenience.
But I guess the hardest task for me is to ensure that we as malaysians could contribute to CC by putting our works licensed on the net with the CC licenses. This will be the biggest hurdle and hopefully we can get all the support we can. This is why we have created the CC Board helmed by a few notable creative heads. This will hopefully spur the support we need to move the project forward.
Will report more on this later... for now.. go check out the URL attached.
Learn More about Creative Commons | Creative Commons
simply put ~
"Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright — all rights reserved — and the public domain — no rights reserved. Our licenses help you keep your copyright while inviting certain uses of your work — a "some rights reserved" copyright."
In other words, how best to share your creative works on the net with the option to protect it the way you want it and still allow others to use, abuse and work on top of it.
I got into the whole CC movement last year (and still reeling from the effects) when Ng Alina came to talk to me after she returned from STANFORD as Dr. Ng Alina! She was did her PhD thesis with Professor Lawrence Lessig ( the main man evangelising the CC movement). I heard about CC but I did not know much. But, then, why not? Why not help Alina?
Hey, i'm creative. And I guess you are too. CC helps both of us share our creativity without worrying how people use our works for their own convenience.
But I guess the hardest task for me is to ensure that we as malaysians could contribute to CC by putting our works licensed on the net with the CC licenses. This will be the biggest hurdle and hopefully we can get all the support we can. This is why we have created the CC Board helmed by a few notable creative heads. This will hopefully spur the support we need to move the project forward.
Will report more on this later... for now.. go check out the URL attached.
Learn More about Creative Commons | Creative Commons
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