IP Minimalism

Open access, copyright minimalism, free software, open knowledge, libre, common content, etc.

See also the IP Minimalist Community

Libre Resources

Works

• 2012 Libre Gift Guide ● 'A list of libre things that one might enjoy receiving from one's acquaintances at upcoming gift-giving occasions.'
• A Survey about Copyright in the Digital Age ● A survey about people's conception of copyright.
• Accessibility, Sustainability, Excellence ● '[R]ecommends a programme of action to enable more people to read and use the publications arising from research.'
• Achieving Impossible Things ● 'Six "impossible things": GNU/Linux, Wikipedia, the Creative Commons, the Blender Foundation, Open Hardware, and the OLPC/Sugar project. All created under free licenses for everyone to use, in defiance of our conventional ideas of business economics. Is it magic, coincidence, or just plain common sense at work here?'
• An Open World ● "This collection offers some of the most enpowering stories from our open source community—and perhaps you could be in the next edition."
• Australian Government Intellectual Property Manual ● Government guidelines for implementing 'open licensing'.
• Bounty Hunters, Map Makers & Gold Diggers ● Metaphors for Designing Fair Intellectual Property Laws
• Consequences, Risks, and side-effects of the license module Non-Commercial – NC ● The title is comprehensive.
• CopySouth Dossier ● 'Issues in the economics, politics, and ideology of copyright in the global South'
• Creative Commons & Government Guide ● A guide to using Creative Commons licensing in government.
• Creative Commons: A User Guide ● A step-by-step guide to the world of CC licences.
• Drafting The Gift Domain ● "an introduction to Open Content projects with respect to how they work, how they are designed, and how they continue to exist alongside Market driven entities."
• Free as in Freedom ● A biography of free software guru Richard Stallman.
• Free Beer (book) ● A book about free software and free culture from the speakers at FSCONS 2008.
• Future of Copyright ● A competition for fiction and non-fiction entries on copyright.
• In the Shade of the Commons ● About bridging the gaps between information societies.
• Income Models for Open Access ● Developing a business model for an open access journal.
• International Free & Open Source Software Law Review ● The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSS L. Rev.) is a collaborative legal publication aiming to increase knowledge and understanding among lawyers about Free and Open Source Software issues.
• International Journal of the Commons ● A journal that discusses resources that can be shared and used collectively.
• It's a Jetsons World ● A book which contrasts extraordinary private innovation with government recalcitrance.
• Libre Culture ● An anthology arguing for freeing up works from copyright.
• Libre Graphics Magazine ● A magazine focused on GIMP, Inkscape and other open source graphics software — as well as the art created from that software.
• Librebus ● A project to raise awareness of libre.
• Meet Creative Commons ● A video introducing and explaining Creative Commons.
• Moving Image Contest ● The results of a contest to explain the tension between culture and copyright.
• Muktware ● A Linux magazine.
• On the Commons ● 'On the Commons (OTC) is a commons movement strategy center founded in 2001. [Its] purpose is to activate the emergence of a commons-based society'.
• Open Access Explained! ● 'What is open access? Nick Shockey and Jonathan Eisen take us through the world of open access publishing and explain just what it's all about.'
• Open Data Handbook ● 'This handbook introduces you to the legal, social and technical aspects of open data. It can be used by anyone but is especially useful for those working with government data. It discusses the why, what and how of open data – why to go open, what open is, and the how to do open.'
• Open Data, Open Society ● A research project about openness of public data in EU local administrations
• Open Minded CEOs ● A book.
• Producing Open Source Software ● "How to Run a Successful Free Software Project"
• Sharing is Liberty ● A blog about copyright reform.
• Spectrum of Rights ● A cute explanation of how Creative Commons licences work
• The Case for Copyright Reform ● "The book is a compilation of the strongest articles on reform of the copyright monopoly from Christian Engström (MEP) and [Rick Falkvinge]"
• The Digital Public Domain ● "[T]he authors argue that the Public Domain — that is, the informational works owned by all of us, be that literature, music, the output of scientific research, educational material or public sector information — is fundamental to a healthy society."
• The Libre Labyrinth ● "Navigating the Maze of Free and NonFree Licenses"
• The Open Book ● 'The Open Book is a crowdsourced publication that introduces the global movement for open knowledge in the words of those who are helping to build it today.'
• The Open Source Way ● A book about open source projects.
• The Power of Open ● A book from Creative Commons about how those licences have been used in various projects.
• The Wealth of the Commons ● 'A new collection of 73 essays that describe the enormous potential of the commons in conceptualizing and building a better future'
• Why Open Education Matters ● A contest where people were asked to 'Create a short video that explains the benefits and promise of Open Educational Resources for teachers, students and schools everywhere.'
• Why the Heck Should I Care about the TPP? ● What it says.
• Winning the Web ● '[T]his report represents a comprehensive survey of techniques employed in recent access to knowledge (A2K) activism that have succeeded in taking intellectual property (IP) reform issues to a wide audience.'

Sources

• Against Monopoly ● A blog on intellectual property.
• Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom ● Anti-IP libertarian blog from Stephen Kinsella.
• Center For The Study Of The Public Domain ● A center at Duke Law School.
• Communia ● 'The Association’s mission is to educate about, advocate for, offer expertise and research about the public domain in the digital age within society and with policy-makers.'
• Comunes ● 'Comunes is a non-profit collective dedicated to facilitating the use of free/libre web tools and resources to collectives and activists alike, with the hopes of encouraging the Commons.'
• CopySouth Research Group ● A group of researchers seeking to reveal the negative impact of copyright on the Global South.
• Creative Commons ● A non-profit organisation devoted to increasing the number of works available for all to share and adapt.
• David Bollier ● "David Bollier is a journalist, activist, and longtime scholar of the commons."
• Greg London ● A programmer, science fiction author and copyright minimalist.
• iCommons ● "iCommons is a registered UK charity that promotes collaboration among proponents of open education, access to knowledge, free software, open access publishing and free culture communities around the world."
• La Quadrature du Net ● 'La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group defending the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet.'
• Open Knowledge Foundation ● 'We build tools and communities to promote open knowledge around the world.'
• opensource.com ● "At opensource.com, we want to show you the places where the open source way is multiplying ideas and effort, even beyond technology."
• Public Knowledge ● Preserves 'the openness of the Internet and the public's access to knowledge, promotes creativity through balanced copyright, and upholds and protects the rights of consumers to use innovative technology lawfully.'
• QuestionCopyright.org ● An advocacy group for copyright reform.
• Simone Aliprandi ● A researcher into copyright.
• Software Freedom Conservancy ● 'Software Freedom Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization that helps promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects.'
• SPARC ● '[A]n international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system.'

Shareable Resources

Works

• 2012 Holiday Giving Guide ● 'The gifts in the left column respect your freedom much more than those in the right column.'
• 2012 Libre Gift Guide ● 'A list of libre things that one might enjoy receiving from one's acquaintances at upcoming gift-giving occasions.'
• A Survey about Copyright in the Digital Age ● A survey about people's conception of copyright.
• Accessibility, Sustainability, Excellence ● '[R]ecommends a programme of action to enable more people to read and use the publications arising from research.'
• Achieving Impossible Things ● 'Six "impossible things": GNU/Linux, Wikipedia, the Creative Commons, the Blender Foundation, Open Hardware, and the OLPC/Sugar project. All created under free licenses for everyone to use, in defiance of our conventional ideas of business economics. Is it magic, coincidence, or just plain common sense at work here?'
• An Open World ● "This collection offers some of the most enpowering stories from our open source community—and perhaps you could be in the next edition."
• Australian Government Intellectual Property Manual ● Government guidelines for implementing 'open licensing'.
• Bound By Law? ● A comic book about intellectual property law.
• Bounty Hunters, Map Makers & Gold Diggers ● Metaphors for Designing Fair Intellectual Property Laws
• Coase's Penguin ● An analysis of the economics behind free, libre and open source software.
• Consequences, Risks, and side-effects of the license module Non-Commercial – NC ● The title is comprehensive.
• CopySouth Dossier ● 'Issues in the economics, politics, and ideology of copyright in the global South'
• Creative Commons & Government Guide ● A guide to using Creative Commons licensing in government.
• Creative Commons: A User Guide ● A step-by-step guide to the world of CC licences.
• Drafting The Gift Domain ● "an introduction to Open Content projects with respect to how they work, how they are designed, and how they continue to exist alongside Market driven entities."
• Framed!! ● Short videos about how law constraints culture.
• Free as in Freedom ● A biography of free software guru Richard Stallman.
• Free Beer (book) ● A book about free software and free culture from the speakers at FSCONS 2008.
• Free Software, Free Society ● Selected essays of Richard Stallman.
• Future of Copyright ● A competition for fiction and non-fiction entries on copyright.
• Google Chrome (comic book) ● An introduction to Google's open source browser project.
• Guide to Developing OA Journals ● What it says in the title.
• How Open Is It? ● Defining open access.
• In the Shade of the Commons ● About bridging the gaps between information societies.
• Income Models for Open Access ● Developing a business model for an open access journal.
• International Free & Open Source Software Law Review ● The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSS L. Rev.) is a collaborative legal publication aiming to increase knowledge and understanding among lawyers about Free and Open Source Software issues.
• International Journal of the Commons ● A journal that discusses resources that can be shared and used collectively.
• It's a Jetsons World ● A book which contrasts extraordinary private innovation with government recalcitrance.
• Libre Culture ● An anthology arguing for freeing up works from copyright.
• Libre Graphics Magazine ● A magazine focused on GIMP, Inkscape and other open source graphics software — as well as the art created from that software.
• Librebus ● A project to raise awareness of libre.
• Meet Creative Commons ● A video introducing and explaining Creative Commons.
• Moving Image Contest ● The results of a contest to explain the tension between culture and copyright.
• Muktware ● A Linux magazine.
• On the Commons ● 'On the Commons (OTC) is a commons movement strategy center founded in 2001. [Its] purpose is to activate the emergence of a commons-based society'.
• Open Access Explained! ● 'What is open access? Nick Shockey and Jonathan Eisen take us through the world of open access publishing and explain just what it's all about.'
• Open Data Handbook ● 'This handbook introduces you to the legal, social and technical aspects of open data. It can be used by anyone but is especially useful for those working with government data. It discusses the why, what and how of open data – why to go open, what open is, and the how to do open.'
• Open Data, Open Society ● A research project about openness of public data in EU local administrations
• Open Design Now ● A book about the importance of open design.
• Open Minded CEOs ● A book.
• Panton Discussions ● Conversations about open data in science.
• Producing Open Source Software ● "How to Run a Successful Free Software Project"
• Sharing ● 'Sharing makes a case for the legitimacy and usefulness of non-market sharing between individuals of digital works.'
• Sharing is Liberty ● A blog about copyright reform.
• Spectrum of Rights ● A cute explanation of how Creative Commons licences work
• The Case for Copyright Reform ● "The book is a compilation of the strongest articles on reform of the copyright monopoly from Christian Engström (MEP) and [Rick Falkvinge]"
• The Digital Public Domain ● "[T]he authors argue that the Public Domain — that is, the informational works owned by all of us, be that literature, music, the output of scientific research, educational material or public sector information — is fundamental to a healthy society."
• The Libre Labyrinth ● "Navigating the Maze of Free and NonFree Licenses"
• The Open Book ● 'The Open Book is a crowdsourced publication that introduces the global movement for open knowledge in the words of those who are helping to build it today.'
• The Open Source Way ● A book about open source projects.
• The Power of Open ● A book from Creative Commons about how those licences have been used in various projects.
• The Public Domain ● A book on copyright, copyleft and everything else.
• The Wealth of the Commons ● 'A new collection of 73 essays that describe the enormous potential of the commons in conceptualizing and building a better future'
• Why Open Education Matters ● A contest where people were asked to 'Create a short video that explains the benefits and promise of Open Educational Resources for teachers, students and schools everywhere.'
• Why the Heck Should I Care about the TPP? ● What it says.
• Winning the Web ● '[T]his report represents a comprehensive survey of techniques employed in recent access to knowledge (A2K) activism that have succeeded in taking intellectual property (IP) reform issues to a wide audience.'

Sources

• Against Monopoly ● A blog on intellectual property.
• Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom ● Anti-IP libertarian blog from Stephen Kinsella.
• Center For The Study Of The Public Domain ● A center at Duke Law School.
• Communia ● 'The Association’s mission is to educate about, advocate for, offer expertise and research about the public domain in the digital age within society and with policy-makers.'
• Comunes ● 'Comunes is a non-profit collective dedicated to facilitating the use of free/libre web tools and resources to collectives and activists alike, with the hopes of encouraging the Commons.'
• CopySouth Research Group ● A group of researchers seeking to reveal the negative impact of copyright on the Global South.
• Creative Commons ● A non-profit organisation devoted to increasing the number of works available for all to share and adapt.
• David Bollier ● "David Bollier is a journalist, activist, and longtime scholar of the commons."
• Greg London ● A programmer, science fiction author and copyright minimalist.
• iCommons ● "iCommons is a registered UK charity that promotes collaboration among proponents of open education, access to knowledge, free software, open access publishing and free culture communities around the world."
• La Quadrature du Net ● 'La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group defending the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet.'
• Open Knowledge Foundation ● 'We build tools and communities to promote open knowledge around the world.'
• opensource.com ● "At opensource.com, we want to show you the places where the open source way is multiplying ideas and effort, even beyond technology."
• Public Knowledge ● Preserves 'the openness of the Internet and the public's access to knowledge, promotes creativity through balanced copyright, and upholds and protects the rights of consumers to use innovative technology lawfully.'
• QuestionCopyright.org ● An advocacy group for copyright reform.
• Simone Aliprandi ● A researcher into copyright.
• Software Freedom Conservancy ● 'Software Freedom Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization that helps promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects.'
• SPARC ● '[A]n international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system.'
• Yochai Benkler ● A professor of law and author of works on commons-based production.