links for 2007-04-19

• EDUCAUSE | 7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons
  Creative Commons is an alternative to traditional copyright, devel¬oped by a nonprofit organization of the same name. By default, most original works are protected by copyright, which confers specific rights regarding use and distribution. Creative Co
  (tags: copyright creativecommons education lessig)
• Flat networks--making communication a point to point to point to point endeavor - Fluorescent Paradise - Blogs - CNET Asia
  "When you put a bunch of those wonderers and bloggers in a room, though, it becomes clear that society is founded on this very premise: Wondering if someone else is thinking the same thing I do. That's how love begins.That's how civilizations rise."
  (tags: blogging hongkong china asia media p.r. edelman newmedia internet)
• EastSouthWestNorth: "The Ten Years of How I Cast Off The Influence of Wang Xiaobo"
  Roland translates Michael Anti's essay upon Wang Xiaobo's death: "In 1998, I found the Internet. In the next two or three years, I was unable to break away from the model of Wang Xiaobo. I began to truly break off only after I became a professional news
  (tags: china journalism anti internet blogging)
• Yahoo sued over jailing of Chinese dissident | InfoWorld | News | 2007-04-19 | By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
  "The wife of an imprisoned Chinese dissident has sued Yahoo for divulging information about her husband's Internet activity, which allegedly led to his arrest and torture."
  (tags: yahoo! china internet humanrights surveillance privacy freespeech chineseinternetresearch)
• Group: Yahoo assisted China with torture - USATODAY.com
  "A human rights group launched a campaign Thursday against Yahoo on grounds the U.S. search company assisted China's communist government with torture by revealing information that led to the arrest of dissidents."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet freespeech humanrights surveillance privacy yahoo!)