Tag Archives: Creative Commons

Quick: What Do You Want from Social Media in 2011?

Written by jessica. Posted on January 12, 2011. Filed under Arabization, Communities, For Local NGOs, For Participants, For Trainers, News. Tagged , , , , . 2 Comments.
If you had five minutes with representatives from some of the top Internet companies in the world, what would you tell them about Arab social media? What should they know? What would you ask for? This Friday, in San Francisco, SMEXbeirut will present about social media in Lebanon and the region to representatives of Twitter, [...]

Lebanon Launches Creative Commons Chapter

Written by jessica. Posted on November 1, 2010. Filed under For Local NGOs, For Trainers, News. Tagged , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
Slide of the CC logo that says some rights reserved
Since 2003, the international nonprofit Creative Commons (known as CC) has endeavored to “save the world from failed sharing.” CC, as it’s called, aims to address the lag of copyright law in keeping pace with changes in digital technology b facilitating sharing. The organization, founded by law professor and author Lawrence Lessig, has created six [...]

Internet Overload in Beirut! (And for once, not that kind of overload)

Written by jessica. Posted on October 11, 2010. Filed under For Local NGOs, News. Tagged , , , , , , , . No comments.
Two guys on their computer and iPad at a tech for development meeting at the World Bank.
October seems to be unofficially ICT month in our fair city. There are no fewer than five Internet-related gatherings on the books. That’s nice and all, but for the rest of the year, what we’re really thinking about is how to leverage these closely timed events to upgrade our internet and downgrade our costs. Any [...]