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  1. @Lambo @SarahLamdan @senficon since you like open textbooks (me too), you might be interested in my new CC0-licensed book "Walled Culture" that discusses #openaccess and #accesstoknowledge in detail (& much else). free ebook versions here: walledculture.org/the-book/

  2. Per potenziare la via verde all'#AccessoAperto, centinaia di ricercatori hanno già usato un nuovo semplice metodo per affermare il proprio #copyright: applicare una #licenzalibera ai materiali derivati, invece di regalare un monopolio agli editori.
    walledculture.org/rights-reten

  3. Per potenziare la via verde all'#AccessoAperto, centinaia di ricercatori hanno già usato un nuovo semplice metodo per affermare il proprio #copyright: applicare una #licenzalibera ai materiali derivati, invece di regalare un monopolio agli editori.
    walledculture.org/rights-reten

  4. "One of the supposed justifications for the intellectual monopoly called #copyright is that it drives creativity and culture. In the last few weeks alone we have had multiple demonstrations of why the opposite is true: copyright destroys culture, and not by accident, but wilfully. For example, the #MTVNews site, along with its sister site #cmt, has just been wiped from the face of the Internet."
    walledculture.org/yet-more-exa

  5. Glyn Moody is a technology writer and journalist, often discussing open standards and copyright, best known for the free software book "Rebel Code". You can follow at:

    ➡️ @glynmoody

    Moody is a regular contributor to Techdirt at techdirt.com/user/glynmoody and Walled Culture at walledculture.org

    Moody's blog is at opendotdotdot.blogspot.com

    #GlynMoody #Authors #Book #Books #Writing #Writers #Technology #Tech #Copyright #Commons #FOSS #DigitalRights #Journalists #Journalism #News #RebelCode

  6. Glyn Moody is a technology writer and journalist, often discussing open standards and copyright, best known for the free software book "Rebel Code". You can follow at:

    ➡️ @glynmoody

    Moody is a regular contributor to Techdirt at techdirt.com/user/glynmoody and Walled Culture at walledculture.org

    Moody's blog is at opendotdotdot.blogspot.com

    #GlynMoody #Authors #Book #Books #Writing #Writers #Technology #Tech #Copyright #Commons #FOSS #DigitalRights #Journalists #Journalism #News #RebelCode

  7. Glyn Moody is a technology writer and journalist, often discussing open standards and copyright, best known for the free software book "Rebel Code". You can follow at:

    ➡️ @glynmoody

    Moody is a regular contributor to Techdirt at techdirt.com/user/glynmoody and Walled Culture at walledculture.org

    Moody's blog is at opendotdotdot.blogspot.com

    #GlynMoody #Authors #Book #Books #Writing #Writers #Technology #Tech #Copyright #Commons #FOSS #DigitalRights #Journalists #Journalism #News #RebelCode

  8. Glyn Moody is a technology writer and journalist, often discussing open standards and copyright, best known for the free software book "Rebel Code". You can follow at:

    ➡️ @glynmoody

    Moody is a regular contributor to Techdirt at techdirt.com/user/glynmoody and Walled Culture at walledculture.org

    Moody's blog is at opendotdotdot.blogspot.com

    #GlynMoody #Authors #Book #Books #Writing #Writers #Technology #Tech #Copyright #Commons #FOSS #DigitalRights #Journalists #Journalism #News #RebelCode

  9. ⚠️💪 The @fightfortheftr team recalls what's at stake and how you can: #BattleForLibraries
    #Libraries #ControlledDigitalLending #CDL

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    RT @fightfortheftr
    4 million digital books could be destroyed if Big Media wins their lawsuit against @internetarchive, a beloved backbone of the internet.

    If you love the WayBack Machine, IA's musical archives, or free access to 37 million texts, it's time to say so at http://BattleForLibraries.c…
    twitter.com/fightfortheftr/sta

  10. 🧵/2 In a recent assessment of the 🇪🇺 #OrphanWorksDirective, the @EU_Commission concluded that: "its relevance as a potential tool for the mass digitisation of #CulturalHeritage has (...) proven to be limited"

    #AccessToCulture

    👉 parlament.gv.at/PAKT/EU/XXVII/

  11. 🧵/2 In a recent assessment of the 🇪🇺 , the @EU_Commission concluded that: "its relevance as a potential tool for the mass digitisation of has (...) proven to be limited"

    👉 parlament.gv.at/PAKT/EU/XXVII/

  12. 🧵/2 In a recent assessment of the 🇪🇺 #OrphanWorksDirective, the @EU_Commission concluded that: "its relevance as a potential tool for the mass digitisation of #CulturalHeritage has (...) proven to be limited"

    #AccessToCulture

    👉 parlament.gv.at/PAKT/EU/XXVII/

  13. 🧵/2 In a recent assessment of the 🇪🇺 #OrphanWorksDirective, the @EU_Commission concluded that: "its relevance as a potential tool for the mass digitisation of #CulturalHeritage has (...) proven to be limited"

    #AccessToCulture

    👉 parlament.gv.at/PAKT/EU/XXVII/

  14. 🧵/2 In a recent assessment of the 🇪🇺 #OrphanWorksDirective, the @EU_Commission concluded that: "its relevance as a potential tool for the mass digitisation of #CulturalHeritage has (...) proven to be limited"

    #AccessToCulture

    👉 parlament.gv.at/PAKT/EU/XXVII/

  15. Another great opportunity for @glynmoody to present the key messages of Walled Culture - the book. Thank you @CaveatCW for helping us spread the word
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    RT @CaveatCW
    #Caveat: Journalist @glynmoody joins @byelin on new book & how #copyright laws threaten open market of ideas on the internet. Ben shares Executive Order on #surveillance & #datasharing w/ the EU. @bittner shares consequences of banning ransomware payments. bit.ly/cwC…
    twitter.com/CaveatCW/status/15

  16. Copyright laws built for physical scarcity now wall off digital culture. 🧱💾

    Glyn Moody (@glynmoody) explains the mechanics of these “walls” on the Future Knowledge #podcast in WALLED CULTURE, with Maria Bustillos joining the discussion.

    🎧 Listen ➡️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/

    #Libraries #AccessToKnowledge

  17. Government of Wales: Uncover the stories of Wales through free digital archive. “Launched by Adnodd, the national body for educational resources for the Curriculum for Wales, the collection resources cover eras of Welsh history from the Celtic and Roman times through to the modern day. They will help schools tell a range of stories, like the history of Wales’s coal and slate mining […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/10/government-of-wales-uncover-the-stories-of-wales-through-free-digital-archive/
  18. National Library of Wales: Explore Your Archive: Newly Catalogued Archives. “As well as the expertise of our staff, who have been exploring a variety of new cataloguing methodologies, we greatly appreciate the help of donors, owners, researchers, volunteers, students and external funding in enabling us to access, understand, arrange, describe and share archives. Here are some of the catalogues […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/09/explore-your-archive-newly-catalogued-archives-national-library-of-wales/

  19. Nation.Cymru: National Library of Wales helps preserve Wales’ audio-visual heritage. “A key output of the project will be the creation of publicly accessible documentation detailing best practice for the digitisation of historic film collections. This resource will be shared widely, supporting other heritage and archival organisations in adopting effective preservation strategies.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/24/nation-cymru-national-library-of-wales-helps-preserve-wales-audio-visual-heritage/

  20. Nation Cymru: Thousands of images from Amgueddfa Cymru now available to access online. “Amgueddfa Cymru has released over 2000 images into the public domain making them freely available on a new platform. It puts Wales at the forefront of open access and on par with global museums such as the Natural History Museum, Smithsonian, Rijksmuseum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/06/nation-cymru-thousands-of-images-from-amgueddfa-cymru-now-available-to-access-online/

  21. Antony David Davies: Saving the soul of Wales: why we must act now to preserve our family and chapel records. “In another generation, countless rural and industrial stories will have died with the last who remembered them. Meanwhile, thousands of family albums lie in sideboards and lofts, waiting for damp, death or house clearances to scatter them forever. Each is a small archive of the soul of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/02/saving-the-soul-of-wales-why-we-must-act-now-to-preserve-our-family-and-chapel-records-antony-david-davies/

  22. University of Wales Trinity Saint David: Swansea Stained Glass Archive Available to the Public for the First Time. “The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) is delighted to announce the launch of the Swansea Stained Glass Online Archive, a newly digitised and searchable collection of hundreds of stained glass panels created by students at Swansea College of Art over the past five […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/university-of-wales-trinity-saint-david-swansea-stained-glass-archive-available-to-the-public-for-the-first-time/

  23. National Library of Wales: It’s a wrap!. “On top of the already impressive number of items in the Broadcast Archive, the project has added 5,518 film clips and programmes, and 6,283 tapes to the mix, all available to view in the National Library Broadcast Archive room, and in Clip Corners across Wales. An exciting development means that additionally, for the first time, more than 5,000 of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/18/national-library-of-wales-its-a-wrap/

  24. National Library of Wales: Crowdsourced data enriching Welsh language resources. “The National Library of Wales has been working hard in this space too, crowdsourcing Welsh names for historic sites, improving Wikipedia articles about Welsh places and recording sound clips of local people pronouncing their place names. The Library has made all this data available via Wikidata, a sister project […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/10/national-library-of-wales-crowdsourced-data-enriching-welsh-language-resources/