South Afrtican perspective on Creative Commons

By at 11:44 am Thursday, Oct 7

Here's a great animation produced by South Africans, telling the true story of a South African journalist who adopted a Creative Commons license and found herself collaborating with people all over the world, making money and changing society. 1.7MB Flash Link (Thanks, Redjade!)

Update: Alex sez, "I was really stoked to read this, even more excited after watching the film, and ready to tell the world about Thandi Mathobane, Journalist of the Future! The only problem is, she doesn't exist... Though you'd never know it, film is fictional. Here's the deal. That said, everything she does in this film is certainly possible now. Copyleft is definitely worldchanging for the developing world. But it does seem important to keep track of the difference between what we know and what we imagine....

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