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Effective January 17, all research funded in whole or in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation must be published in journals that are immediately free-to-access, under a Creative Commons Attribution-only license. Read the rest

Twelve years ago, Creative Commons made a big bet. We saw that the internet had transformed the ways in which people create, distribute, and consume content. And we believed that what it meant to be a creator was going to shift in a big way. Read the rest

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The 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey gets a kaleidoscopic techno remix by Eclectic Method.

This mix contains almost every scientific prediction in the film mixed with the space age synth sounds that were just around the corner. Much that Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke predicted has come to pass - touch screen portable computers, video phones, Space Stations, in-seat video entertainment, computers beating humans at chess. So far though, Siri hasn’t switched off anybody’s life support.

It strikes me as the other end of the spectrum from sitting through two hours and twenty minutes of bafflement; in this version, you get a all the bafflement in only three minutes. -via Geeks Are Sexy

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Matthew McConaughey’s monologue from Interstellar about why we go into space is the unifying factor in this supercut of movie scene set in space that you’ve probably seen many times -yet together they are quite inspiring. Now, where’s my NASA application? If there are any you don't recognize, you'll find a list of them at the YouTube link. -via Uproxx

An awesome supercut video with scenes from many great movies about space exploration, including “Interstellar,” in theaters now. Films included in this edit: “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Apollo 13,” “The Right Stuff,” and many more.

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This video is an exquisitely detailed homage to the cult Super Nintendo RPG Earthbound, Mr. Saturns and all. Earthbound is in what some would consider the holy trinity of the 16-bit generation's roleplaying games, along with Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger. Read the rest

When the player count fades, online games often end up shuttered by publishers who can no longer pay for the servers and staff to maintain them. The EFF has asked for an exemption to copyright rules that make reverse-engineering netcode an iffy legal proposition. The aim? To allow online games to live forever on third-party servers. Read the rest

Cindy Cohn, Legal Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, will take over from Shari Steele, who is retiring from EFF after 14 years as Executive Director. Read the rest

Ruth from Open Rights Group sez, "Tickets are selling fast for Open Rights Group's annual digital rights conference, all about debating civil liberties and the Internet: Get yours here. Read the rest

After the US Supreme Court declined to hear the Conan Doyle estate's appeal in a case against author Leslie Klinger, the character of Sherlock Holmes has been firmly entrenched in the public domain. Read the rest

October 26, 2014 - 9:00am

The mainstream media finally discovered the Internet's latest subculture of hostile, cynical, easily-led youngsters. Matt Binder on the narcissists, grifters and creeps arriving in its wake. Read the rest

WALL-E was an amazing film. Christopher Nolan is an amazing director. So let's play around for a second and hypothesize how utterly brilliant it would be if Nolan had gotten the chance to direct WALL-E? Though I am not sure that movie could get much better, you do know a couple things right off the bat if you know the director's work. It would be a dark and gritty film, the score would be so powerful you would feel like you couldn't breathe while watching it, and it would have an ending that left you in awe (or a tad bit confused).

So really, Christopher Nolan should stick to what he does best (Interstellar looks unreal), as should Pixar. This still looks like it would be an amazing film, though, and is a fun way to spend two minutes.

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October 19, 2014 - 9:00am

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A guy shoots and misses the goal, but where this that basketball go? It bounced through 24 different movies! Maybe that doesn’t sound cool, but just wait until you see the scenes that the French collective HOTU selected to showcase a wayward ball. It all hangs together beautifully. You’ll recognize most of the films, but in case you don’t, they are listed in the end credits, and at Sploid.

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Star Wars and its sequels were great 1970s movies. And with a little editing, they could have been a stereotypical 1970s TV series! We already have the perfect song, which makes me wonder why no one ever thought of this one before. Robert Jones edited this so we could get all nostalgic about both Star Wars and The Greatest American Hero.  -Thanks, Robert!  

"I don't see it as flattery," he says, noting that he was speaking about the issue generally... "I actually see it as theft."

If you send your holiday photos to Google's Autoawesome processor, it will snip out the best smiles and poses and combine them to make pictures of scenes that never actually happened. Read the rest

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I love the horror genre of movies, as a great many people do around this time of year. A little pre-Halloween scare can be good for the soul, and gets you ready for the rest of the season. What better way to usher in this season of screams than with a supercut compilations of screams from film?

Usually, when I watch a supercut, I try to play a little game with myself and see how many I can recognize. While there are many famous clips in here, there may be a few that catch you off-guard or surprise you. One of the cooler aspects of this supercut is seeing the screaming across the ages. You get films from the 60's all the way up the current generation of horror films and screamfests. It reminds you that there is quite a library of horror out there for people like us, no matter what time of year it is.

It's like Snopes for Twitter, from Columbia U's journalism school. Read the rest

Yesterday's WIPO General Assembly was the "worst ever," with rich and poor countries deadlocked over balanced copyright, fair use, and half a dozen other issues. Read the rest

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This supercut reminds us of how Sir Alfred Hitchcock would often have actors stare directly into the camera to engage us in their emotions (and often creep us completely out). How many films do you recognize just from one shot of a character’s eyes? Kogonada produced this short for The Criterion Collection. -via Laughing Squid

Rob Walker says this Jony Ive Supercut "builds a kind of faux pitch for … well, every Apple thing ever, and all of those to come. To quote Ive himself (from this supercut), it's 'instantly familiar.'"

Creepy cool Criterion Collection montage of the "Eyes of Hitchcock" films.

Anyone who has been playing video games for a huge portion of their lives can tell you, if you put the controller down and let the character just idle, there will often be a special animation you are treated to. It varies from character to character, and seems to involve the character either breaking the fourth wall (think Sonic the Hedgehog), which you will see in this video, to characters who just seem bored and want to entertain themselves while you are ignoring them. They are sometimes funny, sometimes snarky, but always incredibly witty and help foster the love most of us have for gaming. It's nerd stuff added to nerd stuff, which makes it even MORE cool.

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YouTube User Master of Hyrule has put together this pretty awesome collection of idle animations from many video games over the past years. You don't even have to be a gamer to appreciate the thought and work put into some of these animations, even though the developers were aware some people may never slow down enough to apprecite them.

Well, now we can.

It almost makes you stop for a moment and wonder what other wondeful little things you may have missed in some of these games.

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The latest Bundle of Holding features 3 games for $8 or 7 games for $19; all created by woman devs, all delivered as DRM-free PDFs, with 10% of proceeds to Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders (you can also buy a gift-code for a friend). Read the rest

Director Steven Soderbergh removed the dialogue and color from Raiders of the Lost Ark to fully showcase Spielberg's mastery of visual staging. Read the rest

Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange

Marilyn in Pink Roses by Bert Stem

The photographer Sandro Miller contacted the famous actor John Malkovich to pitch his novel premise for a project: Miller would duplicate iconic photographic portraits using Malkovich as the subject. Malkovich would have to dress up a bit, wear makeup, or even be naked. He would become Andy Warhol, Albert Einstein, John Lennon, and other people captured for posterity by the world's greatest photographers.

The results of their collaboration form the exhibit Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters. This exhibit at the Catherine Edelman Gallery in Chicago will be open from November 7 to January 31.

Content warning: artistic nudity.

Earnest Hemingway by Yousuf Karsh

Mohammed Ali by Carl Fisher

Jack Nicholson by Herb Ritts

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Pogo (Nick Bertke) has a new Disney remix featuring clips from Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and Dumbo. It’s just as hypnotic as his other remixes, but this one contains words that you can understand. -via Tastefully Offensive http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/

Also see: more from Pogo.