{"id":1558,"date":"2007-11-15T13:19:30","date_gmt":"2007-11-15T11:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/15\/icommons-benefit-auction\/"},"modified":"2007-11-15T13:19:30","modified_gmt":"2007-11-15T11:19:30","slug":"icommons-benefit-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/15\/icommons-benefit-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"iCommons benefit auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The iCommons Auction: Unique Internet Artifacts<\/p>\n

iCommons, the global non-profit incubated by Creative Commons, and based in Johannesburg, South Africa is auctioning off paraphernalia donated by some of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leading Internet figures.<\/p>\n

The over thirty items on the auction list run the gamut from the historical: the coats worn by Internet activist and Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig while he traveled the world talking about free culture, to the cultural: pre-print copies of books by best selling sci-fi author Cory Doctorow and Internet guru Jonathan Zittrain and the fun and funny: one of the 20 limited-edition, plush Fox-keh dolls, made by Firefox Japan and a selection of Indian intellectual property expert Lawrence Liang\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favourite Bollywood films \u00e2\u20ac\u201c not to mention high quality prints of Internet entrepreneur, Joi Ito\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best photographs.<\/p>\n

The people who have donated to the iCommons Auction are leading figures in the global movement to make the Internet a powerful tool for change, innovation, sustainability and development. Their donations tell stories of a history that is currently being written about the power of the Internet for change and development.<\/p>\n

All the proceeds of the auction, which will take place online between the 19th of November 2007 and the 14th of December 2007, will go to developing and sustaining the iCommons Node programme, which connects global free culture projects around the world.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit icommons.org\/auction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The iCommons Auction: Unique Internet Artifacts iCommons, the global non-profit incubated by Creative Commons, and based in Johannesburg, South Africa is auctioning off paraphernalia donated by some of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leading Internet figures. 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