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This month’s cover illustration is by Kiyomi Saito, courtesy of Loftwork, Japan.

Focus on the media

How does the media portray issues such as piracy and copyright, and what power do we have to correct these views?

• Pirates are Terrorists. Who knew?
• Web 2.0 in Brazil: The Overmundo Case
  

iCommoners testify

• Warhol is turning in his grave
  Cory Doctorow ponders the role of copyright in Pop Art creations, as well as in their exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery.
• Arabic Digital Content
  Anas Tawileh informs us of a new development to further the Arab Commons in Saudi Arabia.

Lab Report regulars

• A Christmas Copyright Carol
  iCommons’ legal columnist, Tobias Schonwetter provides historic proof that free publishing eventually pays off while high-protectionist copyright regimes for developing countries appear counter productive.
• Schmatler and Waldhead’s last laugh
  We bid a tearful farewell to iCommons’ favourite grumpy old men who, over this year have explored how to apply Open Source collaborative models to open content creative projects.

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