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Peter Bihr on Social Media, Web 2.0 and Digital Life
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My name is Peter Bihr. I live in Berlin, Germany. As a freelancer, I consult on web strategies, communities, blogging and social media. In this weblog, I jot down random thoughts, ideas and news. Hopefully, you'll find some are interesting for you, too. Read more...

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Changing to German ported version of CC (by-nc-sa) 3.0

Posted by Peter Bihr

October 10, 2008

Since I don’t believe in restricting the flow of information, or in DRM, this blog has been published under a Creative Commons license all along. And I’ve been absolutely happy with the way it went. The web is built on sharing and remixing, and that’s exactly what Creative Commons licenses allow for, easily:
This license lets […]

How I tried (and failed at) legally buying music in Germany

Posted by Peter Bihr

May 5, 2008

Please note: What’s about to follow is a rant. It’s also advice to music labels. Short-short version, dear content traders: Make your stuff more easily available.
This is a story of a sucky customer experience. As customers and experts alike will tell you, users like to rock, not to suck.
Buying music online is supposedly easy. Or […]

This blog runs on Wordpress. All contents (unless stated otherwise) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Germany License (German translation). The theme is heavily based on Boris Anthony's theme for Joi Ito. (Thanks, Boris!) The lovely Waving Cat icon was created for by Melbourne-based pixel artist Louise K for this blog. (Thanks a lot!)