Press Releases
2006 July
CREATIVE COMMONS SELECTED BY GOOD MAGAZINE AS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR CHOOSE GOOD CAMPAIGN
Francesca Rodriquez, July 12th, 2006
San Francisco, California — July 12, 2006
Creative Commons is proud to announce today that it has been named as one of twelve non-profit organizations that will participate in the innovative subscription strategy — the CHOOSE GOOD campaign — that accompanies the launch of GOOD magazine.
Launching nationwide this Fall, GOOD magazine strives to elevate the level of debate among its target demographic of intelligent, ambitious, youthful people aged 21 through 35. Founded by Ben Goldhirsh, GOOD is focused on the people, ideas, and institutions affecting change in the world. The magazine intends to examine the intersection of idealism and capitalism, and living well by doing “good”. GOOD will serve as a platform for talented contributors and writers to bring to the forefront issues and ideas that matter.
As part of the CHOOSE GOOD campaign, GOOD has chosen 12 charity organizations that represent issues and ideals that accord with GOOD’s mission. In addition to Creative Commons, CHOOSE GOOD partners also include Teach For America, Ashoka, Donors Choose, Witness, OCEANA, World Wildlife Fund, Millennium Promise, UNICEF, Room to Read, Generation Engage, and City Year.
A new subscriber to GOOD can elect to participate in the CHOOSE GOOD campaign by choosing one of the 12 charities as the recipient of a donation from GOOD for the entire amount of their $20 subscription fee. In the case of Creative Commons, GOOD’s aims to raise $60,000 in order to provide more than 20 international legal jurisdictions with the legal tools and technologies that allow them to more easily and efficiently distribute their creative works on the Internet.
GOOD magazine is also offering magazine contributors the option to CC license their contributions under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives license.
“We’re honored to have been selected as a CHOOSE GOOD partner and to be in the company of so many other great organizations,” said Francesca Rodriquez of Creative Commons. “Creative Commons hopes that our participation in the CHOOSE GOOD campaign will confirm our role as a key enabler of and contributor to topical debates.”
“Creative Commons is a perfect example of the nature of programs and policies GOOD aims to highlight,” said Max Schorr, GOOD’s editor and publisher. “Their particular initiative encourages creativity and more valuable content, which are vital aspects of our editorial and overall mission.”
About GOOD Magazine
Launching in September 2006, GOOD magazine and its companion web site, www.goodmagazine.com, are high impact media properties that will catalyze positive thought and action. GOOD will examine the intersection between idealism and capitalism with surprising perspectives by talented writers and contributors and features on the prodigies of innovation and culture. In an effort to elevate the level of debate among the critical group of educated, media-savvy, engaged, creative, worldly young-minded citizens, GOOD will engage the public in things that matter by showcasing the people, ideas, and institutions driving change in the world. GOOD will crystallize and bring to light the new definition of what it means to be “good” in today’s society. For more information, please visit www.goodmagazine.com.
About Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, that promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in the public domain. Creative Commons licences provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators that build upon the “all rights reserved” concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach. It is sustained by the generous support of various organizations including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation as well as members of the public. For general information, visit http://creativecommons.org.
Contact
Creative Commons:
Francesca Rodriquez
Project Manager, Creative Commons
Email
GOOD Magazine:
Alissa Neil
212.431.4411
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SCOOPTWORDS PARTNERS WITH CREATIVE COMMONS TO HELP BLOGGERS MONETIZE THEIR WORK
Eric Steuer, July 10th, 2006
San Francisco, USA — July 10, 2006
Scoopt, the citizen journalism agency that serves as a broker for selling user-created content to commercial media, has announced that it is offering Creative Commons licenses through its newly launched ScooptWords service.
ScooptWords was designed to create a market between bloggers and commercial publishers. Once bloggers have registered for a free Scoopt membership, they can add a ScooptWords button to their site that flags their written content as available for sale. Newspaper and magazine editors can then click the ScooptWords button to license blog content for commercial use. The blogger receives 75% of the sales revenue (50% for the first transaction).
Within the ScooptWords interface, bloggers can add a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license to their blog alongside the Scoopt commercial badge. The Creative Commons license lets authors easily and efficiently signal to the public that their work may be freely shared, reused, and remixed by people for noncommercial purposes.
“There’s a lot of great blog content out there ¬— some of it is every bit as good as content produced by professional journalists,” said Graham Holliday, ScooptWords’ managing editor. “However, there’s no obvious route to market for the blogger or way to buy content for the editor. So we launched ScooptWords to make this connection.”
“ScooptWords offers bloggers a great way to monetize their work, while still engaging in the participatory culture of the Web,” said Eric Steuer, creative director of Creative Commons. “Scoopt has come up with an innovative and workable way for bloggers to interact with print media, and be rewarded for it. We’re glad that Scoopt has chosen Creative Commons licensing to encourage bloggers to make their work part of a growing resource of shared and freely-available information.”
About Scoopt
Scoopt is a media agency that brokers commercial deals between content creators and content users. The privately owned company was founded in July 2005 by Kyle MacRae, a freelance journalist. For general information, visit http://scoopt.com and http://scoopt.com/words.
About Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, that promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works — whether owned or in the public domain. Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists and educators that build upon the “all rights reserved” concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach. It is sustained by the generous support of various foundations including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation as well as members of the public.
Contact
Eric Steuer
Creative Director, Creative Commons
(415) 946-3039
Email
