OYEZ Press

Glenn Otis Brown, August 7th, 2003

“Getting audio recordings of landmark legal arguments is becoming as easy as downloading the latest Snoop Dogg single.”

There are two nice pieces on the OYEZ project’s recent release of Supreme Court audio under Creative Commons licenses in the New York Times and AP today, among a few other places.

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Creative Commons & Brazil

Glenn Otis Brown, August 6th, 2003

iCommons has expanded to Brazil. The Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, in Rio de Janeiro, will lead the effort.

FGV and Creative Commons also plan to begin work with the Brazilian Minister of Culture, world-renowned musician Gilberto Gil (!), to use the licenses to expand access to Brazilian culture.

Read the first porting (for readers of Portuguese).

Read the excellent annotation of the first porting (by project lead Ronaldo Lemos, in English).

Join the discussion.

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Make a movie. Win a computer. A DV Cam. An iPod.

Glenn Otis Brown, August 5th, 2003

Announcing

The GET CREATIVE! Moving Image Contest.

Win a computer, a DV camera, or an iPod.

But first, read a description, the rules, and our list of amazing judges.

Then start getting creative.

It’s open-source messaging.

(Read the press release).

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