Gratisvibes is a newish blog reviewing and recommending CC licensed electronic music: Gratisvibes aims to lead readers to the best of Creative Commons-licensed Electronic Music on the web, spreading the word for greater musical freedom for both artists and listeners alike. ccMixter star teru has a new remix project, ccMusictime: The following mixes were made…

Just a reminder that CC Salon is happening tonight from 6-9pm at Shine in San Francisco. CC Salon is a free, casual monthly get-together focused on conversation, networking, and presentations from people or groups who are developing projects that relate to open content and tools. CC Salon SF is now being presented in conjunction with…

Zimbio is fairly new to the scene — it allows people to build and participate in “public portals” with others who share their interests. A portal can include photographs, links to websites and articles, a group blog, online discussion forum, recommended RSS feeds, and live chat about the subject. While we’ve all learned to love…

What happens when three Germans drive aross the US in an old red Cadillac? Route 66: An American Bad Dream documents one experience. Stefan Kluge will show SL attendees highlights of his film and discuss VEB FILM Leipzig, an open source netlabel that publishes work under a Creative Commons license. We’ll be at the CC…

Been looking for a good book to read lately? Margot, one of our Summer ’06 interns, has put the finishing touches on a page of the CC wiki devoted to listing the various books that have been published under a Creative Commons license. The page is split into categories. The first, more conventional types of…

Evoca is a new service that helps you record audio via their web application, phone, or skype (you can also upload a .mp3 or .wav file) and allows people to choose a CC license or public domain dedication for their recordings. Many people seem to be doing just that! Via Tom Raftery.

The Best Media in Life is Free is a newish blog recommending quality CC licensed music and public domain books. An early post compliments other CC tastemakers: Shannon Campbell, Your Own Dot Org: A cute little pop-ish thing that is one of the few cc-licensed songs I have that has not turned up yet on…

Extensive writeups on icommons.org of the CC Peru launch, a CC Collage Party in Taiwan, and the upcoming first CC Salon Seoul. If you read Spanish see Carlonia Botero’s Q&A about CC licenses leading up to the CC Columbia launch later this month and a new book on free culture, Aprender la Libertad by CC…

Please join us for another CC Salon! CC Salon, San Francisco Wednesday, August 9, 6-9pm Shine (1337 Mission Street, between 9th and 10th Streets) CC Salon SF is now being presented in conjunction with CopyNight SF! This month’s line-up: * The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a not-for-profit organization comprised of scientists and physicians…

Development work on Firefox 2 is moving along, and the Mozilla team has released the first beta. While in San Francisco this week I’ve spent some time hacking on a new MozCC 2 codebase, and we’re happy to announce the availability of MozCC 2. Just a few notes about the release. First, download links and…