Creative Commons introduces its innovative copyright licenses at the Free Culture Festival in Zagreb San Francisco, USA and Zagreb, CROATIA Jan. 19, 2005 Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides a flexible copyright for authors and artists, this week unveiled a localized version of its innovative licensing system in Croatia. The Creative Commons…
The Silicon Valley nonprofit releases South Korean versions of its innovative copyright licenses at the High Court in Seoul. San Francisco, USA and Seoul, SOUTH KOREA, March 21, 2005 – Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that offers free, flexible copyright tools to the general public, today unveiled a localized version of its innovative licensing system…
San Francisco, USA, and London, United Kingdom – May 17, 2005 – Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a body of creative works free to share and build upon, today announced the launch of Creative Commons International. Incorporated in the UK as a nonprofit organization, Creative Commons International will provide support to the…
Minus Kelvin, a physics and calculus teacher by day and composer by night, has been making regular contributions to ccMixter since February. Friday we learned that Runoff Records, Inc. has signed MinusKelvin, after discovering his music through a podcast of ccMixter (enabled by the licenses). Together with another ccMixter contributor, Pat Chilla, they will now…
Thanks to constructive criticism from the community we’ve decided to drop the marketing partnership with BzzAgent (thanks for the offer). Many suggested that we actively engage the community in promoting CC, following the lead of Spread Firefox. To collect ideas we’ve created a SpreadCC wiki page. Please jump in. Note that “SpreadCC” is not an…
Yahoo! has added a forum to support Yahoo! Search for Creative Commons. If you have questions or feedback for Yahoo! concerning this service, now you have a place to ask. See this post introducing Yahoo! Search for Creative Commons. Today Yahoo! also took their video search out of beta. You can’t (yet — hint, hint!)…
Jim Munroe has released a CC-licensed flash movie called Time Management for Anarchists and he wants you to remix it (the .fla source for Flash creators). The movie gives pretty standard “getting things done” advice, as told by famous anarchists “Mike” (Mikhail Bukinin) and “Emma” (Goldman). It could use male and female voices for Mike…
Flickr, who we interviewed last year, has reopened the area of their site devoted to Creative Commons licensed images. If you’re looking for a photo to drop into a collage, a report for school, or even onto a t-shirt, this is a great place to browse and search for specific licensed photos. We’re also happy…
Creative Commons is fortunate to have a partnership with BzzAgent Inc., a word-of-mouth marketing firm based in Boston. Today, BzzAgent launched a grass roots marketing campaign to promote Creative Commons. What does this mean? The marketing campaign is a network of volunteer brand evangelists who share their honest opinions about products and services with other…
The online magazine Slate has a great review article on the Star Wars fan-created movie Revelations. Slate’s Clive Thompson gives the film high marks saying the story and special effects are better than the recent Star Wars prequels and even goes so far as to say: George Lucas has always encouraged Star Wars-inspired fan movies,…