After six busy months, I’m very pleased to announce the release of ccPublisher 1.0. ccPublisher 1.0 is a feature complete, stable tool which allows users (that’s you) to easily license your work, and optionally upload it to the Internet Archive for free hosting and cataloging. You can download ccPublisher for Windows (.msi) or Mac OS…

Open Access Now’s current feature is an interview with Science Commons executive director John Wilbanks.

The launch ceremony of the Belgian CC Licences took place in the Bibliotheque Royale in Brussels on 10 December as part of the electronic music and free software festival Jonctions 8. Creative Commons country head Severine Dusollier – a young researcher of copyright law at the University of Namur – had invited an interesting panel…

The handbook for Drupal, one of the most popular web content management systems (Spread Firefox is a recent high-profile example) has adopted Creative Commons licensing so as to make clear that Drupal community members can use the documentation in the Drupal handbook in other contexts, such as revising and developing site specific help docs. allow…

The Creative Remix, an hour-long “lawyer free” examination of the art, culture, and history of the remix, will be airing on public radio station KUOW in Seattle on December 20th at 8pm. It will also be airing on WBEZ in Chicago, on December 26th at 5pm. Check it out!

Friends of Creative Commons, As 2004 draws to a close, Creative Commons is strong. In the past two years since Creative Commons licenses have been available, we’ve taken our first large first steps with you–building some of the essential tools, adding critical pieces of infrastructure and assembling a vibrant community. In 2004, Glenn, Larry, and…

Earlier this spring, Creative Commons staff went down to Brazil to oversee the launch of one of the first country-specific licenses. There was a big event attended by Gilberto Gil, the Minister of Culture for Brazil, and a film crew followed everyone around for a couple days. The result is a nice little 11 minute…

To coincide with Italy’s launch of their own Creative Commons licenses, I’ve gotten word that 5000 pages on neural.it will be licensed. More on the Italy launch event later.

Duke Law School, Center for the Study of the Public Domain, has posted the eight finalists to their Arts Project Moving Image Contest. The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary…

Today marks the second anniversary of the first release of Creative Commons licenses. What an amazing two years it has been — we can only hope the coming years will be as extraordinary.