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Meet our board members: Caterina Fake
Caterina Fake by Richard Morgenstein / CC BY-SA The first website CC board member Caterina Fake ever made was a fan page for Lolita author Vladimir Nabokov, her favorite writer. “When I first went online around 1993-1994, every site was just something people had just put up–pictures of their cat, or a marble collection, or … Read More “Meet our board members: Caterina Fake”
3taps Supports Creative Commons with a Matching Challenge
Greg Kidd and Karen Gifford by Elizabeth Sabo / CC BY Today, we’d like to turn your attention to 3taps, a new startup that makes sifting through classified ads a whole lot easier. 3taps is supporting our fall fundraising campaign with a $3000 matching challenge! That means if you donate now, 3taps will match your … Read More “3taps Supports Creative Commons with a Matching Challenge”
Meet our board members: Molly Van Houweling
Molly Van Houweling by Joi / CC BY When Molly Van Houweling ran Creative Commons back in 2001, she was the only staff member, working out of a small office on the third floor of the Stanford law school building. Her work there was mundane but critical: taking off from the pivotal meeting among the … Read More “Meet our board members: Molly Van Houweling”
Belgian Band Wins Case Against Theater for Infringing Use of CC-Licensed Song
The CC BY-NC-ND license held its own in a Belgian court last week when a band called Lichôdmapwa won a lawsuit against a theater company in Brussels that commercially used a modified, unattributed version of one of their songs in an advertisement. One of the band members happened to hear the song on the radio … Read More “Belgian Band Wins Case Against Theater for Infringing Use of CC-Licensed Song”
Meet our board members: Jimmy Wales
Meet Creative Commons board member Jimmy Wales. You probably know him best as the founder of Wikipedia. Here, he talks to us about the importance of Creative Commons, why fundraising is hard, and his crazy travel schedule. Why are you on the CC board? As the founder of Wikipedia, I am very aware of the … Read More “Meet our board members: Jimmy Wales”
Meet our board members: Hal Abelson
Founding board member Hal Abelson was an advocate of Creative Commons from before the organization even existed. He was a grad student in the 60s when people starting buzzing about computers. “They cost several million dollars at the time,” he says. “My first thought was, this computer thing is great, you can turn kids loose … Read More “Meet our board members: Hal Abelson”
Watch Sintel, an open-source animated short from the Blender Institute
Last week, we interviewed Ton Roosendaal, head of the Blender Institute, on his new open animated short film called Sintel. (Blender is an awesome open-source 3D creation suite, and the Institute is the studio that creates content like Sintel that employ amazing Blender-enabled techniques like smoke simulation and volumetrics.) The film was made possible with … Read More “Watch Sintel, an open-source animated short from the Blender Institute”