The Future Exploration Network recently published a report on the future of media (pdf) that touches on many trends relevant to Creative Commons, including Creative Commons (and the report itself is CC licensed, of course): Intellectual property and media The Future of Media Strategic Framework is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 License.…

Ron Goldman and Richard P. Gabriel have published Innovation Happens Elsewhere, their 2005 book on open source software, online under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. The book covers the ins and outs of open source software development for business without using much jargon. Here’s the authors’ summary of who the book is for: We wrote…

JC de Martin from our CC Italy team recently drew our attention to the fact that one of the leading Italian newspapers – La Stampa – based in Torino, has just released its two cultural supplements, TuttoScienze (science) and TuttoLibri (books), with a Creative Commons license (Attribuzione-NonCommerciale-NonOpereDerivate 2.5). Great news!

So we have four fabulous interns this summer – Amy, Katy, Margot & Asheesh. They have all been working closely with the CC team about the various projects that we have in the office right now and have been busily exploring Second Life & getting to know their SL selves. Here are some photos of…

These 4 talented students have been working on a variety of licensing projects with the CC staff. To show how innovative this summer has been, they will present their work in virtual space as the fourth event in our monthly Second Life series. Be ready for discussions about new ways that CC licenses can be…

These 4 talented students have been working on a variety of licensing projects with the CC staff. To show how innovative this summer has been, they will present their work in virtual space as the fourth event in our monthly Second Life series. Be ready for discussions about new ways that CC licenses can be…

Since last Septmeber Chinesepod has podcast a daily lesson in Mandarin Chinese under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Here’s a recent lesson on ordering vegetarian in China. The site has attracted a large following, with dozens of questions and helpful comments from fellow learners and Mandarin speakers on every post. Silicon.com recently posted an interview…

WpLicense, a plugin for the WordPress blogging system, has moved to the Creative Commons wiki. WpLicense allows you to select a Creative Commons license for your WordPress blog. Coinciding with the move an updated version, 0.6.0, is now available. This release adds support for including license information in your RSS2 and Atom feeds, so check…

San Francisco, California — July 12, 2006 Creative Commons is proud to announce today that it has been named as one of twelve non-profit organizations that will participate in the innovative subscription strategy — the CHOOSE GOOD campaign — that accompanies the launch of GOOD magazine. Launching nationwide this Fall, GOOD magazine strives to elevate…

Working for Creative Commons has been a great experience with one exception: the telecommuting. I’ve realized over the past two years it’s just not for me. It’s not so much the distance as it is being by myself all the time; I prefer to be around people when I’m working. So when my former employer,…