The first CC Salon San Francisco held Wednesday evening was a big success. The 1337 venue was filled, people drank, the presentations were just right, and Minus Kelvin delivered well-modulated jams. Next month we have Lucas Gonze presenting on How the net is changing music. Watch here and the wiki for details. Minus Kelvin photo…

INTERVIEW BY CC Mexico The Sistema de Internet de la Presidencia (or Presidency Internet System) (“SIP”) is the office in charge of generating and publishing all of the Mexican President Vicente Fox’s content and information over the Internet. They host and maintain various websites including the Presidency’s main website, “México en Línea” the Presidency’s Internet…

Creative Commons, Warner Bros. Records, and Machine Shop Recordings, are proud to present the Fort Minor Remix Contest, starting today at ccMixter. Fort Minor — the hip-hop project led by Linkin Park vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda — is offering the separated audio elements of its hit single “Remember the Name” online under a Creative Commons BY-NC…

San Francisco, USA & Los Angeles, USA – March 8, 2006 Creative Commons, along with Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop Recordings, today announced the Fort Minor Remix Contest. Fort Minor, the hip-hop project led by Linkin Park vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, has made the digital files from the recording session of its song “Remember the…

If imitation is the best form of flattery, London-based record label BeatPick is handing it to Berkeley and London-based label Magnatune in spades. Similarities include CC license used (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike), a 50/50 artist/label revenue split, a menu of commercial licensing options and availability of wav, mp3 and ogg downloads. Of course it’s about the music and…

For those of you who followed the weekly Lessig Letters last year, you may recall that Larry outlined one of our planned projects for 2006 – a public domain registry or public domain wiki. Work on the registry has commenced in earnest. Today, Access Copyright, Creative Commons Canada and Creative Commons announced the project –…

San Francisco, CA, USA and Berlin, GERMANY — March 4, 2006 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon, today unveils a localized version of its innovative licensing system in Malaysia. Creative Commons copyright licenses are available free of charge from the group’s website.…

Former Creative Commons Executive Director Glenn Otis Brown has added gloves to all that time he must have on his hands after leaving this crazy startup nonprofit organization. His boxing adventures as MEFISTO (very clever Glenn) are chronicled at Haymaker-SF. All videos are licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 and hosted at blip.tv, a cool new video…

This call for architects may not be a prestigious as The Pritzker Prize, but it’s not far from it. Creative Commons seeks a Second Life enthusiast and builder … see below. Calling Designers, Builders and Scripters — help Creative Commons set up its meeting place and multimedia gallery Creativecommons.org now has a home base in…

We’re very excited to announce the first CC Salon, taking place in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 8 from 6pm-9pm at Shine (1337 Mission Street). In the spirit of gatherings organized by groups like Remix Reading, Dorkbot, and Copynight, CC Salon will be a casual affair focused on conversation and community-building open to anyone interested…