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Free Culture.org Creative Commons Art Show
by francesca UncategorizedLast time we reported on FreeCulture.org NYU, they were getting accolades in the Village Voice for taking part in a regional FreeCulture.org summit. Now NYU FreeCulture.org has organized an art show featuring works all licensed under Creative Commons. The opening is this Wednesday, March 1st on 7th floor of the Kimmel Student Center at 7…
News.com on the Copyright Criminals Remix Contest
by Eric Steuer UncategorizedNews.com has an excellent article about the Copyright Criminals Remix Contest that Creative Commons is sponsoring over at ccMixter. It’s not too late to enter the remix showdown — we’re accepting tracks until March 14. Submit your music and it might be featured in Kembrew McLeod and Ben Franzen’s upcoming documentary Copyright Criminals.
Web 2.0 rule #5
by mike UncategorizedDion Hinchcliffe has put together a draft list of the first-order elements of Web 2.0 thinking. Number five (of sixteen): Be prepared to share everything with enthusiasm. Share everything possible, every piece of data you have, every service you offer. Encourage unintended uses, bend overbackward to contribute, don’t keep anything private that doesn’t absolutely have…
Litcasts
by mike UncategorizedA National Public Radio (United States) story on audio books from early this month highlights two very different projects using CC tools. LibriVox provides free audiobooks of public domain works. The audiobooks themselves are dedicated to the public domain using the CC public domain dedication. LibriVox’s goal is “to record all the books in the…
Davis Guggenheim's "Teach" now available under a CC license
by Eric Steuer UncategorizedTeach, filmmaker Davis Guggenheim’s powerful documentary about teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District, is now available under a CC BY-NC-ND license. For more about this exciting news and to download a copy of the film, please see creativecommons.org/teach.
People Go Wild About CC BY
by mia UncategorizedSo we’re still loving tracking when CC appears in the Flickr zeitgeist, whether it’s about our latest Creative Commoner Ts or remix culture with CC & EFF stickers. And this one is great…thank you to our CC Netherlands team who made these Ts to coincide with the Creative Commons Europe summit…. By DaVrolik, CC BY…
HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SUPPORTIVE OF A “FREE(R) CULTURE”
by mia About CCBudapest, Hungary & San Francisco, USA — February 15, 2006 Creative Commons Hungary, a collaboration between Center for Media Research and Education, and the nonprofit organization Creative Commons, is pleased to highlight the recent release by acting Hungarian Prime Minister Mr. Ferenc Gyurcsany and his publisher Napvilag of Mr. Gyurcsany’s recent book “Utkozben” (In Transit)…
HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SUPPORTIVE OF A “FREE(R) CULTUREâ€
by mia About CCBudapest, Hungary & San Francisco, USA — February 15, 2006 Creative Commons Hungary, a collaboration between Center for Media Research and Education, and the nonprofit organization Creative Commons, is pleased to highlight the recent release by acting Hungarian Prime Minister Mr. Ferenc Gyurcsany and his publisher Napvilag of Mr. Gyurcsany’s recent book “Utkozben†(In Transit)…
CC Music Podcasts
by mike UncategorizedAll have been mentioned here before, but never all in one place. I’m talking about CC music podcasts, now cataloged on our wiki. Listen, you’re in for a treat. I guarantee it, having listened to and enjoyed nearly every espisode of all of the listed shows. By the way, the original CC music podcast is…
Copyright Criminals Remix Contest extended; New Chuck D and George Clinton samples added
by Eric Steuer UncategorizedGreat news for all you producers, DJs, and remixers: the Copyright Criminals Remix Contest over at ccMixter has been extended by two weeks, ending on March 14. Additionally, new vocal samples from influential rapper Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and pioneering funk musician George Clinton (of Parliament-Funkadelic) have been made available for use in the…