Time magazine’s person of the year is You. The article doesn’t mention Creative Commons but it’s all about what Creative Commons is all about: But look at 2006 through a different lens and you’ll see another story, one that isn’t about conflict or great men. It’s a story about community and collaboration on a scale…

Tonight we’re celebrating the 4 phenomenal years of Creative Commons! Over the past 4 years our licenses have grown to number over 140,000,000 and have been ported to over 30 countries. We have experienced exponential growth because of our community’s support and for that we thank you. In order to thank you and celebrate CC…

Rebecca Kahn from iCommons.org is asking for people to send her images directly wishing a happy birthday to Creative Commons for its 4th birthday celebration tomorrow, December 15 – 16, depending on which timezone you are in. Along witht he photo, she wants people to send a nice message to CC. You could also save…

As Andres from our CC Scotland team has already blogged, there has been another court case in Spain involving the use of CC licensed music. For those keeping track, there has already been a similar case decided earlier this year. In the earlier case, the main Spanish collecting society — Sociedad General de Autores y…

San Francisco, CA, USA; Berlin, GERMANY; and Lisbon, Portugal — December 13, 2006 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon, is proud to announce the celebration of the launch of its licenses in Portugal on December 15, 2006. Creative Commons copyright licenses are…

PUMP AUDIO AND CREATIVE COMMONS COLLABORATE ON COMMERCIAL LICENSING FOR INDEPENDENT MUSICIANS Hudson Valley, NY and San Francisco, CA – December 12, 2006 – Pump Audio, the leading provider of quality independent music to content creators globally, today announced that it has teamed up with Creative Commons to expand and promote fair commercial licensing options…

You know that CC licensing is reaching far into the music scene when you have a genre-specific region based podcast like the NY-NE Regional EDM Showcase. In yet another example of what is enabled by CC licenses this show features “original EDM tracks from independent musicians within upstate New York And Western New England” all CC…

This weeks’ winner of the Creative Commons first ever CC Swag Photo Contest is “andyket”. The fifth winning photograph titled “The CC Glow” shows an innovative use of our informational disk flyers. We are again amazed by the entries and participation and thank all of you very much. There is one week left so we…

The Wall Street Journal on a new ‘Wiki’ book project: In a move that could shake up the book industry, publishing giant Pearson PLC is joining with two top business schools to create a business book authored and edited by a “wiki” — an online community dedicated to writing … The wiki book, produced by…

Lawrence Lessig’s book Code v2 officially launched today. Code v2 is the revision of his 1999 Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. Code v2 is not so much a new book as it is a translation of a very old (in Internet time) one. Code v2 was written collaboratively with the world. Part of the…