There’s a great addition to the line-up for the CC Salon NYC happening at Nublu from 8-10pm this Friday, October 13: Evan Harper of Eyebeam Evan oversees technical things in the Production Studio. Professional highlights include recreating memorable scenes from the Donny & Marie Show in diorama form and fixing broken appliances he found on…

We’ve posted a new Featured Commoner interview with McKenzie Wark, a professor of cultural and media studies at the New School in New York. Wark is the author of A Hacker Manifesto and chose to post the draft of his next book, GAM3R 7H30RY, on a Web site designed in coordination with the Institute for…

McKenzie Wark is a professor of cultural and media studies at the New School in New York. He chose to post the draft of his upcoming book, GAM3R 7H30RY, under a CC license.

GAM3R 7H30RY is described as an experimental networked book, and allows readers to post feedback online using windows that are arranged like note cards on the page. We contacted Wark to discuss this project, his choice of licensing, and his thoughts on the future of print publishing.

Beatpick, which bills itself as the Fairplay Music Label and releases tracks online under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license, has had two of its artists handpicked by Mercedes Benz for inclusion in Mercedes’ Mixtape compilation 14. Mercedes entered into a separate, non-exclusive licensing deal to use the tracks from the artists Foley and Napolitano Lounge…

An article in Fortune magazine about expensive museum acquisitions includes this bit about the impact of a work’s copyright status on demand for viewing the original (emphasis added): An example of the long-term benefit of an iconic artwork such as “Adele” can be found at the Art Institute of Chicago, home to three of the…

Last Friday night, Wired and Flavorpill hosted a concert in New York to help raise money for Creative Commons. The show featured amazing performances by Peeping Tom, Diplo, and Girl Talk, as well as short introductions by Wired’s Chris Anderson and CC’s Lawrence Lessig. We’re happy to report that the show was a smashing success.…

New Yorkers: Please join us for our very first CC Salon New York City on Friday, October 13, from 8-10pm at Nublu, 62 Ave. C (between 4th Street and 5th Street). Nublu is a great East Village music spot where the Brazilian Girls first started jamming. Note: Since Nublu is a bar, CC Salon is…

We’re pleased to announce that the Evolution Control Committee will provide the music for the CC Salon / Fundraising Campaign Launch Party taking place in San Francisco next Wednesday, October 11 (check out our Upcoming.org page for time, place, and all of the other details. ECC is one of the key players in the development…

Our friends at the Future of Music Coalition have been producing a cool conference called the Future of Music Policy Summit since 2001. This year’s summit started today — and Creative Commons is a proud sponsor of the event. Check out the terrific program, featuring a presentation by David Byrne entitled Record Companies: Who Needs…

In December of 2003 Magnatune recording artist Lisa Debendictis released an album called Fruitless under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license with an original composition and performance called “Brilliant Day” (stream here). In March of 2004 John at Magnatune was encouraging me to get in touch with artists on the label to remix and Lisa was gracious enough…