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CC Joins OpenCourseWare Consortium
by Alex Gakuru Open EducationCreative Commons recently joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium as an Affiliate Organization. The Consortium is a collaboration of more than 100 higher education institutions and associated organizations who are commited to creating a broad and deep body of open educational content. For more information, visit the Consortium’s site.
Creative Commons and New World Notes Present Judge Richard A. Posner in Second Life
by jennifer About CCSan Francisco, CA, USA — December 5, 2006 Creative Commons and New World Notes are pleased to sponsor a conversation with Judge Richard A. Posner in the virtual world of Second Life on December 7, 2006 at 6-8pm PST. Second Life is an online society in a 3D world, where users can explore, build, socialize,…
Christopher Willits Remix Contest
by Alex Gakuru Open CultureCreative Commons, XLR8R magazine, and Ghostly International are hosting the Christopher Willits “Colors Shifting” Remix Contest on ccMixter. The winning remix will be featured on an XLR8R Incite CD compilation, which will be included with a future issue of XLR8R magazine. The contest ends on December 27, 2006 — visit the contest site for more…
LibriVox – New Featured Commoner
by mia UncategorizedLibriVox is a project that describes its mission to be the “acoustical liberation of books in the public domain.” It is a digital library of free public domain audio books that are read and recorded by volunteers. LibriVox’s catalogue includes an impressive range of books, short works and poems from a diverse range of writers.…
Librivox
by mia Open CultureLibriVox is a project that describes its mission to be the “acoustical liberation of books in the public domain.” It is a digital library of free public domain audio books that are read and recorded by volunteers. It was started just a year and a half ago, in August 2005, and already has amassed over…
Vieux Farka Touré Remix Contest
by Eric Steuer Open CultureThe Vieux Farka Touré Remix Contest is taking place now at ccMixter. The winning remix will be included on Modiba Productions’ upcoming Vieux Remixed CD.
Vieux Farka Touré Remix Contest
by Eric Steuer Open CultureThe Vieux Farka Touré Remix Contest is taking place now at ccMixter. The winning remix will be included on Modiba Productions’ upcoming Vieux Remixed CD.
O'Reilly Foundation Donates to CC
by melissa UncategorizedCreative Commons is pleased to announce that the O’Reilly Foundation has donated $10,000 towards CC’s $300,000 annual campaign goal. We are honored to be a receipient of such significant support. Tim O’Reilly is the founder of O’Reilly Media and a supporter of both open source and the free software movements, which this donation exemplifies.
Writer Cory Doctorow Explains the Economics of Giving It Away
by mia UncategorizedIn a recent article in Forbes.com, Cory Doctorow explains the impact of using Creative Commons licenses for him as a writer. Cory has used CC licenses on many of his writings — from his books (available here) to his postings on Boing Boing. We featured him back in October 2005. The Forbes article offers a…
Creative Commons Annual Campaign Update
by melissa UncategorizedThe Creative Commons’ annual fundraising campaign is set to end on December 31st. The campaign was instituted last year in efforts to prove to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that the public was supporting CC financially as well as ideologically. This year we chose to focus the campaign more on building community and raising awareness…