San Francisco, USA — May 8, 2006 Creative Commons and Vogele & Associates today unveiled the Podcasting Legal Guide, which was prepared by both organizations together with the invaluable assistance of the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School’s Clinical Program in Cyberlaw. The Guide was prepared as part of the Stanford Center for Internet &…

The Fort Minor Remix Contest at ccMixter has been a smash success, with hundreds of incredible entries by producers from all around the globe. The contest ends tonight at 9pm PT, so get your last minute submissions in today! The winner will receive a Technics SL-1200 turntable, courtesy of Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop…

Diesel–U-Music is back! The 2006 edition of the popular international music contest is open to unsigned artists playing rock, urban/hip-hop, and electronic music. This year’s competition is sponsored by Diesel, Sony, and Billboard, and is presented in conjunction with Creative Commons. Here’s the coolest part: All of the songs entered into the contest will be…

Diesel–U-Music is back! The 2006 edition of the popular international music contest is open to unsigned artists playing rock, urban/hip-hop, and electronic music. This year’s competition is sponsored by Diesel, Sony, and Billboard, and is presented in conjunction with Creative Commons. Here’s the coolest part: All of the songs entered into the contest will be…

Please join us for the third CC Salon in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 10 from 6-9 PM at Shine (1337 Mission Street between 8th and 9th Streets). CC Salon is a casual get-together focused on conversation, networking, and 2-3 brief presentations from individuals or groups who are developing projects with relationships to Creative Commons.…

Marco Raaphorst writes in about ‘3voor12 plundert musea’ (this is an expanded version of an entry on his blog): The Dutch VPRO have asked me to compose a special song for the release party of ‘3voor12 plundert musea‘ VPRO is a Dutch broadcasting organisation for national non-commercial TV and radio. They are payed by tax-money.…

John Buckman from Magnatune drew our attention to recent press coverage about the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s decision to eschew traditional music distribution methods and release their performance of Handel’s 1736 opera “Atalanta” exclusively through Magnatune. Apparently, the Orchestra’s decision was prompted by disappointing CD sales. Now the music can be enjoyed either by streaming at…

Google is accepting student proposals for its Summer of Code program yesterday through May 8. Student signup starts here. Creative Commons has a page for SoC proposal ideas. In the last few days Jon Phillips has greatly expanded our Developer Challenges section, another place to look for proposal ideas.

Filmmaker Solomon Rothman has released the trailer to his upcoming movie Boy Who Never Slept online. Both the trailer and the full-length film are being offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license. Rothman shot, starred in, and directed the movie, which centers on the friendship between an insomniac writer and a girl he meets…

iCommons.org has published a very cool article about Creative Commons Salon. Give it a read — there are some helpful hints about starting a CC Salon in your community.