Many of us are enjoying the world cup at the moment – some more than others as our favorite teams suceed beyond our wildest dreams – but still, the World Cup means many different things to people around the world. Those of us at the Rio Summit certainly had a taste of what football means…
In the UK, the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APPIG) has recently released its report on Digital Rights Management. It contained strong and welcome recommendations in relation to DRM, some of which are succintly listed on Boing Boing. In addition to DRM, the inquiry also considered CC licensing; specifically, one of the issues for comment…
The University Channel – a collaboration between over 30 universities, thinktanks and other organizations that host events relevant to a range of public affairs issues – has released its webcasts, podcasts, vodcasts and blogs under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharelike 2.5 license. UC invites contributors to submit recordings of lectures, seminars, panels and interviews to the…
Architecture for Humanity is a California-based non-profit organization aimed at encouraging architects and designers to seek architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis. Launched in 1999 from a single laptop computer, Architecture for Humanity has spread into a global movement with local chapters around the world engaging talented young architects to rethink the mission of their profession.…
Silicon Valley-based NGO reinforces its activities around the globe and introduces its innovative copyright licenses in Peru. San Francisco, CA, USA; Berlin, GERMANY; and Lima, Peru — June 29, 2006 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon today announced the launch of its…
During the iSummit last weekend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dwayne Bailey from the WordForge project. We discussed the tools used to translate Creative Commons software and he assisted me in installing the server-based tool Pootle on our servers. Pootle is a web-based tool that allows users…
We wrapped up the iCommons Summit yesterday. It was a fantastic and inspiring event bringing together a diversity of skills, viewpoints, experiences and cultures but all connected to and passionate about issues relevant to “the commons.” You can find more information about what was discussed from the summit website. In addition, the New York Times…
Hello from the iCommons Summit! Rio is beautiful and so are the hundreds of people joining us here for this historic event. Among the many members of our community who have traveled to be a part of the summit is former Creative Commons executive director Glenn Otis Brown, who writes in to say: I’m honored…
Most of Creative Commons staff is in Rio de Janiero this weekend for the iCommons iSummit. See the iSummit coverage site for panel writeups, podcasts, and images from the conference. It is a pleasure to have a few days of face to face collaboration with our worldwide affiliates and extended community. Update: Participate online in…
Our latest Featured Commoner tells the story of Wikitravel – why it was started, how it has been built up & organized and its experience of CC licensing. As we mentioned earlier in the year, in April 2006 Wikitravel was one of two wikis that were acquired by Internet Brands, which makes this a very…