Canadian author MCM has created a kid’s storybook and fable for the commons: The Pig and the Box is about a pig who finds a magic box that can replicate anything you put into it. The pig becomes so protective of it, and so suspicious of anyone that wants to use it, that he makes…

MOD Films produces “remixable” film content and technology aimed at new cinema platforms. Through documentation and packaging of the film production, MOD helps to support future use of the films as digital video releases, in games, and as source material for online communities to play with. Michela Ledwidge founded MOD Films in 2004 with a…

The Future Exploration Network recently published a report on the future of media (pdf) that touches on many trends relevant to Creative Commons, including Creative Commons (and the report itself is CC licensed, of course): Intellectual property and media The Future of Media Strategic Framework is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 License.…

Ron Goldman and Richard P. Gabriel have published Innovation Happens Elsewhere, their 2005 book on open source software, online under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. The book covers the ins and outs of open source software development for business without using much jargon. Here’s the authors’ summary of who the book is for: We wrote…

JC de Martin from our CC Italy team recently drew our attention to the fact that one of the leading Italian newspapers – La Stampa – based in Torino, has just released its two cultural supplements, TuttoScienze (science) and TuttoLibri (books), with a Creative Commons license (Attribuzione-NonCommerciale-NonOpereDerivate 2.5). Great news!

So we have four fabulous interns this summer – Amy, Katy, Margot & Asheesh. They have all been working closely with the CC team about the various projects that we have in the office right now and have been busily exploring Second Life & getting to know their SL selves. Here are some photos of…

These 4 talented students have been working on a variety of licensing projects with the CC staff. To show how innovative this summer has been, they will present their work in virtual space as the fourth event in our monthly Second Life series. Be ready for discussions about new ways that CC licenses can be…

These 4 talented students have been working on a variety of licensing projects with the CC staff. To show how innovative this summer has been, they will present their work in virtual space as the fourth event in our monthly Second Life series. Be ready for discussions about new ways that CC licenses can be…

Since last Septmeber Chinesepod has podcast a daily lesson in Mandarin Chinese under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Here’s a recent lesson on ordering vegetarian in China. The site has attracted a large following, with dozens of questions and helpful comments from fellow learners and Mandarin speakers on every post. Silicon.com recently posted an interview…

WpLicense, a plugin for the WordPress blogging system, has moved to the Creative Commons wiki. WpLicense allows you to select a Creative Commons license for your WordPress blog. Coinciding with the move an updated version, 0.6.0, is now available. This release adds support for including license information in your RSS2 and Atom feeds, so check…