The people at Project Gutenberg, long known for creating and hosting public domain works, are releasing a “Best Of” CD under a Creative Commons license.

Dan Bricklin of Satn.org recently posted some thoughtful concerns about the Creative Commons licenses, in particular their common warranty clause. Dan’s concerns take two forms: (1) Creative Commons should do more to alert licensors to the details of our warranty provision; (2) the warranty provision is too strong for the average copyright holder — that…

John Sundman, author of the books “Acts of the Apostles” and “Cheap Complex Devices” has recently applied a Creative Commons license to his works. The full text of the books are available for download from his site.

Creative Commons announced today the release of several hundred titles under its Founders’ Copyright. The Silicon Valley nonprofit also opened the Founders’ Copyright submission process to the public via its website.

Stanford-based nonprofit also opens doors of Founders’ Copyright submission process Santa Clara, California, USA – April 23, 2003 — Creative Commons announced today the release of several hundred titles under its Founders’ Copyright. The Silicon Valley nonprofit also opened the Founders’ Copyright submission process to the public via its website. With the Founders’ Copyright, Creative…

Syndic8, a central repository for syndicated news feeds, has recently started tracking the use of Creative Commons licenses in feeds. They’ve got a growing list here.

“Academic Digital Rights: A Walk on the Creative Commons,” by Glenn Otis Brown

“Snippets From SXSW Interactive 2003,” by Michael May

“Plays Well With Others,” by Michael May

The Christian Science Monitor recently published an article focusing on independent labels and musicians. While recording industry album sales were down 11% overall in 2002, some independent outfits saw sales increases of 50 to 100 percent, all while eschewing mainstream radio play.