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Creative Commons Launches Photo Contest on Flickr
by melissa About CCCreative Commons Launches Photo Contest on Flickr Winners’ Photos to Be Featured on CC Postcards; Winners Can Also Choose a CC Board Member to Record a Personalized Outgoing Voicemail Message San Francisco, CA — November 8, 2006 Today, Creative Commons announced the launch of the first CC Swag Photo Contest on Flickr. The contest is…
Creative Commons Taps Revver to Launch New Viral Video Fundraising Model
by melissa About CCCreative Commons Taps Revver to Launch New Viral Video Fundraising Model Nonprofit Organization Uses Online Video Sharing to Raise Money San Francisco, CA and Los Angeles, CA – 10/31/06 – Today, Creative Commons announced that it will be the first non-profit organization to raise money through online video sharing. Revver, the first marketplace for viral…
Creative Commons Launches 2nd Annual Fundraising Campaign
by melissa About CC, CopyrightCreative Commons Launches 2nd Annual Fundraising Campaign San Francisco, USA — October 17, 2006 Creative Commons has just launched its 2nd Annual Fundraising Campaign. The second annual campaign features new support pages on the Creative Commons website which offer new swag including a new T-shirt design, new vinyl stickers and hipster CC buttons. In addition,…
Palast Productions Announces Armed Madhouse Remix Contest
by Eric Steuer About CCPalast Productions Announces Armed Madhouse Remix Contest: Excerpts From Audiobook of Greg Palast’s New York Times Bestseller Offered Under Creative Commons License New York, USA — September 28, 2006 The Palast Investigative Fund, Palast Productions, Creative Commons, Alternative Tentacles Records, and Air America Radio are proud to present the Armed Madhouse Remix Contest, taking place…
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Launches Free Classical Music Podcast – “The Concert” – Under a Creative Commons License
by Eric Steuer About CCMuseum offers unreleased live performances by notable musicians and emerging young artists for free download and file sharing BOSTON, MA, USA — September 14, 2006 Starting today, everyone who visits the website of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will be able to download free classical music and share it with anyone, anywhere. “The Concert,” the…
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Launches Free Classical Music Podcast – “The Concert†– Under a Creative Commons License
by Eric Steuer About CCMuseum offers unreleased live performances by notable musicians and emerging young artists for free download and file sharing BOSTON, MA, USA — September 14, 2006 Starting today, everyone who visits the website of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will be able to download free classical music and share it with anyone, anywhere. “The Concert,” the…
Creative Commons Sponsored Software ccHost Releases Version 3.0
by kidproto About CCSan Francisco, USA – September 8, 2006 Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides flexible copyright licenses for authors and artists along with the Creative Commons Developer Community released the ccHost 3.0 today. ccHost is an Open Source web-based media sharing software. This major feature release comes on the heals of winning the Linux Journal…
DROPPING KNOWLEDGE USES CREATIVE COMMONS IN ITS KNOWLEDGE-SHARING INITIATIVE
by mia About CCSan Francisco, USA, Berlin, Germany, September 8, 2006 Creative Commons is pleased to announce that dropping knowledge, the not-for-profit initiative that offers a global knowledge portal and dialogue forum on its website will use Creative Commons’ licenses for its innovative online resource. On September 9, 2006, 112 creative thinkers, ranging from artists, writers and scientists…
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES OFFERED IN COLOMBIA
by mia About CCSan Francisco, CA, USA; Berlin, GERMANY; and Bogotá, Colombia — August 22, 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 licenses in Colombia. Creative Commons copyright licenses are available free of charge from the group’s website. The…
CREATIVE COMMONS SELECTED BY GOOD MAGAZINE AS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR CHOOSE GOOD CAMPAIGN
by francesca About CCSan Francisco, California — July 12, 2006 Creative Commons is proud to announce today that it has been named as one of twelve non-profit organizations that will participate in the innovative subscription strategy — the CHOOSE GOOD campaign — that accompanies the launch of GOOD magazine. Launching nationwide this Fall, GOOD magazine strives to elevate…