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Leaders in Intellectual Property and Open Content from All Corners of the Globe Participating in Inaugural International Creative Commons Conference

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA—June 24, 2005 Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides flexible copyright licenses for authors and artists, is holding a conference at Harvard Law School over the coming weekend of June 25 and 26, 2005, for all of its international collaboration partners, who are responsible for the legal ‘porting’ of the Creative Commons…

'Leaders of the Free World' finally able to sing "Happy Birthday to You" to the Free Culture Movement after rights to song cleared

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San Francisco, USA, June 21, 2005: Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides flexible copyright licenses for authors and artists, released today its long- awaited present to the Free Culture Movement, represented primarily by FreeCulture.org, which celebrated its first birthday on April 23, 2005. The present is a recording of “Happy Birthday to You” by…

openDemocracy's Global Network of Writers Adopts Creative Commons Licenses

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San Francisco, USA & London, UK – June 14, 2005> Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides flexible copyright licenses for authors and artists, and openDemocracy.net, an independent online magazine for debate about global politics, today unveiled a new partnership to bring works by the world’s leading scholars and writers into the global commons. openDemocracy.net…

Creative Commons and Science Commons Announce Open Access Law Program

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Creative Commons and Science Commons Announce Open Access Law Program San Francisco & Boston, USA — June 6, 2005 Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides flexible copyright licenses for authors and artists, and Science Commons, a project of Creative Commons that works to encourage sharing of scientific and academic knowledge, today unveiled their Open…

CREATIVE COMMONS COPYRIGHT LICENSES LAUNCH IN SOUTH AFRICA

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San Francisco, USA, and Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, June 1, 2005 – Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that offers free copyright licenses and tools to creators to make their works available on more flexible terms, unveiled a localized version of its innovative licensing system in South Africa last week. With South Africa offering Creative Commons licenses…

Creative Commons and Magnatune Announce Lisa DeBenedictis Remix Contest -– Winners to Receive Magnatune Recording Contract

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Be creative, be open, and give it your best shot. “Let your imagination run wild and get creative,” is the slogan from Magnatune and Creative Commons on their latest venture. Online record label Magnatune and non-profit creative licensing organization Creative Commons announce that they will co-host a digital music remix contest beginning in May of…

OPEN COPYRIGHT LICENSES OFFERED IN AUSTRALIA

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Creative Commons and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) introduce innovative copyright licenses to Australia San Francisco, USA and Brisbane, AUSTRALIA  Jan. 19, 2005  Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that offers a flexible copyright for creative work, today unveiled a localized version of its innovative licensing system in Australia. The Creative Commons licenses…

OPEN COPYRIGHT LICENSES OFFERED IN CROATIA

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Creative Commons introduces its innovative copyright licenses at the Free Culture Festival in Zagreb San Francisco, USA and Zagreb, CROATIA  Jan. 19, 2005  Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides a flexible copyright for authors and artists, this week unveiled a localized version of its innovative licensing system in Croatia. The Creative Commons…