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San Jose Mercury News
by press-robot Press“Supreme Court oral arguments now available for file-swapping” by Phuong Le
Creative Commons launches the GET CREATIVE! Moving Image Contest
by matt About CCWin a Computer – A DV Cam – An iPod Contest to create a 2-minute presentation will demonstrate “open-source messaging” Palo Alto, USA Creative Commons announced today the launch of the GET CREATIVE! Moving Image Contest. Entrants are invited to create a 2-minute presentation in the animation or moving image format of their choice that…
Washington Post
by press-robot Press“Reading between the lines of fan fiction” by Ariana Eunjung Cha
Wired News
by press-robot Press“Supreme Court vs. The Supremes” by Katie Dean
Supreme Court Audio Classics Enter P2P Zone Thanks to Creative Commons Licenses
by matt About CCCreative Commons Also Rolls Out Strategy for Embedding and Verifying License Information in MP3s and Other Files Palo Alto and Chicago, USA — Creative Commons and the OYEZ Project announced today the first-stage 100-hour release of MP3s from the Project’s 2000+ hours of Supreme Court recordings using Creative Commons’ machine-readable copyright licenses. Creative Commons also…
Creative Commons Welcomes David Wiley as Educational Use License Project Lead
by matt About CCThe Silicon Valley Nonprofit Also Takes Up Baton of Wiley’s Trailblazing OpenContent Project Palo Alto, California, USA — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a layer of reasonable copyright, announced today that OpenContent founder Dr. David Wiley, Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology at Utah State University, will join Creative Commons and officially close the…
Creative Commons Welcomes Joi Ito to Board of Directors
by matt About CCSan Francisco- and Tokyo-based venture capitalist, technologist, and policy expert joins leadership of the Silicon Valley nonprofit Palo Alto, USA — Creative Commons, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to expanding the world of reusable content online, announced today that Joichi Ito has joined its Board of Directors. Ito is a venture capitalist, technologist, and internationally popular…
Guardian Unlimited
by press-robot Press“Drive to put in a good word“
Creative Commons Begins Work On Finnish Versions Of Copyright Licenses
by matt About CCThe Helsinki Institute for Information Technology Will Drive Public Discussion from the Silicon Valley Nonprofit’s Website Palo Alto, California, USA – Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a layer of reasonable copyright, announced today that it would begin development of Finnish versions of its copyright licenses as part of its ongoing International Commons (iCommons)…
Creative Commons and Negativland Begin Work on Free Sampling and Collage
by matt About CCThe Silicon Valley Nonprofit Also Rolls Out New Model for Community Participation Palo Alto, California, USA – May 29, 2003 – Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a layer of reasonable copyright, announced today that it would begin development of the Sampling License, a copyright tool designed to let artists encourage the creative transformation…