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The Indie Band Survival Guide

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Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan are true polymaths – founders of the pop band Beatnik Turtle, authors of The Indie Band Survival Guide, and a computer engineer and attorney respectively, they continuously have their hands in a bevy of different projects. Their most recent project, the wide publication of The Indie Band Survival Guide –…

On Content Industries and Understanding Creative Commons

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A number of articles from CC insiders hit the blogs this week. I have one up at Media Rights, a site that focuses on social-justice documentaries and the activist filmmaker community. I focus my examples on how Creative Commons can help film makers reach greater audiences and media by framing them in light of the…

Boyle on Jacobsen v. Katzer in the FT

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James Boyle, Chair of the Creative Commons board, has a column in the Financial Times that is always worth checking out. His most recent, on the recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision to uphold the theory on which open copyright licenses (including CC’s) are based, is a fun read, and gets right to the core…

Bulgaria

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Creative Commons is working with ISOC-Bulgaria to create Bulgaria jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. CCi Bulgaria List Project Lead: Veni Markovski and Dragoslava Greve License draft (PDF). English explanation of substantive legal changes. (PDF) Subscribe to the discussion. More about ISOC-Bulgaria Founded in 1995, among its main aims is support free and…

James Boyle on the Kojo Nnamdi Show

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Chair of the CC Board James Boyle recently spoke on Kojo Nnamdi‘s Tech Tuesday radio program, discussing last week’s United States Court of Appeals decision which upholds “Open Source” or public license licensors as entitled to copyright infringement relief. The show, which originally aired on American University’s WAMU 88.5 FM, touches on the decision specifically…

Esther Wojcicki Joins Creative Commons Board!

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Great news being released today that Esther Wojcicki, prominent education innovator, has officially joined the Creative Commons board! We’re thrilled (and lucky) to get her experience and advice on all our developing education related initiatives. You can read all the details at our press releases page. (photo courtesy Joi Ito, CC BY)

CFP: First Interdisciplinary Research Workshop on Free Culture

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Submissions are due April 26. This track should make iSummit 2008 the most exciting so far. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: Studies on the use and growth of open/free licensing models; Critical analyses of the role of Creative Commons or similar models in promoting a free culture; Building innovative technical, legal or…

Philippines

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Creative Commons is working with the e-Law Center of the Arellano University School of Law to create Philippines jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. CCi Philippines List Project Lead: Atty. Jaime N. Soriano, CPA, MNSA, Law Professor and Executive Director of the e-Law Center of the Arellano University School of Law License draft…

South Korea

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Creative Commons is working with Creative Commons Korea Association to create Korea jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. CCi Korea List Project Lead: Jongsoo Yoon (Seoul Northern District Court) License draft (PDF). English explanation of substantive legal changes. (PDF) More about Creative Commons Korea Association Until 2008 the CC project in the Korean…