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ccNewsletter #9 – Build the Commons
by melissa Uncategorized postThis month’s newsletter focuses on CC’s newly launched annual fundraising initiative — the Build the Commons campaign. If CC is important to you, then I strongly encourage you to check out this edition of the ccNewsletter and to participate in the campaign. Thanks again to the CC Philippines team for designing the awesome PDF version.…
Creative Commons' Google Policy Fellowship
by fbenenson Uncategorized postWe’re very excited to announce that Creative Commons will be part of Google’s Policy Fellowship for this coming summer. The Google Policy Fellow will receive a substantial grant to work at Creative Commons on the following issues (but this is certainly not an exhaustive list of the things we’ll have you thinking about): Write case…
On Verifying the Commons
by fbenenson Uncategorized postOne of the most substantial challenges when working with digital media is the effort required in preserving it and documenting its existence. Hard drives fail, DVDs crack, and servers are taken down. Anticipating and mitigating these inevitable failures has helped cement a culture of redundancy in our private information technology infrastructure, but what of the…
DJ Z-Trip's Obama Mix
by fbenenson Open Culture postThe legendary mashup DJ Z-Trip has released a new mix under our Attribution license intended to help garner support for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Z-Trip’s Obama Mix is a recording of the set he’s been playing at recent fundraisers he’s organized with the artist Shepard Fairey (creator of the ubiquitous OBEY campaign and more recently,…
DotAsia and Creative Commons Join Forces to Foster Creativity and Sharing in Asia
by melissa About CC postThe creativity of Asia’s people will be supported and shared thanks to a new long-term strategic collaboration between the DotAsia Organisation and Creative Commons (CC). DotAsia, the not-for-profit registry operator for the “.Asia” Internet top-level domain, plans to commit US$100,000 to Creative Commons in support of its cause, outreach and community efforts in Asia. In…
First Romanian CC Remix Competition: Hi-Q "Me+U=Love"
by michelle Open Culture postHi-Q, the hugely successful Romanian pop group, announced the first CC remix competition in Romania. Hi-Q’s unreleased song “Eu+Tu=Iubire” (“Me+U=Love”) will be included on the band’s upcoming album. From CC Romania: It is time for users to engage in this quest and test their talents in order to produce a song just the way YOU…
Hong Kong Promotes Education, Creativity with Creative Commons’ 50th Launch Event
by michelle About CC post[Text in English and Chinese] Hong Kong and Berlin, Germany The localized Hong Kong licenses, launching October 25, will enable Hong Kong creators to clearly and legally indicate the freedoms they wish their creative works to carry. The launch marks the fiftieth Creative Commons jurisdiction to celebrate the license porting. When Creative Commons was founded…
Hong Kong Promotes Education, Creativity with Creative Commons’ 50th Launch Event
by michelle About CC post[Text in English and Chinese] Hong Kong and Berlin, Germany The localized Hong Kong licenses, launching October 25, will enable Hong Kong creators to clearly and legally indicate the freedoms they wish their creative works to carry. The launch marks the fiftieth Creative Commons jurisdiction to celebrate the license porting. When Creative Commons was founded…
WIRED on Arduino and Open Source Computing
by cameron Technology postWIRED Magazine just published a fascinating article by Clive Thompson on Arduino, a company that manufactures an open source computing platform of the same name. Schematics for the Arduino chip are released under a CC BY-SA license, meaning that home-brewed Arduino chips have popped up in “open source synthesizers, MP3 players, guitar amplifiers, and even…
Creator of 'The Bizarre Cathedral' on CC Licenses
by cameron Open Culture postRyan Cartwright, creator of webcomic The Bizarre Cathedral, recently posted an insightful and thought-provoking piece on why he uses a CC BY-NC-SA license on all Bizarre Cathedral comics. From Cartwright: [B]y restricting some freedom in distribution, it protects greater freedoms for the end-users. This is why I chose CC-BY-NC-SA for the Bizarre Cathedral. BY because…