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Contest/Submission Reminders
by cameron Uncategorized postThere happen to be a couple awesome CC-oriented submission deadlines quickly approaching, and as such, a recap post seemed in order. Entries for Monopoly Shuffle: A Remix Contest, which we discussed earlier here, are due May 1. That means you only have two days to create a piece of art that is built out of…
Scripta: CC Latin America
by Jane Park Uncategorized postIf you haven’t already, check out Scripta, CC Latin America’s new publication available online (CC BY). The editorial committee for Scripta comes from all over Latin America with contributors from Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, and Ecuador. One of our own, intern Grace Armstrong, partakes in this issue with an in depth Q&A introduction to ccLearn and…
LegalTorrents
by cameron Uncategorized postLegalTorrents, “an online community created to discover and distribute Creative Commons licensed digital media”, has re-launched in exciting fashion. Originally founded in 2003 as a means to distribute “hand-picked .torrent files that were approved by content owners“, LegalTorrents revamped its infrastructure to be more friendly to content creators looking to spread their works far and…
ccLearn—Features in Open Education
by Jane Park Open Education postLately, a virtual whirlwind of projects and people and organizations have blown our way, and we don’t expect the dust to settle any time soon. To keep track of some of the progress and collaboration within open education, we’ve started to host bi-monthly features ranging from individual interviews to project spotlights. We hope to open…
ccLearn Workshop at Stanford's Open Source Lab Tomorrow
by Jane Park Open Education postccLearn‘s Executive Director, Ahrash Bissell, will give a talk at Open Source Lab’s fourth official workshop, a series that features various speakers promoting openness across a variety of fields. The Open Source Lab at Stanford was founded just last November, and already hosts video content from three past workshops on their site. The ccLearn workshop will…
"Attribution Only" as Default Policy—Otago Polytechnic on the How and Why of CC BY
by Jane Park Open Education postA month ago, I blogged about CC’s Role in Open Access at Otago Polytechnic; specifically, on their adoption of CC BY as their default IP policy. For those who don’t already know, Otago Polytechnic made a novel decision last year to essentially reverse the standard policy of most educational institutions. While other university staff must…
"Attribution Only" as Default Policy—Otago Polytechnic on the How and Why of CC BY
by Jane Park Open Education postA month ago, I blogged about CC’s Role in Open Access at Otago Polytechnic; specifically, on their adoption of CC BY as their default IP policy. For those who don’t already know, Otago Polytechnic made a novel decision last year to essentially reverse the standard policy of most educational institutions. While other university staff must…
Ecuador
by mike Uncategorized postDr. Juan José Puertas Ortega, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
Free 3GB CC-licensed Sample Library Released
by cameron Uncategorized postMatthew Davidson, self-proclaimed sound-designer/graphic artist/hobby photographer/computer fanatic, recently released an amazing 3GB sample pack, “Total Harmonic Distortion”, under a CC BY license. This pack has popped up in numerous places, including the massive OLPC sample fest we discussed earlier, but is in itself is a thing of electronic sample beauty. You can download it for…
blip.tv
by cameron Open Culture postblip.tv has long been a CC-friendly staple for video sharing online, providing users a means to upload their content under a CC licence while simultaneously facilitating commercial avenues that would go otherwise unforeseen. We recentlly got up with blip.tv CTO Justin Day and asked him some questions, allowing us to peer more deeply into the…