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Ecuador encourages learning, research, and creativity with localized CC licenses
by patricia Uncategorized postOpen education and Creative Commons projects very often go hand-in-hand, just as the talented folks at ccLearn are demonstrating with the Universal education search, Cape Town Open Education Declaration, and ODEPO Project. A Creative Commons jurisdiction that has really taken to pursuing the goals of open education and related learning initiatives is CC Ecuador, the…
Ecuador encourages learning, research, and creativity with localized CC licenses
by patricia About CC postLoja, Ecuador and San Francisco, CA, USA — April 22, 2008 Ecuador, the forty-fifth jurisdiction worldwide to port the Creative Commons licensing suite, will celebrate its launch today at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL). The Creative Commons Ecuador team has coordinated the porting process and public discussion with local and international legal experts…
Remix Dolla on Jamglue
by cameron Uncategorized postFeatured Commoners Jamglue are at it again with yet another amazing remix contest, this time giving users the ability to remix Dolla’s “Who the F*** Is That”. Entries are due by May 11th and the winner will receive an autographed poster, their remix on Dolla’s MySpace, and a phone call from Dolla himself. Adding to…
Creative Commons Statement of Intent for Attribution-ShareAlike Licenses released
by mike Uncategorized postAfter lots of positive feedback, today we’re removing the “draft” notice from our Statement of Intent for Attribution-ShareAlike Licenses. Not much has changed since the draft announcement, so most of the explanation below is cribbed from that. Of course just because this statement is no longer a draft does not mean CC could not improve…
San Francisco tomorrow: Copyright in a Hyper Digital Age: Copyrights? Copyleft? What rights are left?
by mike Uncategorized postMany events featuring CC in California over the next and past few days. The CC Salon Los Angeles starts in an hour. On Sunday I spoke at Lugradio Live USA (slides), as did CC-enabled record label Magnatune’s founder, John Buckman (his slides). Given that Lugradio Live is primarily a Linux conference, we each did a…
CC0 beta/discussion draft 2
by mike Uncategorized postBack in December we announced the CC0 project, which encompassed two tools. First, a waiver of all copyright and neighboring rights in a work, to the extent permitted by law. Second, an assertion that a work is not under copyright or neighboring rights. We were (and are) basically taking our existing public domain dedication and…
Shinsei Bank's Methods to be Released as Open Courseware
by Jane Park Uncategorized postJoi Ito blogged yesterday about Shinsei Bank’s plans to release their methods as open courseware in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Shinsei Bank is one of Japan’s great success stories in terms of its innovative approach to business; it was this approach, an adaptation of existing industrial engineering methods to the “design…
Transition at Creative Commons Switzerland
by michelle Uncategorized postFrom CC Switzerland: The organization Openlaw, platform for law and Free Software, has filled the role of Legal Lead for Creative Commons Switzerland for several years. The tasks entailed, among others, the adaptation of Creative Commons in Switzerland and providing a point-of-contact for inquiries about the licenses. Creative Commons in Switzerland will now be coordinated…
REMINDER: CC Salon LA, April 16 (This Wed) 7:30PM
by cameron Uncategorized postJust a reminder that this Wednesday (4/16) at 7:30PM we will be returning to FOUND LA (Google Map) for another CC Salon LA! Rex Bruce, director of the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, will be screening a video he directed that uses public domain imagery from the US Military (also playing at the Centre…
2nd Blender Peach Open Source Movie Premiere and Economies of the Commons in Amsterdam
by kidproto Uncategorized postIf you haven’t been to Amsterdam or checked out what great work Paul Keller and CC Netherlands is doing, then I highly recommend you A.) get here when you can by jet, or B.) tap into their great projects on the net. In particular, I’m referring to the big premiere 2nd Annual Blender Peach Open…