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China Mainland
by mike Uncategorized postCreative Commons is working with Renmin University and CNBlog.org to create China Mainland jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. CCi China Mainland List Project Lead: Professor Chunyan Wang License draft (PDF). English explanation of substantive legal changes. (PDF) Post or subscribe to the discussion. About Law School of Renmin University of China Renmin…
Total Recut
by cameron Uncategorized postTotal Recut is an online social networking community for fans and creators of video remixes, recuts, and mash-ups that facilitates online collaboration between video artists. CC licensing is built in to their UI, allowing users to remix one another with relative ease, which in addition to their ‘materials section’ (comprised of CC licensed and Public…
Call for proposals: Computers, Freedom, and Privacy: Technology Policy '08
by ahrash Uncategorized postccLearn is a participating member of the program committee for the upcoming conference on COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY ’08, to be held May 20-23, 2008 in New Haven, CT. The conference covers many different themes, including a few near and dear to the heart of Creative Commons, such as social networks, digital education,…
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears–A New Online Magazine for Elementary School Teachers
by Jane Park Uncategorized postBeyond Penguins and Polar Bears is the new online science magazine for K-5th grades focusing on polar issues wrought by global climate change. Developed by a host of contributors, including the Ohio State University with funding from the National Science Foundation (Research on Learning in Formal and Informal settings), the magazine will get much of…
Indaba Music
by cameron Uncategorized postIndaba Music, in their words, is “an international community of musicians, music professionals, and fans exploring the creative possibilities of making music with people in different places”. Enabling exciting forms of online musical creation, Indaba allows musicians to work with each other in ways that are both fresh and exciting, facilitating new and interesting means…
Cory Doctorow on Metropolis
by cameron Uncategorized postThis hit the net last week, but it took a little while for us to go through our various channels to figure out what was going on (i.e. if only I had taken German in high school). CC-evangelist Cory Doctorow was recently interviewed on the German show Metropolis (a product of the German-French network Arte)…
Creative Commons at SXSW Interactive
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized postA few members of the Creative Commons staff are headed to Austin, Texas later this week to attend South by Southwest Interactive. If you’re going to be in town for it too, make sure to find us and say hello. During the days of March 9, 10, and 11, we’ll have a booth at the…
CC 2007 annual fundraising campaign: your feedback wanted
by melissa Uncategorized postThanks again to everyone who participated in Creative Commons’ 2007 Annual Fundraising Campaign. We received financial support from individuals in 52 jurisdictions and many companies, totaling $601,976. Your support, however you’re able to give it, is what sustains and drives CC. This was our third annual campaign (and the second I’ve been involved with) and…
Visit Planet Creative Commons
by mike Uncategorized postIn the universe of blogs and other syndicated content, a planet is a service that aggregates a specific set of blogs, usually all relevant to a particular community, so that one may easily follow conversations (or at least blogged updates) in the community or drop in and see what is happening in a community without…
Ro(cc)k music wanted
by mike Uncategorized postLugRadio Live 2008 USA (previously mentioned; register here) is looking to feature CC-licensed music at the conference: At LugRadio Live in the UK, we traditionally play a lot of rock music in-between talks – it keeps the atmosphere loose and fun. With LugRadio Live USA 2008 on the horizon, and well aware of the dictatorship…