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March 1st Deadline for Technology and Community+Media Internship
by kidproto Uncategorized postThat’s right! Students, get your applications in before the end of the day on March 1 (which means PST for us in San Francisco reviewing applications). As we announced before, we are picking one intern to help our tech team and another to help us with creating media and building up our community. If you…
Version 3.0 Launched
by mia Uncategorized postThe latest version of the Creative Commons licenses — Version 3.0 — are now available. To briefly recap what is different in this version of the licenses: Separating the “generic” from the US license As part of Version 3.0, we have spun off the “generic” license to be the CC US license and created a…
VRM
by mike Uncategorized postDoc Searls and others have been writing about Vendor Relationship Management — infrastructure facilitating relationships where the customer is the vendor’s equal, contra Customer Relationship Management. Searls’ most recent essay on VRM, Building an Relationship Economy, says that Creative Commons licenses have a role to play: Let’s ignore the record companies for a minute. Instead,…
ccHost 4.0 RC
by victor Uncategorized postAre you thinking about hosting a web site dedicated to the CC remix culture? How about in the next few day? The official Release Candidate for the award winning ccHost 4.0 is now available (update: RC period is over, thanks to everybody who participated). The code has been running for a few weeks on ccMixter…
CC Music 2.0 Fueling Web 2.0
by mike Uncategorized postThe title of this post is a subheading from a great writeup of ccMixter’s new playlist features at Dave’s Imaginary Sound Space: Make no mistake, ccMixter is the complete package. No other remix site commands the same level of respect amongst musicians, producers and content creators. Read the entire article for a great overview, then…
CC's Looking for a New GC
by mia Uncategorized postI am moving on, so Creative Commons needs a new General Counsel. The description of the job and its requirements is here. If you are experienced in intellectual property law (with a liking for copyright issues) and want to be involved in an organization that will give you unique opportunities and a chance to be…
Britannia Rules/Britianna Sucks — Mix & Mash Your View
by mia Uncategorized postThe Creative Commons UK:England & Wales team have launched a film remix contest — “Mix & Mash” — in association with Google UK. The theme is “Britannia Rules, Britannia Sucks.” The competition invites short video submissions mixing and mashing digital content that are less than 3 minutes in length. You can only use content that…
Britannia Rules/Britianna Sucks — Mix & Mash Your View
by mia Uncategorized postThe Creative Commons UK:England & Wales team have launched a film remix contest — “Mix & Mash” — in association with Google UK. The theme is “Britannia Rules, Britannia Sucks.” The competition invites short video submissions mixing and mashing digital content that are less than 3 minutes in length. You can only use content that…
Version 3.0 — It's Happening & With BY-SA Compatibility Language Too
by mia Uncategorized postSo it’s been a while since we discussed Version 3.0 but it is still happening. We’re putting the finishing touches on the new license drafts for the new US and new generic/unported licenses and working to make them public within the next 10 days. As you know, Creative Commons has long been hopeful of enabling…
Version 3.0 — It's Happening & With BY-SA Compatibility Language Too
by mia Uncategorized postSo it’s been a while since we discussed Version 3.0 but it is still happening. We’re putting the finishing touches on the new license drafts for the new US and new generic/unported licenses and working to make them public within the next 10 days. As you know, Creative Commons has long been hopeful of enabling…