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by Alex Gakuru Open Access postGOOD magazine is a platform for talented writers and contributors to bring to the forefront issues and ideas that matter. Creative Commons is one of GOOD’s non-profit organizations for its CHOOSE GOOD campaign, an innovative subscription strategy in which 100% of GOOD’s charter subscription revenue will be given to organizations whose missions are in line…
Dropping Knowledge’s Living Library
by Alex Gakuru Open Culture postDropping Knowledge will soon offer over 600 hours of audio-visual material from the recent Table of Free Voices event under a Creative Commons license. The Table of Free Voices took place in Berlin, Germany on September 9, 2006. At this historic gathering, more than 100 esteemed artists, academics, entrepreneurs, scientists, and activists gathered to answer…
Creative Commons Concert in New York
by Alex Gakuru Open Culture postIf you’ll be near New York City on September 29, please join us at Irving Plaza for the Creative Commons Concert presented by WIRED and Flavorpill. The show will feature Mike Patton‘s experimental pop supergroup Peeping Tom, DJ/producer Diplo, and mash-up/remix artist Girl Talk. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to Creative Commons (please note…
Jonathan Coulton concert in Second Life
by Alex Gakuru Open Culture postMark your calenders: On Thursday, September 14 at 5PM (SL/Pacific), PopSci.com (the online home of Popular Science) and Creative Commons will be hosting a special concert in Second Life featuring Jonathan Coulton as well as popular Second Life musicians Melvin Took, Kourosh Eusebio, Etherian Kamaboko, and Slim Warrior. The entire show will be licensed under…
Odd Job Jack
by Alex Gakuru Open Culture postYou can catch the new season of the hilarious animated series Odd Job Jack — about a a temp worker’s myriad employment misadventures — on the Comedy Network in Canada. Better yet, make your own version of the hit cartoon! Odd Job Jack’s creators recently launched a site called Free Jack, in which the master…
Open Video Contest
by Alex Gakuru Open Culture postCreative Commons and the Fedora Project have teamed up for the Open Video Contest taking place now through August 20, 2006. To participate, submit a video that explores freedom and openness. Entries should be 30 seconds or less, in Ogg Theora format, and be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license. The winner will…
Música Lliure II
by Alex Gakuru Open Culture postMúsica Lliure II is a terrific new CD of Creative Commons-licensed jazz music by Catalan artists like Elisabet Raspall, Karion, Ismael Duenas, Joan Diaz, and La Orquesta de la Muerte (with a bonus contribution from Brazil’s Gilberto Gil). Produced by FOBSIC and Enderrock, the disc is available for free with the current issue of blues…
Música Lliure II
by Alex Gakuru Open Culture postMúsica Lliure II is a terrific new CD of Creative Commons-licensed jazz music by Catalan artists like Elisabet Raspall, Karion, Ismael Duenas, Joan Diaz, and La Orquesta de la Muerte (with a bonus contribution from Brazil’s Gilberto Gil). Produced by FOBSIC and Enderrock, the disc is available for free with the current issue of blues…
Música Lliure
by Alex Gakuru Open Culture postThe April issue of Catalonian music magazine Enderrock includes a terrific article about Creative Commons and comes with a CD entitled Música Lliure, which features 19 CC-licensed songs from acts like Cheb Balowski, Dijous Paella, and Orxata Sound System. The CD’s bonus track, Gilberto Gil’s “Oslodum,” provides a sonic — and ideological — link to…
Música Lliure
by Alex Gakuru Open Culture postThe April issue of Catalonian music magazine Enderrock includes a terrific article about Creative Commons and comes with a CD entitled Música Lliure, which features 19 CC-licensed songs from acts like Cheb Balowski, Dijous Paella, and Orxata Sound System. The CD’s bonus track, Gilberto Gil’s “Oslodum,” provides a sonic — and ideological — link to…