In the UK, the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APPIG) has recently released its report on Digital Rights Management. It contained strong and welcome recommendations in relation to DRM, some of which are succintly listed on Boing Boing. In addition to DRM, the inquiry also considered CC licensing; specifically, one of the issues for comment…

Architecture for Humanity is a California-based non-profit organization aimed at encouraging architects and designers to seek architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis. Launched in 1999 from a single laptop computer, Architecture for Humanity has spread into a global movement with local chapters around the world engaging talented young architects to rethink the mission of their profession.…

Silicon Valley-based NGO reinforces its activities around the globe and introduces its innovative copyright licenses in Peru. San Francisco, CA, USA; Berlin, GERMANY; and Lima, Peru — June 29, 2006 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon today announced the launch of its…

We wrapped up the iCommons Summit yesterday. It was a fantastic and inspiring event bringing together a diversity of skills, viewpoints, experiences and cultures but all connected to and passionate about issues relevant to “the commons.” You can find more information about what was discussed from the summit website. In addition, the New York Times…

Hello from the iCommons Summit! Rio is beautiful and so are the hundreds of people joining us here for this historic event. Among the many members of our community who have traveled to be a part of the summit is former Creative Commons executive director Glenn Otis Brown, who writes in to say: I’m honored…

Most of Creative Commons staff is in Rio de Janiero this weekend for the iCommons iSummit. See the iSummit coverage site for panel writeups, podcasts, and images from the conference. It is a pleasure to have a few days of face to face collaboration with our worldwide affiliates and extended community. Update: Participate online in…

Our latest Featured Commoner tells the story of Wikitravel – why it was started, how it has been built up & organized and its experience of CC licensing. As we mentioned earlier in the year, in April 2006 Wikitravel was one of two wikis that were acquired by Internet Brands, which makes this a very…

The organizations announce availability of Microsoft Office add-in that enables easy access to Creative Commons copyright licenses. Redmond, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA – June 20, 2006 Microsoft Corp. and Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works, have teamed up to release a copyright licensing tool that enables…

Wikitravel is a wiki dedicated to providing a “free, complete, up-to-date and reliable world-wide travel guide” that is built by collaboration of wikitravellers from 42 countries around the globe and in a variety of different languages including English, German, French and Japanese. The wiki tool, of course, lets any Internet reader create, update, edit, and…

San Francisco, USA – June 20, 2006 Creative Commons and the Fedora Project are pleased to announce the Open Video Contest taking place now. The contest promotes flexible copyright, open media formats and the Fedora Project. Entries must be 30 seconds or less, in OGG Theora format, promote freedom and openness, and be released under…