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DigiBarn
by Eric Steuer Open Education postThe DigiBarn is a computer museum located in a 90-year-old barn in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains. It is also an online repository of Creative Commons-licensed photos, video, audio, and technical documentation that tell the history of personal computing. The DigiBarn’s collections include small and big computers, game systems, software, and schwag. We recently spoke with…
Wednesday, June 14 in San Francisco: CC Salon
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized postIt’s time for another CC Salon in San Francisco. Please join us on Wednesday, June 14, from 6-9pm at Shine, (1337 Mission Street between 9th and 10th Streets). Note: Since Shine is a bar, this month’s Salon is only open to people who are 21 and older. CC Salon is a casual monthly event focused…
Música Lliure II
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized 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 Eric Steuer Uncategorized 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…
ccPublisher 2.0.3 Bug Fix Release
by nathan Uncategorized postLast week we shipped ccPublisher 2 and as with all major updates, there were bound to be bugs. Fortunately users have been allowing the automated crash reporter to send (non-personal, non-identifying) information to the ccPublisher Issue Tracker, which has allowed us to work on fixing bugs people are encountering. I’ve just uploaded ccPublisher 2.0.3. This…
Netsquared
by mike Uncategorized postAt the Netsquared conference “remixing the web for social change” Tuesday I’ll be on a panel with the EFF’s Jason Schultz and immoderated by Tara Hunt on Turning Communications Technologies Into Tools For Free Speech And Free Culture. Those not attending can participate by commenting on the session page or via chat. Update 2006-06-01: Slides…
Summer of Code 2006 Projects Announced
by nathan Uncategorized postAs previously mentioned, Creative Commons is participating in this year’s Google Summer of Code. Creative Commons was awarded four project slots by Google, and the selecting the top four was challenging. We received many, many excellent proposals, and I personally want to thank everyone who took the time to think about a project and submit…
Diesel-U-Music: Featured Tracks posted online
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized postThe Diesel-U-Music international music competition (see our previous blog post) is now well underway, with more than 1,200 CC-licensed songs submitted. Diesel’s staff has started featuring selected music for download on the contest site — check out some of the latest picks on the Featured Tracks page.
PEARL JAM RELEASES ITS FIRST MUSIC VIDEO IN EIGHT YEARS UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
by Eric Steuer About CC post“Life Wasted” Clip Available for Download at Google Video and PearlJam.com May 19, 2006 Today, Creative Commons announced that the video for Pearl Jam’s new single “Life Wasted” will be offered to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs license, so that the people around the world can legally copy, distribute, and share the clip.…
Getting to Version 3.0
by mia Uncategorized postIt’s that fun time again when we start contemplating versioning up the licenses. An outline of why we’re thinking about doing this and how CC proposes to do this has just been posted to the cc-licenses list. Please participate in the discussions on the cc-licenses list – you can sign up here.