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by mia Open Culture postLulu offers a publishing service for “digital do-it-yourselfers” to publish all manner of media including books, music, comics, photographs, and movies. Lulu lets creators set the license terms, including Creative Commons licenses, for their works as part of the publishing process. Authors can also set the price at which they wish to sell their content.…
Saturday, May 20: SLOMO Video Festival premiere in Oakland, CA
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized postIf you’re going to be in the Bay Area this weekend, come to the Lobot Gallery in Oakland on Saturday night (5/20/06) for the premiere of the SLOMO Video Festival. The show is a unique compilation of 100 one-minute-long slow motion videos by 85 artists and filmmakers. The majority of the collection is licensed under…
Free Culture talk in Second Life Thursday
by francesca Uncategorized postMeet Fred Beckersted, who will speak on behalf of the Free Culture.org student movement which was inspired by Professor Lawrence Lessig’s book, Free Culture. Fred’s talk, Free Culture and Second Life : Virtually Extending Free Culture’s Work and Goals, will discuss his involvement in RL DRM Protests, ccArt Show, and Film Remix contest. Anyone interested…
Toronto and Berlin CC Salons
by mike Uncategorized postLast night’s CC Salon San Francisco was probably the best so far, with just the right mix of art, legal, and technology mixed in the three excellent presentations. If you’re involved in U.S. politics, or make art that critiques U.S. politics, you must check out Metavid, the first presenters — keyword searchable public domain footage…
Cinema 2.0?
by mike Uncategorized postA Swarm of Angels is a project to create a fan-funded sci-fi thriller with funders participating in every step of the movie making process. The project is unsing the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license. Some interesting talent has already signed on with the project, including most recently The Kleptones as soundtrack producers. You can be…
Free 'Screen' Culture – Melbourne, May 17, 2006
by mia Uncategorized postIf you’re in Melbourne or will be next Wednesday, check out the Free ‘Screen’ Culture forum which is taking place as part of Arts Law Week. Open Channel is hosting the forum which will feature 7 panelists debating “Creative Commons – new technologies and licensing for the screen.” There will also be a live video…
David Byrne and Brian Eno’s My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Remix Site Launches Today
by Eric Steuer About CC postMay 9, 2006 For the first time ever, fans are able to legally remix and share their own personal versions of two songs from David Byrne and Brian Eno’s groundbreaking album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. The interactive forum bush-of-ghosts.com has been developed to celebrate the reissue of the album 25 years after…
David Byrne and Brian Eno’s My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Remix Site Launches Today
by Eric Steuer About CC postMay 9, 2006 For the first time ever, fans are able to legally remix and share their own personal versions of two songs from David Byrne and Brian Eno’s groundbreaking album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. The interactive forum bush-of-ghosts.com has been developed to celebrate the reissue of the album 25 years after…
Reminder: CC Salon tomorrow night in SF!
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized postIf you’re going to be in the Bay Area tomorrow night, please join us for Creative Commons Salon. Details: CC Salon Wedneday, May 10, 2006 6-9pm (don’t worry if you can’t make it on time — there will be things happening all night) @ Shine, 1337 Mission Street between 8th and 9th FREE! Tomorrow’s presentations…
David Byrne and Brian Eno's “Bush of Ghosts” remix site launches today
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized postDavid Byrne and Brian Eno’s landmark sampling album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts was recently remastered and reissued with extensive liner notes, photos, previously unreleased bonus tracks, and the short film Mea Culpa by multimedia artist Bruce Conner. Now comes the best part! Today, Byrne and Eno launched a Web site where the…