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Washington Post
by press-robot Press post“Copyright in the Digital Age ” by Lawrence Lessig
Mainstream mashups!
by matt Uncategorized postCool: David Bowie has just launched a new mashup contest. There’s a new ad campaign for Audi cars that features two of Bowie’s songs mashed up. They’ve decided to throw a mashup contest to capitalize on this, awarding a new car to the best song that uses samples from his new album and any older…
New blog: Sellout Central
by matt Uncategorized postFrom Magnatune musician Brad Sucks, comes his new music industry blog Sellout Central, which he is co-authoring. They’re exploring a variety of legal and artist issues in the industry and their first slew of posts gives any musician plenty to chew on. We’ll be watching this new blog closely.
Stockstock film festival
by matt Uncategorized postWired News has a great story about a Seattle film festival that uses public domain clips from the Prelinger Archives. Participants need only have a computer with video editing software and $20 for the entry fee. The entry deadline is June 15th and the festival is August 1st at the Seattle Art Museum.
School of Rock
by glenn Uncategorized postToday I had one of the best experiences of my time at Creative Commons, which is saying a lot. I had the pleasure of visiting the Chandler School in Pasadena, CA, USA, to talk about copyright and Creative Commons. Some 200 sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders and I talked about the ins and outs and dos…
Books on MP3: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
by victor Uncategorized postI watch the Internet Archive’s Open Source Audio area for material that could be used for legal remixes including spoken word audio. In wonderful news, this morning’s postings include Andrew Levine’s audio reading of the first chapter to Cory Doctorow’s Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. The book had been available online under a…
Tell Tale Weekly's audiobooks
by matt Uncategorized postA New York Times article recently pointed to Tell Tale Weekly, an audio book site selling MP3s as cheap as $0.25 each. They’ve also committed to licensing the books under a Creative Commons license after 5 years or 100k downloads, whichever comes first. It’s not easy to find good, cheap, DRM-free audiobooks and Tell Tale…
Digital Media Europe
by press-robot Press post“New ‘some-rights-reserved’ music licence from Creative Commons” by Leigh Phillips
Times (UK)
by press-robot Press post“Copyright for Every Occasion” by Richard Susskind
Creative Commons Expands to Germany with the Institute for Information Law at the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
by matt About CC postThe Institute for Information Law at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) will lead the license translation and work to expand global access to Germany’s culture. Palo Alto, USA, and Berlin, GERMANY – April 5 – Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative works free for copying and re-use, announced today that…