As we blogged yesterday, CC has a booth at LinuxWorld and our Chairman & CEO Larry Lessig gave a keynote there on Tuesday. Yesterday, we were thrilled to learn that ccHost won the Linux World Product Excellence Award for “Best Open Source Solution.” The other nominees were rPath Conary and Novell SUSE Linux 10.x. Mike…

Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig received a standing ovation for his LinuxWorld San Francisco keynote today on free culture and free software. Some press coverage: VNUNet News.com SecurityFocus Red Herring Internetnews.com PodTech (keynote audio) If you’re at LinuxWorld be sure to stop by the Creative Commons booth, say hello to CC staff and volunteers, and…

Just a reminder that CC Salon is happening tonight from 6-9pm at Shine in San Francisco. CC Salon is a free, casual monthly get-together focused on conversation, networking, and presentations from people or groups who are developing projects that relate to open content and tools. CC Salon SF is now being presented in conjunction with…

Zimbio is fairly new to the scene — it allows people to build and participate in “public portals” with others who share their interests. A portal can include photographs, links to websites and articles, a group blog, online discussion forum, recommended RSS feeds, and live chat about the subject. While we’ve all learned to love…

Please join us for another CC Salon! CC Salon, San Francisco Wednesday, August 9, 6-9pm Shine (1337 Mission Street, between 9th and 10th Streets) CC Salon SF is now being presented in conjunction with CopyNight SF! This month’s line-up: * The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a not-for-profit organization comprised of scientists and physicians…

MOD Films produces “remixable” film content and technology aimed at new cinema platforms. Through documentation and packaging of the film production, MOD helps to support future use of the films as digital video releases, in games, and as source material for online communities to play with. Michela Ledwidge founded MOD Films in 2004 with a…

So we have four fabulous interns this summer – Amy, Katy, Margot & Asheesh. They have all been working closely with the CC team about the various projects that we have in the office right now and have been busily exploring Second Life & getting to know their SL selves. Here are some photos of…

Working for Creative Commons has been a great experience with one exception: the telecommuting. I’ve realized over the past two years it’s just not for me. It’s not so much the distance as it is being by myself all the time; I prefer to be around people when I’m working. So when my former employer,…

Since taking on additional hosts cc365 has been on a roll. Last week Chris Campbell made some great picks, three of which are new to the commons — Chris convinced the artists to try CC — go Chris! This week ccMixter superstar teru is making the picks. Black Sweater White Cat featured an in-depth interview…

Many of us are enjoying the world cup at the moment – some more than others as our favorite teams suceed beyond our wildest dreams – but still, the World Cup means many different things to people around the world. Those of us at the Rio Summit certainly had a taste of what football means…