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Eric Steuer

Eric Steuer develops creative projects, partnerships, and events on behalf of Creative Commons. He also directs CC’s creative vision, editorial strategy, and communications planning.

Steuer serves on the leadership team of the Open COVID Coalition, an international effort to remove obstacles to intellectual property during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also manages CC’s role in the Bassel Khartabil Fellowship, an initiative that provides financial support and guidance to outstanding individuals developing open source projects in their communities under adverse circumstances.

Before joining CC, Steuer was an editor for WIRED, where he also wrote feature stories and led audience development. He has written for the New York Times Magazine, California Sunday Magazine, Make Magazine, and many other publications. He was the longtime board chair of CASH Music, a nonprofit focused on developing free resources and software for artists and record labels.

Steuer lives in the East Bay area of the great state of California, where he runs, writes, makes podcasts, hangs out with his family, and records music with his friends.

Photo credit: Priscilla C. Scott, CC BY

Posts by Eric Steuer

"Boy Who Never Slept" film trailer offered under CC

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Filmmaker Solomon Rothman has released the trailer to his upcoming movie Boy Who Never Slept online. Both the trailer and the full-length film are being offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license. Rothman shot, starred in, and directed the movie, which centers on the friendship between an insomniac writer and a girl he meets…

Enderrock: Música Lliure

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The April issue of Catalonian music magazine Enderrock includes lengthy article about Creative Commons and comes with a free CD entitled Música Lliure, which features 19 amazing CC-licensed songs from acts like Cheb Balowski, Dijous Paella, and Orxata Sound System. There’s also a bonus track, Gilberto Gil’s “Oslodum,” which also appeared on the Wired CD.…

Enderrock: Música Lliure

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The April issue of Catalonian music magazine Enderrock includes lengthy article about Creative Commons and comes with a free CD entitled Música Lliure, which features 19 amazing CC-licensed songs from acts like Cheb Balowski, Dijous Paella, and Orxata Sound System. There’s also a bonus track, Gilberto Gil’s “Oslodum,” which also appeared on the Wired CD.…

Amazing entries at the Crammed Discs Remix Contest

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The Crammed Discs Remix Contest at ccMixter only began accepting submissions yesterday, and we’ve already got a few incredible entries. A couple of early faves: “Psychedelic Hospital” by Lipo (also known as NOMANSLAND on ccMixter) and the “Sanidade” remix by Foundation IV. Calling all producers: you’ve got about a month left to enter the fray!…