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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

Help give your senator an iPod loaded with CC music

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During last week’s Senate hearing on the Broadcast Flag, Senator Ted Stevens revealed that his daughter had recently bought him an iPod — and that he enjoys using it to listen to ripped CDs. In turn, IPac has launched a drive to collect money to buy iPods for other senators who work on technology legislation.…

Reflection and Anticipation

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The end of the year is a time for reflection and anticipation. So, each day this week, a different member of the Creative Commons team will spend a few moments thinking about what was great in 2005 and what’s great to come in 2006. One of my favorite things about 2005 has been watching artists…

Kristin Hersh and 50 Foot Wave go CC!

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50 Foot Wave, the excellent rock group fronted by Kristin Hersh of seminal post-punkers Throwing Muses has announced that its new EP, Free Music is available for — you guessed it — free under a Creative Commons Music Sharing License. Right on, 50 Foot Wave! With “Free Music” 50FootWave is seeking new earballs. We thought…

New Featured Commoner – Pamela Jones

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Pamela Jones is December’s Featured Commoner. Jones is the founder and editor of Groklaw, an award-winning Web site that conducts complex legal research using an approach inspired by open source. What started out as a one-woman operation in 2003 has grown to a full-fledged community with hundreds of contributors and millions of daily visitors. We…

Groklaw's Pamela Jones

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Pamela Jones is the founder and editor of Groklaw, an award-winning Web site that conducts complex legal research using an approach inspired by open source. What started out as a one-woman operation in 2003 has grown to a full-fledged community with hundreds of contributors and millions of daily visitors. Focused primarily on issues that concern…