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The National September 11th Memorial Museum Implements CC
by fbenenson Open CultureOn Friday December 5th, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum launched its Artists Registry. The registry provides a virtual gallery of art created in response to the attacks of September 11, and includes contributions made by a diverse artistic community using varied media – visual, tactile and auditory. Most excitingly from CC’s perspective is…
Rank Your Free Music on Nodes.fm
by fbenenson Open CultureWhat would happen if you combined digg‘s voting structure with Jamendo‘s CC business model and a healthy dose of free culture? You would end up with Nodes.fm. Nodes.fm encourages musicians to upload their music so that it can be voted upon. Besides operating at no cost to musicians, and using our copyleft Attribution-ShareAlike license, Nodes.fm…
Arts Engine and CC Team Up for Case Study Video
by fbenenson Open CultureCreative Commons and Arts Engine have teamed up to create a video explaining how CC has helped filmmakers in the Media That Matters film festival. In this short produced by Intelligent Television, you can hear from established film makers on why CC is a crucial part of their work flow and perspective on creating new…
UPDATE: New Venue for CC Salon / Birthday NYC
by fbenenson EventsI was not expecting our humble NYC CC Salon / Birthday to become so popular that I had to find a new venue, but that’s what has happened. With over 140 people and 76 maybes RSVP’d, TOPP and I were a little worried about whether the building would still be standing after the event. So…
Change.gov's Choice Already Bearing Fruit
by fbenenson UncategorizedLess than 72 hours after the Obama-Biden Transition Team adopted our most permissive license for Change.gov, Cerado Ventana has built a Change.gov iPhone, mobile application, and widget. We will never know if this application would have been built if Change.gov hadn’t chosen such a permissive license, but it just goes to show what interesting things…