In celebration of Project Gutenberg‘s 10,000th book release, founder Michael Hart and CEO Greg Newby are planning a series of events to commemorate the milestone. Starting tomorrow with a lecture at the Golden Gate Club and finishing up this week with an appearance on TechTV. Along with the annoucement they’re offering all 10,000 books as…

We’ve recently announced the launch of the iCommons project in France. Like the other concurrent iCommons projects, there’s a mailing list, a proposed translation into French law, and a retranslation to explain the changes. If you understand French law and/or live in France and want to help shape the extension of Creative Commons, feel free…

CERSA (Research Center in Administrative Science) will lead the license translation and work to expand global access to French culture. Palo Alto, USA; Paris, FRANCE; Tokyo, JAPAN — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative works free for copying and re-use, announced today the expansion of its International Commons (iCommons) project…

This week’s featured content is MobileWhack. It’s a new site dedicated to tweaks, hacks, and hints on how to extend the phone, PDA, music player, and/or any other gadget you might carry around in a pocket. The content is released under a Creative Commons license and if you’re a gadget freak, I can assure you…

Today’s a big day for annoucements at Creative Commons. Earlier today in Tokyo, Japan, the launch date of iCommons Japan was finalized and we have turned on automatic Japanese translation for our current license system. Starting next month, we will be offering optional licenses that apply to laws within the Japanese jurisdiction Even bigger news…