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La Stampa Goes a Little CC
by mia UncategorizedJC de Martin from our CC Italy team recently drew our attention to the fact that one of the leading Italian newspapers – La Stampa – based in Torino, has just released its two cultural supplements, TuttoScienze (science) and TuttoLibri (books), with a Creative Commons license (Attribuzione-NonCommerciale-NonOpereDerivate 2.5). Great news!
Meet the CC Interns – in Second Life Next Week!
by mia UncategorizedSo 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…
New Featured Commoner – Architecture for Humanity
by mia UncategorizedOne of our Summer ’06 interns – Katy Frankel – has completed a Featured Commoner interview with Cameron Sinclair, who is the co-founder and Executive Director of Architecture for Humanity (AFH). AFH do incredibly important work and use the Creative Commons Developing Nations license to help achieve their goals. Read more here.
CC-license Your World Cup Experience
by mia UncategorizedMany 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…
Will the Industry Approach to "Exclusivity" be Tempered by the "New Reality"?
by mia UncategorizedIn the UK, the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APPIG) has recently released its report on Digital Rights Management. It contained strong and welcome recommendations in relation to DRM, some of which are succintly listed on Boing Boing. In addition to DRM, the inquiry also considered CC licensing; specifically, one of the issues for comment…