Today I learned that the word divers has an old usage meaning “diverse” or “various.” Divers hands is an old phrase used to indicate collaborative authorship, now most often used for works building on H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, e.g., ‘by HP Lovecraft and Divers Hands’. Skotos has released another CC-licensed comic: Lovecraft Country: Return to…

The ‘best Creative Commons animation ever’ has been fansubbed. The original came with a CC license that allows derivative works, but also provided the script and source files. The fansubbers have provided French and English subtitle files. All together a great example of using licensing plus component materials to encourage reuse.

Staccato, a music program featuring all Creative Commons licensed tracks, launched late last year and has featured some great interviews and lots of great music. Last week saw the release of Staccato #21, a “best of” program also featuring an extended interview with Creative Commons chair Lawrence Lessig. Listen now.

Creative Commons made an appearance of sorts in the free software in-joke comic Everybody loves Eric Raymond. As it happens the strip is CC-licensed. That makes at least two. Thanks to Will for the pointer.

NINJAM is a free software product that lets you jam (make music) with other NINJAM users across the net. It’s weirder and cooler than just that. All tracks, remote and local, can be saved individually for offline remixing, and all NINJAMmers agree to use a Creative Commons license in order to participate. The weirder part…