Creative Commons is working with The Haifa Center of Law & Technology (HCLT) to create Israel jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. CCi Israel List Project Lead: Rotem Medzini Creative Commons Israel website Join the online discussion of the licenses. More about The Haifa Center of Law & Technology (HCLT) The Haifa Center…

Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb lays it out: Turn on Creative Commons Licensing It’s easy to turn the default setting for new photos uploaded to Creative Commons Attribution (our favorite) by visiting the Privacy & Permissions tab in your account. Unfortunately there’s not clear, working links from Flickr to an explanation of the different licenses. Here…

Creative Commons is working with the Vienna University of Economics to create Austria jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. CCi Austria List Project Lead: Dr. Florian Philapitsch, LL.M. CC 3.0 – German explanation of substantive legal changes (PDF) CC 1.0 – License draft (PDF). CC 1.0 – English explanation of substantive legal changes (PDF).…

Jamendo, a music site with over 10,000 CC-licensed albums, has teamed up with MP3tunes: Give it a try at www.mp3tunes.com/jamendo – you’ll find 10 exclusive playlists of the best in rock, hip hop, jazz and more from Jamendo. Sign up for a Music Locker – it’s free to try – and then with a single…

A Google twofer for Creative Commons today! Google Knol opened today, intended to be a platform for authoritative articles about a specific topics, also known as knols, by a created single author or collaboratively. The default license for a new knol is CC Attribution. A creator can also choose CC Attribution-NonCommercial or All Rights Reserved.…