Announced on ccMixterblog: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., (March 31, 2008) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of ccMixter.org , a company that offers online music management and technology which acquires personal information for advertisers, web publishers and ad agencies. Read the whole releaseApril Fools’ Day joke. In case you…

Proto-lawyer, GNOME hacker and CC friend Luis Villa’s brief “CC-licensed specification” rant is correct: [I]mplementing a spec may require (among other things) licensing of “pending utility and design patent claims, copyrights, trade dress and trademark rights.” Putting a specification under a CC license gives you a copyright license to the text of the specification; it…

Creative Commons is working with GRNET to create Greece jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. CCi Greece List Public Lead: Theodoros Karounos, GRNET Legal Leads: Prodromos Tsiavos, Marinos Papadopoulos License draft (PDF, English). License draft (PDF, Greek). English explanation of substantive legal changes (PDF). Post a message. Subscribe to the discussion. Read the…

Creative Commons is working with Information Systems and Innovation Group (ISIG) – Department of Management to create UK: England & Wales jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. CCi UK: England & Wales List Overall Project Lead: Professor Ian Angell Legal Project Leads: Mr. Andrew Murray and Dr. Prodromos Tsiavos Public Project Lead: Dr.…

Creative Commons is working with Multimedia Institute [mi2] to create Croatia jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. CCi Croatia List Project Lead: Diana Kovaèeviæ Remenariæ and Tomislav Medak License draft 3.0 (PDF, English). License draft 1.0 (PDF, Croatian). English explanation of substantive legal changes (PDF). Post a message. Subscribe to the discussion. Read…