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Job Opportunity: Senior Accountant at Creative Commons
by Jane Park Uncategorized postIn addition to our search for a CTO, we have posted a position for a Senior Accountant. The Senior Accountant will report to the Controller and be responsible for essential duties such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports—and more! day in the life: lunch money / emdot / CC BY…
Job opportunity: Chief Technology Officer at Creative Commons
by Jane Park Uncategorized postmlinksva / CC BY It’s a new year, which means it’s also the perfect time to re-start our search for Chief Technology Officer at Creative Commons! Mike Linksvayer, Vice President and former CTO, says, “This is a fun job (I was Nathan’s predecessor, from 2003-2007) that offers technical, management, and communications challenges and opportunities for…
New pilot project allows collecting society SACEM members to use Creative Commons licenses
by Paul Keller Uncategorized postA new pilot project between Creative Commons, Creative Commons’ legal affiliate in France, and the French collecting society SACEM allows SACEM members to license their works under one of the three non-commercial CC 3.0 licenses. Previously, authors and composers of musical works represented by SACEM (the biggest French collecting society) were prevented from using any…
Creative Commons at an International Seminar and Expert Meeting in Moscow
by jonas Uncategorized postPicture of Светлана Князева, Дендев Бадарч and Юрий Хохлов during the opening of the seminar / Михаил Федин / CC BY-SA Creative Commons’ Russian affiliate Institute of the Information Society (IIS), in collaboration with the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies, organized an international seminar and expert meeting on the 6th of December in Moscow. As…
Apply for the 2012 Google Policy Fellowship with Creative Commons
by Timothy Vollmer Uncategorized postWe’re happy to announce that for the fourth year Creative Commons will take part in the Google Policy Fellowship program. Submit your application by February 3, 2012. The Google Policy Fellowship program offers undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on…
German UNESCO Commission releases "Open Content Licenses – A Practical Guideline"
by Jane Park Uncategorized postThe German UNESCO Commission has released the publication, “Open Content Lizenzen – Ein Leitfaden für die Praxis” (pdf) aka “Open Content Licenses – A Practical Guideline.” The publication is authored by Dr. Till Kreutzer, a member of the Commission’s legal expert committee and a founder of iRights.info, a legal information website for consumers. The publication…
You are the Power of Open: 2011 Creative Commons Annual Campaign
by Jane Park Uncategorized postCC Line by Shinjirou / CC BY Today marks the official launch of the 2011 Creative Commons Annual Campaign! Please join us in powering the future of openness! This year, we are offering a limited teal edition of the CC “I love to share” t-shirt to everyone who donates $50 or more (until supplies run…
Highlights from the Creative Commons Global Summit
by Jane Park Uncategorized postWith the worldwide CC community now home, or well on their way, we can officially declare the Creative Commons Global Summit 2011 a huge success. For three days Warsaw, Poland, became the center of the CC world, with almost 300 people – including over 160 CC affiliates, board, and staff – examining all aspects of the…
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license enforced in Germany
by mike Uncategorized postThe Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (BY-SA) has been enforced by a judicial injunction in Germany. Legal analysis will be added to our case law database in the coming days. Till Jaeger reported the case (in German; English machine translation) at ifrOSS (Institut für Rechtsfragen der Freien und Open Source Software), where one may…
CC News: Announcing the Creative Commons Global Summit!
by Jane Park About CC postStay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. Announcing the 2011 Creative Commons Global Summit! We are thrilled to announce the 2011 Creative Commons Global Summit, now open for registration! The Creative Commons Global Summit will take place over three full days from September 16-18, and…