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Making and marking public resources as such
by mike Uncategorized postWorks by the U.S. government are in the public domain, but not necessarily accessible to the public. Carl Malamud’s public.resource.org has heroically worked to rectify this, and recently announced that 1.8 million pages of federal case law, including all Courts of Appeals decisions from 1950 to the present and all Supreme Court decisions since 1754…
Two New Academic Studies of CC
by cameron Uncategorized postIn what seems to becoming a trend, two new academic papers have been made available online that explore the varying implications of Creative Commons in relation to copyright law and culture at large. The first paper, The Creative Commons and Copyright Protection in the Digital Era: Uses of Creative Commons Licenses by Minjeong Kim, examines…
Peter Gabriel, WITNESS, and The Hub
by cameron Uncategorized postWITNESS, an international human rights organization founded by pop musician Peter Gabriel, announced yesterday the launch of The Hub (Beta), a place for users to view and contribute human rights-related media – a potential “YouTube for Human Rights”. Of note to the CC-community is that The Hub’s users are “advised to publish contents under a…
Alex Miroshnichenko and the Santiago Fires
by cameron Uncategorized postIn looking at CC success stories, we tend to focus on how CC licences have allowed new business models to grow or have helped facilitate new forms of artistic expression. While these are both incredibly important and, in their increasing abundance, popular implementations of what CC can provide, what sometimes gets lost in the shuffle…
Fedora 8 Aids CC-Search in Firefox
by Timothy Vollmer Uncategorized postFedora 8 has implemented a great feature within the Firefox browser that makes it even easier for users to find Creative Commons-licensed materials that they can share, remix and reuse. The pull-down menu right below the main search field is a quick way to filter search results to return CC-licensed open content. Congratulations to Fedora…
Cory Doctorow on How To Use CC-Licenses
by cameron Uncategorized postCC evangelist Cory Doctorow has a new column up on Locus Online discussing “the fundamentals of using CC licenses for people who are interested in the idea but haven’t tried it yet”. The article outlines the different conditions available in any given CC-license, how the licenses are read (machine/human/lawyer), and takes note of the harmony…
Netaudio Meet-up in Spain
by michelle Uncategorized postCentre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona will be hosting Spain’s first national netlabel meeting from November 9-10th. Netlabels, the sleek and thriving record labels of the internet, focus on online distribution and promotion for music released primarily under Creative Commons licenses. London and Berlin have already organized great festivals dedicated to CC music and netlabels,…
Catherine Casserly on Open Educational Resources
by mike Uncategorized postThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has been a tremendous supporter of Creative Commons and our new educational division, ccLearn. The foundation’s newsletter just published a great interview with Catherine Casserly, their Program Officer for Open Educational Resources. Here are a couple excerpts: Aren’t copyright laws an obstacle to all of this? Traditionally, they have…
CC Salon London
by michelle Uncategorized postCC Salon London is back and hosting its final event of 2007, dedicated to more discussion and debate on the subjects of art, technology, copyright and free culture: “This time round we’ll be joined by Jordan Hatcher (blog), a lawyer and legal consultant specializing in intellectual property and technology law, who will present and discuss…
Steal This Film (Part Two)
by michelle Uncategorized postThe League of Noble Peers has done it again. Steal This Film Part II, the appropriately named sequel to Steal This Film Part I, is coming soon (if not already) to a tracker near you. The film, although regrettably not under a CC license, features interviews with Lawrence Liang, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Fred von Lohmann, and…