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Creative Commons and Revver launch Viral Video Fundraising Campaign
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized postToday, Creative Commons launches a brand new fundraising model: We’re becoming the first nonprofit organization to raise money through online video sharing. We’ve uploaded several of our short videos (which explain CC licenses and talk about how the Creative Commons project began) to Revver, an incredibly cool video-sharing platform that uses Creative Commons licenses to…
Creative Commons Joins OCW Consortium
by mia Uncategorized postCreative Commons Launches 2nd Annual Fundraising Campaign
by melissa About CC, Copyright postCreative Commons Launches 2nd Annual Fundraising Campaign San Francisco, USA — October 17, 2006 Creative Commons has just launched its 2nd Annual Fundraising Campaign. The second annual campaign features new support pages on the Creative Commons website which offer new swag including a new T-shirt design, new vinyl stickers and hipster CC buttons. In addition,…
A Report on the Commons
by Lawrence Lessig Copyright postSo, with this email, Creative Commons launches its second (now officially) annual fundraising campaign. Last year, through the course of that first campaign, I wrote a series of letters explaining a bit about where Creative Commons came from, and where it was going. Those letters (creatively labeled “Lessig Letters”) are still available here. This year,…
Creative Commons Sponsored Software ccHost Releases Version 3.0
by kidproto About CC postSan Francisco, USA – September 8, 2006 Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides flexible copyright licenses for authors and artists along with the Creative Commons Developer Community released the ccHost 3.0 today. ccHost is an Open Source web-based media sharing software. This major feature release comes on the heals of winning the Linux Journal…
DROPPING KNOWLEDGE USES CREATIVE COMMONS IN ITS KNOWLEDGE-SHARING INITIATIVE
by mia About CC postSan Francisco, USA, Berlin, Germany, September 8, 2006 Creative Commons is pleased to announce that dropping knowledge, the not-for-profit initiative that offers a global knowledge portal and dialogue forum on its website will use Creative Commons’ licenses for its innovative online resource. On September 9, 2006, 112 creative thinkers, ranging from artists, writers and scientists…
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES OFFERED IN COLOMBIA
by mia About CC postSan Francisco, CA, USA; Berlin, GERMANY; and Bogotá, Colombia — August 22, 2006 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon today announced the launch of its licenses in Colombia. Creative Commons copyright licenses are available free of charge from the group’s website. The…
Inside track on the future of free content licenses
by mike Uncategorized postIf you want an inside track on the future of free content licenses you could hardly do better than watch or listen to recordings of two Wikimania sessions — Lawrence Lessig on The Ethics of the Free Culture Movement (particularly the last twenty minutes) and Eben Moglen on Document Licenses and the Future of Free…
Tonight: Creative Commons Salon SF w/ PLoS, Digg, Magnatune
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized postJust a reminder that CC Salon is happening tonight from 6-9pm at Shine in San Francisco. CC Salon is a free, casual monthly get-together focused on conversation, networking, and presentations from people or groups who are developing projects that relate to open content and tools. CC Salon SF is now being presented in conjunction with…
Creative Commons Salon SF 8/9: PLoS, Digg, & Magnatune
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized postPlease join us for another CC Salon! CC Salon, San Francisco Wednesday, August 9, 6-9pm Shine (1337 Mission Street, between 9th and 10th Streets) CC Salon SF is now being presented in conjunction with CopyNight SF! This month’s line-up: * The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a not-for-profit organization comprised of scientists and physicians…