We’ve shipped two new releases of ccPublisher today. The first is a bug fix release. ccPublisher 2.0.4 fixes several crash-inducing bugs. All users are encouraged to upgrade. The second release is the first beta for ccPublisher 2.2. ccPublisher 2.2 is the next feature release for ccPublisher and adds support for internationalizing the application. ccPublisher 2.2…

I’m pleased to announce the release of ccPublisher 2. ccPublisher is an application which allows users to select licenses for their work and publish them to the Internet Archive for permanent, free hosting. Files in supported formats will have license information embedded in them. If you’re more into hosting your work yourself, ccPublisher will generate…

Earth Trends, a project of the World Resources Initiative, has just announced that it has opted to license much of the content at its site under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. Earth Trends “is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape…

It’s been awhile since the last time we posted estimates of the number of web pages under a Creative Commons license or a breakdown of how those licenses are distributed. The last aggregate estimate (45 million) was posted to our support the commons page in December, which has since changed (thanks yet again for your…

CC-using label Magnatune has always had “We Are Not Evil” as a tagline. Now they have a page listing the many reasons they are not evil, prominently featuring Creative Commons licenses and remixing on ccMixter. If you’re interested in the business, technical, or music side of open music, check out Magnatune founder John Buckman’s blog,…

Many people have asked us over the years whether any court had held that CC licenses were enforceable. I have always found this question to be amusing. In my many years as a lawyer in private practice, if the licenses I had drafted were *not* litigated, then I was considered to have done my job…

A few of us have just returned from Austin, Texas, where we attended SXSW Interactive. I’d like to share a few personal highlights. Saturday’s laptop battle, hosted by AMODA. Competitive live electronic musicmaking as it was meant to be: loud, manic, and super geeky. Manning the CC booth on the trade show floor with Mike…

INTERVIEW BY CC Mexico The Sistema de Internet de la Presidencia (or Presidency Internet System) (“SIP”) is the office in charge of generating and publishing all of the Mexican President Vicente Fox’s content and information over the Internet. They host and maintain various websites including the Presidency’s main website, “México en Línea” the Presidency’s Internet…

Another instalment to the CC Flickr zeitgeist trend, check out the image below that Dawn Endico has created by remixing Creative Commons and EFF stickers…. BY-SA 2.0 …and of course, you can always create your own stickers for others to remix and CC license them at BumperActive.com.

Pamela Jones is the founder and editor of Groklaw, an award-winning Web site that conducts complex legal research using an approach inspired by open source. What started out as a one-woman operation in 2003 has grown to a full-fledged community with hundreds of contributors and millions of daily visitors. Focused primarily on issues that concern…