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Creative Commons Three Sixy Five
by mike Uncategorized postGrant Robinson is doing his part to make the new year uncommonly great. He’s launched CC:365, a project/podcast to highlight a great CC licensed song every single day of the year. Check out Day One. Grant also would up 2005 with episodes of The Revolution (unofficial ccMixter 2005 countdown) and Staccato as a guest DJ.…
ccInternational – Consolidation and Expansion
by anne Uncategorized postIn 2005, through the ongoing work and support of the network of international collaboration teams, Creative Commons consolidated and expanded. Because of these dedicated volunteers CC’s core licensing suite has been “ported” (that is, linguistically translated and legally adapted) and is now used in 26 countries. Teams in Croatia, South Korea, Australia, Israel, South Africa,…
ccInternational – Consolidation and Expansion
by anne Uncategorized postIn 2005, through the ongoing work and support of the network of international collaboration teams, Creative Commons consolidated and expanded. Because of these dedicated volunteers CC’s core licensing suite has been “ported” (that is, linguistically translated and legally adapted) and is now used in 26 countries. Teams in Croatia, South Korea, Australia, Israel, South Africa,…
50 percent Christmas, 100 percent CC
by mike Uncategorized postUwe Hermann has collected 111 Christmas songs, all CC licensed. If listening to Christmas songs is not your idea of fun (mine neither), it just happens that Uwe Hermann’s Music Podcast is up to 111 songs, all CC licensed, with helpful mini reviews and descriptions by Uwe.
Awesome Flickr/CC tribute
by mike Uncategorized postIf you’ve spent any time surfing photo collections at Flickr or elsewhere, you’ll certainly appreciate Jonathan Coulton’s music video produced with CC licensed images found on Flickr: I won’t explain too much about it here, except to say that it’s an example of what Creative Commons licensing makes possible. I was able to do this…
Kristin Hersh and 50 Foot Wave go CC!
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized post50 Foot Wave, the excellent rock group fronted by Kristin Hersh of seminal post-punkers Throwing Muses has announced that its new EP, Free Music is available for — you guessed it — free under a Creative Commons Music Sharing License. Right on, 50 Foot Wave! With “Free Music” 50FootWave is seeking new earballs. We thought…
CC in Review: Lawrence Lessig on CC Tools
by Lawrence Lessig Copyright post[This email is part of a weekly series written by Lawrence Lessig and others about the history and future of Creative Commons. If you would like to be removed from this list, please click here: https://creativecommons.org/about/lessigletter#unsubscribe Alternatively, if you know others who might find these interesting, please recommend they sign up at https://creativecommons.org/about/lessigletter ] From…
Remix Alex Burr's CC-licensed tracks
by Eric Steuer Uncategorized postLowell, MA-based zine and music publisher Outlet is hosting a remix contest to promote Neighbor Hater, the new CC-licensed album by Alex Burr. From Outlet’s press release: [D]ownload the raw tracks from three songs: Neighbor Hater, Throne of Blood, and Bullet Train. From there, it’s all in your hands, use whatever you deem necessary to…
Economic Analysis
by mike Uncategorized postCaltech economics professor Preston McAfee appears to be mad as hell about high journal and textbook prices, and he’s doing something about it. He’s published a complete Introduction to Economic Analysis textbook under a Creative Commons license. See his page about the license and high textbook prices: Why open source? Academics do an enormous amount…
CC in Review: Lawrence Lessig on Important Freedoms
by Lawrence Lessig Copyright post[This email is part of a weekly series written by Lawrence Lessig and others about the history and future of Creative Commons. If you would like to be removed from this list, please click here: https://creativecommons.org/about/lessigletter#unsubscribe Alternatively, if you know others who might find these interesting, please recommend they sign up at https://creativecommons.org/about/lessigletter ] From…