The Free Culture Research Workshop 2009 is looking for scholars working on: Studies on the use and growth of open/free licensing models Critical analyses of the role of Creative Commons or similar models in promoting a Free Culture Building innovative technical, legal, organizational, or business solutions and interfaces between the sharing economy and the commercial … Read More “Free Culture Research Workshop 2009 CFP”
This coming weekend (March 21-22) in Cambridge, Massachusetts the Free Software Foundation is holding its annual meeting, dubbed the Libre Planet Conference. Many of CC’s best friends and supporters will be there, as will CC staff Asheesh Laroia and I. If you aren’t familiar with the significance of the free software movement to free culture, … Read More “Libre Planet and Libre Graphics”
Jamie Boyle, Chair of the CC Board, will be speaking at a couple great events next week in both London and Cambridge, giving British CC-ers a great opportunity to learn more about the public domain, both as a legal status and as Jamie’s new book, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind. Details … Read More “UK Events: Jamie Boyle speaking on the Public Domain”
As noted on the CC Labs blog, video and audio from the December CC Technology Summit is now available: In December we held our second CC Technology Summit at MIT in Cambridge, MA. I think the day provided a great perspective on what we’re doing at CC and how others are building a real community … Read More “CC Technology Summit Video Available”
We’re holding the second Creative Commons Technology Summit tomorrow in Cambridge, MA. The program is online and I’m quite excited about the lineup. We still have some space available so if you’re in the area and would like to attend, drop by the Stata Center at MIT tomorrow morning and register on site. The cost … Read More “CC Technology Summit Tomorrow”
Just a quick reminder that registration is still open for the December Technology Summit taking place in Cambridge, MA. The program looks like a great set of presentations about technology that touches CC: RDFa, digital copyright registries, embedded metadata and more. Registration is available online and we’ve added student rates at about half the normal … Read More “Reminder: December Technology Summit Registration – Now with Student Rates”
On Dec. 12th, 2008, CC will be pairing up with two of the most influential and innovative institutions in the “open” movement: MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. For those of you interested in the tech side of Creative Commons, MIT’s CSAIL is hosting CC’s … Read More “CC + MIT + Berkman Center for Internet & Society”
Two months ago we announced the second CC Technology Summit, taking place December 12, 2008 in Cambridge, MA at MIT. The response to the call for presentations was good, and the initial program is now available. I’m excited about the mix of topics we have on the program. The day will include reports from our … Read More “CC Technology Summit Program and Registration available”
Following the success of our first technology summit in June we knew we would do another one soon. Today we’re announcing the next, which will be held in Cambridge, MA on December 12. We’re also changing the format slightly, trying to add more talks and reduce the number of panels. To support that we’re also … Read More “December Technology Summit, Call for Presentations”