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Carpool Conversations: CC-Licensed Video Collaboration Between Pink Cloud Events and Honda

Carpool Conversations is a newly launched video series from LA-based Pink Cloud Events. Produced in collaboration with Honda, the 3-part series aims to capture intimate and unexpected conversations between strangers sharing a ride in a Honda Insight. While the topics vary from episode to episode, a common thread through out is the importance of sharing … Read More “Carpool Conversations: CC-Licensed Video Collaboration Between Pink Cloud Events and Honda”

Arts / culture

CC as a hybrid organization and a tool for hybrids

Used in connection with Creative Commons the word “hybrid” has typically denoted an “economy” or “models” involving both sharing and commerce. Over half of CC founder Lawrence Lessig’s most recent book is devoted to exploring this sort of hybrid — see Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy. CC licenses are a … Read More “CC as a hybrid organization and a tool for hybrids”

About CC

Runes of Gallidon, CC-Licensed Online Fantasy World, Launches Public Beta

The Hunt, Andy Underwood/Runes of Gallidon | CC BY-NC-SA Runes of Gallidon is a “user-generated online fantasy world of swords, magic, adventure and mystery” that just launched in public beta. Distinguishing Runes of Gallidon from other virtual worlds is the decision to license all the content in the ROG universe under a CC BY-NC-SA license. … Read More “Runes of Gallidon, CC-Licensed Online Fantasy World, Launches Public Beta”

Technology

Clive Thompson on the Hybrid T-Shirt Economy

A great article in the most recent WIRED, Clive Thompson on How T-Shirts Keep Online Content Free, discusses the growing hybrid economy developed by purveyors of free content looking for a stable source of income. Their answer? Schwag in general, t-shirts in particular: Increasingly, creative types are harnessing what I’ve begun to call “the T-shirt … Read More “Clive Thompson on the Hybrid T-Shirt Economy”

About CC

State Shirt Call for Remixes/Samples and Shannon Plays Live

Over a year and a half ago the ccMixter community decided to stop having formal remix contests in part because in a CC context, the traditional format seemed outdated. In a typical remix contest an artist would post the stems to one song, retaining all the rights to the samples as well as the remixes … Read More “State Shirt Call for Remixes/Samples and Shannon Plays Live”

Events

The Growing Hybrid Business of Music Sharing

One of the things we’ve become very interested in finding more examples of are creators who are using our licenses in combination with traditional business models. For example, many musicians (including our recent Commoner Letter author Jonathan Coulton) sell copies of their CC-licensed music. This may seem cognitively dissonant but in practice it makes perfect … Read More “The Growing Hybrid Business of Music Sharing”