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OpenCourseWare economics in the New York Times

In As Colleges Make Courses Available Free Online, Others Cash In the New York Times writes about how universities are funding OpenCourseWare programs as well as how businesses have sprung up around CC licensed Open Educational Resources (OER) from such programs. Regarding the latter, our CEO is quoted: On a philosophical level, the idea of … Read More “OpenCourseWare economics in the New York Times”

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Back to School: It's Raining Textbooks

As students around the world return to school, ccLearn blogs about the evolving education landscape, ongoing projects to improve educational resources, education technology, and the future of education. Browse the “Back to School” tag for more posts in this series. All that matters in the news these days is health care, that is, health care … Read More “Back to School: It's Raining Textbooks”

Education / OER

The Reality of Professional Photography on Wikipedia

Noam Cohen’s piece in the New York Times over the weekend highlighted some of the issues surrounding photography on Wikipedia: At a time when celebrities typically employ a team of professionals to control their images, Wikipedia is a place where chaos rules. Few high-quality photographs, particularly of celebrities, make it onto this site. This is … Read More “The Reality of Professional Photography on Wikipedia”

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The Story of the Story of Stuff's CC License

On Sunday The New York Times covered Annie Leonard’s massively successful “Story of Stuff” short, noting that it has been viewed millions of times and that Leonard has sold over 7,000 DVD copies of the film. We were delighted to discover that the short is licensed under our BY-NC-ND license, allowing for non-commercial reuse and … Read More “The Story of the Story of Stuff's CC License”

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Randall Munroe on XKCD's Book & Creative Commons

Today’s New York Times reports on XKCD cartoonist Randall Munroe‘s foray into IRL publishing, so we wanted take the opportunity to congratulate Randall for the book deal, but we also wanted to point out his typically pithy and brilliant perspective in the NYTimes article on the book’s copyright and his choice to use Creative Commons: … Read More “Randall Munroe on XKCD's Book & Creative Commons”

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Is Gatehouse's Complaint a Problem for Creative Commons?

You may have heard about Gatehouse Media suing the New York Times Co. over the linking of Creative Commons licensed news stories on the Times’ Boston.com. Zachary Seward over at the Nieman Journalism Lab has been covering the various developments of the case and most interestingly, an e-mail from Howard Owens (whom we highlighted in … Read More “Is Gatehouse's Complaint a Problem for Creative Commons?”

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The New York Times: Making Use of Public Domain

In yesterday’s Personal Tech Q&A section of The New York Times, there was a useful item called Making Use of Public Domain (registration required, although I was able to see the page at first without logging in) that describes a bit about how images that are found online can be used. The article points to … Read More “The New York Times: Making Use of Public Domain”

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NY Times Magazine on Lewis Hyde

This past weekend, The New York Times Magazine published an excellent feature on author and scholar Lewis Hyde, best known for his book The Gift, a landmark assessment of the gift economy and the value of doing creative work in a commodity-driven culture. I read The Gift a few years ago, and pieces from it … Read More “NY Times Magazine on Lewis Hyde”

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Back to School: Open Textbooks Gaining in Popularity

There’s been a whole lot of press on open textbooks lately, in addition to my own posts on the Flexbook and the Student PIRGs’ recent report encouraging open source textbooks as the right model for digital textbooks (versus the limited e-books that commercial publishers currently offer). The difference in open source and commercial e-books is … Read More “Back to School: Open Textbooks Gaining in Popularity”

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NYTimes Recommends CC for Free Music Downloads

Yesterday, the New York Times published an article titled “Free Music Downloads Without the Legal Peril ” in which they gave CC a nice plug: Creative Commons is a site that helps copyright holders decide which rights they want to share — for instance making songs free for personal use and distribution, but not for … Read More “NYTimes Recommends CC for Free Music Downloads”

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