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,…
Former CC Executive Director Neeru Paharia (now working on a PhD at Harvard Business School) writes in: I’m entering this business plan contest that is focused on poverty alleviation: http://www.bidnetwork.org. They are dragging me through a CC license choice for my business plan! I admit, I never would have thought of it unless they made…
Grant Robertson of cc:365 (now up to 75 tracks) and The Revolution has been doing some in depth interviews with CC users. Check out John Buckman, Lisa DeBenedictis, and Scott Andrew so far. Buckman’s “most shocking revelation” isn’t all that shocking (read and you’ll see). Also check out Ben Shewmaker interviewing Grant Robertson on the…
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…
Duke Law School’s Center for Study of the Public Domain has released an amazing 76 page copyright education in the shape of a documentary filmmaker and form of a comic book: BOUND BY LAW? A collaboration between cartoonist Keith Aoki, law professor (and CC board member) James Boyle and CSPD director Jennifer Jenkins, the work…
You only have two weeks left to upload your remix of the Hungarian band Nomada’s song Aven le Roma! – Here come the Roma!. The five-member group Nomada was founded by Roma singer-guitarist Balogh Gusztáv in 2003. Nomada’s music is derived from the Hungarian Gypsy tradition in addition to drawing from other musical styles such…
For everyone who has filed crash reports, sent me emails and generally wondered about the state of ccPublisher, I’m pleased to announce that our first widely publicized beta is now available. You can find information on downloads and installation instructions here. Note that while we think this code is ready for public consumption, it is…
Ten years ago Duke Law Professor (and now CC board member) Jamie Boyle coined the metaphor cultural environmentalism, drawing on lessons from the environmental movement for free culture and the legal environment that fosters or hinders free culture. A conference on Cultural Environmentalism at 10 was held at Stanford over the weekend. Today at SXSW…
SXSW attendee St. Murse ups the Flickr zeitgeist ante… Photo by St. Murse licensed under BY-NC-SA 2.0.