Creative Commons

How The Internet Has Made Art Better

Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Yancey Strickler, Off Book, Video, Kickstarter Sxsw, Creative Commons, Art in the Age of the Internet, Pbs Off Book, Lawrence Lessig, Kickstarter Sundance, Culture News

We've written before about PBS' OffBook web show, a bi-monthly video series devoted to "cutting edge arts." The show has a tendency to preach to a cho...

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Celebrate Open Education Resources (OER) during Open Education Week March 5-10

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Open Education Week, Oer, Education Reform, Creative Commons, Open Education, Open Education Movement, Education News
Esther Wojcicki

Want to participate in the most exciting part of the education revolution? You can this week as universities, schools, educators and students around...

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My Dad, SOPA and Me

Tanja Aitamurto | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Bittorrent, Creative Commons, Pipa, Sopa, Copyright Infringement, Copyright, Creative Work, Acta, Media News
Tanja Aitamurto

In our family we have two takes on copyright issues and SOPA. These two approaches reflect the gap between digital and offline worlds. Let's look at ...

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51 Ways to Spark a Commons Revolution

Jay Walljasper | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: The Commons, Commons, Commons Revolution, Creative Commons, Healthy Living News
Jay Walljasper

The commons is a fresh way of looking at political, economic, social and cultural life that means, in short, everything that belongs to all of us.

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An Obvious Distinction

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ben-Wallace-Wells, Lewis Hyde, Creative Commons, Commons, Technology News
Lawrence Lessig

As a "free culture warrior," I was a bit surprised to learn that, according to David Wallace-Wells in The Nation, I was in the business of "exhort[ing others] to piracy." Was I now, and had I always been, a pirate? There's a fallacy at the core of this argument.

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Ask GYST: Public Domain Images Get a Mark

Karen Atkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Artist at Work, Public Domain, Art, Artwork, Artist Rights, Professional Practices, Copyright, Artist, Business of Art, Creative Commons, Arts News
Karen Atkinson

Even with creative commons searches for images, it is not always clear if those images are copyrighted. With this new mark, we will no longer be guessing.

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Ted Prize Wish Granted With an App That Gives a Damn

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted, Creative Commons, Open Architecture, Architecture for Humanity, TED Prize, Open Architecture Network., Ipad, Technology News
Cameron Sinclair

This iPad application will inevitably change the way the world looks at design and building for communities in need. It's the first of its kind, a tool built for designers and community groups that connects with donors around the world.

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$50B Infrastructure Plan: Make it Open Source and Transparent

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Creative Commons, Digital Transparency, Green Jobs, National Infrastructure, Jobs, Obama, Construction, Obama Infrastructure, Obama Infrastructure Speech, Obama Infrastructure Plan, Politics News
Cameron Sinclair

Obama noted this plan "will change the way Washington spends your tax dollars." Given it's our tax dollars, I want to make a request. Let's have an online system through which the government can articulate success to the broader population.

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Kristin Hersh on Her New Book, Rat Girl

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creative Commons, Strange Angels, The Season Sessions, Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh, Moore Brothers, Art Rock, Throwing Muses New Album, Artist-Fan Relationship, Penguin, Subscriber-Based Model, Vic Chesnutt, Bipolar Disorder, Record Industry, Rob Ahlers, Rat Girl, Acupuncture, Coalition of Artists and Stake Holders, Music Industry, Bernard Georges, Crooked, Mudrock, Cashmusic, 50footwave, With Love From the Men's Room, Books News
Holly Cara Price

Songwriter, musician, mother of four, and founder of the seminal art rock band Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh has pretty much been to hell and back and...

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Slowed-Down Bieber: A Glacial Victory for Fair Use

Jason Sigal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creative Commons, Copyright, Copyright Law, Music Industry, Music, Lawrence Lessig, Fair Use, Justin Bieber, Free Culture, Twitter, Arts News
Jason Sigal

Multiple major labels have lent their support to a hugely popular (and quite excellent) 800%-slower remix of Justin Beiber's song "U Smile." This, despite the fact that it is arguably a copyright infringement.

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Tapping a Million Green Brains

Marc Stoiber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creative Commons, Ge, Ecomagination Challenge, Jeffrey Hollender, Linus Torvalds, Crowdsourcing, Green, Innovation, Responsibility Revolution, Business, Greenxchange, Max Planck, Procter & Gamble, Linux, Flickr, AG Lafley, Youtube, Aura Cacia, Sustainability, Ecomagination, Eco-Efficiency Jam, Ibm, Mec, Business News
Marc Stoiber

Mass collaboration in business was, until quite recently, a concept treated with suspicion. Today, we're seeing an explosion of collaboration that unabashedly taps the creative reservoir of the masses.

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ASCAP's attack on Creative Commons

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ascap, Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

UPDATE: I've received a letter from Paul Williams declining my offer to debate. "My priorities," Williams wrote, "must be focused on songwriting and c...

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Revolution Needed for Teaching Literacy in a Digital Age

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oer, Sesame Street, Education, Creative Commons, Pbs, Open Education Resources, Esther Wojcicki, Digital Literacy, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

Unless the American education system changes course quickly to integrate literacy and digital culture into our current educational paradigm, academic achievement gains will continue to stagnate.

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Nike's Open (Green) Innovation

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Chesbrough, Creative Commons, Nike, UC Berkeley, Competitive Advantage, Sustainability, Yahoo!, Mountain Equipment Co-Op, Ibm, Greenxchange, Open Innovation, Procter & Gamble, Best Buy, Green News
Andrew Winston

Nike, Best Buy, Yahoo!, and a few others launched the GreenXChange, an organization dedicated to sharing patents and ideas that can help companies reduce their environmental impacts.

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Startl: The Diamond Age of Education Innovation, Destabilization Imminent and Revenue Realized

Chrissie Brodigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ideo, Venture Capital in Education Summit, Education, Creative Commons, Laurie Racine. Phoenix M. Wang, Dreamit Ventures, Edu-Punks, Education Reform, Diana Rhoten, Startl.org, Edu-Tech, Startl, College News
Chrissie Brodigan

The opportunity to develop a "killer app" in the edu-tech space has never been this clear before. In spite of the possibility, there are many incumbent challenges inherent to the education space.

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Are Photo Image Licenses Obsolete in the Age of the Internet?

Dave Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Digital Photography, Photo Licensing, Creative Commons, Digital Cameras, Technology News
Dave Taylor

Is photo licensing obsolete in the digital age? I asked two professional photographers, Peter Wayne and Paul M. Bowers, and their thoughts on the subject might surprise you.

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Sustain-enable: Why are companies sharing their green innovation?

Marc Stoiber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nike, Softchoice, Green, Maddock Douglas, Coopetition, Innovation, greenXchange, Novell, Sustainability, Best Buy, Creative Commons, Business News
Marc Stoiber

Intellectual property is something Softchoice understands. As a provider of IT solutions, the company lives in the world of competitive advantage crea...

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When is a Blog, Not Just a Blog?

Amanda Lin Costa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake Relief, Creative Commons, Copyright, Ning, Social Networking, Evan Hanson, Community, Amanda Lin Costa, Media, Haiti ReWired, Social Media, The Lone Olive, Internet, Disaster Relief, Blog, Haiti, Technology, Wired, Ipad, Haiti Earthquake, Haitiblog, Home News
Amanda Lin Costa

A video from Inveneo, one of the organizations involved in the Haiti ReWired blog. Evan Hanson from Haiti ReWired said something that really stood ...

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Sharing is Caring

Amanda Lin Costa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Lone Olive, Copyright, Amanda Lin Costa, Creative Commons, Eric Steuer, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Haitiblog, Home News
Amanda Lin Costa

The slide show above includes examples of photos taken in Haiti that are available for various uses through the Creative Commons' license. "Sharin...

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Why I Love Open Educational Resources!

Jim Fruchterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Textbooks, Open Education Resources, Benetech, Oer, Creative Commons, Flatworld, Free Textbooks, College News
Jim Fruchterman

For people who can't afford educational materials, Open Educational Resources let them better use their limited resources. And for those who learn differently, there's the chance to see a topic in a completely different way.

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Open Education Resources Get a Big Boost: Cathy Casserly Joins Creative Commons Board

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oer, Higher Education Reform, Creative Commons, Hewlett Foundation, Open Education Resources, Cathy Casserly, Higher Education, Education Reform, Carnegie Foundation, Cc, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

Long time OER champion Dr. Catherine Casserly was just elected yesterday to the Board of Directors of Creative Commons to help provide further direction for the Open Education Resources movement worldwide.

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Davos: Nike and Partners Launch The GreenXchange

Don Tapscott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikinomics, Sustainability, Internet, Creative Commons, Nike, Davos 2010, Xchange, Davos, Business News
Don Tapscott

In a Wednesday meeting at the World Economic Forum, Nike launched GreenXchange, an online marketplace where companies can collaborate and share ideas about sustainability.

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Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend: Can the Chicago News Cooperative Succeed?

Daniel Sinker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Journalism, Chicago Reader, Old Media vs. New Media, Creative Commons, Chicago Politics, Chicago Olympics, Death of Newspapers, Wbez, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, New York Times, Cnc, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago News
Daniel Sinker

If there was a better day to announce the News Cooperative, I can't think of it. After Mayor Daley's budget address, the two major papers ran the same cover: a 24-year-old kidnapping.

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Sesame Workshop-Google Education Forum Live -- How Can We Change the System?

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James-Bennet, Joel Klein, Education, Linda Darling-Hammond, Education Reform, Creative Commons, Sesame Workshop, Google, Sergey Brin, Impact News
Esther Wojcicki

Watch the education forum here. We have a powerhouse panel including the Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter, Stanford Professor Linda Darling Hammond, and NYC Chancellor Joel Klein.

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Should Teachers Be Selling Lesson Plans?

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Open Courses, Mit, Creative Commons, American Federation of Teachers, Teachers, Lesson Plans, Lesson Plans for Teachers, Teacher Resources, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

While it is an interesting alternative for teachers to have the option of selling their lesson plans, realistically the culture of teachers nationwide is one of sharing, not selling.

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