Creative Commons Newsletter

CC Newsletter - Issue No. 1

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CC Newsletter - Issue No. 1

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Dear All, Welcome to the inaugural Creative Commons Newsletter. Every other month we'll inform you of some of the most interesting news from the CC ecosystem in bite size pieces. If you want to drink from the firehose, subscribe to the CC weblog with one of the links at the end of this email. We are working tostrengthen our relationship with you - our community of users and supporters. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or suggestions about how we can continue to grow this relationship. CC and the broader movement for a global digital commons would not be nearly as significant as it is today - only 5 years later -without your continuous support.
Melissa Reeder
Development CoordinatorCreative Commons

Above: Ito, Joi. “Melissa Reeder.” CC BY 2.0 http://flickr.com/photos/ joi/463728506/

This PDF version of the ccNewsletter was remixed by Creative Commons Philippines. The repackaged newsletter is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

CONTENTS
INSIDE CC 3 Retiring standalone DevNations and one Sampling license 4 Livephotoblogging the CC Board CC INSCIENCE: FROM THE SCIENCE COMMONS BLOG 5 -Sparc Announce New Tools for Scholarly Publishing -EU Commission calls for emphasis on knowledge CC IN BUSINESS 6 Creative Commons in Newspapers, Scientists, Film Students, and Wikipedia SEOers (!?) 7 Sun CEO: free media = free software, innovation != litigation 8 -Sony launches CC-enabled video site -O’Reilly on free downloads vs sales CC USE CASES ANDSHOUTOUTS 9 -Open Content Licensing - Cultivating the Creative Commons (book) -Overmundo and PCF win awards and support 10 -Another great Steve Jurvetson photo reused under a CC license -A Story of Healing becomes First Academy Award Winning Film Released under Creative Commons License 11 CC Australia and the CC Video Slam! 13 -CC licensed podcast wins Nebula Award -blip.tv, Flickr, and WikiTravel winWebby Awards

We rely on our supporters to continue our work enabling stories like those listed above. Check it out: DONATE http://support.creativecommons.org/donate CC STORE http://support.creativecommons.org/store

Creative Commons is sustained by the generous support of various organizations including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, and theRockefeller Foundation as well as members of the public.

Backgrounds: Guerrero, Berne. “Grafitti.” CC BY 3.0. Includes images from quatro.sinko. "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" CC BY 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/93932066@N00/1293620650/ and deeners/Dino Laurel. "Tattoo Outline" CC BY 2.0 http:// www.flickr.com/photos/dinolaurel/160580125/

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RETIRING
LICENSE

STANDALONEDEVNATIONS

AND ONE

SAMPLING

by Lawrence Lessig 4 June 2007 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7520

Nations.) Because such an option would be attached to a standard CC license, it would not conflict with the principle we are announcing here. Based upon the feedback we get to that idea, we will decide whether to implement it. The Sampling License presents a similar concern. Until today, wehave offered three versions of the Sampling license. Two of those versions permit noncommercial sharing of the licensed work (SamplingPlus, and Noncommercial SamplingPlus). One (the Sampling License) only permits the remix of the licensed work, not the freedom to share it. There is a strong movement to convince Creative Commons that our core licenses at least permit the freedom to share a worknoncommercially. Creative Commons supports that movement. We will not adopt as a Creative Commons license any license that does not assure at least this minimal freedom — at least not without substantial public discussion. We are grateful for the feedback, and for the understanding of those who helped us craft the sampling licenses, both of which got us here. This change does not affect any existing...