Creative Commons

Jacobsen v. Katzer/Kamind – Federal Circuit Upholds a Free Software License

Zohar Efroni — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:50:23 -0700

As reported by Lessig and others, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded yesterday a ruling by the Northern District of California which denied the copyright claims of an open source software developer for violations of the Artistic License. This is a landmark decision which is likely to influence all types of free licensing, including Creative Commons licenses and the question of enforceability of copyright claims upon violation of free licenses in general. Here are four quick points on the decision:

1/31: Lawrence Lessig: Final Free Cuture Talk

Amanda Smith — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:44:44 -0800

Start: Jan 31 2008 - 1:00pm

End: Jan 31 2008 - 2:00pm

Name of Speaker:

Lawrence Lessig

Topic Description:

Creative Commons founder and Stanford professor Lawrence Lessig is giving his final presentation on Free Culture, Copyright and the future of ideas.

After 10 years of enlightening and inspiring audiences around the world with multi-media presentations that inspired the Free Culture movement, Professor Lessig is moving on from the copyright debate and setting his sites on corruption in Washington.

Lessig is giving a final talk at Stanford University on the subject, and it is being recorded for the upcoming feature film "Basement Tapes", an open source documentary (see http://www.opensourcecinema.org). Guests will also be treated to a sneak preview of some upcoming scenes from Basement Tapes, and re-mixed work from the Open Source Cinema website.

Please come and give Professor Lessig our appreciation and for a last chance to witness this enlightening and provocative presentation.

Event is free to the public. Everyone is welcome.

You can RSVP here.

CC and GFDL interoperability

Zohar Efroni — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:54:47 -0800

Something significant has happened in the world of free licensing, Lessig has the details and a video. Apparently, an important step has been made towards interoperability between the license controlling Wikipedia articles (the GFDL v.1.2), and the CC license by-share-alike. (See also this post on the Creative Commons website).

Creative Commons, Common Sense, and Nonsense

Zohar Efroni — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:37:15 -0700

Over the last 3-4 years many people have been speculating about how U.S. courts would interpret the Creative Commons (CC) licenses in litigation concerning their legal operation and effect. There are several reported cases in Europe, but to my knowledge, none so far in the U.S. Due to the popularity of the CC licenses, it was only a question of time before someone would try to enforce (or challenge) them in court. In the first occasion it actually happened, the claim took a quite unanticipated turn.

CC Licensing and Copyright Abandonment

Zohar Efroni — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:53:50 -0800

In a fresh law review article Prof. Lydia Pallas Loren explores a number of interesting issues concerning Creative Commons licensing.

I can't believe I missed this...

Colette Vogele — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:36:01 -0800

Watch the new "Wanna Work Together" video (3 min), and click on the ad!

In catching up on some email and other odds and end this holiday weekend, I came upon this totally cool email from Larry Lessig about how Creative Commons is fund raising through Revver. Lessig writes: