Podcasting Law

Recently, the Wikimedia Foundation proposed that the copyright licensing terms on its wikis be changed to include a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license in addition to its longstanding GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). The proposal was approved by a 75 percent majority of community voters as announced this week . The change will apply to all text and multimedia content, including video, images, and audio now licensed under GFDL 1.2 or later versions and will increase "the compatibility and availability of free content," according to the WMF site. Sponsor Although the proposal has not yet been approved by the Wikimedia Foundation's board of trustees, chairman ... Read Full Story

Finding good content to use in your podcast and individually negotiating permission to use it can be a time-consuming task and may also be daunting if you are unsure if the rights-holder will agree to authorize the use of their content in your podcast. One way to reduce the time and hassle of individually seeking permission from each rights-holder is to search for Creative Commons licensed material. CC-licensed material is “pre-cleared” for use in accordance with the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license. We explain at section 1.2.2.5 - “You Are Using Creative Commons-Licensed Or 'Podsafe' Content” - about the different types of ... Read Full Story

Will Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, adopt the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license? The Wikimedia community is voting to determine the course of licensing of this free content. The Wikimedia Foundation has invited the Wikimedia community to vote on the proposal to license Wikimedia material so it is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC-BY-SA), while retaining dual licensing with the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). This is a step to collect, develop and disseminate educational material, and make it available to people everywhere, free of charge! Creative Commons says This migration would be a huge boost for the free ... Read Full Story

It is with deepest regret that I must inform you that our president is a digital pirate . I am not one of those who feels it likely that royalties were paid on that iPod , full of show tunes, the Obamas graciously bestowed on the Queen. But, it is all kind of ironic—since the president was in London to promote the “New World Order.” One of the building blocks of that new order is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) , being negotiated behind closed doors. Jamie Love , director of Knowledge Ecology International , believing all the BS that emanated from the Obama ... Read Full Story

Hey! Check out this press release about a new art project by dublab and Creative Commons! It's called Into Infinity. The online exhibition is at http://intoinfinity.org/ and there are several physical installations being planned. dublab & Creative Commons Launch "Into Infinity" Ready-to-Remix Art and Music Exhibit Debuts Online Today; Physical Installations to Follow Los Angeles, CA, USA — August 8, 2008 Today, dublab and Creative Commons announced the launch of Into Infinity, an art and music exhibit jointly produced by the two nonprofit organizations. The online version of the exhibit debuted today at http://intoinfinity.org/ ; physical installations are being planned for Winter 2008 and ... Read Full Story

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Earlier this morning Google Books announced a program where rights owners would be given the option to modify their copyright licenses and specify them as Creative Commons (CC) works. The initiative allows writers, artists and publishers to mark their books with one of 6 CC version 3 licenses , a public domain license or the CC "no rights reserved" license . Sponsor In the last few months Creative Commons has celebrated some benchmark programs with large-scale publishers including perhaps the most notable event, Wikipedia's community-wide adoption of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license . The addition of Google Books as a partner is a ... Read Full Story