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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... Read Full Story

Google just opened up Knol, its Wikipedia competitor, to the public after announcing a private beta of the service last December. Unlike Wikipedia, Knol puts a stronger emphasis on authorship and even encourages users to start different 'knols' for the same subject. Google is also serving up AdSense advertising on the site, whereas Wikipedia stays away from any advertising on its site.In many respects, Knol is similar to Jason Calacanis' Mahalo, though its scope seems even more ambitious and... Read Full Story

Welcome to the 4th of July episode of Rules for the Revolution! Click on this link to listen to Episode 022 or subscribe and listen through iTunes. SHOW NOTES Host: Colette Vogele Guest: Alex Curtis, Director of Policy and New Media at Public Knowledge Alex is Public Knowledge’s Director of Policy and New Media. Before his position with PK, he interned for Senate Senator Mike DeWine — making DeWine the second U.S. Senator on the Internet by one day. He was asked to return in subsequent... Read Full Story

I have spent considerable time researching the best sites to find online free images/stock images, along with their copyright/ Creative Commons licences. Some of these sites will probably already be familiar to you but others new, as they were to me. I hope you find this of use, as it makes the time spent all worthwhile. Sites are listed in alphabetical order. Free Images BurningWell - a repository for public domain (free for any use) images. Donations welcomed - anyone have any Melbourne... Read Full Story

I’m back with a few new episodes! Click on this link to listen to Episode 21 or subscribe and listen through iTunes. SHOW NOTES Host: Colette Vogele Guest: Jeffrey Hermes Jeffrey Hermes’ practice ranges from advising media and corporate clients on content liability issues, to rapid-response intervention in high-profile litigation on behalf of various publishing and media clients, to complex corporate and intellectual property litigation. He has extensive experience in representing print... Read Full Story

When I started this blog I really had no idea how it would evolve. HubSpot's Website Grader says I have almost 10,000 subscribers, which seems high but who knows with all the ways to follow a blog--Technorati, Bloglines, Stumble, etc., etc. Compounding this are a series of very nice people that translate my posts into foreign languages, with Russian the most popular and a soon to be released series of my posts in Spanish. More on this in a future post.Maybe the thunder and lightning... Read Full Story

The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works. These licenses, depending on the one chosen, restrict only certain rights (or none) of the work instead of traditional copyright, which is more restrictive. Creative Commons licenses give you the ability to dictate how others may exercise your copyright rights. This includes the right of others to copy your work, make derivative works or adaptations of your work, to distribute your work... Read Full Story