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Google speaks to the book world
News In a speech describing his experience as a profitable author who has always distributed his books for free online under a Creative Commons licence, in addition to selling them in bookstores and online marketplaces, Doctorow said: "No matter how... [19 Jan 2007]
Webcasting ejected from broadcasting treaty
News Cory Doctorow, the former European affairs co-ordinator for the EFF, warned last year that giving such protection to webcasters could allow them to monopolise material covered by Creative Commons licences, and would enforce the use of DRM. [09 May 2006]
Linux leader attacks "anti-DRM" GPL
News When it comes to using DRM to encrypt digital content such as movies, Torvalds suggested in another email that people take a different approach: employ a licence from a group such as the Creative Commons that requires content to remain open. [06 Feb 2006]
BBC wants you to splice dung, Norfolk and old calculators
News The BBC has released the first selection of its content to be made available under a Creative Commons-style licence. The licence for using the content will be the BBC's own Creative Archive Licence, based on the Creative Commons licence. [08 Sep 2005]
MPs seek to block BBC free downloads
News Alan Reid MP, the Liberal Democrat spokesman for e-commerce and small business, is now treasurer, and Lord Erroll, who is a member of the European Information Society Group, will be a crossbencher between the House of Commons and the House of Lords. [27 Jun 2005]
Flash gets branded "the enemy"
News Lessig chairs the Creative Commons organisation, which offers a variety of intellectual property licenses less restrictive than the standard "all rights reserved". He cited a recent surge in Creative Commons licences, as well as Yahoo! [07 Apr 2005]
Creative Commons comes to the UK
News The Creative Commons is finalising the UK versions of its innovative content licences, one step towards the organisation's goal of reinventing copyright and intellectual property law across the world. [17 Mar 2005]
Lawmakers must 'think global' for IPR solutions
News When it comes to alternative copyright licences such as the Creative Commons licence, many UK publishers view such solutions "with trepidation", according to the report. Moores added that "there were suggestions among smaller publishers that maybe... [24 Jan 2005]
Re:Viewing 2004: Digital music and DRM
News From iTunes' UK launch and Napster's rebirth to the Creative Commons and piracy, Jo Best looks back at the highlights of 2004 for digital music - and predicts what'll be big in 2005. The Creative Commons licence also made its first appearance this... [17 Dec 2004]
Music industry ditches hardcore copyright for 'free love' tunes
News While Sony is moving away from keeping such a tight rein on its copyright, others would like to see the music world move further.silicon.com Agenda Setter Lawrence Lessig's Creative Commons project is one such group hoping for music without the... [06 Oct 2004]
'Desktop Linux for developing nations' guide from UN debuts
News The Linux manual has been released under the Creative Commons Attribution License to allow other organisations to copy and distribute the work. A Linux desktop manual for novice PC users has been produced by a UN-funded organisation, the... [24 Aug 2004]
File-swapping could hit digital books for millions
News Creative Commons, a non-profit group promoting a "some rights reserved" approach to DRM, espouses similar goals but with different technology. Mike Linksvayer, chief technology officer for Creative Commons, said the approach has several advantages... [19 Aug 2004]
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