Teaching copyright right

Quote from todays newsletter from EFF (the Electronic Frontier Foundation): “Last week, the Copyright Alliance Education Foundation – a nonprofit mouthpiece for the entertainment and software industries – unveiled plans to spread its protectionist ideas to the nation’s schools and libraries through the distribution of a curriculum titled “Think First, Copy Later.” “Think First, Copy […]

YouTube downloads being tested using Creative Commons

Creative Commons is really bashing forward. Check out this announcement on their blog: “YouTube just made an incredibly exciting announcement: it’s testing an option that gives video owners the ability to allow downloads and share their work under Creative Commons licenses. The test is being launched with a handful of partners, including Stanford, Duke, UC […]

Creative Commons needs you

Received a newsletter-communication yesterday from Stanford University professor and copyright activist – and perhaps most notably former Creative Commons chief – Lawrence Lessig leading my attention towards the Creative Commons fundraiser taking place right now. The Commons are dependent on our funding – in order to continue their tireless efforts to offer a strong alternative […]