Just 8 months after CC versioned up to 3.0, Creative Commons has announced a new round of public comments for a 3.01. The big change is to clarify the language in the unported version of the licence in regards to moral rights. Moral rights include the right to object to derogatory treatment and [...]
Entries from October 2007
Update process for a 3.01 Creative Commons licence launched
October 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Licensing · Open content · Open data
Survey analysis: What would you like to see?
October 9th, 2007 · Comments Off
As I mentioned on the 3rd, the survey about the use of open content licences by the UK cultural heritage community is now closed. We’ve now entered into the analysis phase, and should have the list of applicable respondents finalized this week. Though I have a pretty good idea of the cross tabs and charts [...]
Tags: Academic research · Cultural heritage · Open content
Defining “technological measures”
October 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Andres Guadamuz of Technollama has suggested in the comments that “technological measures” in Section 4.6 of the Open Data Commons Database Licence be defined. For reference, Section 4.6 is:
4.6 Technological measures and additional terms
a. This Licence does not allow You to (except subject to Section 4.6 b.) impose any terms or any technological measures on [...]
Cultural heritage and open content licensing survey now closed
October 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
The survey is now closed. Thank you very much for everyone that participated, and the prize giveaway for the iPod Shuffles will take place very soon. We will be writing up the report and analyzing the data over the next few weeks, and we should have a final product before the end of October.
For further [...]
Tags: Cultural heritage · Open content
TRIP project - Traditional Music and Intellectual Property
October 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off
At this year’s Gikii conference, Richard Jones of Liverpool John Moores University (where he is a Reader in Law and IT) has a new project. He together with RA Roksana Ghaffrinik, are looking in to traditional music and IP. The core of the study, from what I gather, is folk music and copyright (rather than [...]
Tags: Academic research · Open content
New Creative Commons site and fundraising campaign
October 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off
The Creative Commons website, available here, has had a bit of a makeover. They’ve also announced the start of their fall donor campaign. They have a goal of $500,000 USD by December 31st. This year, by the way, is their 5th anniversary.
Tags: Open content orgs
Downloads of Open Data Commons Factual Info Licence
October 1st, 2007 · Comments Off
Downloads now available of the Open Data Commons Factual Information Licence:
PDF | ODT
Accessibility of databases licensed under the ODCDBL
October 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Some more food for thought on the Open Data Commons Database Licence. This time about obligations to make the database available, either as a part of an obligation under the parallel distribution language in Section 4.6b, or as a general obligation to make derivative databases (that must comply with the Share Alike language). This comment [...]
