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On 20 November, I spoke at the London CC Salon about the results of the report on open content licences and the UK cultural heritage sector. Special thanks to Tim for setting up the event, and for the small but well informed crowd who attended.
Snapshot study on the use of open content licences in the [...]

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I gave a talk on the 23rd of November on database rights and open data, as mentioned earlier on this blog. I’ve uploaded the handout and presentation from my talk last week on open data and database licensing for the digital curation community in Glasgow. Thanks again to the organisers of the event and to [...]

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Thanks to all who have blogged about the new report, supported and funded by Eduserv, on the use of open content licences such as Creative Commons and Creative Archive in the UK cultural heritage sector.
The report is available here;
Snapshot study on the use of open content licences in the UK cultural heritage sector
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/studies/cc2007
We are building [...]

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Hidden in an announcement about Public.Resource.org releasing US federal court opinions on its site (these works are not in copyright), Creative Commons and the Public.Resource.org press release mentions “CC-0″:
The cases will be marked with a new Creative Commons mark — CC-Ø — that signals that there are no copyrights or other related rights attached to [...]

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Just a reminder, I’ll be heading to London for the CC Salon to speak about my recent report, funded by Eduserv, on open content and the cultural heritage sector in the United Kingdom.
The report and appendices are available here.
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CC-Salon London returns with our final event of 2007, for more discussion and debate on the subjects [...]

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See the survey site for the report, appendices will be posted shortly.
Snapshot study on the use of open content licences in the UK cultural heritage sector
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/studies/cc2007
The survey was funded and supported by Eduserv, and special thanks to Ed Barker, Andy Powell and Pete Johnston from Eduserv for providing guidance and feedback at various stages during [...]

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So there has been some behind-the scenes work on the Open Data Commons licences, not all of which I can mention at the moment because of confidentiality reasons. What I can say is that we are working on a new draft that reflects some recent developments, and that it should be available within the next [...]

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I’ll be speaking on open data and legal issues such as copyright and the European sui generis database right in Glasgow on Friday, the 23rd of November.
Full details:
Joint DCC and SCRIPTed Workshop on the Legal Environment of Digital Curation
23 November 2007
Location: Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow
URL: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/legal-env-dig-cur-2007
This one-day workshop will provide a useful overview [...]

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On 20 November, I will be speaking at the next London CC Salon about the results of the report on open content licences and the UK cultural heritage sector:
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CC-Salon London returns with our final event of 2007, for more discussion and debate on the subjects of art, technology, copyright and free culture.
This time round we’ll [...]

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I have received word from Eduserv that after going through some internal (to Eduserv) review that the report on the use of open content licences and the UK cultural heritage study will be out on the 16th of November.
It will be available on the study’s website:
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/studies/cc2007

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