Monthly Archives: February 2008

OCLN – Open Content Legal News – 29 Feb 2008

Posted on 29 February 2008 by Jordan

OCLN — Open content legal news, a worldwide selection of news and events about open content with a focus on the legal side of things from Jordan Hatcher, legal consultant. iCommons received core grant funding: 2008 also marks the start … Continue reading →

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IMPACT CC legal guide

Posted on 28 February 2008 by Jordan

FYI, IMPACT has posted a legal guide to CC licences.

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CC Korea International Conference – public sector use on agenda

Posted on 28 February 2008 by Jordan

(Via Creative Commons » CC News.) 1st CC Korea International Conference: “‘Open Culture in CC’ is the theme of the first CC Korea International Conference, a day-long event to be held on Friday, March 14th at the National Museum of … Continue reading →

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REM uses Artistic License 2.0 for video content

Posted on 28 February 2008 by Jordan

I just wanted to highlight quickly that music group R.E.M. has released content apparently under the Artistic License 2.0, a Open Source Initiative and Free Software Foundation approved license, meant to cover software, for 11 videos for the first song … Continue reading →

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OCLN | Open Content Legal News – 22 Feb 2008

Posted on 22 February 2008 by Jordan

New CC licences Puerto Rico launched their Creative Commons ports today, making PR the 44th port of the CC set of licences. CC announcement. CC Puerto Rico site. Two new jurisdiction specific CC licences on their way as Norwegian and … Continue reading →

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Open Data Commons article now up

Posted on 22 February 2008 by Jordan

I have a new article out that I’ve written for the Open Source Business Resource, which is now available in the February issue. Implementing Open Data: The Open Data Commons Project In it, I explain the brief history of the … Continue reading →

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Using surveillance technology to protect copyright online

Posted on 22 February 2008 by Jordan

The BBC reports on a new use for iris scanning technology: online copyright enforcement. Iris scanning and recognition technology is being used for biometric identification, such as the IRIS — Iris Image Recognition Immigration Service used by the UK Home … Continue reading →

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OCLN | Open Content Legal News – 15 Feb 2008

Posted on 15 February 2008 by Jordan

New US case law resource launched, already using CCZero beta. Lessig announced this week on his blog that the public US caselaw resources that Public Resource has been working towards has now gone live: As announced at public.resource.org, CC and … Continue reading →

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Gum Gum image licensing

Posted on 15 February 2008 by Jordan

Reported at techcrunch (HT to Trademark Blog), Gum Gum is a new platform for licensing images: Attributor, a Silicon Valley startup, helps content owners track their intellectual property to find examples of infringement. But until now, no one has really … Continue reading →

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English subs, worldwide audiences, anime, and open content

Posted on 14 February 2008 by Jordan

Alan Toner notes on his blog that when releasing Steal This Film 2, that having English Subtitles enabled the film to be translated into multiple languages almost immediately, thus increasing its worldwide distribution: English subtitles were made available for the … Continue reading →

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