Category Archives: Creative Commons

Building out legal permissions on the semantic web

Posted on 28 October 2009 by Jordan

So no surprise I’ve been thinking more and more about semantic web technologies and the law, given my recent trips and talks on open data. This represents some of my early-stage thinking about how copyright plays into the coming framework. … Continue reading →

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Non-commercial in CC licenses

Posted on 12 December 2008 by Jordan

As I mentioned in my last post, this is an appendix I wrote for a report looking at the use of Creative Commons licenses for (mostly) public sector organisations in the UK from back in 2005. It outlines some of … Continue reading →

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"Non-commercial" survey by CC

Posted on 10 December 2008 by Jordan

Creative Commons is doing a survey on the term “non-commercial” that ends on the 14th. http://ur1.ca/y41 This survey is very important as people have a difference of opinion on some of the boundaries of what non-commercial means. For a public … Continue reading →

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New CC0 beta draft

Posted on 5 September 2008 by Jordan

Via the Creative Commons blog, Diane Peters CC’s General Counsel has introduced the latest draft of their public domain licensing / dedication tool CC0: We are pleased to release for public comment the next beta draft of CC0 Waiver, which … Continue reading →

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Information Governance Conference 2008

Posted on 9 April 2008 by Jordan

The Society for Computers and the Law (SCL) is having a conference on 1 May on information governance: Information Governance Conference 2008 Information governance has rapidly become an integral part of organisational strategy in both the public and private sector. … 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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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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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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UK IPO links to Creative Commons licences

Posted on 29 January 2008 by Jordan

I’m doing some research for a course on entrepreneurship and IP, and so I’m reviewing the materials available on the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO). Their short and sweet description of copyright licensing includes a link to Creative Commons: … Continue reading →

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Dissecting CCZero

Posted on 16 January 2008 by Jordan

Creative Commons has just launched a new legal tool for discussion known as CCZero, and I’m going to go through the current version and comment. Cool scalpel pic from Wikipedia and in the public domain. As readers will know, I … Continue reading →

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