Creative Commons
to build a layer of reasonable, flexible copyright in the face of increasingly restrictive default rules
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Too often the debate over creative control tends to the extremes. At one pole is a vision of total control — a world in which every last use of a work is regulated and in which "all rights reserved" (and then some) is the norm. At the other end is a vision of anarchy — a world in which creators enjoy a wide range of freedom but are left vulnerable to exploitation. Balance, compromise, and moderation — once the driving forces of a copyright system that valued innovation and protection equally — have become endangered species. Creative Commons is working to revive them. We use private rights to create public goods: creative works set free for certain uses. Like the free software and open-source movements, our ends are cooperative and community-minded, but our means are voluntary and libertarian. We work to offer creators a best-of-both-worlds way to protect their works while encouraging certain uses of them — to declare "some rights reserved." (Taken from the Creative Commons website, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licen... ) |
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Mike posted a photo. at 3:08pm on October 16, 2007
CC launched its fall fundraising campaign at the beginning of October. Our goal is $500,000. If you give -- http://support.creativecommons.org/donate -- over $75, you'll receive a limited edition 2007 campaign tshirt -- smaller donations are of course welcome, and financial contributions are not the only way to help -- see http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7731 That's all fine and good, but since we're always trying to do something new and different, we've decided to offer something special, just on Facebook. Way back in 2004 (or was it 2005?) we printed a batch of t-shirts that could best be described as a Warhol Campbell's soup can/CC mashup -- see http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlinksva/1584693660/ -- we decided to not distribute them, both because they were almost immediately out of date (one of the cans says "Recombo", which we were going to use for a license eventually called "Sampling", which itself is now retired). But these vintage t-shirts are *very* cool -- whenever worn in public, they get comments -- and questions about how to get one. We hate seeing the remaining t-shirts sit in a box in our closet. So we're now offering our remaining inventory only on Facebook. Here's what we have left: Small: 5 Medium: 17 Women's Medium: 15 Large: 9 XXL: 1 While supplies last, here's how to get one: 1) Donate at least $150 via the Creative Commons Cause -- http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/151 -- on Facebook OR recruit 150 to the CC Cause OR a combination of the two with a minimum $25 donation (eg, donate $100 and recruit 50, or donate $25 and recruit 125). 2) After you qualify, send an email (or facebook message) to CC Development Coordinator Melissa Reader melissa@creativecommons.org or http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524560717 with your size. This Facebook exclusive is available *only* while the above inventory lasts! We'll update the inventory as it disappears at http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/151
Alberto posted a video. at 7:20pm on September 25, 2007
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