Category Archives: Creative Commons

My First Creation From CC-licensed Stuff – Craig Newmark-Meets-Fourstones

I’m pre-releasing my first mix single that I’ve created from CC-licensed stuff.
This clip mixes “My Name Is Geoff” by Fourstones with Craig Newmark’s Creative Commons Launch Speech.
I’m calling it
“Maybe We Can All Do Something.”

It will be released under an Attribution-Non-commercial-Sharealike license when it’s released. (So consider this version under that license for now.)
Bear in mind that this isn’t Craig’s speech as it was originally delivered. I’ve edited it together into versus and a chorus so it sounds cool with the music, but I don’t believe I changed the meaning of what he was saying in the slightest.
Hope you like it. Let me know how the mix plays back on your various devices. I might remix before release if it’s necessary. It’s mixed now for my next
Songs From The Commons
podcast, which goes up in the am.

Where’s The Good CC Licensed Stuff?

I’m producing a new weekly podcast for RU Sirius’ new venture, Mondo Globo. The focus will be a combination of Copyright developments and Creative Commons licensed works.
I’ve been fishing around all the directories for good stuff, and I’ve found a few gems, but it’s slow moving listening to every track one by one.
Then I remembered that I should ask you to send me links to CC-licensed stuff you already know is good.
Hand it over! 🙂
Okay thanks,
lisa

Home Movies From Creative Commons Party – Craig Newmark, Willem Dakota Lessig and Friends

This is footage of Craig Newmark playing with Lawrence Lessig’s son, Willem, while in the arms of Justin Hall. (As filmed by me.)
Hey these aren’t prepared to stream over the Internet – you’ll have to download them to your hard drive!
The “complete” version also has some shots of the party.
This footage was pretty dark so I had to lighten it in Premiere to make it watchable.
Highlights include Craig flapping his arms like a chicken (part 1)!!

Craig and Willem 1 of 2
(Small – 9 MB)

Craig and Willem 2 of 2
(Small – 9 MB)

Craig and Willem and Party – Complete Clip
(Small – 32 MB)

Slightly higher res version of same clip
(Small – 44 MB)

Creative Commons Interview With Jerry Goldman

Here’s a great interview with Jerry Goldman, Professor of Political Science at Northwestern on the Creative Commons site.

Jerry Goldman is determined to archive every recorded oral argument and bench statement in the Supreme Court since 1955, when the Court began to tape-record its public proceedings. Goldman, a professor of political science at Northwestern, founded the OYEZ Project in 1989 “to create and share a complete and authoritative archive of Supreme Court audio.” This month the OYEZ mission takes a new step forward with the release of hundreds of hours of MP3 versions of their archived audio under a Creative Commons license.

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