A couple weeks old, but worth reading: Cory Doctorow excoriates Science Fiction Writers of America for issuing takedowns on his behalf, without his permission, against sites hosting his books, with permission (under CC licenses). Continue reading »
October 13 was the 4th anniversary of the first issue of PLoS Biology, the first journal from the groudbreaking Public Library of Science. We’re incredibly honored that PLoS was a very early adopter of Creative Commons — we’ll only turn five in two months. See then CC Executive Director Glenn Otis Brown’s editorial in PLoS Biology’s first issue: Out of the Way. Continue reading »
Looking for a better understanding of our Biological Materials Transfer Agreement project? Look no further.
The latest edition of Innovations features an in-depth analysis of our Materials Transfer work, one of our three main areas of focus at Science Commons. The analysis was written by Science Commons counsel Thinh Nguyen, who also leads our efforts in this area. Continue reading »
Today, in conjunction with the Creative Commons 5th Birthday celebration, Science Commons announces the Protocol for Implementing Open Access Data the Protocol The Protocol is a method for ensuring that scientific databases can be legally integrated with one another. Continue reading »
If you have access to educational science videos for kids (or if you even want to
make your own), ccLearn encourages you to participate in the 2008 Science Video Collection and Remix Challenge! Check out the website for official details, but here’s the important stuff. Deadline is March 31, 2008. The grand prize includes an Continue reading »
In a new piece [free reg. req.] this week from GenomeWeb Daily News, Aled Edwards — director and CEO of the Structural Genomics Consortium describes the drug discovery process as a “lottery,and argues that increasing the chances for discovery will require that people in academia, industry, and funding bodies collaborate and keep new structural data accessible to all researchers who might be interested in using it. Continue reading »
Check out this great Linux Format interview (pdf download) with Red Hat Community Engineer Jack Aboutboul. Jack and the folks at Red Hat’s Fedora Project have been leaders in producing quality free and open source software, and have been central in helping CC build LiveContent. Jack says, Continue reading »
LugRadio Live USA 2008 brings together over 30 speakers across three stages, 30+ exhibitors, a range of BOF sessions, debate panels, lightbulb talk sessions, demos and much more, all wrapped up in the unique event that the UK incarnation has become known for, combining an incredibly loose, social, inclusive, and amusing atmosphere — if you are new to LugRadio Continue reading »
The New York Times Magazine mentions Creative Commons in a long piece about copyright reform this week. The article seems to be aimed at a general overview of the movement and forgets a few key details, like Richard Stallman being the man behind
The CC project leads of Austria and Germany cordially invite all active CC supporters - as well as those who would like to get involved in the future - to attend a workshop on how to promote CC licence uptake in the German-speaking countries. The workshop will take place on 20th January 2005 in Berlin. Continue reading »