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kottke.org posts about Creative Commons

I was recently wondering if any of

I was recently wondering if any of the Creative Commons licenses had been upheld in court; a CC license was recently upheld in a Dutch courtroom.


MetaFilter’s doing a unique fundraiser for Creative

MetaFilter’s doing a unique fundraiser for Creative Commons (with Dropcash!)…they’ve taken two annoying MeFi users and put their banishment up to a vote…first person to get $500 pledged against them gets banned for a week.


I generally don’t feed the trolls, but

I generally don’t feed the trolls, but this John Dvorak column on Creative Commons is laughably bad. It is summer…maybe the interns whipped this one up for him.


Cory Doctorow’s new book, Someone Comes to

Cory Doctorow’s new book, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, is out today. As usual, the book is available for download under a Creative Commons license.


Jason Scott on why he decided to

Jason Scott on why he decided to license his straight-to-DVD documentary under a Creative Commons license. “It was in some ways a tough decision, because you want to ‘protect’ yourself, but then you realize you’re not really ‘protecting’ anything; all you’re doing is being a paranoid twitch-bag. And once you realize this, then it becomes a little easier.”