Creative Commons Community Celebrates Another Court Win Drew Wilson | January 14, 2020 The Creative Commons community is celebrating another legal win. The US court of appeals have confirmed the non-commercial element of the license.
Article 11 Amendment Could Kill Creative Commons News Drew Wilson | November 4, 2018 Article 11 (AKA the Link Tax) is currently receiving amendments. One Amendment could mean the death of Creative Commons.
Creative Commons Joins in to Condemn EU Copyright Proposal Drew Wilson | September 9, 2018 Creative Commons is joining in the growing chorus of people who oppose article 11 and article 13.
Open Licensed Music Movement Gathers Momentum In Germany Drew Wilson | August 25, 2010 Open licensed music isn’t entirely new. Artists seeing the pitfalls of copyright isn’t entirely new either. But what is interesting is to see a German music outlet distribute over 345,000 free songs in one month.
ASCAP Continues Its War on Free Culture Drew Wilson | July 28, 2010 Last month, ASCAP issued a letter hoping to collect donations to fight the copyleft movement. After severe backlash both externally and internally for saying that organizations like Creative Commons, EFF, and Public Knowledge is anti-copyright, you’d think that ASCAP would simply drop the matter. Amazingly, you’d be wrong for thinking that.
Copyright War Escalates With NMPA Joining ASCAPs Attack on Free Culture Drew Wilson | June 29, 2010 The now infamous ASCAP letter, where ASCAP attacked Creative Commons, EFF and Public Knowledge allegedly for undermining their copyright, has generated no shortage of controversy. Was it a one-off incident that was poorly worded? Apparently not.
EFF Comments on the ASCAP Letter Drew Wilson | June 28, 2010 Ever since the story broke that ASCAP was accusing organizations like Creative Commons, EFF and Public Knowledge, of undermining copyright, it set off a firestorm both in creative circles, copyright observation circles and even amongst ASCAP members. Now, the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has weighed in.
Creative Commons Responds to ASCAP Drew Wilson | June 25, 2010 Yesterday, we reported that ASCAP said that organizations like Creative Commons were undermining their copyrights. Today, we’ve received an official response from Creative Commons with regards to the letter writing campaign.
ASCAP Declares War on Free Culture Drew Wilson | June 24, 2010 The free culture movement is abuzz today over news that ASCAP has requested their members to fight organizations like Creative Commons, Public Knowledge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation over what it claims as an effort to undermine copyright.
Open Content Community Celebrates Legal Victory Drew Wilson | August 17, 2008 The open content community has been very upbeat recently – and it’s no surprise since they won what they say is a major legal victory.
