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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Main Page - Wikimedia Commons websnapr

The Wikimedia Commons is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files.
>30 days ago by aykie2, 7 Users, more info save
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/se/deed.en

Creative Commons Deed websnapr

A nice license you can use for your code pictures etc.
>30 days ago by krillz, 1 User, more info save
http://bloggasm.com/the-creative-commons-confound-whether-releasing-your-book-for-free-will-help-boost-your-sales

The Creative Commons Confound: Whether releasing your b ... websnapr

Peter Watts: "It’s a niche strategy, in other words. It only works as long as most artists aren’t doing it– and as long as that’s the case, I’d certainly consider releasing my future books under
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004951.html

Announcing Ficlets websnapr

"It's a collaborative short fiction site." Another Scalzi project - I still can't quite work out how hei finds time to do all those ancillary luxury tasks, like sleeping and bathing and so o
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.steampunkmagazine.com

steampunk magazine - putting the punk back into steampu ... websnapr

Via Warren Ellis, a free PDF zine: "SteamPunk Magazine is a publication that is dedicated to promoting steampunk as a culture, as more than a sub-category of fiction." Michael Moorcock in is
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 2 Users, more info save
http://www.moveunderground.org

Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas websnapr

"Below as HTML and also available as a PDF is my 2004 novel Move Under Ground." Mamatas self-promotes and completes some coursework in one swoop.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.kathryncramer.com/kathryn_cramer/2006/12/peter_watts_rep.html

Peter Watts reports that support from bloggers is helpi ... websnapr

Does what it says on the tin. I know I'm looking forward to my copy arriving in time for the holiday downtime!
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004689.html

You Can Get This Book For Free. You Should Buy It. websnapr

Scalzi gives Watts' 'Blindsight' the big-up treatment, and recommends that we all go buy it as well as download it. My copy was dispatched from the roomy warehouses of Amazon just this morning
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2006/11/30/cory-doctorow-copyright-tech-media_cz_cd_books06_1201doctorow.html

Giving It Away websnapr

"I've been giving away my books ever since my first novel came out, and boy has it ever made me a bunch of money." Cory Doctorow on the future of publishing.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 2 Users, more info save
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/6122

Creative Commons Joins OCW Consortium websnapr

"The mission of the ... Consortium is to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. "OpenCourseWare" is the free and open digital publication of high quality
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/6123

Creative Commons & Web 2.0 websnapr

"Imagine you meet a friend on the street wearing a C-shirt. Using your cellphone, you take a picture of the Aztec Code on the sleeve. That gives you the URL to the Nota page where that image live
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://blog.rebang.com/?p=551

The Intangible Mindset: On DRM websnapr

"I find much of the current discussion concerning DRM a bit disingenuous. Leveraging tangibility is to me no different than leveraging high-priced lawyers; in both cases the advantage falls to th
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.free-beer.dk/blog/

FREE BEER websnapr

No, really. Well, not free to dink, but free to make under an open-source licence. Oh, come on, free beer, FFS!
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.freeculture.org.uk/letters/creativearchiveletter

CreativeArchiveLetter - Free Culture UK websnapr

Petition the BBC to release their archive material freely to all comers, in accessible formats and with no restrictive creative licencing. Velcro City has signed!
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/templatewbcsd5/layout.asp?type=p&menuid=mtq3nq&doopen=1&clickmenu=leftmenu

Eco-Patent Commons websnapr

Leading members of the corporate community have banded together in a first-of-its-kind effort to help the environment, unleashing dozens of innovative, environmentally-responsible patents to the publi
>30 days ago by kaospilots, 1 User, more info save
http://subsol.c3.hu/subsol_2/contributors0/nimustext.html

Copyright, Copyleft & the Creative Anti-Commons websnapr

A thorough recollection of the emergence of copyright, copyleft and the common culture by Anne Nimus
>30 days ago by kaospilots, 1 User, more info save
http://the-future-of-ideas.com

::: the future of ideas ::: websnapr

In The Future of Ideas, Lawrence Lessig explains how the Internet revolution has produced a counterrevolution of devastating power and effect.
>30 days ago by kaospilots, 1 User, more info save
http://www.icommons.org

iCommons websnapr

Incubated by Creative Commons, iCommons is an organisation with a broad vision to develop a united global commons front by collaborating with open education, access to knowledge, free software, open a
>30 days ago by socioblogger, 1 User, more info save
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