Free Culture @ NYU

We mentioned this previously, but don’t forget about our Creative Commons art show on Wednesday March 1st at 7pm on the 7th Floor of Kimmel:
On Wednesday, March 1st, Free Culture @ NYU will be holding an art show opening on the 7th floor of the Kimmel Student Center at 7 pm. All of the art […]

Maggie Hennefeld, one of the co-creators of the Free Culture documentary short we posted about here wrote about her work for the film in 34st.com, The Arts & Entertainment magazine of The Daily Pennsylvanian:

As soon as Thessaly and I finished editing our film, we immediately CC-licensed our work, reserving some rights, but allowing viewers to […]

The summer after graduating from NYU in 2005, I interned at Creative Commons as their Free Culture Intern. It was an incredible experience, and it gives me great pleasure to announce that Creative Commons is offerring the internship again to students involved in Free Culture:

Creative Commons’ Free Culture Marketing/Media Internship
This internship is open to college […]

Time to light the torches and sharpen those pitchforks, methinks.

We didn’t have a meeting last week, so I know that you all are likely in a state of pretty intense withdrawal. Luckliy, there is going to be one this upcoming Tuesday, Feb 21st at 5pm on the 7th floor of Kimmel–but you knew that.
A few teasers for what we’ll be discussing Tuesday:
1. Our […]

Just a quick update from Creative Commons, the Copyright Criminals Contest has been extended and updated with new samples.. Check out the page on ccMixter.org:

As of February 15, 2006 the official end date for the Copyright Criminals Contest is now March 14, 2006. All other rules are the same. Also, new samples from George Clinton […]

During the 2006 NYC Free Culture Summit, Maggie Hennefeld and Thessaly La Force were filming for a documentary on Free Culture.org and internet activism. The final short is now online at Archive.org and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license:
The film explores a new form of student activism, based primarily on and about the […]

At our most recent meeting, I talked a bit about the online world of SecondLife and how I was getting interested in it because of the Creative Commons and Free Culture communities that are popping up in it. I mentioned Lessig’s visit and that I’m currently working with the communities on future plans for the […]

AOL and Yahoo! are to start charging for sending emails.
Both companies will still accept free emails but are offering the chance to pay to avoid their spam filters. By paying between a quarter [of a cent] and one cent per message companies will get preferential delivery of their messages.
The Register:
AOL and Yahoo! to charge for […]

Two announcements. First is that Free Culture @ NYU will be meeting Tuesday February 7th at 5pm on the 7th floor of Kimmel. Note that our meeting times have previously been at 7, we are now holding them at 5pm. We’ll be discussing the submissions for our ccArt Show and current news updates. See […]