Here is some great news for social entrepreneurs who are using Creative Commons Licences for their work! Digital Pioneers and OpenBusiness have partnered to create new funding opportuntties for internet initiatives that promote social innovation.The theme of the 12th round of the Digital Pioneers incentive scheme is ‘International’. Under this theme participants can submit a project proposal that is aimed at introducing an initiative that originated abroad into the Netherlands.
The Arts Council England and OpenBusiness.cc have created a report, which represents the results of a six-month study into artists’ attitudes towards copyright, creativity and alternative licensing practises, in particular Creative Commons (CC). Although the number of UK artists using open licensing has been growing for the last decade there had been no investigation into how or why such licences were being used.
MOD Films (not related to the Ministry of Defense!!) is developing content and subscription services to support interactive story applications. We’re a bit like an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) studio - part content, part software design but working in a largely undefined space between the film and game industry to create sustainable “Film Worlds”.CCMixter
CCMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative CommonsLINK, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
FlickrStorm
FlickrStorm makes it easy to search for photos in Flickr by Creative Commons license, compile them in a batch and save them for later use.
Remix Commons
Remix Commons is a network of free culture projects in the UK which allows artists (working with music, video, images and text) to come together and share their work, be inspired by each others' work, and ultimately to create "remixes".
The Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. They provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.
