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”.Email:
CEW Licence Project ManagerProfessor Ian Angell
Information Systems Group
Department of Management
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
Tel. +44 (0)20 7955 7655
e-mail: i.angell@lse.ac.uk
CCEW Legal Project Leads
Andrew Murray
Department of Law
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
Tel. +44 (0)20 7849 4645
e-mail: a.murray@lse.ac.uk
Prodromos Tsiavos
Information Systems Group
Department of Management
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
e-mail: p.tsiavos@lse.ac.uk
