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”.Share, reuse, and remix — legally.
Creative Commons Licences
Creative Commons provides free tools for authors, artists, and educators to mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. Our tools change "All Rights Reserved" into "Some Rights Reserved" — as the creator chooses. We are a nonprofit organization. Everything we do — including the software we create — is free.
Local Jurisdictions
Using an England&Wales or Scottish license provides a number of advantages as the licences have been designed to be fully compatible with national contract and copyright law. Some benefits from using a UK licence would be:
• Plain English;
They are far easier to understand than the American legal language of the generic licences.
• Protection of Moral Rights;
Because they follow national contract and copyright law, they offer explicit protection of your moral rights.
• Support;
the support offered by the Scottish and the England & Wales projects, and their helpful joint mailing list;
• Disputes;
in the very unlikely event of any dispute over the terms of the licence, they provide that this should be heard in the courts of your own country;
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