CNET

Creative Commons license upheld by court

A court in the Netherlands has ruled that a Creative Commons license is binding, in a case brought against a Dutch gossip magazine by an ex-MTV star. This is one of the first times that the ...
GameSpot

Dungeons & Dragons Backtracks On OGL Deauthorization, Adds Creative Commons License

For a while there, it looked like Hasbro and its Wizards of the Coast label were about to destroy more than two decades of goodwill from fans, but the company is making some significant moves to ...
EurekAlert!

Creative Commons 'non-commercial' licenses impede the re-use of biodiversity information

Open access to information about biodiversity is of crucial importance to society, directly affecting areas such as conservation and climate change research and education. "Non-Commercial" ...
Polygon

D&D will move to a Creative Commons license, requests feedback on a new OGL

A new draft of the Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming License, dubbed OGL 1.2 by publisher Wizards of the Coast, is now available for download. The announcement was made Thursday by Kyle Brink, executive ...
CNET

Why and how to fix Creative Commons

As readers of this blog know, two of my interests are photography and open source, so I'm naturally particularly interested in the way the two intersect with each other. As a result, I've been doing a ...
Hyperallergic

Creative Commons Goes More Global With Version 4.0

Most people who regularly use or create images, videos or music available online are familiar with Creative Commons, the California-based nonprofit organization that provides licensing options for ...
Game Rant

Dungeons and Dragons Reveals New OGL Draft Using a Creative Commons License

Dungeons and Dragons just released a new draft for its Open Game License for One D&D. The OGL 1.2 draft was released as a part of Dungeons and Dragons’ response to controversy surrounding the future ...
Ars Technica

Creative Commons licenses under scrutiny—what does “noncommercial” mean?

Wow. If taken to the (il)logical extreme, it seems like blocking any "commercial" provider, anywhere in the process of reproduction, would exclude just about every use of CC NC on the internet. Share ...
SiliconANGLE

Creative Commons introduces CC Signals framework for AI data use

Creative Commons has previewed an upcoming framework designed to help creators manage how artificial intelligence models use their content. The framework, which is called CC Signals, debuted on ...
PC World

Wikipedia Drops GNU in Favor of Creative Commons License

The Wikimedia Foundation will change the terms under which it licenses the content in Wikipedia, the organization said Thursday. By adopting the Creative Commons ...
Ars Technica

BBC airs, releases program under Creative Commons license

In its continuing efforts to experiment with new ways of handling its content, the BBC has started producing a monthly technology program that it will make available ...