Post Tagged with: "creative commons"

Australian Senator Speaks Out On Open Access

Australian Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, says what we desperately need heard from his Canadian counterpart: "We are and will remain a net importer of knowledge, so it is in our interest to promote the freest possible flow of information domestically and globally. The arguments […]

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September 11, 2008 7 comments News

Canadians Play a Lead Role in Books 2.0

Appeared in the Toronto Star on February 25, 2008 as Canadians Are Playing Key Role in 'Books 2.0' Last year, the Department of Canadian Heritage commissioned Turner-Riggs, a Vancouver-based market-analysis company, to study the Canadian book retail market.  The resulting report – The Book Retail Sector in Canada – has […]

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February 25, 2008 1 comment Columns Archive

Australian Governments Embrace Creative Commons Licensing

The Guardian reports on how Australian federal and state governments are moving toward using creative commons licenses for public sector information.

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February 18, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Access Copyright Updates Public Domain Registry Plans

Access Copyright has posted an update on its efforts to establish a public domain registry in conjunction with Creative Commons and the Wikimedia Foundation. It reports that it provided information on 300,000 works in September 2007 which has been entered into the registry database.  A registry of searchable Canadian works, […]

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January 18, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

German Public Broadcaster Adopts CC License

The Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), a public radio and television broadcaster belonging to Germany’s national broadcasting consortium ARD, has announced that it will begin to use creative commons licenses for some of their programs.

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November 21, 2007 Comments are Disabled News