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July 30, 2003
Featured Content of the Week: Free Media

July 28, 2003
Wow, that was fast, part 2

July 28, 2003
Wow, that was fast

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On August 1st Creative Commons is launching the GET CREATIVE! Moving Image Contest, a competition to create a 2-minute moving image that articulates the Creative Commons mission.

Watch an animated short about our mission

Illegal Art

A museum exhibit called "Illegal Art" might sound like a history of dirty pictures. Turns out that most of the exhibit (through July 25 at SF MOMA Artist's Gallery) is more innocuous than most primetime TV. A Mickey Mouse gasmask. Pez candy dispensers honoring fallen hip-hop stars. A litigious Little Mermaid. Not kids' stuff, exactly-but illegal?

Creative Commons' own Derek Slater sat down to write a review of the show and issues surrounding it.

Jerry Goldman of OYEZ

We spoke with Jerry recently about The OYEZ Project, their use of Creative Commons licenses, and the impact of their new MP3 release.

MP3 versions of OYEZ audio featuring our licenses are available from the OYEZ site. Read more about our MP3 embedding policy

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