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Creative Commons In the News

Posted by Zonk on from the remix-this dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MSNBC is running an article on a new licensing scheme being used to bring civility to the world of copyright." From the article: "Interest in Creative Commons licenses comes as artists, authors and traditional media companies begin to warm to the idea of the Internet as friend instead of foe, and race to capitalize on technologies such as file-sharing and digital copying." At the same time, mpesce writes "Boing Boing is reporting that the Australian equivalent of the Screen Actors Guild, the MEAA, has forbidden its members to work in Creative Commons productions. 'The MEAA Board decided that it could grant none of the dispensations sought by MOD Films, on the grounds that these would be inappropriate.'"

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  1. Slashdot does not have a monopoly on bad grammar by tabkey12 · · Score: 1, Funny

    From TFA Sub-Heading: Creative Commons is new licensing scheme

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  2. Re:you know by QuantumG · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yep, and America is full of gun totting Christians.

    Oh, and Denmark is full of clog wearing porn stars who own chocolate factories.

    And, France is full of stuck up arrogant smokers who.. (oh wait, that one's true)

    Can you at least try not to generalise an entire nation?

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  3. Re:you know by schon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Denmark is full of clog wearing porn stars who own chocolate factories.

    Why am I just being told this now??!?!?!

  4. Re:you know by ReverendLoki · · Score: 3, Funny
    From the CIA factbook:

    Area - land: 7,617,930 sq km
    Area - comparative: Slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states
    Population: 19,913,144 (July 2004 est.)

    This tells us that there are only approximately 2.6 people per square km, and thus, unless these are really enormous people, Australia is most definitely not full.

    Therefore, you are proven wrong.

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  5. Small Wurld... by Mr.Progressive · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, EMI and Warner Music Group, for instance, inked deals to distribute songs on a fee-based download service run by Wurld Media, a Saratoga Springs, N.Y., peer-to-peer software company.

    Does anyone else think these guys made a serious typo in their Articles of Incorporation and couldn't be bothered to fix it?

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  6. Whoa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "What if I write something truly insightful in one of these posts? "

    Dude, stick with the realm of possible here for just a few minutes. I can't get past this line.

  7. Re:you know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Thanks QuantumG, you just caused the slashdotting of Denmark itself.