Happy Public Domain Day!
January 1, 2009 – 1:36 pm by Thomas GideonMike at the Creative Commons offers a bevy of links celebrating a day dedicated to the most open of open media, works in the public domain. He points out a couple of blog posts considering the importance of the public domain, many projects contributing to or building on it, and James Boyle’s recent book released on the very subject.
It must be an even sweeter celebration for CC given that they succeeded at reaching their very ambition fund raising goal for 2008. They could not have done so without individual donations in addition to the corporate contributions and grants they receive. If you haven’t already contributed think about adding the Creative Commons to your charitable giving in the coming year. Better yet, consider setting up a modest, ongoing monthly donation; that’s what I do.
Regardless, take some time today to enjoy open and public creative works.