Category Archives: Wikimedia

Australian Broadcasting Corporation releases archival news footage under Creative Commons

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Jessica Coates

ABC Mobile Studio Caravan provided by Australian Broadcasting Corporation / CC BY-SA This is one for all those interested in the use of CC licences by archives, broadcasters or news organisations. CC Australia has just announced that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia’s largest public broadcaster and news service, has used Wikimedia Commons to release a [...] Continue reading →

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Urgent: more action needed to stop SOPA

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Mike Linksvayer

Update 12/16 The hearings are still going on; please keep calling, emailing, and otherwise spreading the word! Tomorrow the House Judiciary Committee will debate and potentially vote on SOPA, the Internet Blacklist bill that would break the Internet. Our friends at the Electronic Frontier Foundation have compiled a list of 12 actions you can take [...] Continue reading →

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