Eliot Van Buskirk

Creative Commons' Annual Fundraising Campaign

The Creative Commons, which fights the erosion of the public commons due to the expansion and extension of copyright, needs your help. The organization is trying to raise $300,000 by the end of the year by soliciting donations, selling merch, and asking that people put one of these buttons on their blogs to help spread […]
Creative Commons' Annual Fundraising Campaign

The Creative Commons, which fights the erosion of the public commons due to the expansion and extension of copyright, needs your help. The organization is trying to raise $300,000 by the end of the year by soliciting donations, selling merch, and asking that people put one of these buttons on their blogs to help spread the word:

Their own explanation does a good job of explaining why they need your support:

"Digital technologies are connecting people in ways that were neverbefore possible – but that network is fragile. Creative Commons needsyour support to help enable a participatory culture – a culture inwhich everyone can actively engage in the creativity that surrounds us.
We need your support to assure access to cultural, scientific, andeducational content that has been pre-cleared for use by its authors."