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Legal and How-to Guides for Citizen Media Creators and Online Publishing

Webtreats Glowing Neon Social Medi Icons by Flikr user webtreats used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license

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Best Practices for Creative Commons attributions - how to attribute works you reuse under a Creative Commons license

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 13:49

Find out how to site or source creative commons work. Creative commons work allows you to share, remix and reuse legally, just make sure to check out what license it is under.

“creative commons” by Flikr user libraryman used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license

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Field Guide to Secret Audio and Video Recordings

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 13:49
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Essential Free and Open Source Software Toolkit

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 16:49
A tool kit full of Free or Open Source software
Open source software has gained popularity because of its effectiveness, flexibility, security, and low cost. By adopting an entirely new philosophical approach to software development and user freedom, open source software empowers you, the downstream user not just to use it to perform a task, but to build upon, adapt, and modify it to fit your needs. In this way thousands of developers and users around the world are able to work to improve the software's effectiveness, flexibility, and security. Join the many people around the world using open source software, a way of life that encourages openness, sharing, community, innovation, and discovery.
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How to find free music, images, and video you can use or remix in your own creative works

Submitted by New Media Rights on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 15:21

Sometimes its hard to find music, images, and video that you can freely reuse in your own creative project without fear of attorneys or the FBI showing up at your door. This resource serves as a guide to find works by artists who WANT you to reuse and build upon their work. You can also check out our Creative Commons, Fair Use, and copyright guides to learn more about reusing and remixing content.

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New Media Rights' Open Source Licensing Guide

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 09/12/2008 - 09:41
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Legal Guide to GPL Compliance - Software Freedom Law Center

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 17:05

The Software Freedom Law Center has released a Legal Guide to GPL Compliance. This guide is largely targeted at those who seek to commercialize free and open source software. It is reproduced in its entirety below. 

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How to Hack Your Cell Phone Using BitPim

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 11:49
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A citizen's legal guide to using Creative Commons licenses

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 13:20
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A citizen's legal guide to fair use in copyright law

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 11/05/2007 - 15:40

Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as use for scholarship or review. It provides for the legal, non-licensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work and is based on free speech rights. Learn more.

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