article thumbnail

Creative Commons Licensing Teachable Moment and An Apology!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Original Photo by Pearlbear from Nosi Salon 12/11/06 at SF Nonprofit Technology Center. who I met in Second Life for advice) The link got fixed, but no apology! of the power of the "by" license and had just turned my default to it. To add insult to injury, the link was working! I also asked this guy.

License 50
article thumbnail

Technology Hype Cycle from Gartner

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

cc "BY" license Photo by Cosmic Spanner What we're witnessing with the hype and anti-hype or schmype swirling around Web2.0 The technology becomes increasingly stable and evolves in second and third generations. Should all nonprofits wait until Phase 5?

Gartner 50
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Is some big old mean (ahem) commercial scavenger getting fabulously rich off of my photos?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's a photo I took of Marc Canter at the first Blogher Conference in July, 2005 I put it in flickr with an "All Rights Reserved" license which is the flickr default. Back then, I was totally ignorant of creative commons licensing versus all rights reserved. I had never changed it. ve always set my content free.

Photo 50
article thumbnail

NpTech Tag Summary: Highlights from the NpDev and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Flickr User Philswin2003 The above flickr photo is from the Nonprofit Software Development Summit and some flipchart notes illustrating what's going on right now: inspiration, matchmaking, and practical methods! Carnival Collaboration The Carvinal of Nonprofit Consultants and The Giving Carnival will join forces next week.

Summary 50
article thumbnail

NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a terrific article from the Nonprofit Communications blog called " 10 Ways Communicators Can Stay Productive" and from the Blog Bash event here's some tips specifically for bloggers on productivity. The Daily Rebellion blog gives nonprofits some tips for using MySpace for members and money. is still relevant.

Nptech 50
article thumbnail

Sarah Davies: Intellectual Property Legislation with Human Rights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm very interested in the whole notion of open content and creative commons licensing in the nonprofit space. She told me, "I probably don't have to mention this to you, but you are of course free to put this under a public domain, BY or BY-sa license." Many nonprofit want to "protect" their content.