Two of the best parts of the Internet celebrate their 24th birthday today, the online multilingual encyclopedia Wikipedia maintained by thousands of volunteers and Creative Commons, the nonprofit organization offering online legal tools to the public for sharing and reusing creative works.
I am thankful for all I’ve learned from Wikipedia over the years and to the open copyright licenses from Creative Commons.
Continue reading Happy 24th Birthday, Wikipedia and Creative Commons!
One of my favorite stories I read this week was a post by Mike Dickison, a zoologist and active Wikipedian from New Zealand who helps with the weekly radio broadcast Critter of the Week (100,000 listeners!).
Dickison posted on Mastodon about a recent radio episode featuring Psylla frodobagginsi, an insect known as the hobbit kōwhai psyllid.
Continue reading What I Learned About Wikipedia and Psylla frodobagginsi
When you upload a video to your YouTube channel, did you know you had a choice of license for the video?
By default, YouTube assigns their Standard license to all videos you upload.
What many video creators don’t realize: they have another option, using a Creative Commons license.
Continue reading Quick Tip: YouTube Videos and Creative Commons License