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Press Release 

  

 

Creative Commons Launches 2nd Annual Fundraising Campaign 

 

San Francisco, USA — October 18, 2006 

 

Creative Commons has just launched its 2nd Annual Fundraising Campaign.  

 

The second annual campaign features new support pages on the Creative 

Commons website which offer new swag including a new T-shirt design, new 

vinyl stickers and hipster CC buttons.  In addition, bloggers and others with an 

online presence can incorporate “Support CC 2006” buttons into their site. 

More details about the campaign can be found at 

http://creativecommons.org/support/supporters. CC has also launched a new 

Creative Commons store where you can purchase the “Commoner Shirt” and 

the new “Support Your Favorite Licenses” shirts, which showcase the different 

Creative Commons license icons, so that people can choose the shirt that 

corresponds with their favorite license.  

 

Another feature of this campaign are the letters that Creative Commons CEO 

and Chairman – Lawrence Lessig – will be writing to anyone subscribed to this 

list http://creativecommons.org/support/letters. This series of 6 email 

letters will address what Creative Commons has achieved over the past 12 

months and what the organization plans to achieve over the next 12 with the 

help of the funds raised during this campaign. Lessig will be featuring stories 

from the CC communities in different jurisdictions around the world in order to 

actualize what’s happening internationally. To date, Creative Commons 

licenses have been ported to over 30 jurisdictions around the world.  

  

“With the number of Creative Commons licenses reaching 145 million this year, 

CC has demonstrated that many authors and artists around the world invite use 

and reuse of their creativity,” said CEO & Chairman Lawrence Lessig, “This 

fundraising campaign allows Creative Commons secure valuable support needed 

to allow us to continue to serve and enable the interests of these authors and 

artists and the general public who benefits from flexibly licensed content.” 

Last year Creative Commons raised over US$250,000. This year it hopes to raise  

$300,000 to continue work on their ongoing projects and to initiate new and 

exciting endeavors. 

 

About Creative Commons 

 

Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, that 

promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned 

or in the public domain. Creative Commons licences provide a flexible range of 

protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators that build upon 

the "all rights reserved" concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary 

"some rights reserved" approach. It is sustained by the generous support of 

various organizations including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur 

Foundation, Omidyar Network, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Rockefeller 

Foundation as well as members of the public. For general information, visit 

http://creativecommons.org  

 

Contact 

 

Melissa Reeder 

Development Coordinator, Creative Commons 

melissa AT creativecommons.org 

 

Press Kit 

 

http://creativecommons.org/presskit