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    Granny's Dancing on the Table - a GRANNY-INVASION! by Hanna Sköld

    STORIES CAN CHANGE THE WORLD! We are doing it again - with a film distribution revolution! :)

    • 39% funded
    • $19,819 pledged
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    The creator of "Nasty Old People" is out to make a new narrative film called "Granny's Dancing on the Table" under CC BY-NC-SA. The project will also feature 10,000 stories about grannies from around the world.

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    Wainwright for the People by Joel Rothman and Stacey Ballis

    An exciting YA legal thriller and civics curriculum that harnesses the power of story to teach students about our judicial system.

    • 16% funded
    • $6,575 pledged
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    This young adult legal thriller intended to teach teens about basic civics with a focus on the U.S. judicial system will be made available under a CC BY-NC-SA license. Accompanying student and teacher guides will developed in tandem.

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    Lib-Ray: Non-DRM Open-Standards HD Video Format by Terry Hancock

    A free software fixed media format for HD video, based on open standards, with metadata and localization but no DRM restrictions

    • 71% funded
    • $13,538 pledged
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    Lib-Ray is a non-DRM video alternative to Blu-Ray. Part of the project will fund Lib-Ray versions of CC-licensed films, such as Nina Paley's "Sita Sings the Blues" (CC BY-SA) and films from the Blender Open Movie Collection.

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    The Tube Open Movie by Bassam Kurdali

    An experimental animation about the pursuit of immortality; a love letter to free software and open culture

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    • 182% funded
    • $40,233 pledged
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      May 16, 2012

    From the makers of "Elephants Dream," comes a new, open and collaborative "3D animated short about the dream and failure and achievement of immortality." Tube will be licensed under CC BY-SA.

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    Prismatic Art Collection by Tracy Hurley

    By commissioning art from a diverse set of artists and releasing to the Creative Commons, we'll change how fantasy heroes are depicted.

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    • 128% funded
    • $6,416 pledged
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      May 20, 2012

    "In geek culture, there are plenty of Lukes, but not enough Landos or Leias. We want to change that." The Prismatic Art Collection will commission fantasy art pieces depicting heroes of all backgrounds, and release them under CC BY-SA.

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    Farewell to Fear: A Progressive Post-Fantasy RPG by David A Hill Jr

    A self-aware fantasy RPG about tearing down fantasy's legacy tropes. We're telling stories of revolution and optimistic change.

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    • 467% funded
    • $18,696 pledged
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      May 20, 2012

    Farewell to Fear" is a progressive post-fantasy roleplaying game that will be licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.

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    Cities of You: Volume 1 by Brian Foo

    "Cities of You" envisions people as imaginary places- described with words and paintings in a self-published book.

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    • 550% funded
    • $11,000 pledged
    • Funded
      Feb 22, 2012

    Cities of You is licensed to the public under CC BY-NC-SA. For more info, see http://citiesofyou.com/copyright, and stay tuned for Volume 2!

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    DANIEL JOHNSTON: here by Jung Kim

    The first photo book and traveling photo exhibition on the legendary singer-songwriter and visual artist Daniel Johnston.

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    • 102% funded
    • $30,752 pledged
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      Apr 03, 2012

    Jung Kim, a photographer in Brooklyn, is embarking on a traveling photo exhibition to showcase her amazing images of artist Daniel Johnston at work. In addition to selling high res photo books on her trip, several photos will be made available under CC BY-NC-ND.

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    This is Not a Conspiracy Theory by Kirby Ferguson

    A True Story About Why We Are. From the creator of Everything is a Remix.

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    • 113% funded
    • $54,610 pledged
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      Mar 16, 2012

    Kirby Ferguson wants your support to create a new media series! This is Not a Conspiracy Theory "will explain the major ideas, events, and human quirks that have shaped where we are right now politically" and will be made available for remix and redistribution under CC BY.

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    CASH Music Platform by CASH Music

    We're building a totally free platform of tools for artists and labels to sell, share, and promote music directly to their fans.

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    • 205% funded
    • $61,609 pledged
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      Mar 09, 2012

    CASH Music is a nonprofit that has been supporting artists with free tools for a while -- including built-in CC licensing options. Now they want to do more -- entirely open source w/ a permanent free option for all artists.

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    Leebre.org - Liberate fiction with free, social publishing by Michael Bethencourt

    Let authors automatically format their book, support causes, and get noticed. Foster a library of Creative Commons books.

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    • 114% funded
    • $3,431 pledged
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      Jan 31, 2012

    Leebre.org will be a community book publishing platform enabling the full suite of CC licenses. Cover designers may also publish using a CC license.

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    "Lunatics" Web Series - Characters and Pre-Production Art by Terry Hancock

    Character and set design art and writers' guide for the free-culture animated web series about the first lunar settlers.

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    • 100% funded
    • $2,410 pledged
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      Dec 19, 2011

    Lunatics is a Free-Culture 3D Animated Web Series about what would happen if a grass-roots organization colonized the Moon. In addition to original designs, it will draw from CC-licensed material and itself be licensed under CC BY-SA.

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    JourneyQuest Season 2 by Zombie Orpheus

    JourneyQuest Season Two is the continuation of a fantasy comedy webseries, begun in 2010 and released under Creative Commons.

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    • 188% funded
    • $113,028 pledged
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      Nov 26, 2011

    JourneyQuest is a fantasy comedy webseries that was released online under CC BY-NC-SA, gaining an international fan base. The creators are asking for funding to create Season 2 of the series!

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    Bhaloidam: An Indie Tabletop Storytelling Game by Corvus Elrod

    Accessible and intuitive tabletop game platform for the spinning of collaborative, character-driven stories.

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    • 112% funded
    • $31,346 pledged
    • Funded
      Nov 01, 2011

    Bhaloidam is a storytelling platform and game for collaborative storytelling. All materials, including a 72-page handbook, will be made available under a CC BY-NC license.

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    'Prison Photography' on the Road: Stories Behind the Photos by Pete Brook

    8,000 miles across America, interviewing photographers and prison experts who've documented and witnessed the era of mass incarceration

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    • 149% funded
    • $11,215 pledged
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      Sep 29, 2011

    'Prison Photography' on the Road will conduct 40+ audio interviews with acclaimed prison photographers and make them available under a CC BY-ND license. All writing during the trip will also be made available under the same license.

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    ExtraCore (Arduino Compatible) by Dustin Andrews

    ExtraCore is a 1" x 1" 22 I/O pin Arduino Compatible. It's 1.7 grams and 16mhz of tiny Arduino style coolness.

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    • 113% funded
    • $8,136 pledged
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      Sep 09, 2011

    An Arduino-compatible board created by Dustin Andrews and released under a CC BY-NC license.

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    DIYLILCNC 2.0 - Open-source plans for a low-cost CNC mill. by DIYLILCNC

    We're preparing to release version 2.0 of our free, open-source plans for a robotic cutting machine that you can build yourself.

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    • 106% funded
    • $7,421 pledged
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      Aug 23, 2011

    DIYLILCNC 2.0 will be the new and improved version of a robotic cutting machine that you can build yourself. All plans will be released under a CC BY-SA license.

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    The Wise Routes Project by The Wise Routes Project

    A creative self-published book to share an experimental, open and replicable model for self-guided, exploratory learning.

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    • 129% funded
    • $3,231 pledged
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      Jul 31, 2011

    While biking through the Pacific Northwest, two people are going to develop a “moving curriculum” that provides a framework for peer groups to build and self-facilitate learning experiences from the world around them. The resulting curriculum and book will be CC BY-SA.

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    The Exile Nation Project: a film by Charles Shaw by Exile Nation Media

    The Exile Nation Project puts a human face on the millions of Americans subjugated by America's #1 failed policy: the War on Drugs.

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    • 111% funded
    • $7,771 pledged
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      Jun 01, 2011

    A feature-length documentary on America's prisoners, in addition to a growing online archive of interviews, short films, and other features--all to be released under a CC BY-NC license.

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    Open Goldberg Variations - Setting Bach Free by Robert Douglass

    A new public domain score and studio recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations - set the Goldbergs free!

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    • 158% funded
    • $23,748 pledged
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      Jun 03, 2011

    Award-winning pianist Kimiko Ishizaka is creating a new score and recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations--and waiving all copyrights to the resulting work using the CC0 public domain dedication tool.

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    Other Possibilities by Mark Pantoja

    A collection of Speculative Fiction written while studying under luminaries of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and other genre bending work.

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    • 101% funded
    • $2,031 pledged
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      Jun 01, 2011

    Scifi and fantasy writer Mark Pantoja will make available his complete body of work from the 2011 Clarion West Writer's Workshop under a CC BY-NC-SA license along with live updates on his blog.

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    RDTN.org: Radiation Detection Hardware Network in Japan by Marcelino Alvarez

    RDTN.org is looking to deploy a network of radiation detection devices to the affected regions in Japan.

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    • 111% funded
    • $36,900 pledged
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      May 07, 2011

    RDTN.org is collecting and making available nuclear radiation data on the ground in Japan via a network of radiation detection devices. All raw data will be dedicated to the public domain using CC0 to help citizens and governments better understand the effects of radiation.

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    A frequent transit guide for Cincinnati by Nathan Wessel

    Making public transit in Cincinnati more accessible to casual riders by making it more readily apprehensible.

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    • 175% funded
    • $2,105 pledged
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      Apr 21, 2011

    A local citizen has created a new and improved transit map for Cincinnati, Ohio and licensed it under a CC Attribution-ShareAlike license. Under this license, the map may be freely updated and reused by the public.

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    The Open Utopia: A New Kind of Old Book by stephen duncombe

    The Open Utopia is an open-source, open-access, multi-platform, web-based edition of Thomas More’s Utopia.

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    • 124% funded
    • $4,350 pledged
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      Apr 21, 2011

    Open Utopia aims to provide the most complete, web-accessible version of Thomas More's Utopia, with new translations available in different formats and the ability to remix under a CC BY-NC-SA license.

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    Smarthistory — Art. History. Conversation. by Beth + Juliana + Steven

    Smarthistory - An Open & Free Art History Textbook

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    • 115% funded
    • $11,513 pledged
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      Mar 08, 2011

    Smarthistory.org is am award winning, free and open educational resource for the study of art history. Smarthistory need to create at least 100 more videos in order for the site to be a truly viable alternative to the survey textbook. All content is licensed CC BY-NC-SA.

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    You Meet the Nicest People Making Videogames (Part 1) by spinach

    You Meet the Nicest People Making Videogames is to be a documentary about everyday people who express themselves by making videogames.

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    • 102% funded
    • $2,880 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 01, 2011

    A documentary about people behind videogame production and creation - the final product will be released under a CC BY- SA license.

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    Vincent Moon & Lulacruza in Colombia by lulacruza

    A visual album or an experimental music documentary, this project is a quest for the sounds and people of present-day Colombia

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    • 128% funded
    • $15,450 pledged
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      Jan 01, 2011

    A collaboration between French filmmaker Vincent Moon and Argentinean-Colombian duo Lulacruza - this project documents a series of travels through Colombia exploring its musical diversity. The visual album created from these travels will be freely distributed under a CC license.

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    Musopen: Record and release free music without copyrights. by Aaron Dunn

    Help us buy music and release it to the public., without copyrights.

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    • 621% funded
    • $68,359 pledged
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      Sep 14, 2010

    The Musopen project uses donations to purchase and release classical music to the public domain. For the project Musopen will hire an internationally renowned orchestra to record and release the rights to: the Beethoven, Brahms, Sibelius, and Tchaikovsky symphonies.

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    TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay – Away From Keyboard by Simon Klose

    Will Anakata, Tiamo and Brokep stay online?

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    • 205% funded
    • $51,424 pledged
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      Sep 27, 2010

    TPB AFK is a documentary about the Pirate Bay - three years in the making, the film follows the story of the creators, the site itself, and how TPB has affected media, politics, and society. The documentary will be released under a CC Attribution-ShareAlike license.

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    Great icons for iPhone 4 apps by Joseph Wain

    Make the great icons at http://glyphish.com completely free for unlimited unlicensed use without attribution or any kind of restriction!

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    • 1,370% funded
    • $27,413 pledged
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      Aug 06, 2010

    Joseph Wain make icons for iPhone developers and sought funding on Kickstarter when he went to refresh the icons for the iPhone 4 "Retina" display size. All of the icons are released to the public under a CC Attribution license.

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    Robin writes a book (and you get a copy) by Robin Sloan

    I'm writing a detective story set halfway between San Francisco and the internet. And the more people who reserve a copy, the better each one will be!

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    • 398% funded
    • $13,942 pledged
    • Funded
      Nov 01, 2009

    One of the first Kickstarter projects to use CC licenses and a huge success - Sloan worked with backers to create a remix fund to spur new creative works