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Help Launch the Most Amazing Online Organizing Guide Ever. by Megan Kelley, Joe Solomon, Will Wooten
Help launch a FREE guide that can help activists & community organizers leverage social media tools for change like never before.
Successful!- 179% funded
- $3,976 pledged
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May 03, 2013
The Green Memes team is developing a guide to social media for activists, to be licensed under CC BY.
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Dead Unicorn - Pandemic LP by Zac Shaw
Apocalyptic rock duo Dead Unicorn will soon release its 3rd album Pandemic. We need your help to fund mixing, mastering, vinyl & promo.
Successful!- 118% funded
- $4,356 pledged
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May 01, 2013
Dead Unicorn is a rock band that releases its music under CC BY-NC-SA.
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This Stool Rocks by James McBennett
We make beautifully crafted ready-to-assemble furniture. We created our first product, 'This Stool Rocks,' available from Kickstarter.
Successful!- 104% funded
- £26,095 pledged
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Apr 13, 2013
The design files for this wooden rocking stool are available under a CC BY-NC-SA license.
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Horn Solos by Jay Anderson
Create new typesettings of public domain horn solos.
Successful!- 114% funded
- $3,426 pledged
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Mar 29, 2013
This project seeks to create new, CC-licensed typesettings of public domain horn solos.
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The Rook's Guide to C++ - A Creative Commons-Licensed Text by Prof. Jeremy Hansen
Faculty & students at Norwich University write a C++ textbook over a weekend & release the results under a Creative Commons license.
Successful!- 1,015% funded
- $5,076 pledged
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Apr 03, 2013
Computer science students and faculty at Norwich University are planning to write a C++ textbook and distribute it under a CC license.
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SYMBIOSIS: A Creative Commons art book by Steven Sanders
SYMBIOSIS: An art book exploring a world where all technology is powered by biological engines that are deeply linked to humans
Successful!- 126% funded
- $63,491 pledged
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Mar 21, 2013
Symbiosis is a CC-licensed science fiction art book.
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Explore Ancient Rock Art, Experience Guarani Culture! by Frank Weaver
A half-hour documentary about ancient rock art in Paraguay and the rich culture of its guardians, the Pai Tavytera Indians.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $15,175 pledged
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Feb 23, 2013
Solar Map Project is a documentary about the rock art and culture of the Pai Tavytera Indians, licensed CC BY-NC.
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Clear And Present Thinking: A Free College-level Logic Text by Brendan Myers
University textbooks cost too much. So I've been writing my own - a critical thinking & logic book - to give to my students for free.
Successful!- 337% funded
- $16,872 pledged
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Jul 07, 2012
Clear And Present Thinking is a forthcoming CC-licensed textbook on critical thought.
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Vicious Crucible 3: Argentate Drift by Josh Roby
Vicious Crucible games are situation-first RPGs set in detailed corners of a fantasy world. You can vote on the next game's features.
Successful!- 124% funded
- $2,493 pledged
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Jan 07, 2013
Vicious Crucible 3 is a tabletop game licensed CC BY-SA.
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To Be Or Not To Be: That Is The Adventure by Ryan North
The greatest work IN English literature, now in the greatest format OF English literature: a chooseable-path adventure!
Successful!- 2,904% funded
- $580,905 pledged
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Dec 21, 2012
To Be Or Not To Be is "choose your own"-style book based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, to be licensed CC BY-NC.
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THE FAITHFUL: The King, the Pope, the Princess by Annie Berman
One filmmaker's meditative journey into the worlds of ELVIS PRESLEY, POPE JOHN PAUL II and PRINCESS DIANA exploring fans, faith & image
Successful!- 104% funded
- $26,128 pledged
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Nov 30, 2012
The Faithful is a documentary about celebrity, faith, and image, licensed CC BY-NC-SA.
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That's Not A Unicorn! -A young explorers storybook by Brian Neuenschwander
A young boy sets out on the most amazing adventure. Will he find the elusive unicorn that he's been looking for, before he loses hope?
Successful!- 118% funded
- $3,564 pledged
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Dec 06, 2012
That's Not a Unicorn! is a storybook written by a teacher and illustrated by students. The book is licensed CC BY-NC-ND.
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One Shot - A Roleplaying Game of Sacrifice and Vengeance by Tracy Barnett
"Kill your demons; for as they live by tooth and eye, so too, shall they die."
Successful!- 140% funded
- $4,200 pledged
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Nov 04, 2012
One Shot is a tabletop roleplaying game about murder and vengeance, licensed CC BY-SA.
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lame drivers flexi-disc ep + 12" lp by Jason Sigal
1st vinyl LP + flexi-disc postcards from Lame Drivers: free power pop experimentalists since '03.
Successful!- 180% funded
- $6,024 pledged
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Sep 06, 2012
Brooklyn power pop band Lame Drivers is releasing an LP and series of flexi-disc singles. All songs will be CC-licensed and remixable.
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Ronaldo Tours: A Travel Webseries by NPeaches
A travel docu-series that uncovers the Italian culture that resides in each place that Ronaldo visits.
Successful!- 149% funded
- $746 pledged
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Sep 14, 2012
Ronaldo Tours is a satirical travel series licensed CC BY-NC-SA. The creators plan to release some location footage and other content under CC BY.
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Bendito Machine - Round 2 by Jossie Malis
Welcome again to the astonishing and bizarre universe of Bendito Machine!
Successful!- 125% funded
- $16,377 pledged
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Aug 20, 2012
Bendito Machine is an animated web series with a highly distinctive visual style, licensed CC BY-NC.
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Penny Arcade Sells Out by Penny Arcade
People ask how they can support Penny Arcade in a way that doesn't involve shirts or looking at ads, and we think we've found a way.
Successful!- 211% funded
- $528,144 pledged
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Aug 15, 2012
The popular webcomic and videogame site has pledged to license its entire archive under CC BY-NC-SA if it reaches its goal.
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Tejid@s Junt@s, a film about the Alta Gracia Project. by Will Delphia
This fun and polished documentary tells the story of Alta Gracia, a living-wage, union made teeshirt factory in the Dominican Republic.
Successful!- 123% funded
- $3,096 pledged
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Jul 12, 2012
Tejid@s Junt@s is a forthcoming documentary about Alta Gracia, a living-wage clothing factory in the Dominican Republic. The film will be licensed under CC BY-SA.
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The Toxies by Ana Mascarenas
The Toxies is a satirical red carpet awards ceremony for toxic chemicals. This 3rd annual event is at the Silent Movie Theater in LA.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $3,053 pledged
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Jul 12, 2012
The Toxies is a theatre comedy event designed to educate people about toxic chemicals. The event and accompanying educational materials are licensed under CC BY-SA.
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Haunts: The Manse Macabre by Rick Dakan
Haunts: The Manse Macabre is a turn-based, horror game where you can play as the haunts or the intruders. PC/Mac/Linux and Ipad plans.
Successful!- 114% funded
- $28,739 pledged
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Jul 06, 2012
Haunts: The Manse Macabre video game embraces sharing culture with CC BY-NC-SA content, open-source code, and transparent business.
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Josh Woodward: My Next CD! by Josh Woodward
I'm inviting you into my studio for my next album. Each song will have a video of the entire production process. Let's make this thing!
Successful!- 242% funded
- $3,631 pledged
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Jul 12, 2012
Josh Woodward is creating his next album all the while capturing his recording sessions on video. His album, like all his music, will be licensed freely to the public under CC BY.
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Dungeon World: A Game with Modern Rules & Old-School Style by Sage Kobold Productions
Treasure-looting, monster-fighting, dungeon-crawling action. A roleplaying game of fantasy adventure.
Successful!- 2,071% funded
- $82,879 pledged
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Jun 30, 2012
Dungeon World is a fantasy role-playing game whose text will be licensed under CC BY.
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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! :)
Successful!- 108% funded
- $54,284 pledged
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Jun 01, 2012
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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Vote for the Second Vicious Crucible! by Josh Roby
Vicious Crucible games are short RPGs set in detailed corners of a fantasy world. You can vote on what the next game will feature.
Successful!- 107% funded
- $2,152 pledged
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Jun 04, 2012
The second in the Vicious Crucible role-playing game series will be licensed to the public under CC BY, allowing fans to reuse and remix the game.
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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
Successful!- 112% funded
- $21,421 pledged
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Jun 03, 2012
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
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 550% funded
- $11,000 pledged
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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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 112% funded
- $31,346 pledged
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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
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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!
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 102% funded
- $2,880 pledged
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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
Successful!- 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.
Successful!- 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?
Successful!- 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!
Successful!- 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!
Successful!- 398% funded
- $13,942 pledged
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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
