Free Culture's "Creative Commons" Art Show
New York City, March 1, 2006

Over the last couple of months, Free Culture@NYU members have
been working hard to curate an art show that we are proud to say
is the first of its kind — one that is focused on highlighting
artists (who happen to be students in New York) who are using
Creative Commons licenses in their works. Creative Commons
licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for
authors, artists, and educators. They have built upon the "all
rights reserved" concept of traditional copyright to offer a
voluntary "some rights reserved" approach." For more information,
check out www.creativecommons.org
The artists in our show are using Creative Commons licenses to
show the world that they care about and want other people using
and sharing their works. These artists are demonstrating their
belief in fair use while taking a stand against the music and
film industry's extreme copyright tactics.

These are artists who understand that art depends on reuse and
reference of previous work, whether it is copyrighted (eg:
Warhol's use of Cambell's soup cans) or whether it's in the
public domain (eg: any film based on Shakespeare's work). These
are artists who understand that their success depends not just on
people paying for their work, but more importantly, on people
seeing and appreciating their work. These are artists who
understand digital media and the potential of the Internet and
choose to embrace its ends rather than ignorantly fight against
its means.

Finally, these are artists that Free Culture @ NYU is proud to
represent.

Works by : Karla Soloria, Griffin Frazen, Alan Paukman, Diana
Rosenthal, Joseph Gergel, Eli Halper, Victor King, Abby
Rosenbaum, Will Sherman.

Opening:

7pm Wednesday March 1st, 2006

7th Floor of NYU's Kimmel Center

60 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012

Light refreshments will be served and all of the artists will be
there to answer questions and talk with the group. The work will
be up for a month, and all of the works are available for sale.

We hope to see you at this important part of
copyright-alternative history. Please forward or repost this to
whomever you think might be interested in our show or club.



Best,

Fred Benenson

Free Culture @ NYU

Free Culture.org Board Member