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Technology research for the creative industries

[Dominic Young @dominicyoung]

2,528,924,664,325 uses of music processed by PRS in 2015 up from 106,687,215,748 in 2011. 24 times increase. Wow.

[Creative Commons UK @CCUnitedKingdom]

UK Creative Industries update from DCMS, shows importance of supporting tech sector https://t.co/okxpp4CNnT

[Creative Commons UK @CCUnitedKingdom]

"State of the Commons" report published - read it here: https://t.co/GK7365yjcn - now over 1 billion CC licensed works!

[The Media Institute @mediainst]

DCMS 'green paper' on the BBC released for public consultation: http://t.co/mdDJxmLqEn

[The Media Institute @mediainst]

Brand new on @Kickstarter: Made with Creative Commons: A book on open business models by Creative Commons http://t.co/wEVZLXM0lC

[Creative Commons UK @CCUnitedKingdom]

Very comprehensive update to WIPO "Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives":
http://t.co/64EkmJFDj5

[The Media Institute @mediainst]

Amazing! RT @rafat: Uber growth: almost half of all ground transportation business expenses at companies is now Uber!
http://t.co/VYsXPiQqh4

[The Media Institute @mediainst]

#AT15 Jake Berger BBC - well said!
1. Digitise your stuff
2. Describe it semantically
3. Publish online w/ linked open data

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

LEGO Movie was snubbed in #Oscarnoms for Best Animated Feature. How its co-director responded: http://t.co/6MYHAT6LIl

[Creative Commons @creativecommons]

We'll be launching our State of the Commons report tomorrow - our most revealing data yet on the impact of free & open content. Stay tuned!

[The Media Institute @mediainst]

Promising Orphan Works initiative from the UK Intellectual Property Office: http://t.co/4mSq81smtQ

[The Media Institute @mediainst]

Excellent! Update on Vogel's 'Entertainment Industry Economics' finally coming out end of the year - http://t.co/7h8pdZvvQ3

[Andreas Gebhard @agebhard]

Key takeaway from @IPTC #phmdc14 Technology Session: Focus on simplicity when designing the new video metadata standard.

[Juan Lopez-Valcarcel @jlopezvalcarcel]

Highly recommended > RT @The_BLN Business of Software UK Conference 25/26 June http://t.co/fnXpRHuFLp #BoS2014

[Andreas Gebhard @agebhard]

“We see 3rd parties registering unique IDs for videos because they’re needed but content owners don’t provide one.”—@pamdfisher at #phmdc14

[The Media Institute @mediainst]

Increasinging heated "OK Glass!" being heard around UK offices - Google Glass does like US accents (so far)!

[The Media Institute @mediainst]

Excellent CC support from French gov - initial support news here http://t.co/OBps4N9FPd and today's news here:
http://t.co/DJUnhtKiaJ

[The Media Institute @mediainst]

Interesting 'open source retreat' at Stripe - 3 month support for developer with a strong open source concept: https://t.co/Kh1LyJfe14