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Microsoft Increases Donation to Creative Commons

sarahintampa — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:45:00 GMT

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization run mostly by volunteers devoted to expanding the range of creative works for others to legally share and build on top of. They offer content creators a series of copyright licenses, the Creative Commons licenses, which allow creators to easily determine and mark their materials for sharing in whatever manner that they sees fit. There’s even an easy-to-use license building tool to help people pick out the correct license they need.

Recently, Creative Commons CEO Joi Ito put out a call on their blog for donations, saying their organization had a tough year. “It has been particularly challenging for us as corporations and major donors have had to slash, if not completely cut, their philanthropic support,” he wrote. At the time, the organization was entering the last couple of days for the Creative Commons annual fundraising campaign and was still $12,000 short of their $500,000 goal. After the blog posting, Creative Commons got word that Microsoft upped their pledge by $15,000 to put them over the top for the year. (Microsoft has been a corporate sponsor for the past four years.)

It’s great to see that Microsoft is continuing their support of this important organization. We wish the best of luck to the Creative Commons team in 2009!

i'm Making a Difference - Now in Your Email, Too!

sarahintampa — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:12:00 GMT

You've heard about the i'm initiative before - it's the charitable movement that allows you to donate to your favorite causes just by using IM. Now, you can participate in both Windows Live Messenger or Hotmail or both. You can choose to support the same organization in both places or pick a different one for each service. To get started, go to http://im.live.com to join. This program is currently available only in the U.S. and benefits organizations like the American Red Cross, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the National AIDS Fund, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, ninemillion.org, Sierra Club, StopGlobalWarming.org, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The Humane Society of the United States and the U.S Fund for UNICEF. (via LiveSide)

"I'm" Still Making a Difference

sarahintampa — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:42:00 GMT

Have you heard of i'm? The i'm initiative lets Windows Live Messenger users give money to selected charitable organizations just by using IM. The money comes from Microsoft's advertising revenues and goes to support organizations like the Red Cross, Unicef, Boys and Girls Club, Sierra Club, the Humane Society, and more. The program, now a year old, has now donated $1.3 million to the ten participating organizations so far, according to the Windows Live Messenger blog.

If you want to participate, it's easy - just open up Windows Live Messenger and go into the Options from the Tools menu (it's on the last button on the right). Look for your name in the box where it says "Display Name" under the personal section. After your name, just type in the code (see below) for the organization you want to support.

Here are the codes:

American Red Cross code = *red+u
Boys & Girls Clubs of America code = *bgca
The Humane Society of the United States code = *hsus
National AIDS Fund code = *naf
National MS Society code = *mssoc
ninemillion.org code = *9mil
Sierra Club code = *sierra
StopGlobalWarming.org code = *help
Susan G. Komen for the Cure code = *komen
UNICEF code = *unicef