LA’s first new-fashioned Salon Series hosted by Creative Commons is taking place this Thursday night at LAND in Little Tokyo [366 E. 2nd St.].  The evening promises to be both a social mixer and a series of presentations by the following:

Eric Steuer, Creative Director for Creative Commons
Zadi Diaz, JetSet Show/Pixelodeon
John Gillilan, Vosotros Music

Los Angeles will be added to the exciting list of other cities which have been added to this series, including San Francisco, Toronto, Berlin, Beijing, Warsaw, Seoul, Brisbane, and Johannesburg.

In brief, Creative Commons, as a non-profit entity, creates licenses which define to what extent a certain property can be made available to the public while maintaining a certain level of rights for the property holder.  Creative Commons’ goals rest in the realm of appreciation for the ‘unlocking of information’ so that societal/technological evolution won’t be restrained and to find a reasonable compromise for the media ‘owner’ to be able to share and subsist of his/her creations/properties.

Also, the Salon is Free.