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#cc10 is coming! Get ready for a ten-day celebration of the history and future of Creative Commons. |
Creative Commons is looking for an experienced, innovative, and technically inclined individual to drive product development at CC. |
Since 2010, Arab world–based Creative Commons communities have celebrated Ramadan by organizing Creative Commons Iftars across the region. |
Europeana — Europe’e digital library — has released 20 million records into the public domain using the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. This release is the largest one-time dedication of cultural data to the public domain using CC0. |
In other news:
- There’s been a lot of discussion and debate recently about CC’s NonCommercial and NoDerivatives terms.
- A recent dispute involving Wikimedia demonstrates CC licenses' ability to withstand legal scrutiny.
- If you work with K-12 students in the US (or if you are one), then you’ll want to know about the Engage 2012 student video competition.
- Ten years after the release of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, OA advocates recently released updated recommendations in support of open access around the world, touching on areas including policy, licensing, sustainability, and advocacy.
- After more than two years of hard work, the CC China Mainland 3.0 licenses are ready for use.
- We end on a sad note by remembering Lee Dirks, a strategist at Microsoft Research Connections and friend of the open access movement.
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