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From Recommendations to Implementation: Increasing Access to Climate Data for Earth Intelligence

by Taylor Campbell, Jan Ainali Open Access, Open Climate, Open Science post

"Earth" by Kevin Gill is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Screenshot by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Earlier this year, Creative Commons published our Recommendations for Better Sharing of Climate Data, a seminal resource to help national and intergovernmental climate data-producing agencies use legal terms, licenses, and metadata values that ensure climate data is accessible, shareable, and reusable. Our goal is to…

Welcoming Angela Oduor Lungati as CC Board Chair

by Anna Tumadóttir, Creative Commons About CC post

"Yellow Chair, The High Line" by Shawn Hoke is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

“Yellow Chair, The High Line” by Shawn Hoke is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Creative Commons (CC) has—and continues to be—fortunate to have an expert and passionate board of directors, many of whom have been instrumental to the success of CC at both the organizational level, as well as nationally and regionally. A healthy board…

Open Movement’s Common(s) Causes

by Creative Commons Community, Events post
Common(s) Cause report cover “Open movement’s common(s) causes: Report from a Wikimania 2024 side event is licensed via CC BY 4.0.

This report maps current threats and opportunities facing the open movement, based on the ongoing work of the organizations behind the Common(s) Cause event, which took place in Katowice, Poland, as a pre-conference event for Wikimania 2024 on August 6, 2024. The meeting was organized by Creative Commons, Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Future, and Wikimedia…

Top Questions about Open Culture Answered in Five Short Videos

by Connor Benedict, Brigitte Vézina Open Culture, Open Heritage post
Autumn Landscape by Magnus Ecknell is marked with CC0 1.0.

Autumn Landscape by Magnus Ecknell is marked with CC0 1.0. We are excited to share a new video series titled Open Culture Capsules. In this multi-series video collection, we address some of the most frequently asked questions about our work in Creative Commons’ (CC) Open Culture Program. You can preview the series below and find…

Meet the Recipients of the Fall 2024 CC Certificate Scholarship

by Shanna Hollich CC Certificate, Licenses & Tools post
School by Thomas Hawk is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

School by Thomas Hawk is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. The Creative Commons (CC) Certificate courses are widely considered an essential resource for open access education and for increasing capacity for individuals and institutions using the CC licenses to increase open access.   The CC Certificate program offers in-depth courses about CC licenses, open practices, and…

Creative Commons Launches TAROCH Coalition for Open Access to Cultural Heritage

by Brigitte Vézina, Beverley Francis Open Culture, Open Heritage post
Fancily-dressed people gathered in a field surrounded by trees and a tall fence for the launch of a blue-yellow striped hot-air balloon held by long strings. “ The Launch of Blanchard's Balloon at The Hague in 1785 ” is marked with CC BY 1.0.

Creative Commons (CC) is proud to launch the TAROCH Coalition (Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage), a collaborative effort to achieve the adoption of a UNESCO standard-setting instrument to improve open access to cultural heritage. We are grateful to the Arcadia Fund for supporting this initiative. Below we share an overview of TAROCH and…

CC Legal Tools Recognized as Digital Public Goods

by Cable Green, Creative Commons About CC, Licenses & Tools, Sustaining the Commons post
“Power Grid” by Ram Joshi is licensed via CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

“Power Grid” by Ram Joshi is licensed via CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. We’re proud to announce Creative Commons’ Legal Tools have been reviewed and accepted into the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) DPG Registry. The DPGA is a multi-stakeholder initiative, endorsed by the United Nations Secretary-General, that is working to accelerate the attainment of the UN…