During the Academy Awards a few weeks ago, we were reminded of an interesting piece of Creative Commons history: Who can tell us what the first Oscar-winning film to be shared under a CC license was? #ccfilm #oscars — creativecommons (@creativecommons) February 25, 2013 And the Oscar goes to… RT @alanthall: @creativecommons Was it “A…

This is a guest post by Kasyoka Mutunga, Precious Blood Secondary School Alumna and Executive Director of Jamlab, a community of former high school students providing peer mentorship, learning through the use of open educational resources, and using the Internet to objectively achieve their goals and actualize their ideas — while actively solving issues in…

#FREEBASSEL / Kennisland / CC BY-SA Creative Commons CEO Catherine Casserly wrote a blog post for the Huffington Post for the one-year anniversary of Bassel Khartabil’s arrest. Since March 15, 2012, our colleague and friend Bassel Khartabil has been in prison in Syria, held without charges and not allowed legal representation. Bassel is an open-source…

Stay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our newsletter and following us on Twitter. Top stories: School of Open logo The wait is over. The School of Open is now in session. Enroll now in a facilitated course or learn at your own pace. California Seal of the AssemblyEdward Headington / CC…

Larry Lessig and guest toast CC10 / David Kindler / CC BY This month marks the end of Creative Commons’ annual fundraising campaign. Thank you so much to everyone who donated or helped spread the word about the campaign. The past few months have really been a whirlwind for the CC community. We celebrated CC’s…

This Friday, 15 March, is the one-year anniversary of the detainment of CC Syria lead Bassel Khartibil by the Syrian government. It’s also the second anniversary of the start of the conflict in Syria. Bassel is a software engineer who has been an important open web advocate and a big part of the CC community…

California Seal of the Assembly Edward Headington / CC BY Today California (CA) Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (author of the CA open textbook legislation) announced that SB 520 (fact sheet) will be amended to provide open, online college courses for credit. In short, the bill will allow CA students, enrolled in CA public…

CC is once again opening its doors up to interns this US summer, offering opportunities to those with an interest in community development. The 2013 Community Support Intern will work with our staff to facilitate CC’s global volunteer network and provide general support for our international activities. This means everything from assisting with coordinating collaborative…

Happy Open Education Week! We are happy to announce that the School of Open community has launched its first set of courses… The Library of Congress / No known copyright restrictions Sign up for these facilitated courses this week (sign-up will remain open through Sunday, March 17). These courses will start the week of March…

It is time to celebrate and spread the dream that everyone in the world can access a high quality, affordable education if we collectively share our educational resources and spend our public resources wisely! The second annual Open Education Week will take place March 11-15, 2013 (see schedule). Open Education Week is a five-day celebration…