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Reporting the 3rd Creative Commons Arab Regional Meeting

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This year the third Arab regional meeting of Creative Commons (30th June-2nd July, Tunis) proved extraordinary, in keeping with prior gatherings in the region. Co-organized with Tunisian blogging platform Nawaat and sponsored by the Al Jazeera network, the event garnered CC volunteers from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Tunisia and, for the first…

Seven successful launch events on The Power of Open

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From June 16 to July 8, The Power of Open launched in seven cities around the world: Tokyo, Washington DC, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, and Madrid. Thanks to the diversity of our CC community, each launch event was unique and inspiring, emphasizing openness as relevant to local culture and policy. Here we recap…

Creative Commons recruiting its next Chief Technology Officer

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Laptop Stickers by Fred Benenson / CC BY. Does your laptop look like this? It doesn’t have to, but we wouldn’t be surprised if it does. Since our previous CTO, Nathan Yergler, left CC to return to full-time engineering in April, we have been preparing to recruit his replacement. The time is now! See the…

Support for Creative Commons grows in Russia

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Since Creative Commons Russia was initiated in March of last year, our Russian Affiliates have been working to make the CC licenses compatible with Russian law. Here, we give an overview of CC progress in Russia to date, while also celebrating the recent contribution of valued wartime images to Wikimedia Commons by Russian news agency…

CC News: The Power of Open

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Stay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. The Power of Open: Stories of creators sharing knowledge, art, & data using Creative Commons Released a couple weeks ago, The Power of Open demonstrates the impact of Creative Commons through stories of successful use of our tools…