catalogue / elise.y / CC BY As reported a few weeks ago, OCLC has recommended that its member libraries adopt the Open Data Commons Attribution license (ODC-BY) when they share their library catalog data online. The recommendation to use an open license like ODC-BY is a positive step forward for OCLC because it helps communicate…

For people wanting to learn about CC and its application in different sectors, there is a sea of materials available online. In particular, CC’s international affiliates create a huge number of educational resources that cross language and cultural boundaries. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about my work sorting through some of these…

Tobias SchonwetterIbtihel Zaatouri / CC BY Alex GakuruErik Hersman / CC BY Jane HornibrookAndrew McMillan / CC BY SooHyun Paedreamdrawing / CC BY It is my great pleasure to welcome to CC’s staff our new Regional Project Managers for Africa and the Asia-Pacific — Tobias Schonwetter and Alex Gakuru (Africa) and Jane Hornibrook and SooHyun Pae…

Stay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our blog and following us on Twitter.   Top stories: Why Open Education MattersBlink Tower / CC BY Watch the winning entries in our Why Open Education Matters video contest. iSummit08: Jimmy SorianoTomislav Medak / CC BY Jimmy Soriano of CC Philippines passed away last…

iSummit08: Jimmy Soriano / Tomislav Medak / CC BY Creative Commons would like to take this opportunity to remember the great contribution made to its community by Atty. Jimmy Soriano. Jimmy first joined the CC community in 2005 when he launched our CC Philippines team. Over the past 7 years, he has been a constant…

Tower / Paul Holloway / CC BY-SA We are pleased to post draft 2 of 4.0 for public discussion. This comes after several months of substantive conversations on a number of policy issues, with input solicited from our global community on the CC license-development list (archive), through affiliate consultations, via comments posted directly on our…

Creative Commons is proud to announce the launch of our new license chooser tool. The license chooser has been completely redesigned for greater clarity and ease of use. While the original license chooser was successful at simplifying the act of selecting a license and applying it to one’s work, its linear workflow resembled a registration…

Creative Commons just reached an exciting milestone. As of this week, there are four million Creative Commons–licensed videos on YouTube. That’s over forty years’ worth of footage to remix and reuse, all licensed under CC BY, the most permissive CC license. One thing that makes this mass of CC-licensed content really exciting is that all…

The first School of Open Virtual Sprint is set to take place next Tuesday, 24 July from 2:00-5:00pm Berlin time (UTC/GMT+2). Learn how you can participate below. LSE Sports Day, Malden Sports Ground, c1920s / LSE Library / No known copyright restrictions Before the Sprint Join the School of Open discussion list at https://groups.google.com/group/school-of-open. This…

It has been a little over a month since I joined Creative Commons as Community Support Intern, and now that I’m in the thick of things, I wanted to share with you what I’m working on this summer. Allow me to introduce myself. I am currently a Master’s student at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of…