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The future of housing is here: CC Talks with the Open Building Institute
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Access, TechnologyWhat if the future of eco-housing is remixable, inexpensive, collaborative, open sourced, freely licensed, and accessible to all?
Let’s make some clothes: Joost de Cock on Make my Pattern
by Jennie Rose Halperin UncategorizedThe delightfully quirky sewing site Make my Pattern.com is the work of self-proclaimed “sewcialist” Joost de Cock, a Belgian designer with a flair for fashion. When he started Make my Pattern, de Cock set out to solve a major issue for amateur sewers: patterns fit best when hand-drafted, but hand-drafting is inaccessible to most hobbyists.…
CC is Awesome!
by Gwen Franck Events‘Awesome’ by Sam Howzit, CC BY 2.0 on Flickr One of the greatest strengths of the Creative Commons organization is the dedicated volunteers worldwide who help build openly licensed projects and educate the public about CC in their local communities and internationally. A few months ago, we provided mini grants to these communities through The…
Creative Commons e Museu da Imigração: notas sobre uma experiência brasileira
by Juliana Monteiro Open CultureTive a grata oportunidade de participar do segundo Institute for Open Leadership (IOL), realizado na Cidade do Cabo e promovido pelo Creative Commons e pela Open Policy Network. Além de mim, o instituto recebeu pessoas de vários lugares do mundo, todos com projetos incríveis. Nos últimos nove anos, tenho atuado na área de documentação em museus…
“Let’s do this together”: an interview with Letters for Black Lives
by Jennie Rose Halperin Uncategorized“We need to talk,” begins the first letter from the organizers of “Letters for Black Lives,” a new writing project aimed at opening up intercultural and inter-generational dialogue about the Black Lives Matter movement.
Meeting debrief and next steps: The Challenge of Attribution, or “View Source,” in 3D Printing
by Jane Park Copyright, EventsIn April, we posed a question to our community, “How should we attribute 3D printed objects?” and announced our intent to explore the challenge as it aligned with our new strategy, focusing on discovery and collaboration.
Big win for CC in Italy
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open CultureLast year, Festival delle Resistenze 2016 in Trentino-Alto Adige misused a photo of the journalist Niccolò Rampini that had been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under a CC-by-SA-4.0 license by a professional photographer named Federico Caranti.
“It’s music for the people”: Monk Turner on defying genre and the open community
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open CultureMonk Turner is a concept musician who has benefitted greatly from his collaborative, collective approach to music making and performance.
النسخة النهائية من الترجمة العربية لرخص المشاع الابداعي متاحة للمشاورة العامة الآن CC4.0
by Naeema Zarif Licenses & Toolsاستطاعت منظمة المشاع الابداعي من خلال العمل مع المؤسسات غير الحكومية، الجامعات، الهيئات العامة، و المؤسسات التابعة وأصدقاء المشاع الابداعي في العالم العربي ترك اثر كبير على المجال العام كماً و نوعاً في مختلف القطاعات من التعليم والبحث حتى مجالات الإرث الثقافي, البيانات, التصميم, و المعدات التقنية كانت السنتين الماضيتين مفعمة بالنشاط و الحيوية خصوصا…
CC 4.0 Arabic Translation Draft Open for Public Consultation
by Naeema Zarif Licenses & ToolsWorking alongside non-governmental institutions, universities, and public agencies, Creative Commons affiliates and community in the Arab World have been impacting the growth and quality of the commons across all sectors…