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A Look Back at the 2020 Virtual CC Global Summit

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CC Global Summit Image of Presenters

1300+ participants | 200+ presenters | 170+ sessions | 60+ countries The 2020 virtual CC Global Summit exceeded our expectations—over 1300 community members, from Canada and El Salvador to Nigeria and New Zealand, chose to spend a week with us to discuss the future of open, the unknowns of artificial intelligence, the possibilities of open…

Creative Commons 2019 Annual Report

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Cover of CC's 2020 Annual Report

I am very pleased to share Creative Commons’ 2019 Annual Report. This report offers an overview of the important work CC did last year across the many domains and subject areas we work in. (Look for CC’s 2020 annual report to be released in early 2021, where we will have lots to share about this…

The Linked Commons 2.0: What’s New?

Community, Technology

This is part of a series of posts introducing the projects built by open source contributors mentored by Creative Commons during Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2020 and Outreachy. Subham Sahu was one of those contributors and we are grateful for his work on this project. The CC Catalog data visualization—the Linked Commons 2.0—is a…

Important Updates to the Creative Commons Catalog

Community, Technology
CC Open Source logo with CC Catalog

This is part of a series of posts introducing the projects built by open source contributors mentored by Creative Commons during Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2020 and Outreachy. K. S. Srinidhi Krishna and Charini Nanayakkara were two of those contributors and we are grateful for their work on this project. The Creative Commons (CC)…

Say Hello to Our New CC Open Source Website!

Community, Technology
CC Open Source logo for the open source website

This is part of a series of posts introducing the projects built by open source contributors mentored by Creative Commons during Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2020 and Outreachy. This post was written by Dhruvi Butti, a 2020 Outreachy intern and a 3rd-year undergrad at IIIT Surat.  “Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.” – Jonathan…

You Can Now Sponsor CC’s Open Source Work on GitHub!

Community, Technology

Creative Commons is now accepting sponsorship via GitHub Sponsors! CC’s small engineering team builds essential open-source infrastructure for CC-licensed and public domain content. Our tools make it easier for anyone to: release original content under an open license. find and responsibly reuse openly licensed and public domain content. connect to the larger ecosystem of openly…

Making the CC Global Network Work Better for You

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World Feature Image Credit: "World" icon by Guilherme Furtado (BR) via Noun Project.

This post is written by Ethan Senack, a member of Creative Commons USA and the Global Network Council Executive Committee. Just over a year ago, the Executive Committee of the CC Global Network Council (GNC) launched an open process to collect feedback from all members on the network structure, with the purpose of understanding what…

Meet CC Tanzania, Our Next Feature for CC Network Fridays!

Community

After introducing the CC Italy Chapter to you in July, the CC Netherlands Chapter in August and CC Bangladesh Chapter in September, we are now travelling to Africa to introduce the CC Tanzania Chapter!  The Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN) consists of 45 CC Country Chapters spread across the globe. They’re the home for a…