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Do not feed the trolls
by Catherine Stihler Licenses & ToolsRecently, there has been an increase in threatened and actual lawsuits involving CC licensed works, and in some cases, license enforcement has even become a business model. We have now learned that even long-time friend and contributor to Creative Commons, Cory Doctorow, has been targeted. Put simply, “license-enforcement-as-business model” is a perversion of the founding…
Open Minds Podcast: Brigitte Vézina of Creative Commons
by Ony Anukem About CCHello Creative Commoners, we are back with another episode of Open Minds… from Creative Commons. This month at Creative Commons, we are celebrating better sharing of Open Culture! In this episode, Brigitte Vézina, CC’s Director of Policy, Open Culture, and GLAM, shares everything you need to know about the Creative Commons Open Culture / Open…
Creative Commons Receives $1M Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Advance Better Sharing
by Creative Commons About CCMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently allocated $1M to Creative Commons (CC) in honor of CC’s 20th Anniversary. This three-year, general operating support will help foster CC’s commitment to Better Sharing by addressing equity gaps and unequal balances of power in the open ecosystem. The internet has global ownership with people…
Better Internet Series: Access to Information and Knowledge
by Dee Harris Better InternetSee our article introducing this series. This article is part of a series of five articles detailing breakout sessions from the 2021 Creative Commons (CC) Global Summit related to imagining a Better Internet. Throughout 2021, community partners interested in building a “better internet” have been coming together for conversations. Some partners joined as an opportunity…
Join us for ‘Ground Truth in Open Internet’ — the new Creative Commons Open Journalism Webinar Series and Training
by Jennryn Wetzler Events, Open JournalismJournalism provides a crucial public service. Access to verifiable information and stories that question the underlying terrain of power is critical to democratic societies. Yet, journalism as we know it faces existential new challenges. Increasingly, journalists face work-halting financial and ethical challenges, as well as threats to their physical and digital safety, when sharing information…
Open Minds Podcast: Hessel van Oorschot of Tribe of Noise & Free Music Archive
by Ony Anukem About CCHi Creative Commoners! We’re back with the first episode of Open Minds … from Creative Commons in 2022. In this episode, CC’s Ony Anukem sits down for a conversation with Hessel van Oorschot, founder and “Chief of Noise” of the online music business Tribe of Noise. Tribe of Noise is a music community that connects…
SOPA Plus 10, reflections and continued work
by Dee Harris Better InternetOn January 18, 2012, the web went dark in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), two bills introduced into the United States House and Senate in the last quarter of 2011. Why are we talking about this day ten years later? The fight for a global internet,…
Digital Services Act: Is the EU legislative train on the right track?
by Brigitte Vézina, Catherine Stihler CopyrightOn December 14, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) of the European Parliament adopted its position on the Digital Services Act (DSA) proposal, under the leadership of IMCO DSA Rapporteur MEP Christel Schaldemose (S&D, Denmark). What is the Digital Services Act? The Digital Services Act aims to update the current EU legal framework…
A message from our CEO to the CC Community on Creative Commons’ 20th Anniversary
by Catherine Stihler About CC, CommunityDear CC Community, It’s a very special day — today marks the 20th Anniversary of Creative Commons’ founding! Twenty years ago, Creative Commons started with a simple, radical idea: to save the internet from “failed sharing” and create a world where everyone has access to knowledge and creativity. What began as a simple idea and…
Open Minds Podcast: Creative Commons’ 20th Anniversary Special feat. Lawrence Lessig
by Ony Anukem About CCHi Creative Commoners! We’re back with a very special episode of CC’s podcast, Open Minds … from Creative Commons. Today marks the 20th Anniversary of Creative Commons! On this milestone episode of CC’s Open Minds podcast, join us as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Creative Commons’ founding on December 19, 2021. We take you…