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Creative Commons announces three new staff members
by Ryan Merkley About CCI’m excited to announce three new members of the Creative Commons team: Jennryn Wetzler, Assistant Director of Open Education; Sophine Clachar, Data Engineer; and Jay Walsh, Chief of Staff. Jennryn joins us following her work at the U.S. Department of State, where she piloted open educational resources (OER) use for public diplomacy. There, she helped…
Creative Commons launches Memorial Fund Grants and Fellowship in Memory of Bassel Khartabil
by Jennie Rose Halperin About CCCreative Commons is accepting applications for two new opportunities to continue the legacy and impact of Syrian Palestinian Open internet activist Bassel Khartabil.
Thank you to Private Internet Access, lead sponsor of CC’s Global Summit
by Jennie Rose Halperin About CCPrivate internet access is the lead sponsor of the 2017 CC Global Summit. Thank you for your support!
Katherine Maher, Ruth Okediji, Chris Bourg to Keynote Creative Commons Global Summit
by Ryan Merkley EventsWe’re super excited to announce our keynote speakers for the 2018 CC Global Summit from April 13-15 in Toronto.
We are entering the Discovery phase of CC Usability
by Jane Park Events, Licenses & Tools, Open Culture, TechnologyOver the next few months, we will be talking to users and creators of CC images, text, and data as part of updating the usability of CC tools in 2018. For our purposes, we are defining CC usability as both enhancing the experience of sharing and collaborating with CC’s current toolset, and conceiving of new…
Art and the Every Day with Mike Winkelmann (AKA beeple)
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open CultureBeeple, AKA Mike Winkelmann, is a graphic designer, artist, and videographer whose popular video art and design work has largely been released free under CC.
Secret negotiations, empty promises: Copyright policymaking needs sunlight for better outcomes
by Timothy Vollmer CopyrightWe’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, and addressing what’s at stake, and what we need to do to make sure that copyright promotes creativity and innovation. Today’s…
5 Awesome Organisations Working to Protect and Expand the Public Domain
by Timothy Vollmer CopyrightWe’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, and addressing what’s at stake, and what we need to do to make sure that copyright promotes creativity and innovation. Today’s…
Is Copyright Term Extension Finally Done?
by Timothy Vollmer CopyrightWe’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, and addressing what’s at stake, and what we need to do to make sure that copyright promotes creativity and innovation. Today’s…
Kicking off the CC Certificates Beta
by Sarah Hinchliff Pearson About CCToday marks day one of the beta version of the Creative Commons Certificates program, a project designed to provide people the skills and expertise they need to implement and advocate for open licensing around the world.