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Category: About CC
We are entering the Discovery phase of CC Usability
Events, Licenses & Tools, Open Culture, Technology
Over 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…
Kicking off the CC Certificates Beta
About CC
Today 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.
Propose a session for the 2018 Global Summit!
Events
The Call for Proposals for the Creative Commons Global Summit is now open! The deadline for submissions is January 23, 2018 at 11:59PM
Support the kind of journalism we need today
About CC
Courageous, well-researched, and timely journalism is desperately needed right now.
A Tribute to Jay Yoon
About CC
Jay Yoon presenting at the 2015 CC Global Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Photo by Sebastiaan Ter Burg, CC BY
One of the most admired leaders of the global Creative Commons movement is turning the page on his latest chapter of service to the commons.
How can we make the world a better place?
About CC
Photo by Sebastiaan Ter Burg, CC BY
What are the values that resonate the most for you in the Commons? Transparency? Innovation? Sharing? Gratitude? In today’s polarized political environment, how can we come together to champion values that we share, and make the world a better place? I’ve repeated three truths to guide CC’s message, and I’d like to share them with…
“No tool is better than the people”: CC artists in conversation on Collaboration, Community, and the Commons
Events, Open Culture
We’ve been thinking about the role of Creative Commons in 2017, an era where much of digital sharing culture exists within walled garden platforms, with liking and commenting on insta-photos and sharing playlists that can only be streamed. In other words, the web has changed since CC initially launched in 2001, and we are grappling…
CC Certificates spring into action
About CC
In order to better teach open tools and practices to communities around the world, Creative Commons has developed open educational resources and a certification program called the CC Certificate.
Lessons learned from a year of Slack, 1000 members, and immeasurable community growth
About CC
As we pass 1,000 active users on Slack, we want to take a moment to give gratitude to our community for making it happen.
Honoring Our Friend Bassel: Announcing the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship
About CC
Photo by Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0
Today we’re announcing the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship to honor his legacy and lasting impact on the open web.