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CC News: Why Open Education Matters Video Competition
About CCStay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. Why Open Education Matters Video Competition! by Creative Commons, U.S. Department of Education, and Open Society Foundations Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Foundations announce the launch of the Why Open Education Matters…
Launch of the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition
About CCCreative Commons, U.S. Department of Education, Open Society Institute launch high profile video competition to highlight potential of free educational materials Mountain View, California and Washington, D.C., — March 5, 2012 Today Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Institute announce the launch of the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition.…
CC News: Vimeo adds CC browse and search capabilities
About CCStay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. Happy Valentine’s Day! See below for latest CC developments in culture, policy, education—and more! Vimeo adds CC browse and search capabilities Vimeo has revamped their platform for video creators and users, including the creation of a Creative Commons…
CC News: Welcome CC Kazakhstan and CC Rwanda
About CCStay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. Happy New Year! We head into 2012 with exciting new CC developments from all over the world. CC Kazakhstan and CC Rwanda At the end of 2011, we announced two new CC Affiliates from Kazakhstan and Rwanda. Led…
CC News: Public Discussion Launches for Version 4.0 of the CC Licenses
About CCStay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. Public Discussion Launches for Version 4.0 of the CC Licenses We are pleased to announce the beginning of the public discussion process that we expect to result in version 4.0 of the Creative Commons license suite. The 4.0…
CC News: Our Annual Campaign & CC License Version 4.0
About CCStay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. You Are the Power of Open: 2011 Creative Commons Annual Campaign Last week we launched our Annual Campaign. Please join us in powering the future of openness! In addition to fueling the activities below, Creative Commons relies on…
CC News: Metadata for millions of cultural works will be published under CC0
About CCStay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. Europeana adopts new data exchange agreement, all metadata to be published under CC0 Europeana — Europe’s digital library, museum and archive, and the first major adopter of the Public Domain Mark for works in the worldwide public domain…
Announcing new CC Board Member Brian Fitzgerald
About CCCreative Commons is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof. Brian Fitzgerald as a new Director of the corporation and member of the Board. Brian Fitzgerald by Joi Ito / CC BY Many of you may be familiar with Brian, who has been the legal lead of CC Australia since 2004 and has made an…
CC News: Open Government Policy Developments
About CCStay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. While we gear up for the CC Global Summit that is just a week away, governments around the world continue to open up their data and adopt policies for maximum transparency and citizen engagement. Open government developments in…
CC News: Announcing the Creative Commons Global Summit!
About CCStay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. Announcing the 2011 Creative Commons Global Summit! We are thrilled to announce the 2011 Creative Commons Global Summit, now open for registration! The Creative Commons Global Summit will take place over three full days from September 16-18, and…