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“No tool is better than the people”: CC artists in conversation on Collaboration, Community, and the Commons
by Jane Park Events, Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/rhizome-event-1024x369.jpg)
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…
Open In Order To…Accelerate Research and Scientific Discoveries
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open Access post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/open-access-2-1-1024x768.jpg)
It’s Open Access Week, the yearly global event to raise broad awareness about the opportunities and benefits for open access to scientific and scholarly research. Open Access Week—now in its 10th year—also mobilises action for progressive policy changes so that researchers and the public get immediate online access to the results of scholarly research, and…
EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement Would Harm User Rights and the Commons
pageSeptember 2017 PDF version The European Union (EU) and the Latin American sub-regional bloc consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Mercosur) have been negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) since 2000. The FTA is expansive, addressing trade in industrial and agricultural goods, potential changes to rules governing small- and medium-sized businesses as well as…
The European Commission should repeal extra rights for databases
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Licenses & Tools post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/circuit-board-1024x753.jpg)
In 1996 the European Union adopted the Database Directive, which aimed to harmonise the treatment of databases under copyright law and introduced the sui generis database right for non-original databases. Sui generis database rights are separate from copyright. They protect the “sweat of the brow” of the person who has made a substantial investment in obtaining,…
Annuncia la traduzione 4.0 della licenza in Italiano!
by Sarah Hinchliff Pearson Licenses & Tools post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/foto-nexa-community-small-sharp-1024x683.jpg)
The CC 4.0 licenses are now translated into Italian The official Italian translation of the Creative Commons 4.0 Licenses and CC0 waiver is now available! Led by CC Italy, the translations also benefited from the collaboration with CC Switzerland. The working group was hosted and coordinated by the Nexa Center for Internet & Society at…
Our Proposal to add CC Symbols to Unicode, Round 2
by Jane Park Technology, Uncategorized post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CC-icon-current-use-1024x523.jpg)
Last October we submitted an initial proposal to get CC license symbols into Unicode. Since then we’ve gotten some feedback from them, incorporated that into our thinking, and submitted an updated application. Here is the new proposal. (The old one for reference here.) The new proposal presents the CC license icons as graphic symbols. We’ve…
Join us in Toronto: Creative Commons Global Summit 2018
by Ryan Merkley Events post![cc-global-summit](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/summit-image-3-1.png)
We are proud to announce that the 2018 CC Summit will be in Toronto, Canada from April 13-15.
Is Re-negotiating NAFTA Opening Pandora’s Box?
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Nafta_bw.jpg)
Without a refocus on user rights, transparency, and meaningful public input, the agreement will become a bonanza for copyright maximalists This week Creative Commons submitted comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) regarding negotiating objectives for the modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA is the controversial trade…
Announcing the Creative Commons Community Activities Fund
by Simeon Oriko About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DSC_0674-1024x678.jpg)
Inspired by the Awesome Fund, we are excited to announce the Community Activities Fund as part of our ongoing efforts to support the activities of CC communities and beyond.
The Legacy of Ancient Palmyra: a new CC cultural resource from the Getty
by Mikka Gee Conway, Uma Nair Uncategorized post![curator-with-book](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Original-material.png)
On February 8, 2017, the Getty Research Institute (GRI) in Los Angeles unveiled its first online-only exhibition, The Legacy of Ancient Palmyra.