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Announcing first Keynotes, Tracks, and an Extended Call for Submissions
by Ryan Merkley About CC, Events post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/front-page-summit-site.png)
Our Global Summit is three short months away, and today I am delighted to provide some exciting updates to our program: two keynotes (more to come!), five tracks, and a one week extension for submissions (now due on Friday, February 3).
New Register of Copyrights should put public at the center of technology and policy goals
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/gx.png)
The Library of Congress in an incredible institution in the United States, serving as the research library for Congress, and stewarding an unparalleled collection of books and cultural works of all types. Over the last several years, groups have called on the library to make technology and policy changes to remain relevant in the 21st century, in order to…
La comunidad de CC lanza consulta acerca de la estrategia del movimiento
by Ryan Merkley About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/global_affiliates_map.png)
Hoy, la comunidad de Creative Commons está abriendo el proceso de consulta sobre el borrador de su estrategia para apoyar un movimiento global fuerte y en crecimiento.
CC Community releases movement strategy for consultation
by Ryan Merkley About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/global_affiliates_map.png)
Today, the Creative Commons community is opening consultation on its draft strategy to support a strong and growing global movement.
The Platform Cooperatives Movement Helps Light up the Commons
by Hal Plotkin About CC, Events post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/People-Power-Mosaic.jpg)
The Creative Commons upcoming Global Summit is the first major opportunity to introduce our community to the newly-born Platform Cooperatives Consortium and to look for ways our two movements, which share many core values, can collaborate. We have just entered a time of potentially enormous social turmoil. Like the 1960’s, it could also set the…
Copyright as a tool to censor political dissent in Latin America
by Claudio Ruiz Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OG-CopyrightWeek-1-1024x512.png)
The “Safe harbor” provisions on the DMCA have been critical to build the internet as we know it today.
We are a community of creators
by Jennie Rose Halperin About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OG-CopyrightWeek-1-1024x512.png)
Our core of community is not a series of disparate projects, but instead a network of people driven by the desire to share their creativity with the world. What is creating in the 21st century? It’s remix, it’s reuse, and it’s collaboration, made possible by the dream of the global commons.
One Click Attribution Tool now available for WordPress
by Jennie Rose Halperin, Rob Myers About CC, Technology post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-18-at-11.05.58-AM.png)
Today we’re excited to announce the public beta and feedback period for our One Click Attribution Tool for Wordpress.
We Bought It, We Own It, We Fix It: Building Open Policies for Digital Public Goods
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OG-CopyrightWeek-1-1024x512.png)
We’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…
Opening up the Public Domain with Europeana Sounds
by Lisette Kalshoven Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/radio.jpg)
Recently, Europeana Sounds has doubled the amount of audio heritage available on the Europeana platform.