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Announcing new staff to support CC’s global network
by Ryan Merkley About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/claudiosimeon-e1481550698592.png)
I’m thrilled to announce two new additions to Creative Commons’ full-time staff—Claudio Ruiz and Simeon Oriko. Both Claudio and Simeon will be taking on newly developed positions focused on supporting the growth of CC’s global network.
A month of Slack: Growing global communities every day
by Jennie Rose Halperin About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-11-23-at-10.53.57-AM-796x1024.png)
About a month ago, CC moved its daily communications to Slack, the team messaging service popular with communities around the world. You can read more about our decision here. What a month it’s been. We’ve seen our daily community grow to nearly 500 users, with an average of 110 people posting every day. We’ve also…
A simple and versatile resource for refugees: an interview with Refugee Phrasebook
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Access, Open Data post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Logo-Phrasebook-03.png)
With 1.1 million asylum seekers in Germany, the need for language and education support is acute, and the Refugee Phrasebook helps meet that need.
Solving some of the world’s toughest problems with the Global Open Policy Report
by Kelsey Wiens Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-02-at-5.57.09-PM-721x1024.png)
Read the Global Open Policy Report Open Policy is when governments, institutions, and non-profits enact policies and legislation that makes content, knowledge, or data they produce or fund available under a permissive license to allow reuse, revision, remix, retention, and redistribution. This promotes innovation, access, and equity in areas of education, data, software, heritage, cultural…
Open Practices and Policies for Research Data in the Marine Community
by Alessandro Sarretta Open Data, Open Science post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/25195563243_93741d05fd_k-1024x576.jpg)
In March we hosted the second Institute for Open Leadership. In our summary of the event we mentioned that the Institute fellows would be taking turns to write about their open policy projects. This week’s post is from Alessandro Sarretta from the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), part of the Italian National Research Council. 2016…
How fast is your internet? How MLab uses CC0 data for the public interest
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Data post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Screen-Shot-2016-11-30-at-4.42.00-PM-1024x576.png)
Though internet as infrastructure may have seemed radical only a short while ago, many technologists are now taking a different tack: as a vital part of modern life, access to reliable internet is essential to the development of a just and equitable society.
FRANCOCAR: An Awesome Fund Project in West Africa
by Mawusee Komla Foli-Awli Uncategorized post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img-20160929-wa0028-1024x683.jpg)
The Creative Commons Awesome Fund, a series of mini-grants intended to support our global communities, supported FRANCOCAR this year. FRANCOCAR is a range of events and activities in West Africa (Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Senegal) to promote open source software, digitization, and Creative Commons licenses. Follow #francocar if you want to stay in…
Making Creative Commons Licensing Work In Indonesia
by Hilman Fathoni, Alifia Qonita Sudharto Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/copyrightwrench-1017x1024.png)
Below is an update from Creative Commons Indonesia, who recently worked with their national copyright office on proposed changes to law that will secure the ability of creators to use CC and other open licenses there. In late 2014, Indonesia amended its copyright law to add several new provisions, including changes having to do with…
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pageShop books Shop music Shop movies Books Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity by Lawrence Lessig Creative Commons co-founder, Lawrence Lessig, ‘the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era’ (The New Yorker), masterfully argues that never before in… Buy it Share on Twitter Share on Facebook The Art of Asking:…
Creative Commons at WIPO: Supporting a more fair copyright for teaching and learning
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CxizNcFW8AAE8Cg-1024x683.jpg)
Last week in Geneva, Creative Commons participated in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) bi-annual meeting of its committee on copyright and related rights. CC has had “observer status” at WIPO since 2011, which means that it can attend the proceedings and at times offer written or oral feedback on activities of the committees. WIPO’s…