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“It’s music for the people”: Monk Turner on defying genre and the open community
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/MG_0776-1024x601.jpg)
Monk Turner is a concept musician who has benefitted greatly from his collaborative, collective approach to music making and performance.
النسخة النهائية من الترجمة العربية لرخص المشاع الابداعي متاحة للمشاورة العامة الآن CC4.0
by Naeema Zarif Licenses & Tools post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-12-at-8.05.40-PM-1-1024x660.png)
استطاعت منظمة المشاع الابداعي من خلال العمل مع المؤسسات غير الحكومية، الجامعات، الهيئات العامة، و المؤسسات التابعة وأصدقاء المشاع الابداعي في العالم العربي ترك اثر كبير على المجال العام كماً و نوعاً في مختلف القطاعات من التعليم والبحث حتى مجالات الإرث الثقافي, البيانات, التصميم, و المعدات التقنية كانت السنتين الماضيتين مفعمة بالنشاط و الحيوية خصوصا…
CC 4.0 Arabic Translation Draft Open for Public Consultation
by Naeema Zarif Licenses & Tools post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-12-at-8.05.40-PM-1024x660.png)
Working alongside non-governmental institutions, universities, and public agencies, Creative Commons affiliates and community in the Arab World have been impacting the growth and quality of the commons across all sectors…
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ICYMI: a June #OER roundup
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Education post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/book-6.png)
June was a big month for OER in the United States, so here’s a quick roundup of some highlights, including a new open copyright policy from Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the launch packet for districts incorporating open educational resources into their curriculum, and new funding for OER degrees in California! US Department of Education: #GoOpen Launch…
Supporting Open Collaboration to Achieve Cancer Cures
by Ryan Merkley Copyright, Events, Open Data, Open Science postPhoto: Cancer Immunotherapy by National Institutes of Health, CC BY 2.0 Under the direction of Vice President Joe Biden, the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative seeks to make ten years of progress on cancer research in half that time, with a goal to end cancer in our lifetime. Today, Creative Commons will participate in Biden’s Cancer…
Open Innovation and the Creation of Commons
by Cable Green, Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/25988294296_ae0d9a0e87_z.jpg)
In March we hosted the second Institute for Open Leadership, and in our summary of the event we mentioned that the Institute fellows would be taking turns to write about their open policy projects. Below is a guest post by IOL Fellow Katja Mayer, a postdoctoral researcher in Science, Technology and Society at the University of…
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Spotlight on Gage Skidmore, political photographer
by Eric Steuer, Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/25879021931_b955bc5e31_z.jpg)
Gage Skidmore is a photographer and freelance graphic designer living in Phoenix, Arizona whose high-quality photos of politicians and pop culture have been featured in diverse publications…
Redefining Open: MOOCs and Online Courseware in the Age of Creative Commons and Wikipedia
by Eric Steuer Open Education postThe guest post below was written by Peter B. Kaufman of Intelligent Television. — When the Open Courseware movement first started – its Big Bang probably took place in mid-June 2001, when Mellon Foundation president William G. Bowen, Hewlett Foundation’s president Paul Brest, and MIT president Charles M. Vest announced the initiative at MIT –…