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Our proposal to get the CC logo and icons into Unicode
by Jane Park About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sets-computation-logic.jpg)
We’ve submitted a proposal to get the Creative Commons logo, license, and public domain icons into Unicode (more specifically, the Universal Coded Character Set or UCS).
Supporting a diverse community of scientists: How Erin McKiernan puts “Open in Action”
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Access, Open Science post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/OA_CC_banner_w_text_final-1-1024x426.png)
Scientist Erin McKiernan practices Open Science with a capital “O.” She is a researcher, an advocate for scientific diversity, and an educator on a mission to make science more inclusive and supportive.
Regain Control Of Your Work — Announcing the Termination of Transfer Tool (beta)
by Diane Peters About CC, Licenses & Tools post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/OA_CC_banner_w_text_final-1-1024x426.png)
In keeping with this year’s Open Access theme “Open in Action,” Creative Commons and Authors Alliance are pleased to announce a new tool that empowers authors to learn about whether and when they can terminate licensing arrangements they have made with publishers that prevent them from sharing their works openly.
Open Access Policy In Practice: A Perspective from the Wellcome Trust
by Timothy Vollmer Open Access post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/OA_CC_banner_w_text_final-1-1024x426.png)
It’s Open Access Week 2016. Open Access Week is an annual week-long event that highlights the importance of sharing scientific and scholarly research and data. Its goal is to educate people on the benefits of open publishing, advocate for changes to policy and practice, and build a community to collaborate on these issues. This year’s…
EU Member States Should Push To Improve Commission’s Disappointing Copyright Proposal
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/final-1021x1024.png)
Last month the European Commission released its proposed changes to copyright in the EU. Unfortunately, the proposal fails to deliver on the promise for a modern copyright law in Europe.
Cancer Moonshot Should Prioritize Open Access to Publicly-funded Research
by Timothy Vollmer Open Access post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/18FDG-Synthesis-1024x753.jpg)
18FDG Synthesis by Brookhaven National Laboratory, BY-NC-ND 2.0. Vice President Biden is leading the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, which seeks to make ten years’ worth of progress on cancer research in half that time. We think an important part to finding cures is changing policy to improve access to cancer research. Our recommendations include: Make…
Copyright reform in Colombia should focus on supporting users’ rights
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/copyrightwrench-1017x1024.png)
Today Creative Commons, CC Colombia, and over a dozen other CC affiliates and partners sent a letter to the Colombian government calling for user-friendly copyright reform. Colombia’s copyright law is being re-opened to come into compliance with the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. We believe that this is a timely opportunity to introduce positive changes to…
Building an Institutional Open Access Policy In Nepal
by Roshan Kumar Karn Open Access post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/jiom-cover.png)
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 Roshan Kumar Karn, a medical doctor at Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. I am Dr.…
A long-awaited new look for our website
by Ryan Merkley About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the_growing_commons-1024x389.png)
One of the projects I knew I wanted to take on when I joined Creative Commons as CEO was a major website redesign. The CC site has always been a valuable source of information about our mission, our community, and the legal tools we offer. While there’s a lot of new things happening at CC,…
Leaked European Commission Copyright Plans Ignore the Public Interest
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/final-1021x1024.png)
Creative Commons has been actively engaged in efforts to support copyright reforms aligned with the commons and the public interest, including the copyright reform consultations in the European Union. Via the Communia Association, CC Europe affiliates are at the center of this debate, providing education and advocacy for forward-thinking reforms to the copyright framework. We know the…