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CC is more Awesome than ever
by Gwen Franck About CC postWhen we set up the Awesome Fund last year, we wanted to provide microfunding for this wide variety of activities.
Independent cinema for Brazil and beyond: How Canal o Cubo inspires media makers around the world
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture postCanal O Cubo is a popular Brazilian platform for independent Creative Commons licensed films and the promotion of Brazilian multimedia production
Announcing Paola Villarreal as Director of Product Engineering
by Ryan Merkley About CC postI’m thrilled to announce that Paola Villarreal will be joining the Creative Commons team as Director of Product Engineering.
Wikipedia Says It’s Time for Fair Use in Australia
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Uncategorized postThis week Wikipedia is urging users in Australia to tell their government representatives to champion fair use. The campaign, organised alongside Electronic Frontiers Australia and the Australian Digital Alliance, advocates for policy makers to update copyright law to include fair use, thus providing a progressive legal framework to support creators and remixers, educational activities, and…
How Can The Commons Stay Relevant? Let’s Talk GLAM.
by Aleksandra Janus, Alicja Peszkowska, Stephen Wyber Events postImagine a Vilhelm Hammershøi painting printed out and hung over your fireplace, a 3D printed sculpture in your garden, or maybe a party that mixes Spotify playlists with an opera singer performing romantic songs in front of the newly acquired Friedrich’s painting.
Remixing Recipes and Sharing Spices when Virtually Connecting meets CC
by Helen DeWaard Events postFood brings people together. Sharing favourite recipes and talking about interesting spices can open conversations.
Five years, five days of actions for #freebassel5years
by Jennie Rose Halperin About CC postIn honor of Khartabil’s influence on the free culture and open source movement, the Free Bassel campaign is encouraging five actions in public support of the movement to #freebassel in protest of his five years of unjust imprisonment.
Breaking down the CC Licenses
pageDistinguish between the different parts of a CC license and what they mean. Overview Creative Commons licenses are made up of four conditions that can be mixed and matched to create six different license combinations. The licenses also come in three formats: human-readable, lawyer-readable, and machine-readable. The following video from CC New Zealand is a…
Copyright and Creative Commons are friends
pageUnderstand the connection between CC and copyright law. Overview Copyright law gives creators certain kinds of control over their creative work. If people want to use copyrighted work, they often have to ask for permission from the creator. Creative Commons works within copyright law. It allows creators to grant permission to everyone in the world…
Copyright Filtering Mechanisms Don’t (and can’t) Respect Fair Use
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright postDuring Fair Use Week organizations and individuals are publishing blog posts, hosting workshops, and sharing educational resources about the implementation and importance of this essential limitation to the rights endowed by copyright. Fair use (and in other countries, the related “fair dealing”) is a flexible legal tool that permits some uses of copyrighted material without…