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Copyright Filtering Mechanisms Don’t (and can’t) Respect Fair Use
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fairuseweeklogo-1024x363.png)
During 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…
Bottlesmoker: an Indonesian Electronic Duo that lives by the Internet
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/XIMG_1101-copy-1024x683.jpg)
Indonesian electronic duo Bottlesmoker has been making DIY, “open source” music since 2005.
Watch/listen: a celebration of Freedom of Sharing in Indonesia!
by Hilman Fathoni Events post![indonesia-music](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-25-at-2.28.35-PM-1024x574.png)
At the end of 2016, Creative Commons Indonesia held a discussion titled “Celebration of Freedom of Sharing in Indonesia” with support from the Awesome Fund. This event was also held to celebrate Creative Commons’s 15th anniversary. Creative Commons Indonesia is a project under Wikimedia Indonesia that aims to spread the message about open culture in…
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.
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.
The top of the commons 2016: Favorites from our community of commoners
by Jennie Rose Halperin Uncategorized post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/jeff-gill-caterpillar.gif)
2016 is almost at a close, and our global communities are as busy as ever. Around the world, diverse groups are working together to create meaningful connections and light up the commons.
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…
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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:…
Isla Haddow-Flood on how Wikipedians are changing the narrative around Africa
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture, Open Education post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Ak55-Busy_afternoon-1024x683.jpg)
Wikipedians are an integral part of the CC Community, and as a key Wikipedian in Wiki Loves Women, WikiAfrica, and Wiki Loves Africa, Isla Haddow-Flood’s work is a crux for that community.
Let’s make some clothes: Joost de Cock on Make my Pattern
by Jennie Rose Halperin Uncategorized post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/25942009033_7b4fef75b8_z-1.jpg)
The delightfully quirky sewing site Make my Pattern.com is the work of self-proclaimed “sewcialist” Joost de Cock, a Belgian designer with a flair for fashion. When he started Make my Pattern, de Cock set out to solve a major issue for amateur sewers: patterns fit best when hand-drafted, but hand-drafting is inaccessible to most hobbyists.…