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Open Minds Podcast: Heather Joseph of SPARC
by Ony Anukem About CC post![Cartoonish illustration of a human hand holding a torch with a lightbulb radiating yellow light next to the words Open Minds above a #20CC icon and Creative Commons wordmark, all on a faded purplish-blue sky with white clouds.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds-1024x1024.jpg)
Hi folks! We are back with a new episode of CC’s podcast, Open Minds … from Creative Commons! Happy International Open Access Week! Open Acces Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research, taking place from October 25-31 this year. In celebration of this, our guest on this episode is…
You can now rewatch the 2021 CC Global Summit Panel Presentations!
by Ony Anukem Events post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Panels-1600-x-900-px-1024x576.png)
Last week, we released the five keynotes from CC Summit 2021. This week, we’re back with seven panel presentations from the event. Our Summit panels this year featured thought leaders, pioneers and community members who shared their insights on emerging trends and innovations in Open. Whether you missed them live or want to replay them…
Join us at ‘The Future of Open’ Webinar on 9 November!
by Brigitte Vézina, Ony Anukem Copyright, Events post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-Future-of-Open-1024x576.jpg)
CC Policy Working Groups In May this year, we announced that four working groups of the Creative Commons Copyright Platform would examine policy issues affecting the open ecosystem. For the past five months, they have worked vigorously to provide clearer articulation of the issues and consider possible solutions in four areas: Working Group 1 —…
The 2021 CC Global Summit Keynotes Are Here!
by Ony Anukem Events post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-Keynotes-1024x576.png)
We have exciting news…we published the keynotes from the 2021 CC Global Summit! Alongside the 170+ sessions that took place at this year’s virtual event, we hosted five keynotes from global leaders in the open movement, who shared their work in open data, science and health, software and law. We’re excited to share these recordings…
Reflections from the 2021 CC Global Summit
by Ony Anukem Events post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CC-Global-Summit-2021-1024x576.jpg)
1600+ attendees | 300+ presenters | 170+ sessions | 90+ countries The 2021 CC Global Summit (20-24 September) was our biggest and boldest event yet! The CC Global Summit is an annual highlight for the Creative Commons vast global network, this year being CC’s 20th anniversary and a milestone year for the Open movement more…
License Stewardship consultation
by Kat Walsh, Sarah Hinchliff Pearson Licenses & Tools postThe CC license suite was foundational to the creation of Creative Commons. To this day, the stewardship of CC licenses and public domain tools remains one of the core functions of the organization. At this milestone of the 20th anniversary of Creative Commons, we are embarking on a public consultation around CC’s stewardship. Specifically, we…
License Stewardship Consultation Draft
pageThis is a static copy of the editable License Stewardship Consultation document hosted on Google Docs. You may leave comments there or send comments by email to legal@creativecommons.org. Purpose The purpose of this document is to develop a shared understanding of CC’s role and responsibilities as steward of the CC licenses and public domain tools,…
Introducing InclusiveAccess.org
by Cable Green Copyright, Open Education post![InclusiveAccess.org](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/InclusiveAccess.org_-1024x576.jpeg)
The price of college textbooks in the United States (and many other countries) has skyrocketed over the past 30 years. Two-thirds of college students say that they’ve delayed buying a textbook because it was too expensive—even though 90% of those students worry that not having the textbook will affect their course grade. In addition, more…
Creative Commons Announces New Board Members: Angela Oduor Lungati, Glenn Otis Brown & Jeni Tennison
by Molly Van Houweling About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Board-Members-1110-x-780-px-1024x720.jpg)
On behalf of the entire Creative Commons Board of Directors, I am delighted to announce the appointment of three new members of the Board: Glenn Otis Brown, Angela Oduor Lungati, and Jeni Tennison. Glenn is one of CC’s original architects: he was our Executive Director from 2002-2005, and then served on the Board from 2009-2012.…
Creative Commons’ Response to Wikimedia Foundation’s WIPO Observer Application Being Blocked
by Creative Commons Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Untitled-design-3-1024x779.jpg)
Yesterday, we were disappointed to learn that the Wikimedia Foundation’s application for observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was blocked due to opposition by China for the second time after its initial application in 2020. Creative Commons has been an accredited observer at WIPO since 2005. WIPO is the UN agency that…