The 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 the milestone of the 20th anniversary of Creative Commons in 2021, we embarked on a public consultation about CC’s stewardship. Specifically, we…

More than a thousand educators, lawyers and tech experts from over 65 countries will come together this week for a global summit to promote open access and better sharing of research and resources. Creative Commons, the US-based global non-profit organization behind free copyright licenses, is hosting the event to develop solutions for the post-Covid world.…

Next up in our ‘Meet the CC Summit Presenter’ series, we sit down with Ebenezar Wikina. Ebenezar is the founder of Policy Shapers, the world’s first open source platform for policy ideas led by young people. He also currently serves as Advocacy Program Coordinator at PIND Foundation, a corporate social initiative of Chevron Corporation. Ebenezar sits…

Our next ‘Meet the CC Summit Presenter’ Q&A features Italian Attorney-at-law and the Lead and Representative of the Italian Chapter of the Creative Commons Global Network, Deborah De Angelis. Deborah is a legal expert in copyright law, entertainment law and new technologies. She also worked as legal advisor on copyright law to the previous Italian…

The next presenter in our ‘Meet the CC Summit Presenter‘ series is Shweta Mohandas. Shweta is a Researcher at the Centre for Internet and Society, India. Her areas of work and interest include Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, and Intellectual Property Rights, and India’s policies surrounding them. She is currently researching on the development and use of…

Next up in the ‘Meet the CC Summit Presenter’ series, we sit down with Dan McGuire. Founder and Executive Director of SABIER, the Stone Arch Bridge Initiative for Education Resources, a nonprofit that enables philanthropy and foundation funding to go directly to supporting teachers and students to be able to use free, openly licensed content…

Our next presenter in the ‘Meet the CC Summit Presenter’ series, Kate Thornhill, believes that information should be available for all, and with its availability, we should know how it is made by being good digital stewards. Kate has worked at the University of Oregon Libraries in the Digital Scholarship Services Department since 2018. At…

We’re 4 days out from the 2021 CC Global Summit! Featuring next in our ‘Meet the CC Summit Presenter’ series, we meet Nigerian Chimdi Chukwukere—a Research Assistant and first class History & International Relations graduate. Chimidi is passionate about International Development, especially the provision of access to quality education for children & youth in Sub-Saharan…

Next up in our ‘Meet the CC Summit Presenter’ series, meet long-time Wikipedians Ariel Elinson and Laliv Gal. Ariel is an accomplished graphic designer and lecturer. With the support of Wikimedia Israel, he launched the VIPs Photography Project for Wikipedia. Ariel and Laliv will be presenting together at Summit. Laliv is a former board member…

Next up in our ‘Meet the CC Summit Presenter’ series, we sit down with social entrepreneur, Comfort Onyaga. ​​Comfort is a market systems development expert with over five years of field experience and a proven track record in her field. As a social impact entrepreneur, Comfort believes that Africa can become self-reliant through homegrown solutions…