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CC Working with Flickr to Protect the Commons
by Ryan Merkley About CC postToday, Creative Commons is working closely with Flickr and its parent company SmugMug to find ways to protect and preserve the Commons, and ultimately help it grow and thrive. We want to ensure that when users share their works that they are available online in perpetuity
Congratulations to the Graduates of our July 2018 Certificate Courses!
by Jennryn Wetzler About CC, Open Education postFrom July 16-September 23, Creative Commons hosted two Educator Certificate courses and two Librarian Certificate Courses.
What’s next with WIPO’s ill-advised broadcast treaty?
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright postSix years ago we wrote a blog post titled WIPO’s Broadcasting Treaty: Still Harmful, Still Unnecessary. At the time, the proposed treaty — which would grant to broadcasters a separate, exclusive copyright-like right in the signals that they transmit, separate from any copyrights in the content of the transmissions — had already been on WIPO’s docket for…
We are seeking a new Director of Engineering
by Jane Park Technology postWe are now in the middle of our second sprint for CC search (see results from the last one here) and seeking a new Director of Engineering.
New NAFTA Would Harm Canadian Copyright Reform and Shrink the Public Domain
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright postLate yesterday the U.S., Canada, and Mexico reached an agreement on a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The agreement (now rebranded as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or “USMCA”) obligates Canada to increase its copyright term by an additional 20 years if the deal is passed. Canada currently observes the minimum term of copyright as…
Updated: Board statement on harassment, openness, and CC community
by Molly Van Houweling About CC postCreative Commons is firmly committed to a workplace, community, and culture of mutual respect, free of harassment.
Findings from the Discovery phase of CC usability
by Jane Park Technology postIn January, Creative Commons kicked off an exciting new initiative called CC usability with two primary goals:
Big changes for CC Search beta: updates released today!
by Paola Villarreal About CC, Technology postToday, we’ve released a significant update to our working beta of the CC Search product. We launched the project in February 2017 to provide a new “front door” to the Commons with the ultimate goal to find and index all 1.4 billion+ CC licensed works on the web. Since then, our newly formed tech team…
Traditional Knowledge and the Commons: The Open Movement, Listening, and Learning
by Mehtab Khan Licenses & Tools postCC licenses and public domain tools help individuals, organisations, and public institutions better disseminate digital resources and data, breaking down the typical barriers associated with traditional “all rights reserved” copyright. At the same time, CC licenses can’t do everything for everyone. First, the licenses operate in the sphere of copyright and similar rights. They do…
Privacy Policy (pre 2018-09-13)
page1. Preamble This Privacy Policy explains the collection, use, processing, transferring and disclosure of personal information by Creative Commons Corporation (“CC” or “Creative Commons”), a Massachusetts charitable organization. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and made part of Creative Commons Master Terms of Use (“Master Terms”) located at https://creativecommons.org/terms. Unless otherwise noted on a particular…