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Los Angeles: CC and a panel of VR experts tackle the issue of social change in emerging media

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Watch or listen to the recording on Vimeo, YouTube, or Soundcloud. On February 15, Creative Commons hosted an evening of demos, discussion, and drinks in Los Angeles called, “CC as a Vehicle for Social Change in Emerging & Immersive Media.” With 200 guests registered, the evening featured demos of three virtual reality social impact projects. They were:…

Tell the Canadian government to ignore Bell’s terrible idea to block websites

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Earlier this month Bell and a group of Canadian telecommunications and media companies submitted a proposal that asks the Canadian government to identify websites engaged in content piracy and compel internet service providers to block access to those sites. Specifically, the proposal asks the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to set up an “Internet…

Time is running out for net neutrality

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Act now and support the #OneMoreVote campaign to trigger Senate review of the FCC repeal In December 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines to repeal the 2015 Open Internet Order that ensured net neutrality in the United States. Without net neutrality, broadband providers like Comcast and Verizon will have free reign…

Creative Commons’ Global Network: How we’re Growing

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فتح باب تقديم الطلبات: مِنح لتخليد ذكرى باسل خرطبيل

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انتهت عملية تقديم الطلب. فتح باب تقديم الطلبات: مِنح لتخليد ذكرى باسل خرطبيل إحياءً لذكرى باسل خرطبيل: تعزيز التشاركية والمجتمع والإنترنت المفتوح تُستقبل الطلبات لغاية 24 آذار 2018 تدعو منظمة المشاع الابداعي الأفراد والمجموعات والمنظمات المهتمة إلى تقديم طلبات لمنح التي تبني على العمل الفذ والإرث للناشط في الثقافة الحرة باسل خرطبيل. وضعت هذه المنح…

Creative Commons announces three new staff members

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I’m excited to announce three new members of the Creative Commons team: Jennryn Wetzler, Assistant Director of Open Education; Sophine Clachar, Data Engineer; and Jay Walsh, Chief of Staff. Jennryn joins us following her work at the U.S. Department of State, where she piloted open educational resources (OER) use for public diplomacy. There, she helped…