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Art and the Every Day with Mike Winkelmann (AKA beeple)
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/beeple-1024x1024.jpg)
Beeple, AKA Mike Winkelmann, is a graphic designer, artist, and videographer whose popular video art and design work has largely been released free under CC.
Secret negotiations, empty promises: Copyright policymaking needs sunlight for better outcomes
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/copyright_week_2018-1024x512.png)
We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, and addressing what’s at stake, and what we need to do to make sure that copyright promotes creativity and innovation. Today’s…
5 Awesome Organisations Working to Protect and Expand the Public Domain
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/copyright_week_2018-1024x512.png)
We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, and addressing what’s at stake, and what we need to do to make sure that copyright promotes creativity and innovation. Today’s…
Is Copyright Term Extension Finally Done?
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/copyright_week_2018-1024x512.png)
We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, and addressing what’s at stake, and what we need to do to make sure that copyright promotes creativity and innovation. Today’s…
Kicking off the CC Certificates Beta
by Sarah Hinchliff Pearson About CC post![certs-team](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20171002_111116-1024x768.jpg)
Today marks day one of the beta version of the Creative Commons Certificates program, a project designed to provide people the skills and expertise they need to implement and advocate for open licensing around the world.
Propose a session for the 2018 Global Summit!
by Cable Green, claudiacristiani, Terry Williams Events post![call-for-submissions-graphic](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/On-Common-Ground_-Collaborate-and-Participate.png)
The Call for Proposals for the Creative Commons Global Summit is now open! The deadline for submissions is January 23, 2018 at 11:59PM
Support the kind of journalism we need today
by Esther Wojcicki About CC post![cmag](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-21-at-12.07.34-PM-e1513880115784.png)
Courageous, well-researched, and timely journalism is desperately needed right now.
A Tribute to Jay Yoon
by Molly Van Houweling About CC post![jay-at-summit](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jay_yoon_at_summit.jpg)
One of the most admired leaders of the global Creative Commons movement is turning the page on his latest chapter of service to the commons.
The battle for the net continues after FCC erases net neutrality rules
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/641313984.jpg)
An open internet is crucial for all creators, thinkers, and makers on the web As expected, yesterday 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 to…
One week left to save the Internet
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/avatar-black.gif)
Act now to stop the FCC from rolling back fundamental protections for the open internet! Net neutrality is under attack…again. On the day before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai released a draft plan that would repeal net neutrality in the United States. Net neutrality is the principle that internet…