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Chris Bourg on the Compelling Vision for an Open Digital Commons
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MIT Libraries Director Chris Bourg is one of the most salient voices in the library community for Open Access, diversity and inclusion, ethics in scholarly publishing, and social justice.
Humans of the Commons
pageCelebrate the people who make it all happen! “Humans of the Commons” highlights the work of the inspiring people and organizations who build and protect the global commons. Produced in collaboration with Loup — using their StoryEngine approach — our goal is to create a collection of stories that make connections across our global network,…
We’re entering a new era for the Commons
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The #FreeBassel campaign drew supporters from around the world (Kennisland/Flickr/CC license 2.0)
At this year’s Global Summit we’ll announce the recipient of the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship. It’s a partnership between Creative Commons, Wikipedia, Mozilla and the Fabricatorz Foundation, which I’m a co-founder of. Noura, Bassel’s wife, and Jamil Khartabil, his father, will also be at the Summit to present the award.
Creative Commons’ Global Network: How we’re Growing
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Photo by Sebastiaan Ter Burg, 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…
Creative Commons launches Memorial Fund Grants and Fellowship in Memory of Bassel Khartabil
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Bassel Khartabil by freebassel is in the public domain via CC0.
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Creative Commons is accepting applications for two new opportunities to continue the legacy and impact of Syrian Palestinian Open internet activist Bassel Khartabil.
Katherine Maher, Ruth Okediji, Chris Bourg to Keynote Creative Commons Global Summit
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We’re super excited to announce our keynote speakers for the 2018 CC Global Summit from April 13-15 in Toronto.
“No tool is better than the people”: CC artists in conversation on Collaboration, Community, and the Commons
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We’ve been thinking about the role of Creative Commons in 2017, an era where much of digital sharing culture exists within walled garden platforms, with liking and commenting on insta-photos and sharing playlists that can only be streamed. In other words, the web has changed since CC initially launched in 2001, and we are grappling…
Landmark release of Termination of Transfer tool from Creative Commons and Authors Alliance
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For more than a decade, Creative Commons has developed and stewarded legal tools that give creators the opportunity to share their work on open terms.
Tratado de livre comércio União Europeia-Mercosul prejudicaria os direitos dos usuários e o conjunto de bens comuns (commons)
pageSetembro de 2017 versão em PDF A União Europeia (UE) e o sub-bloco regional da América Latina, formado por Argentina, Brasil, Paraguai e Uruguai (o Mercosul) vêm negociando um tratado de livre comércio (TLC) desde o ano 2000. O TLC UE-Mercosul é amplo, abarcando o comércio de bens industriais e agrícolas, potenciais mudanças nas regras…