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Announcing Paola Villarreal as Director of Product Engineering
by Ryan Merkley About CC post![paola-photo](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/paola_selfie.jpg)
I’m thrilled to announce that Paola Villarreal will be joining the Creative Commons team as Director of Product Engineering.
The Legacy of Ancient Palmyra: a new CC cultural resource from the Getty
by Mikka Gee Conway, Uma Nair Uncategorized post![curator-with-book](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Original-material.png)
On February 8, 2017, the Getty Research Institute (GRI) in Los Angeles unveiled its first online-only exhibition, The Legacy of Ancient Palmyra.
Wikipedia Says It’s Time for Fair Use in Australia
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Uncategorized post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/faircopyrightoz-1024x569.png)
This week Wikipedia is urging users in Australia to tell their government representatives to champion fair use. The campaign, organised alongside Electronic Frontiers Australia and the Australian Digital Alliance, advocates for policy makers to update copyright law to include fair use, thus providing a progressive legal framework to support creators and remixers, educational activities, and…
Everything really is political
by Bianca Wylie Events post![ryan](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/image33.jpg)
It was my first time at the global Creative Commons summit, and though I knew a bit about Creative Commons, this was my first adventure into meeting and learning from the community.
Bipartisan Legislation Would Ensure Open Access to Government Data
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open Data post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nasa-43566-1024x682.jpg)
In the United States, there are two bills making their way through Congress that would require all government data to be made available in open and machine readable formats by default. The OPEN Government Data Act has been introduced in both the House of Representatives (H.R. 1770) and the Senate (S. 760). The bill would…
Lively Discussions at the CC Summit Author Salon
by Andrew Richard Malcolm Events post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18278142_1514987988573695_2276593521238471025_o-1024x718.jpg)
With each question igniting long conversations, and the discussions ultimately illustrating shared objectives and processes behind the three books, we all walked away happy to have the lively dialogues recorded, if not on our computers, at least in our memories.
Mainstreaming OER in Latin America and The Caribbean
by Werner Westermann Open Education post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/C10A4456_small-1024x601.jpg)
The fifth Regional OER Consultation for the Latin America and Caribbean region was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 3rd-4th April. The event was in preparation for the 2nd OER World Congress that will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia in September of this year. The meeting was organized by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), alongside partners UNESCO,…
Sharing a lost city: An innovative collaboration with re:3d and the New Palmyra project
by Jennie Rose Halperin Events, Open Access post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/palmyra-print-792x1024.png)
Together with re:3d, an Austin-based 3D printing company, and the #NEWPALMYRA project, a community platform dedicated to the virtual remodeling and creative use of architecture from the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, Creative Commons has produced a 200 pound, 7.5 feet tall 3D rendering of one of the Palmyra Tetrapylons.
Meet CC: Voices from our Global Summit Scholarship Recipients
by Jennie Rose Halperin Events post![cc-summit](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cc_summit_logo_FINAL_AG_color-2-1024x632.png)
Creative Commons believes that providing pathways to participation is crucial to our goal of lighting up the commons and we’re proud to support so many participants from our Global Community.
Driving community change through campaigning: Open Democracy Project at the CC Summit
by Chris Cowperthwaite Events post![open-democracy-cc](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-20-at-12.35.40-PM.png)
What if we could use technology to connect municipal campaigners and enable them to share knowledge and tools in an open resource kit across traditional geographic and partisan divides?