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Meeting debrief and next steps: The Challenge of Attribution, or “View Source,” in 3D Printing
by Jane Park Copyright, Events postIn April, we posed a question to our community, “How should we attribute 3D printed objects?” and announced our intent to explore the challenge as it aligned with our new strategy, focusing on discovery and collaboration.
Big win for CC in Italy
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture postLast year, Festival delle Resistenze 2016 in Trentino-Alto Adige misused a photo of the journalist Niccolò Rampini that had been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under a CC-by-SA-4.0 license by a professional photographer named Federico Caranti.
“It’s music for the people”: Monk Turner on defying genre and the open community
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture postMonk Turner is a concept musician who has benefitted greatly from his collaborative, collective approach to music making and performance.
النسخة النهائية من الترجمة العربية لرخص المشاع الابداعي متاحة للمشاورة العامة الآن CC4.0
by Naeema Zarif Licenses & Tools postاستطاعت منظمة المشاع الابداعي من خلال العمل مع المؤسسات غير الحكومية، الجامعات، الهيئات العامة، و المؤسسات التابعة وأصدقاء المشاع الابداعي في العالم العربي ترك اثر كبير على المجال العام كماً و نوعاً في مختلف القطاعات من التعليم والبحث حتى مجالات الإرث الثقافي, البيانات, التصميم, و المعدات التقنية كانت السنتين الماضيتين مفعمة بالنشاط و الحيوية خصوصا…
CC 4.0 Arabic Translation Draft Open for Public Consultation
by Naeema Zarif Licenses & Tools postWorking alongside non-governmental institutions, universities, and public agencies, Creative Commons affiliates and community in the Arab World have been impacting the growth and quality of the commons across all sectors…
ICYMI: a June #OER roundup
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Education postJune was a big month for OER in the United States, so here’s a quick roundup of some highlights, including a new open copyright policy from Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the launch packet for districts incorporating open educational resources into their curriculum, and new funding for OER degrees in California! US Department of Education: #GoOpen Launch…
Supporting Open Collaboration to Achieve Cancer Cures
by Ryan Merkley Copyright, Events, Open Data, Open Science postPhoto: Cancer Immunotherapy by National Institutes of Health, CC BY 2.0 Under the direction of Vice President Joe Biden, the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative seeks to make ten years of progress on cancer research in half that time, with a goal to end cancer in our lifetime. Today, Creative Commons will participate in Biden’s Cancer…
Spotlight on Gage Skidmore, political photographer
by Eric Steuer, Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture postGage Skidmore is a photographer and freelance graphic designer living in Phoenix, Arizona whose high-quality photos of politicians and pop culture have been featured in diverse publications…
Tell the European Commission to #fixcopyright
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright postThis post was remixed from the blog of the Communia Association, whose content is dedicated to the public domain. Through the Communia Association, Creative Commons and several CC Europe affiliates have responded to the copyright reform consultations of the European Commission. Currently, the Commission is asking for feedback on the “role of publishers in the…
CC Australia Supports Commission Recommendations for User-friendly Copyright Reform
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright postThis post was contributed by Stuart Efstathis for Creative Commons Australia. Image by Sierra_Graphic, CC0 The Australian Productivity Commission has recommended important changes to Australian copyright law that support content creators and users in the digital age. On 29 April 2016, the Commission released a Draft Report on reforms to Australia’s intellectual property laws based…