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Vancouver Foundation announces first CC BY policy for a Canadian foundation
by Timothy Vollmer Uncategorized postVancouver Foundation has announced that it will adopt an open licensing policy by January 2017. The foundation will require that all projects and research funded through community advised grant programs be licensed and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY). In addition, the foundation has pledged to license their own intellectual…
Medium embraces CC licenses
by Jane Park About CC postToday Creative Commons is excited to announce that blogging and storytelling platform Medium now offers the entire suite of Creative Commons licenses and public domain tools. You can read more about this great news over at Medium, naturally, in stories by both Creative Commons and Medium. In just a few years Medium has grown a…
Don’t mess with the right to link: Savethelink.org
by Timothy Vollmer Uncategorized post(Hyper)links are the fundamental building blocks of the web, but the practice of linking has come under attack over the last few years. If copyright holders are able to censor or control links to legitimate content, it could disrupt the free flow of information online and hurt access to crucial news and resources on the…
Hague Declaration calls for IP reform to support access to knowledge in the digital age
by Timothy Vollmer Uncategorized postToday Creative Commons joins over 50 organizations in releasing the Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age. The declaration is a collaboratively-created set of principles that outlines core legal and technical freedoms that are necessary for researchers to be able to take advantage of new technologies and practices in the pursuit of scholarly…
Japanese translation of CC0 published
by sarah Uncategorized postCongratulations to CC Japan for their tireless work on the official translation of CC0 into Japanese! This marks the first official translation of CC0 for the Asia-Pacific region, and the fourth official translation of CC0 overall. CC0 is a tool that enables creators to dedicate work to the public domain. Its three-layer design includes a…
Open business models, open data, and the public interest
by sarah Uncategorized postLess than one month ago, Creative Commons began a project designed to explore and develop business models built on CC licensing. Starting from the methods in the best-selling Business Model Generation handbook, Creative Commons is developing new tools specifically tailored for ventures that utilize CC-licensed or public domain content as a central component of their…
591 Celebrate CC shirts sold in two weeks!
by Ryan Merkley Uncategorized postTwo weeks ago we kicked off a limited edition sale of a special t-shirt designed by our friends at Noun Project, and supported by the great folks at Teespring.com. Yesterday the campaign wrapped up, and we’re pleased to say we blew past our goal and sold 591 t-shirts. With all proceeds going right back to…
Welcome: Rob Myers!
by Matt Lee Uncategorized postPlease welcome the latest member of the Creative Commons Team, our new software developer Rob Myers. Rob will be familiar to many of you as an active member of the CC Community. In 2004, Rob’s art was the first exhibition of CC-licensed art. Rob has spent the last 8 years working in the free software…
CC Global Summit 2015: Seoul, October 15-17
by Ryan Merkley Uncategorized postAfter an exhaustive process, we’re proud to announce that the 2015 CC Global Summit will be in Seoul, South Korea. The CC Korea team put forward an exciting bid, and have proven their experience and skill at planning conferences. I have every confidence that they’ll be a great partner in producing the conference. In addition,…
A Masterwork in Simplicity: The Story of the CC Logo
Uncategorized postThis story was researched and written in collaboration with Creative Commons staff. You can also read the story on Medium. On February 14, 2015 New York’s Museum of Modern Art welcomed the public to a new exhibit, “This is For Everyone: Design Experiments for the Common Good.” Inspired by a short tweet made by Tim…