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Open curriculum alternatives to MPAA's new anti-piracy campaign for kids
by Jane Park Uncategorized postAdventures in copyright / opensourceway / CC BY-SA It has come to our attention that the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, and top internet service providers are drafting curriculum to teach kids in California elementary schools that copying is wrong, or as Wired.com puts it, “Downloading is Mean!” This…
European Commission launches "Opening Up Education" initiative
by Timothy Vollmer Uncategorized postEuropean Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes and Commission Member Androulla Vassiliou today announced Opening Up Education, an initiative that looks to increase the use of digital technologies for learning and spur the development of Open Educational Resources and policies across the European Union. The Opening Up Education communication (PDF) indicates a strong support for Open…
Public Access to Publicly Funded Materials: What Could Be
by billy-meinke Open Access, Open Education, Open Science post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/closed_research-1.png)
This blog post was written by Teresa Sempere García, CC’s Community Support Intern June-August, 2013. The cycle graphics below were designed by Timothy Vollmer and Teresa Sempere García. The current system for public access to research articles and educational materials is broken: ownership is often unclear, and the reuse of knowledge is limited by policies…
Join School of Open, OKFN, and FLOSS for an evening in London
by Jane Park Uncategorized postJoin us for a fun evening event on 24 October in London! The School of Open community along with members of the Open Knowledge Foundation and FLOSS Manuals Foundation is holding a meetup at the Large Common Room in the William Goodenough House (yes, that’s a real name!). Details at the Eventbrite and below. Sport…
Cathy in Index on Censorship Dialogue with Philip Pullman
by elliot Uncategorized postPhilip Pullman / Adrian Hon / CC BY-SA Catherine Casserly / Joi Ito / CC BY The Index on Censorship just published a dialogue on the future of copyright between Creative Commons CEO Cathy Casserly and British writer and Society of Authors president Philip Pullman. Pullman writes that internet piracy has made it harder for…
New CC Kenya Hosts CC Salon in Sub-Sahara Africa
by jessica Uncategorized postMt. Kenya / Chris 73 / CC BY-SA Guest post by Elizabeth Kiragu Wanjugu and Tobias Schonwetter As we were busy getting ready for our community Global Summit a few weeks ago, we nearly missed the announcement of another very important addition to that community – our new CC Kenya affiliate. Our new Kenyan team…
Understanding Free Cultural Works
pageCreative Commons provides a range of licenses, each of which grants different rights to use the materials licensed under them. All of these licenses offer more permissions than “all rights reserved.” To help show more clearly what the different CC licenses let people do, CC marks the most permissive of its licenses as “Approved for…
Welcoming David Wiley, CC’s new Education Fellow
by Cable Green Open Education postIn the McKay School of Education / Mark A. Philbrick / CC BY David Wiley, longtime open education leader, has joined Creative Commons as a CC Education Fellow. Welcome David! David is also currently a Shuttleworth Fellow, on leave from Brigham Young University, and leading Lumen Learning, an organization dedicated to supporting and improving the…
Global Summit Wrap Up
by jessica Uncategorized postGS2013 Final Day in Hall (Ibtihel Zaatouri /
CC Global Summit is underway!
by elliot Uncategorized postThe Creative Commons Global Summit is almost here! If you’re not joining us in Buenos Aires, there are several ways you can follow the summit this week: Visit the Summit portal Follow the #ccsum hashtag on Twitter and the Summit group on Flickr. Read updates in English here on the CC blog and in Spanish…