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CC Community Spotlight Series: Meet Tyler Green
by Marlena Reimer About CC postThis #GivingTuesday — Tuesday, November 30th, Creative Commons invites you to join our 20th Anniversary celebration. In the weeks leading up to #GivingTuesday, we’ll be spotlighting leaders in the Open Movement and encouraging you to support our Better Sharing, Brighter Future campaign. We’ve set a goal to raise $100,000 before the end of this year. The great news is that every…
Open Minds Podcast: Tyler Green of The Modern Art Notes Podcast
by Ony Anukem About CC postHi Creative Commoners! We’re back with a new episode of CC’s podcast, Open Minds … from Creative Commons. In this episode, CC’s Ony Anukem sits down for a conversation with award-winning author, historian and art critic, Tyler Green. Tyler is also the producer/host of The Modern Art Notes podcast, described by The Washington Post as…
Digital Democracy from the ‘Global Britain for an open world?’ publication
by Catherine Stihler Copyright postLast month, the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) and Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) released a publication entitled Global Britain for an open world? Open societies around the world and the international system that supports them are under growing threat. This publication examines the importance of open societies to the UK’s ‘force for good’ ambitions. Edited…
Power to the people
by Catherine Stihler Events, Open Science postOn Thursday 28 October 2021, Creative Commons CEO Catherine Stihler delivered a keynote at the University of St Andrews’ Power to the people: St Andrews’ journey to net-zero and the future of energy event ahead of the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, officially known as the 26th Conference of Parties, or COP26. In her…
As Open Access Week 2021 Draws to a Close, the UK Prepares to Host COP26
by Catherine Stihler Open Access postAs International Open Access Week (25 – 31 October) draws to a close, the UK prepares to welcome the world to the COP26 summit (31 October – 12 November). Creative Commons CEO, Catherine Stihler, says the UK has the opportunity to unlock digital democracy if the government invests in and commits to open software, openly licensed content,…
Open Minds Podcast: Heather Joseph of SPARC
by Ony Anukem About CC postHi folks! We are back with a new episode of CC’s podcast, Open Minds … from Creative Commons! Happy International Open Access Week! Open Acces Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research, taking place from October 25-31 this year. In celebration of this, our guest on this episode is…
You can now rewatch the 2021 CC Global Summit Panel Presentations!
by Ony Anukem Events postLast week, we released the five keynotes from CC Summit 2021. This week, we’re back with seven panel presentations from the event. Our Summit panels this year featured thought leaders, pioneers and community members who shared their insights on emerging trends and innovations in Open. Whether you missed them live or want to replay them…
A time of new beginnings and heartfelt farewells
by Catherine Stihler About CC postI wanted to welcome and introduce some new team members to our broader community, as well as publicly thank those for their service who have recently moved on to new and exciting opportunities. We are delighted to announce our new Director of Communications, Dee Harris, has joined the CC team today. Dee has a wealth…
Join us at ‘The Future of Open’ Webinar on 9 November!
by Brigitte Vézina, Ony Anukem Copyright, Events postCC Policy Working Groups In May this year, we announced that four working groups of the Creative Commons Copyright Platform would examine policy issues affecting the open ecosystem. For the past five months, they have worked vigorously to provide clearer articulation of the issues and consider possible solutions in four areas: Working Group 1 —…
The 2021 CC Global Summit Keynotes Are Here!
by Ony Anukem Events postWe have exciting news…we published the keynotes from the 2021 CC Global Summit! Alongside the 170+ sessions that took place at this year’s virtual event, we hosted five keynotes from global leaders in the open movement, who shared their work in open data, science and health, software and law. We’re excited to share these recordings…