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Open Access in Practice: A Conversation with President Larry Kramer of The Hewlett Foundation
by Victoria Heath Open AccessSince the founding of Creative Commons (CC) in 2001, we’ve been supported by like-minded organizations and individuals who value open access, the open community, and the global commons as much as we do. As we near our 20th anniversary, we are reflecting on the past and planning for the future. What better way to do…
Open-Source Medical Hardware: What You Should Know and What You Can Do
by Victoria Heath Open Access, TechnologyYou’ve heard the stories: engineers 3D printing face shields in their basements; do-it-yourself hobbyists sewing face masks; and fashion designers crafting personal protection gowns. Globally, people are trying to help fill the medical supply gap caused by the COVID-19 pandemic through open-source medical hardware. It’s a heartwarming display of global ingenuity, innovation, and collaboration. In this…
Education in Times of Crisis and Beyond: Maximizing Copyright Flexibilities
by Brigitte Vézina, Cable Green Open EducationThe global health crisis is crystalizing the need for policies that support universal access to learning resources. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on over a billion learners’ lives—half of the world’s student population have seen their schools or universities close to slow the spread of the virus. As a result, many educational institutions are…
Dr. Lucie Guibault on What Scientists Should Know About Open Access
by Brigitte Vézina, Victoria Heath Open Access, Open ScienceIn response to the global health emergency caused by COVID-19, we’ve seen an array of organizations, publications, and governments make COVID-19 related research open access. For example, the U.S. National Library of Medicine recently released the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19)—a machine-readable coronavirus literature collection with over 29,000 articles available for text and data mining…
We’re a Fully Remote Nonprofit; Here’s Some Advice on Working From Home
by Mari Moreshead, Victoria Heath About CCOver the last few days, a growing number of organizations have shut down their offices and told employees to work from home in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Here at Creative Commons (CC), we’ve also taken necessary precautions such as postponing all work-related travel and canceling the in-person component of the annual CC…
The Hewlett and Packard Foundations Share Women’s Stories Through Openly Licensed Images
by Victoria Heath UncategorizedStorytelling is a powerful tool because it can change perceptions and inspire action—and images are an essential component. As Depression-era American photojournalist and documentarian Dorothea Lange said, “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” Unfortunately, finding high-quality and diverse openly licensed images, particularly those of women, is a…
CC Global Summit: Call for Proposals and Scholarship Applications
by Alison Pearce About CC, EventsWe’re excited to announce that the Call for Proposals and Scholarship Applications for the 2020 CC Global Summit is now open! The 2020 CC Global Summit, held May 14-16 in Lisbon, Portugal, gathers those in the open community under the umbrella of learning, sharing, and creating; united by a passion for growing a vibrant, usable commons…
Meet the Artists Commissioned for the Public Domain Day Celebration
by Victoria Heath Events, Open CultureCreative Commons is pleased to be a part of the second annual Public Domain Day (PDD) celebration held in Washington D.C. on January 30, in collaboration with the Internet Archive, the Institute for Intellectual Property & Social Justice, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, and SPARC. In order to celebrate the public domain…
Paris Musées Releases 100,000+ Works Into the Public Domain
by Victoria Heath Open CultureThe Paris Musées’ recently released more than 100,000 works under Creative Commons Zero (CCØ), putting the works into the public domain. They also released their collections’ Application Programming Interface (API), allowing users to “recover, in high definition, several royalty-free images and their records from cross-searches on the works.” Users can scroll through the collection via…
How UC Berkeley Students Helped Improve CC Search
by Anna Tumadóttir About CCSince its launch, CC Search has become more than just a search tool for CC-licensed content; it has come to exemplify the virtuous cycle of knowledge creation—where we create, collaborate, and learn from one another. Our recent collaboration with a group of students from UC Berkeley was a true exercise in this cycle of creation…