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CC’s copyright platform 2022 working groups share their highlights
by Brigitte Vézina CopyrightIn 2022, two working groups (WGs) of the Creative Commons Copyright Platform collaborated on policy papers tackling issues related to copyright and access to knowledge. In this blog post, we highlight their insightful contributions to the CC copyright reform community. Working Group on Digital Sharing Spaces Led by Emine Yildirim, the WG on Digital Sharing…
The flip side of copyright
by Timothy Vollmer Licenses & ToolsFair Use Week 2016 is here, and we’re happy to celebrate it alongside many other organizations and individuals who believe in the importance of flexible exceptions to copyright law. There are now over 1 billion CC-licensed works available, and these will always be free for anyone to use and share. CC licenses work because of…