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title: Unleashing a Community in Action: this year’s CC Global Summit Keynotes
uri: Unleashing-a-Community-in-Action-this-year-s-CC-Global-Summit-Keyno
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/04/keynotes/
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<p><img data-attachment-id="55833" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/04/keynotes/keynotes-6/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/keynotes-6.png" data-orig-size="1024,512" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="keynotes (6)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/keynotes-6.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/keynotes-6.png" class="size-full wp-image-55833 aligncenter" src="media/09b161ea.keynotes-6.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/keynotes-6.png" alt="keynotes" width="1024" height="512" /></p>
<p>This year, we’re taking an alternative, community-centered approach to keynotes for the <a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons Global Summit.</a> In addition to two keynotes from four esteemed colleagues in open knowledge and the public domain, we’re bringing six community leaders to the stage for short talks on their work and experience. They were identified and selected by the Summit program committee.</p>
<p>The Community Keynotes join us from four continents and a variety of disciplines. From technology to journalism, these Creative Commons Global Network members are accomplished leaders in their fields participating in crucial work for a more open world. These keynotes will be: Majd al Shihabi of Lebanon, Sophie Bloemen of Amsterdam and Brussels, Kelsey Merkley of Canada, Natalia Mileszyk of Poland, Dr. Haggen So of Hong Kong, and Ọmọ Yoòbá of Nigeria. Their bios can be found below.</p>
<figure id="attachment_55826" style="width: 353px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="55826" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/04/keynotes/majd-al-shihabi-cc-by-alaa-elkamhawi/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Majd-Al-Shihabi-CC-BY-Alaa-Elkamhawi.jpg" data-orig-size="2500,1666" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;ALAA ELKAMHAWI&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553518215&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Majd Al-Shihabi &#8211; CC-BY Alaa Elkamhawi" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Majd-Al-Shihabi-CC-BY-Alaa-Elkamhawi.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Majd-Al-Shihabi-CC-BY-Alaa-Elkamhawi.jpg" class="wp-image-55826" src="media/4e124654.Majd-Al-Shihabi-CC-BY-Alaa-Elkamhawi.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Majd-Al-Shihabi-CC-BY-Alaa-Elkamhawi.jpg" alt="majd" width="353" height="235" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC-BY</a> Alaa Elkamhawi</figcaption></figure>
<p>Majd Al-Shihabi is a systems design engineer based in Beirut, applying systems thinking to as many fields as he can reach. He works with a wide range of academic and cultural institutions and archives in the region to build openness into their information systems. He is interested in knowledge production outside of traditional institutions and knowledge dissemination to wider audiences. Majd is interested in studying how urban environments evolve and are shaped, which he is studying at the American University of Beirut. He is the inaugural recipient of the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship, where he worked on two projects: PalestineOpenMaps.org, running mapathons to vectorize the content of historic maps of pre-Nakba Palestine; and MASRAD:platform, an open source tool for archiving oral history collections.</p>
<figure id="attachment_55825" style="width: 273px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="55825" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/04/keynotes/sophie_pic/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Sophie_pic.png" data-orig-size="453,436" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Sophie_pic" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Sophie_pic.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Sophie_pic.png" class="wp-image-55825" src="media/726d30bc.Sophie_pic.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Sophie_pic.png" alt="sophie" width="273" height="263" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><a>CC BY-SA 4.0</a></figcaption></figure>
<p>Sophie Bloemen is Director and co- founder of Commons Network, a think tank and civil society initiative based in Amsterdam &amp; Brussels. She writes and speaks on social-ecological transitions, the commons and new narratives for Europe. She is engaged in a number of projects and political processes that explore new, creative institutions, collaborative models and bringing the commons perspective to policy. She has worked as an advocate and public interest consultant on policy issues like health, trade, innovation and R&amp;D. @sbloemen</p>
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<figure id="attachment_55823" style="width: 249px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="55823" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/04/keynotes/40501131593_580c7832a0_o/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/40501131593_580c7832a0_o.jpg" data-orig-size="3355,3355" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 6D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1538349387&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="40501131593_580c7832a0_o" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/40501131593_580c7832a0_o.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/40501131593_580c7832a0_o.jpg" class=" wp-image-55823" src="media/d797f034.40501131593_580c7832a0_o.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/40501131593_580c7832a0_o.jpg" alt="" width="249" height="249" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Myuri Thiruna @emtee.pix <a href="https://creativecommons.org/by/nd/2.0">CC BY-ND 2.0</a></figcaption></figure>
<p>Kelsey Merkley is the founder of UnCommon Women, a project designed to advocate for leadership roles for women and celebrate those in leadership through the UnCommon Women Colouring Book. She is an advocate with almost a decade of experience working with local, national, and global organizations. Previously she was Creative Commons Public Lead in South Africa and later in Canada where launched numerous community-building projects. Kelsey now lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.</p>
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<p><img data-attachment-id="55828" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/04/keynotes/nmileszyk/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/NMileszyk.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1500" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Krzysztof Pacholak&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1530188394&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Krzysztof Pacholak&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="NMileszyk" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/NMileszyk.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/NMileszyk.jpg" class="alignleft wp-image-55828" src="media/73f299b0.NMileszyk.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/NMileszyk.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="224" />Natalia Mileszyk is a lawyer and public policy expert dealing with digital rights, copyright reform and openness. She works for Centrum Cyfrowe, a leading Polish think-and-do-tank, where she analyses and comments on the social aspects of technology and a need for human-centered digital policy. She is also active in Communia Association for Public Domain and Creative Commons Poland. For the last three years, she has been actively involved in copyright reform advocacy at the European level. A graduate of the University of Warsaw and the Central European University in Budapest (LL.M.). You can find her on Twitter at @nmileszyk.</p>
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<p><img data-attachment-id="55824" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/04/keynotes/me_cc/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Me_CC.jpg" data-orig-size="319,317" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Me_CC" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Me_CC.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Me_CC.jpg" class="alignleft wp-image-55824" src="media/d02dce41.Me_CC.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Me_CC.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="239" />Dr. Haggen So is the president of the Hong Kong Creative Open Technology Association and the public lead of Creative Commons Hong Kong. He is a visiting lecturer of the Hong Kong Community College and previously taught in Hong Kong Baptist University as lecturer in the department of Computer Science. Dr. So also has experiences in commercial software development and developed software products for renowned companies such as Kodak.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_55827" style="width: 258px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="55827" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/04/keynotes/omoyooba/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/omoyooba.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1328" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="omoyooba" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/omoyooba.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/omoyooba.jpg" class=" wp-image-55827" src="media/bc5ac025.omoyooba.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/omoyooba.jpg" alt="" width="258" height="228" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://creativecommons.org/by/nc/4.0">CC BY-NC</a></figcaption></figure>
<p>Ọmọ Yoòbá is a journalist with eleven years professional experience in the Nigerian broadcast media. He has dedicated eight years of his lifetime to the propagation of the Yorùbá ecological knowledge and cultural on the digital space. As an advocate of multilingualism and internet universality, Yoòbá had worked with stakeholders in the effort to bridge the digital divide, giving minority languages a voice on the Internet of Things, and marginalised society access to digital resources. In addition to teaching the Yorùbá language on <a href="http://tribalingua.com/">tribalingua.com</a>, Yoòbá is a volunteer translator and has worked with Localization Lab to localize digital security and Internet circumvention tools (EFF). He is the Lingua Manager of Global Voices in Yorùbá. In 2018, he collated more than a hundred oral literature of the Yorùbá which is in the archive of the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research in Phillips, Maine, United States.</p>
<p>In addition to these community keynotes, CC has invited two keynotes from four international leaders in free culture and open knowledge. Our first invited keynote is Adele Vrana and Siko Bouterse, co-directors of Whose Knowledge?, a global campaign working to create, collect and curate knowledge from and with marginalized communities, so that the internet we build and defend is ultimately an internet for all.</p>
<p>Our second invited keynote is James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins of the Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain, whose keynote will discuss music copyright, the Public Domain, and their work as advocates and lawyers to improve access to knowledge. Jenkins and Boyle recently spoke at our “Re-opening of the Public Domain” event in San Francisco. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKVR9Clsgfo">Watch the video</a> to get a preview of their talk and <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/08/16/theft/">read an interview with them on the CC blog.</a></p>
<p>The CC Global Summit will take place from May 9-11 in Lisbon. The program and registration is available at this <a href="http://summit.creativecommons.org">link</a>.</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/04/keynotes/">Unleashing a Community in Action: this year’s CC Global Summit Keynotes</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=55841
title: Congratulations to the new 62 CC Certificate Graduates and 7 Facilitators!
uri: Congratulations-to-the-new-62-CC-Certificate-Graduates-and-7-Facilitat
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/15/cc-certificate/
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<p><span></span>From January to April 2019, Creative Commons hosted three CC Certificate courses and a Facilitators course to train the next cohort of Certificate instructors. Participants from Australia, Qatar, South Africa, Egypt, Indonesia, Canada, Argentina, United Kingdom, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Denmark, New Zealand, Sweden, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and United States engaged in rigorous readings, assignments, discussions and quizzes. <span style="font-weight: 400;">See examples of the participants’ assignments they’ve </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-vGvCxQ5hnKKKVzs-jjATrBcIXg_RLqc0n7wo3mUVms/edit#heading=h.ulct64pjztgc"><span style="font-weight: 400;">publicly shared</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> under CC licenses. With these courses now complete, we are thrilled to announce </span><a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/about/certificate-graduates/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span></span>62 new CC Certificate graduates and 7 new CC Certificate facilitators</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p>
<h3><strong>Interested in taking the <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/">CC Certificate? </a> We are now accepting new <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/about/packages/">registrations</a> for our June and September courses.</strong></h3>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">There is nothing more gratifying than following your passion. Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>@creativecommons</a> for offering a course for educators. I encourage other educators to learn more about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/openlicensing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>#openlicensing</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cccert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>#cccert</a> <a href="https://t.co/uMhtA9TCwV"><span></span>pic.twitter.com/uMhtA9TCwV</a></p>
<p><span></span>— Cathy Germano (@cjgermano) <a href="https://twitter.com/cjgermano/status/1112502620223090689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The CC Certificate provides an in-depth study of Creative Commons licenses and open practices, uniquely developing participants’ open licensing proficiency and understanding of the broader context for open advocacy. The training content targets copyright law, CC legal tools, as well as the values and good practices of working in the global, shared commons.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">u know, I&#8217;m more delighted w getting the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cccert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>#cccert</a><span></span> not for the knowledge or community (cool tho they were/are) but for the experience of taking a course that was different and where facilitators exhibited a real and meaningful flexibility with assignments + listened to feedback <a href="https://t.co/wFxHjy7GdW"><span></span>pic.twitter.com/wFxHjy7GdW</a></p>
<p><span></span>— ℳąhą Bąℓi, PhD مها بالي <img src="media/a2f6e6bf.1f3f5.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/11/72x72/1f3f5.png" alt="🏵" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> (@Bali_Maha) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bali_Maha/status/1113161556408369153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The CC Certificate is currently offered as a 10-week online course to educators and academic librarians. In late 2019 / 2020, Creative Commons will expand Certificate offerings to include 1-week boot camps, additional facilitator trainings, scholarships, and translations of the Certificate into multiple languages.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Just received my <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cccert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>#cccert</a>! Thank you for a great online course <a href="https://twitter.com/cgreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>@cgreen</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>@creativecommons</a>! Learned a lot! Ready now to spread the love <a href="https://twitter.com/KAU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>@KAU</a>, the rest of Sweden and wherever needed and wanted! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ONL191?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>#ONL191</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OER</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpenEducation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>#OpenEducation</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/openaccess?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>#openaccess</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LastNightInSweden?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span></span>#LastNightInSweden</a> <a href="https://t.co/LxgUNYhRR3"><span></span>pic.twitter.com/LxgUNYhRR3</a></p>
<p><span></span>— Jörg Pareigis (@joergelp) <a href="https://twitter.com/joergelp/status/1112602559850729472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Congratulations to our 62 new Certificate and 7 facilitator graduates; we are filled with gratitude for their amazing work. Now&#8230; let&#8217;s go change the world!</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=55887
title: CC Search is out of beta with 300M images and easier attribution
uri: CC-Search-is-out-of-beta-with-300M-images-and-easier-attribution
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/30/cc-search-images/
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today </span><a href="https://search.creativecommons.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> comes out of beta, with over 300 million images indexed from multiple collections, a major redesign, and faster, more relevant search. It’s the result of a huge amount of work from the engineering team at Creative Commons and our community of volunteer developers. </span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55892" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/30/cc-search-images/compressed-kittens-again/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/compressed-kittens-again.gif" data-orig-size="600,302" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="compressed-kittens-again" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/compressed-kittens-again.gif" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/compressed-kittens-again.gif" class=" wp-image-55892 aligncenter" src="media/25b8d920.compressed-kittens-again.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/compressed-kittens-again.gif" alt="kittens-compressed" width="660" height="332" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search searches images across </span><a href="https://search.creativecommons.org/about"><span style="font-weight: 400;">19 collections</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> pulled from open APIs and the </span><a href="http://commoncrawl.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Common Crawl</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> dataset, including cultural works from museums (the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art), graphic designs and art works (Behance, DeviantArt), photos from Flickr, and an initial set of CC0 3D designs from Thingiverse. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aesthetically, you’ll see some key changes — a cleaner home page, better navigation and filters, design alignment with creativecommons.org, streamlined attribution options, and clear channels for providing feedback on both the overall function of the site and on specific image reuses. It’s also now linked directly from the Creative Commons homepage as the default method to search for CC-licensed works, and replaces the old search portal (though that tool is still online </span><a href="https://oldsearch.creativecommons.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Under the hood, we improved search loading times and search phrase relevance, implemented analytics to better understand when and how the tools are used, and fixed many critical bugs our community helped us to identify.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What’s next</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We will continue to grow the number of images in our catalog, prioritizing key image collections such as Europeana and Wikimedia Commons. We also plan to index additional types of CC-licensed works, such as open textbooks and audio, later this year. While our ultimate goal remains the same (to provide access to all 1.4 billion works in the commons), we are initially focused on </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/03/19/cc-search/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">images that creators desire to reuse in meaningful ways</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, learning about how these images are reused in the wild, and incorporating that learning back into CC Search. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feature-wise, we have specific deliverables for this quarter listed in our </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19yH2V5K4nzWgEXaZhkzD1egzrRayyDdxlzxZOTCm_pc/edit#heading=h.i68p7ztjvnir"><span style="font-weight: 400;">roadmap</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which includes advanced filters on the home page, the ability to browse collections without entering search terms, and improved accessibility and UX on mobile. In addition, we expect some work related to CC Search will be done by our Google Summer of Code students starting in May.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re also presenting the “</span><a href="https://sched.co/MhKv"><span style="font-weight: 400;">State of CC Search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” at the </span><a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Global Summit</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> next month in Lisbon, Portugal, where we’ll host a global community discussion around desired features and collections for CC Search.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55893" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/30/cc-search-images/compressed-kitten/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/compressed-kitten.gif" data-orig-size="600,302" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="compressed-kitten" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/compressed-kitten.gif" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/compressed-kitten.gif" class=" wp-image-55893 aligncenter" src="media/be248860.compressed-kitten.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/compressed-kitten.gif" alt="" width="632" height="318" /></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get involved</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your feedback is valuable, and we invite you to </span><a href="https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/feedback"><span style="font-weight: 400;">let us know</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> what you would like to see improved. You can also join the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.slack.com/messages/CCS9CF2JE/details/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#cc-usability</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> channel on </span><a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Slack#How_to_join_Slack"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Slack</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to keep up with new releases.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All of our code, including the code behind CC Search, is open source (</span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cccatalog-frontend/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cccatalog-api"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Catalog API</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cccatalog"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Catalog</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) and we </span><a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/contributing-code/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">welcome community contribution</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. If you know how to code, we invite you to </span><a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">join the growing CC developer community</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search is also made possible by a number of institutional and individual supporters and donors. Specifically, we would like to thank </span><a href="https://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/about-peter-baldwin-lisbet-rausing/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arcadia</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, </span><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mozilla</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the Brin Wojcicki Foundation for their support. </span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/30/cc-search-images/">CC Search is out of beta with 300M images and easier attribution</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=55919
title: Meet CC: The 2019 Creative Commons Global Summit Scholarships
uri: Meet-CC-The-2019-Creative-Commons-Global-Summit-Scholarships
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/08/meet-cc-scholarships/
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<p><img data-attachment-id="55930" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/08/meet-cc-scholarships/untitled-design-11-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Untitled-design-11-1.png" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Untitled design (11)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Untitled-design-11-1.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Untitled-design-11-1.png" class="alignright size-full wp-image-55930" src="media/c787da02.Untitled-design-11-1.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Untitled-design-11-1.png" alt="" width="800" height="600" /></p>
<p>Every year, Creative Commons invites community members from around the world to join us at our Global Summit. It is crucial that we come together as a community, celebrate each other, light up the commons, and collaborate. In order to reach the largest number of community members possible, we invest a significant amount of resources into our scholarship program, which this year supports <strong>150 participants,</strong> or 38% of all Summit attendees. Summit scholarship recipients come from 59 countries and represent every world region. CC has invested more money and supported an increasing number of participants over the past few years, providing an average gift of over $600 to give $90,700 in total in 2019.</p>
<p>This year, we’re welcoming representatives from organizations including: Derechos Digitales, Global Voices, Kenya Copyright Board, Jordan Open Source Association, Aga Khan University, Jamlab, Visualizing Palestine, Communia, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, ANSOL &#8211; Portuguese Association for Free Software, Karisma Foundation, SPARC Africa, and Open Culture Foundation. These professionals are experts in their fields and leaders in their communities. While the majority of our scholarship recipients come from Europe (39%), we have a relatively even spread of world regions represented, with 66% joining us from the Global South.</p>
<p>Below, hear from eleven scholarship recipients about their experience and background, their sessions, and what they are most looking forward to at the CC Global Summit.</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55922" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/08/meet-cc-scholarships/captura-de-pantalla-2019-05-02-a-las-11-17-34-a-m/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2019-05-02-a-las-11.17.34-a.m..png" data-orig-size="576,660" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Captura de pantalla 2019-05-02 a las 11.17.34 a.m." data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2019-05-02-a-las-11.17.34-a.m..png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2019-05-02-a-las-11.17.34-a.m..png" class="alignleft wp-image-55922" src="media/e8f58a0a.Captura-de-pantalla-2019-05-02-a-las-11.17.34-a.m..png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2019-05-02-a-las-11.17.34-a.m..png" alt="juliana" width="269" height="309" /><strong>Juliana Soto, CC Colombia</strong><br />
I’m part of the CC community in Colombia since 2010 and I’m excited to participate in this year’s CC Global Summit. I’m involved with the free culture movement in my region because I believe in collaboration, openness, and diversity and because we need to keep saying that sharing is not a crime. I’m pleased to be a speaker in four sessions during the Summit and I definitely want to highlight one: &#8220;Common strategies in Latin America&#8221; an open conversation on Saturday, May 11 at 9 am.</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55926" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/08/meet-cc-scholarships/sp_cc-by-sa_4-0/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SP_CC-BY-SA_4.0.jpeg" data-orig-size="1960,2106" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-N960F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1545573279&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0010764262648009&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="SP_(CC-BY-SA_4.0)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SP_CC-BY-SA_4.0.jpeg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SP_CC-BY-SA_4.0.jpeg" class="alignright wp-image-55926" src="media/2776a750.SP_CC-BY-SA_4.0.jpeg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SP_CC-BY-SA_4.0.jpeg" alt="subhashish" width="312" height="336" /><strong>Subhashish Panigrahi, CC Bangladesh</strong><br />
I&#8217;m Subhashish, a documentary filmmaker and open culture activist by night and a community manager by day. Having been a part of the CC community since 2011, this is going to be my first summit and I cannot be more excited to meet in person many of mentors and old friends as well as make new friends. I am based in Bengaluru, India where I got involved with the Wikipedia/Wikimedia community and then with the CC and Openness community. I believe that knowledge only grows and spreads when shared in an open manner—CC revolutionizes the way knowledge is shared in society. On Saturday (May 11), I will be speaking about <a href="https://ccglobalsummit2019lisbonportugal.sched.com/event/MnKe/openspeaks-open-archives-of-the-voices-of-the-commons">OpenSpeaks</a>, a project that I founded to create open resources like OER, Open Toolkits, and Open Source software to help educate language archivists.</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55920" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/08/meet-cc-scholarships/1-creditos-sebastiaan-ter-burg-cc-by-license/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-Créditos-Sebastiaan-ter-Burg-CC-BY-license.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,1365" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="1 Créditos &#8211; Sebastiaan ter Burg &#8211; CC-BY license" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-Créditos-Sebastiaan-ter-Burg-CC-BY-license.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-Créditos-Sebastiaan-ter-Burg-CC-BY-license.jpg" class="alignleft wp-image-55920" src="media/bf31e531.1-Crditos-Sebastiaan-ter-Burg-CC-BY-license.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-Créditos-Sebastiaan-ter-Burg-CC-BY-license.jpg" alt="emilio" width="328" height="220" /><strong>Emilio Velis, CC Salvador</strong><br />
I&#8217;m Emilio and I am part of the El Salvador CC Chapter. I have been involved in my local chapter since 2013, and also been part of other communities related to technology and open hardware. I am eager to be part of this summit because I&#8217;m interested in how we can work together to document and share open projects in a way that people can get the best out of it. This time, I am presenting a session this Friday at 4pm on ontologies for open hardware and how different communities are working on it. I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing you all!</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55931" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/08/meet-cc-scholarships/airbrush_20181031235642/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AirBrush_20181031235642.jpg" data-orig-size="1280,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="AirBrush_20181031235642" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AirBrush_20181031235642.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AirBrush_20181031235642.jpg" class="alignleft wp-image-55931" src="media/339855ea.AirBrush_20181031235642.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AirBrush_20181031235642.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="335" /><strong>Siyanna Lilova, CC Bangladesh</strong><br />
My name is Siyanna and I&#8217;m the Global Network Representative of the newly found CC Bulgaria Chapter. For the last year I&#8217;ve been actively involved with the copyright reform and developing the open knowledge movement in Sofia. I&#8217;m excited to attend my first Global Summit and I am eager to meet so many like minded people from around the world working together to create a more collaborative and open future.</p>
<p><strong>Kin Ko, CC Hong Kong</strong><br />
I&#8217;m Kin Ko, a CC member from Hong Kong. Most of the time we are working with the Chinese community on open content and culture, and I’m excited to learn about the experiences from, and share our learnings with, other parts of the world.</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55921" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/08/meet-cc-scholarships/1_wovhqxhcw4bmxf8apvjjxa/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1_WOVhQxhcW4BmXF8aPVjJxA.jpeg" data-orig-size="2000,1333" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="1_WOVhQxhcW4BmXF8aPVjJxA" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1_WOVhQxhcW4BmXF8aPVjJxA.jpeg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1_WOVhQxhcW4BmXF8aPVjJxA.jpeg" class=" wp-image-55921 alignright" src="media/cce315ee.1_WOVhQxhcW4BmXF8aPVjJxA.jpeg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1_WOVhQxhcW4BmXF8aPVjJxA.jpeg" alt="" width="362" height="242" />I&#8217;ve been a user and adopter of CC because I believe in openness and diversity. In recent years I&#8217;ve taken a step forward to get involved in some volunteering works, such as joining the CC Global Summit program committee. I&#8217;m the founder of LikeCoin Foundation which is running Civic Liker, a movement to encourage people to nano tip open contents. Technically speaking, we are building LikeChain, a blockchain for open content registry. I&#8217;ll be hosting the session &#8220;Civic Liker &#8211; a movement to reward CC licensed contents with a monthly budget&#8221; on Saturday 11-11:45am. i&#8217;m easily reachable by @ckxpress &#8211; Telegram/Twitter/LINE/Messenger/WeChat and email <a href="mailto:kin@ckxpress.com">kin@ckxpress.com</a></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55935" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/08/meet-cc-scholarships/screen-shot-2019-05-08-at-2-54-55-pm/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-08-at-2.54.55-PM.png" data-orig-size="800,1072" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="alexandros" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-08-at-2.54.55-PM.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-08-at-2.54.55-PM.png" class="alignleft wp-image-55935" src="media/33ff56be.Screen-Shot-2019-05-08-at-2.54.55-PM.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-08-at-2.54.55-PM.png" alt="alexandros" width="252" height="337" /><strong>Alexandros Nousias, CC Greece</strong><br />
It was back in 2007 when with no resources at all I took the plane to Dubrovnik to attend the CC Global Summit. Unofficially I had been following CC since 2004 but never as part of the community. That moment changed my life as I came across with people, ideas, trends, methods and tools that would define me as a professional, a citizen and an individual. I&#8217;m Alexandros Nousias, CC Greece Legal Lead and on Friday at the Building the Commons Lightning Talks (4:30pm &#8211; 5:30pm), I will explain why after a 15 year discussion around the topic, we need to re-engineer the concept of open as it applies in a) digital creation b) you and me as data subjects and information agents, taking into account the technological advancements of now.</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55923" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/08/meet-cc-scholarships/img_2314/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_2314.jpg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1547914090&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_2314" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_2314.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_2314.jpg" class="alignright wp-image-55923" src="media/9159e749.IMG_2314.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_2314.jpg" alt="mehtab" width="283" height="378" /><strong>Mehtab Khan, Creative Commons</strong><br />
I&#8217;m Mehtab, a doctoral candidate at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and a former Research Fellow at Creative Commons. I&#8217;m from Pakistan and coming to the Global Summit from San Francisco, USA. I&#8217;m excited to attend because this is the first time I&#8217;ll be attending the Global Summit. I&#8217;m looking forward to participating in discussions about critical issues in the Open Movement and meeting community members from all over the world! I&#8217;m involved with CC because I believe that knowledge should be accessible and affordable for everyone. I&#8217;ll be a part of two sessions on May 9: &#8220;Do you use OpenGLAM? Help review shared #OpenGLAM principles&#8221; at 9:00 am, and &#8220;Traditional Knowledge and the Commons: What&#8217;s Next?&#8221; at 10:45 am.</p>
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I&#8217;m Kamel, coming from Algeria, I&#8217;m member of the Membership Committee of the Creative Commons Global Network Council. I&#8217;m excited to attend CC Global Summit 2019 &#8211; Lisbon, Portugal. I&#8217;ll be a part of a session on <a href="https://sched.co/MiXL">Open Access Scholarly Publication in Algeria</a>. Also, I&#8217;ll attend <a href="https://sched.co/MgMA">Opening Africa</a> , this collaborating session by CC Africa Chapters and individuals, which will highlight various achievements and developing inter-regional links for collaboration across Africa.</p>
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I&#8217;m Nour El Houda, coming from Algeria, I&#8217;m a member of CC Algeria Chapter. I&#8217;m excited to attend CC Global Summit 2019 &#8211; Lisbon, Portugal. I&#8217;ll be a part of a session on Ethics of Openness Lightning Talks on Thursday, May 9 from 11:00am &#8211; 11:25am.</p>
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Kia ora, I’m Paula from Christchurch, New Zealand. This year will be my 3rd CC Summit. I’m really excited because I’m in a new role within libraries in NZ (managing a district of public libraries) with a large team and have real opportunities and mandate to introduce and guide others in to our world of Open and CC. I’m looking forward to reconnecting with old friends, and making new connections and learning. I’ll be running a session on Day 1 at 1pm: Stories and SDG’s from the libraries of Aotearoa NZ. I’m the current president of our national library association LIANZA, and proud to share the way our libraries are a national force for equity, openess,community building and helping to bring to life the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) of the UN2030 agenda across New Zealand.</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55924" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/08/meet-cc-scholarships/img_20181025_194733_945/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_20181025_194733_945.jpg" data-orig-size="1554,1942" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_20181025_194733_945" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_20181025_194733_945.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_20181025_194733_945.jpg" class="alignleft wp-image-55924" src="media/0415a9ee.IMG_20181025_194733_945.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_20181025_194733_945.jpg" alt="veethika" width="212" height="265" /><strong>Veethia Mishra, CC India</strong><br />
I’m Veethika Mishra, and I attended CC Global Summit the previous year (in Toronto) to propagate the idea of Openness in Design. After interacting with the amazing set of people at the conference, and learning about their passion and approach to make the world a better place, I decided to contribute to the movement actively. I’m from Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, and I work as an Interaction Designer.</p>
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title: What does it mean to have a shared culture? A wrapup from this year’s CC Global Summit
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<p>Another year, another incredible Creative Commons Global Summit! This year, nearly 400 Creative Commoners gathered in Lisbon, Portugal to lift their voices in support of the Commons as advocates, activists, creators, and community members dedicated to a more open and sharing world.</p>
<h2>It’s all about Community</h2>
<p>The Global Summit was designed <em>by the community, for the community</em> to inspire action and events for this group of participants from around the world<em>.</em> Each one of the over 130 sessions was chosen by our volunteer program committee, proposed by CC chapters and organizations from around the world. From Portugal to Tanzania to New Zealand, our presenters came from hundreds of local contexts, sharing stories, data, projects, and ideas at the beautiful Museu do Oriente, our main venue.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ccsummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ccsummit</a> grand opening: great talks, food, wine, wonderful crowd and music (of course). <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lisbon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lisbon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@creativecommons</a> <a href="https://t.co/DuFho3Tism">pic.twitter.com/DuFho3Tism</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tribe of Noise (@tribeofnoise) <a href="https://twitter.com/tribeofnoise/status/1126590443565801475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">That’s <a href="https://twitter.com/BerkeleyLaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BerkeleyLaw</a> JSD student Mehtab Khan leading a standing-room only session at the Creative Commons Global Summit here in Lisbon. Go Bears! <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@creativecommons</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ccglobalsummit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ccglobalsummit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ccsummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ccsummit</a> <a href="https://t.co/S3lvovzhGh">https://t.co/S3lvovzhGh</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Molly Van Houweling (@mollysvh) <a href="https://twitter.com/mollysvh/status/1126460541378207745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>At night, we welcomed participants to Capitolio, where we heard from five community keynotes and two invited keynotes. Diversity, equity, and inclusion were themes throughout – Natalia Mileczyk invoked a quote from Shirley Chisholm, “When they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”</p>
<p>Fortunately, there were chairs at many tables at the CC Summit.</p>
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<h2>“Now is the time for Genuine Change:” Global Summit Keynotes</h2>
<p>Our five community keynotes came from three continents and a variety of disciplines. From Majd al-Shihabi’s work on decolonizing archives in Palestine to Sophie Bloeman’s Commons Network project, the five keynotes demonstrated their expertise and passion for the values of the Commons.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CCsummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CCsummit</a> Is what we archive as diverse as reality? <a href="https://twitter.com/majdal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@majdal</a> <a href="https://t.co/APtYCwMi49">pic.twitter.com/APtYCwMi49</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Christian Friedrich (@friedelitis) <a href="https://twitter.com/friedelitis/status/1126562431994560520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kelsey Merkley <a href="https://twitter.com/bella_velo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bella_velo</a> on the need to reclaim the feminist history of the open source movement <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@creativecommons</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ccglobalsummit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ccglobalsummit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ccsummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ccsummit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ccsummit2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ccsummit2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/0A9vU8aM4H">https://t.co/0A9vU8aM4H</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpeningNight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OpeningNight</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZmhCdVLHmG">pic.twitter.com/ZmhCdVLHmG</a></p>
<p>&mdash; QUT IP &amp; Innovation (@QUT_IP) <a href="https://twitter.com/QUT_IP/status/1126765898398724099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now <a href="https://twitter.com/nmileszyk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nmileszyk</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CCSummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CCSummit</a> talking about getting involved, even if you don&#39;t choose the &#39;playing field&#39;. <a href="https://t.co/84DlWNxD5a">pic.twitter.com/84DlWNxD5a</a></p>
<p>&mdash; ˗ˏˋ Doug Belshaw ˎˊ˗ <img src="media/f37a03ba.1f1ea-1f1fa.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/11/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png" alt="🇪🇺" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <img src="media/b22fd995.2620.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/11/72x72/2620.png" alt="☠" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <img src="media/51f74c1d.270a.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/11/72x72/270a.png" alt="✊" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> (@dajbelshaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/dajbelshaw/status/1126567202294050816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Our invited keynotes, Adele Vrana and Siko Bouterse from “Whose Knowledge” and James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins of the Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain spoke as well, with narratives of colonization, inclusivity on the open web, the public domain, and… comic books.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Keynote at the CC Summit tonight — speakers acknowledged the appropriation of music throughout history.  This of course, is remix. It has been when with us all along. We have to come to terms with it.  We also need to embrace and encourage it.  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ccsummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ccsummit</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kent McGuire (@ckmcguire) <a href="https://twitter.com/ckmcguire/status/1126618583545667585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<h2>The Creative Commons Network</h2>
<p>The Summit also marked the first meeting of the expanded Creative Commons Global Network, re-launched in 2016. The Global Network is three times larger than before and now comprises 37 chapters, 368 individual members, and 43 institutional members, many of whom attended this year’s Summit.</p>
<p>At this year’s Newbie Breakfast, dozens of new Summit attendees gathered on the first day of the Summit to create a welcoming space for new participants.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great session with the Chapter Leads and Global Network Council Members at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ccsummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ccsummit</a> &#8211; thinking about priorities and concrete steps. <a href="https://t.co/X5fwqWdtSV">pic.twitter.com/X5fwqWdtSV</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Lisette Kalshoven (@LNKalshoven) <a href="https://twitter.com/LNKalshoven/status/1126815752227557376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<h2>A nuanced view of “open”</h2>
<p>What does it mean to be “open?” From questions of indigenous knowledge to CC business models to the implications of Artificial Intelligence, Summit participants asked the hard questions in nearly every session.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The intersection of language communities, language documentation, traditional knowledge, and open movement is very important and super interesting. I’m glad to see that the language documentation and archiving perspective is represented at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ccsummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ccsummit</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/ELARarchive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ELARarchive</a>. <a href="https://t.co/G3E1DYl1fh">https://t.co/G3E1DYl1fh</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Felix Rau (@fxru) <a href="https://twitter.com/fxru/status/1126408838926753792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hessel van Oorschot and Marko Roca of <a href="https://twitter.com/tribeofnoise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tribeofnoise</a> showcase re:REC (<a href="https://t.co/erYKRy14g7">https://t.co/erYKRy14g7</a>) public domain music contest while shedding light on the business model of <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@creativecommons</a> licensed music. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ccsummit2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ccsummit2019</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CCsummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CCsummit</a> <a href="https://t.co/6Vd3K3HqxL">pic.twitter.com/6Vd3K3HqxL</a></p>
<p>&mdash; O Foundation (OFDN) #AfricaDay (@ofdnorg) <a href="https://twitter.com/ofdnorg/status/1126864153535307776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>One particularly interesting panel focused on artists’ relationships to copyright, with a number of Portuguese artists discussing their work, including Summit graphic designer João Pombeiro. The panel featured a special guest appearance from Steve Kurtz of the Critical Art Ensemble via video call. They questioned the need for artists to exert strong power over their intellectual property and discussed the difficulties of making ethical art in 2019.</p>
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<h2>Copyright reform: What’s Next?</h2>
<p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/03/26/a-dark-day-for-the-web-eu-parliament-approves-damaging-copyright-rules/">On the heels of the difficult loss in the European Union,</a> much of the CC Summit was spent planning for the future of copyright around the globe. Many sessions, including a meeting of the copyright reform platform, touched on the challenges and opportunities confronting the movement in 2019 and beyond.</p>
<p>The CC community continued to explore ways to engage in productive copyright reform. We heard from experts from around the globe who shared their strategies and experiences in copyright law reform advocacy in the “How to Win the © Wars” session. CC allies also shared their work going on at WIPO, especially related to the agenda in support of expanding crucial limitations and exceptions to copyright for education, research, and libraries. Paul Keller from Communia shared lessons learned from the long and winding road of the EU copyright directive, and pushed for Creative Commons to actively contribute as the directive is implemented into the national laws of the member states over the next two years. And a diverse group of advocates met to lay out thematic areas and rough project plans for the copyright reform platform over the coming months.</p>
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<h2>Gratitude</h2>
<p>Thank you to all presenters, volunteers, participants, and staff who made this event a success, particularly the CC Portugal team. We couldn’t have done it without you!</p>
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<p>Thank you also to our sponsors Private Internet Access, MHz Foundation, Mozilla, Re:Create, Flickr, Lumen Learning, and UPTEC.</p>
<h2>Get involved</h2>
<p>We invite you to join us on Slack in the #cc-summit channel or social media @creativecommons to connect with the community, learn more about next year’s summit, or our work in search and discoverability, open access, open education, and more. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/creativecommons/albums/72157708726481004">View photos from the event</a> by Sebastiaan ter Burg and Iñigo Sanchez on the CC Flickr page.</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/29/ccsummit-2019/">What does it mean to have a shared culture? A wrapup from this year&#8217;s CC Global Summit</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


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title: Meet CC’s 2019 Google Summer of Code students
uri: Meet-CC-s-2019-Google-Summer-of-Code-students
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/30/meet-ccs-2019-google-summer-of-code-students/
content:
<p>This year, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/03/04/cc-google-summer-of-code-2019/">CC is participating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC)</a> as a mentoring organization after a six year break from the program. We are excited to be hosting five phenomenal students (representing three continents) who will be working on CC tech projects full-time over the summer. Here they are!</p>
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<p><strong>Ahmad Bilal</strong></p>
<p><em>I am Ahmad Bilal, a Computer Science undergrad from UET Lahore, who likes computers, problems and using the former to solve the later. I am always excited about Open Source, and currently focused on Node.js, Serverless, GraphQL, Cloud, Gatsby.js with React.js and WordPress. I like organizing meetups, conferences and meeting new people. I view working in GSoC with Creative Commons, one of the biggest opportunities of my life. Cats are my weakness, and I am a sucker for well-engineered cars.</em></p>
<p>Ahmad will be taking ownership of <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/creativecommons-wordpress-plugin">the CC WordPress plugin</a>, which simplifies the process of applying CC licenses to content created using the popular WordPress blogging platform. He will be updating it to use the latest WordPress best practices, resolving open issues, and adding new features like integrating with CC Search. Ahmad’s mentor is our Core Systems Manager <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/timidcreativecommons-org/">Timid Robot Zehta</a>, backed up by Hugo Solar.</p>
<p>You can follow the progress of this project through the <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/creativecommons-wordpress-plugin">GitHub repo</a> or on the #cc-dev-wordpress channel on our <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">Slack community</a>.</p>
<figure id="attachment_56013" style="width: 273px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="56013" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/30/meet-ccs-2019-google-summer-of-code-students/dhruv-bhanushali/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dhruv-Bhanushali.jpg" data-orig-size="3265,3265" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;JAYESH PATIL&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 700D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1551658221&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;JAYESH PATIL&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Dhruv Bhanushali" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dhruv-Bhanushali.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dhruv-Bhanushali.jpg" class=" wp-image-56013" src="media/3d52d0bb.Dhruv-Bhanushali.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dhruv-Bhanushali.jpg" alt="dhruv bhanushali" width="273" height="273" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Dhruv Bhanushali, credit: Arpit Gupta, CC BY</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Dhruv Bhanushali</strong></p>
<p><em>I am Dhruv Bhanushali, a Mumbai-based software developer recently graduated from IIT Roorkee. I started programming as a hobby some five years ago and, having found my calling, am now am pursuing a career in the field. I have worked on a lot of institute-level projects and am excited to expand the reach of my code to a global scale with CC through GSoC. Apart from development, I am a huge music fan and keep my curated collection of music with me at all times. I also love to binge watch TV shows and movies, especially indie art </em><em>films.</em></p>
<p>Dhruv will be working on an original project, CC Vocabulary, which is a collection of UI components that make it easy to develop Creative Commons apps and services while ensuring a cohesive experience and appearance across CC projects. These components will be able to be used in sites built using modern JavaScript frameworks (specifically Vue.js) as well as simpler websites built using WordPress. CC’s Web Developer <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/hugocreativecommons-org/">Hugo Solar</a> serves as primary mentor, with backup from Sophine Clachar.</p>
<p>You can follow the progress of this project through the <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-vocabulary">GitHub repo</a> or on the #gsoc-cc-vocabulary channel on our <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">Slack community</a>.</p>
<figure id="attachment_56014" style="width: 288px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="56014" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/30/meet-ccs-2019-google-summer-of-code-students/maria-belen-guaranda/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Maria-Belen-Guaranda.jpg" data-orig-size="1932,1932" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Maria Belen Guaranda" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Maria-Belen-Guaranda.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Maria-Belen-Guaranda.jpg" class=" wp-image-56014" src="media/de8aa5e8.Maria-Belen-Guaranda.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Maria-Belen-Guaranda.jpg" alt="María Belén Guaranda Cabezas" width="288" height="288" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">María Belén Guaranda Cabezas, CC BY-NC-SA</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>María Belén Guaranda Cabezas</strong></p>
<p><em>Hello! My name is María, and I am an undergraduate Computer Science student from ESPOL, in Ecuador. I have worked for the past 2 years as a research assistant. I have worked in projects including computer vision, the estimation of socio-economic indexes through CDRs analysis, and a machine learning model with sensors data. During my spare time, I like to watch animes and reading. I love sports! Specially soccer. I am also committed to environmental causes, and I am a huge fan of cats and dogs (I have 4 and 1 respectively).</em></p>
<p>María will be working on producing visualizations of the data associated with more than 300 million works we have indexed in the CC Catalog (which powers CC Search) and how that data is interconnected. These visualizations will enable users to understand how much CC-licensed content is available on the internet, which websites host the most content, which CC licenses are used the most, and much more. She will be mentored by our Data Engineer <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/sclachar/">Sophine Clachar</a> with backup from Breno Ferreira.</p>
<p>You can follow the progress of this project through the <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cccatalog-dataviz">GitHub repo</a> or on the #gsoc-cc-catalog-viz channel on our <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">Slack community</a>.</p>
<figure id="attachment_56015" style="width: 252px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="56015" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/30/meet-ccs-2019-google-summer-of-code-students/ari-madian/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Ari-Madian.jpg" data-orig-size="700,933" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553707898&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Ari Madian" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Ari-Madian.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Ari-Madian.jpg" class=" wp-image-56015" src="media/8abe6cf4.Ari-Madian.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Ari-Madian.jpg" alt="Ari Madian" width="252" height="336" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Ari Madian, credit: Ellen Madian, CC0</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Ari Madian</strong></p>
<p><em>I am an 18 year old, Seattle based, mostly self taught, Computer Science student. I originally started programming by tinkering with Python, and eventually moved into C# and the .NET framework, as well as JS and some web development. I like Chai and Rooibos teas, volunteering at my local food bank, and some occasional PC gaming, among other things. I’m now working with Creative Commons on Google Summer of Code!</em></p>
<p>Ari will be working on creating a modern human-centered version of <a href="https://creativecommons.org/choose/">our CC license chooser tool</a>, which is long overdue for an update. His work will focus on design and usability as well as code. CC’s Front End Engineer <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/brenoferreira/">Breno Ferreira</a> is the primary mentor for this project with support from Alden Page.</p>
<p>You can follow the progress of this project through the <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-chooser">GitHub repo</a> or on the #gsoc-license-chooser channel on our <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">Slack community</a>.</p>
<figure id="attachment_56016" style="width: 249px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="56016" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/30/meet-ccs-2019-google-summer-of-code-students/mayank-nader/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Mayank-Nader.png" data-orig-size="694,1024" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Mayank Nader" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Mayank-Nader.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Mayank-Nader.png" class=" wp-image-56016" src="media/0d391989.Mayank-Nader.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Mayank-Nader.png" alt="Mayank Nader" width="249" height="368" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Mayank Nader, credit: Rohit Motwani, CC BY</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Mayank Nader</strong></p>
<p><em>I am Mayank Nader, a sophomore Computer Science student from India. Currently, my main area of interest is Python scripting, JavaScript development, backend, and API development. I also like to experiment with bash scripting and ricing and configuring my Linux setup. Apart from that, I like listening to music and watching movies, documentaries, and tv shows. I am very much inspired by Open Source and try to contribute whenever I can.</em></p>
<p>Mayank will be working on building a cross-platform browser plugin that allows users to search CC-licensed works directly from the browser and enable reuse of those works by providing easy image attribution tools. Users will be able to find content to use without having to switch to a new website. Mayank will be mentored by CC’s Software Engineer <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/aldencreativecommons-org/">Alden Page</a> with support from Timid Robot Zehta.</p>
<p>You can follow the progress of this project through the GitHub repo or on the #gsoc-browser-ext channel on our <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">Slack community</a>.</p>
<p>You can visit <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6514859793973248/">the Creative Commons organization page</a> on Google Summer of Code site to see longer descriptions of the projects. We welcome community input and feedback – you are the users of all these products and we’d love for you to be involved. So don’t hesitate to join the project Slack channel or talk to us on GitHub or <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">our other community forums</a>.</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=55912
title: Looking forward and back: Five years at Creative Commons
uri: Looking-forward-and-back-Five-years-at-Creative-Commons
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/01/looking-forward-and-back-five-years-at-creative-commons/
content:
<p>This month, I’ll mark five years as CEO at Creative Commons. That makes me the longest-serving CEO in the organization’s history, and it’s also the longest I’ve served with the same job title. Every day I get to work with some of the brightest, most dedicated staff and community members in the open movement. Anniversaries are a good time to reflect, and as we head into the annual CC Summit in Lisbon, I wanted to share a few reflections on where we’ve come from, and where we’re headed.</p>
<p><strong>TL;DR</strong> &#8211; In the last five years we’ve rebuilt CC from the ground up, with a more solid financial foundation; a revitalized multi-year strategy and plan to focus on a vibrant, usable commons powered by collaboration and gratitude; and a renewed and growing network. We’ve developed and launched new projects and programs like CC Search and the CC Certificate program, and through it all, played a vital role in defending, advancing, and stewarding the commons.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/151666798?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br />
<small><em>We produced this video, entitled &#8220;Remix,&#8221; not long after I started at CC to share our new strategy.</em></small></p>
<p><strong>Some key facts. In the last five years, we’ve:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Articulated a new vision for CC, with a <a href="media/51c08cd2.CC-Strategy-2016-2020-1.pdf" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CC-Strategy-2016-2020-1.pdf">5-year strategy</a> to bring it to life, that focuses on a “vibrant, usable commons, powered by collaboration and gratitude”</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Developed and launched <a href="https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/">CC Search</a>, now indexing over 300M images, working closely with partners like the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum, and Flickr</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Redesigned the entire </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Global Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from the ground up, from codes of conduct to community prioritization and collaboration, with a goal of being more open, accountable, and community-led. The new network is nearly 3x larger than the previous affiliate community.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Established “The Big Open,” a platform to acknowledge the interconnected nature of the many communities we work in, including Mozillians, Wikipedians, Open Education, Open Science and academia, Open Government, and Open Data </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Co-created the <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/">CC Certificate</a> with community experts and advisors, and certified over 250 people from all over the world to be practitioners and advocates</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Authored the <a href="https://stateof.creativecommons.org/">State of the Commons</a> report, published every year since 2015 to demonstrate the size and reach of the Commons online, today at over 1.4B works (with the next report out in mere days)  </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hosted the largest and broad-reaching community-led <a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/">CC Summits</a> ever, in Seoul, Toronto, Toronto (again), and Lisbon</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Raised over $26M from foundations, corporations, thousands of individual donors, and dedicated event sponsors, to support our work and community around the world</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Worked with institutions around the world to help expand and protect the commons, from the New York Met, to Flickr, to Medium, to MIT’s edX platform. In each case, we’ve been there to teach, advise, support, and advocate on behalf of CC users, open knowledge, and shared creativity</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Built a more diverse team at Creative Commons, with a majority of both leadership and staff who are women, and a global staff that better represent the communities and cultures we serve, and the geographies in which we work</span></li>
</ul>
<p><img src="media/25b8d920.compressed-kittens-again.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/compressed-kittens-again.gif" alt="kittens-compressed" width="600" height="302" /></p>
<p><small><em>The all-new CC Search</em></small></p>
<p>We’ve had some difficult moments too. In 2015, CC was forced to make a round of difficult layoffs in order to stabilize our budget and program. We recovered, but those kinds of changes are painful for everyone. In 2017, we learned that CC community member and friend Bassel Khartabil had been murdered by the regime in Syria. Many of us joined together with his family and friends to create a fellowship in his name, and I’m proud to see that Majd Al-Shahibi will speak at this year’s summit as the inaugural <a href="https://basselkhartabil.org/">Bassel Khartabil Fellowship</a> recipient.</p>
<p>This can be a lonely and unforgiving job. People treat you like a character — like the Office of the CEO — not like a person who has feelings, hopes, and doubts. And no doubt I have made mistakes. Like many in a role like this, I constantly replay how things worked out, and wonder how I might have done them differently in a different context. I think it’s normal for leaders to do that, and I’d worry about anyone who says they regret nothing, or would never change a past decision. Most of the leaders I admire obsess about doing the right thing, both before and after the fact, but also recognize that we almost always have to do something — hopefully the right thing, or at least the best thing for the moment we’re in, with the information we have. Still, within these difficult moments lies the knowledge that everything we do moves us towards a more equitable world.</p>
<p>None of this work would be possible without the team of talented humans who make up the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/team/">CC team</a>. I am full of gratitude for their daily energy, excellence, and commitment to the work we do. CC is also quite fortunate to have a strong Board of Directors who have provided mentorship, advice and counsel, and helpful criticism and support. I especially want to acknowledge our former board chair Paul Brest, whose board term ended last year, and who taught me a great deal about leadership, management, and strategic planning (and logic models). Finally, I want to thank my wife Kelsey, who was an active leader in the CC movement long before I came along, and who continues to support my work as an advisor and partner.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/293822924?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><small><a href="https://vimeo.com/293822924">Creative Commons Global Summit</a> by <a href="https://vimeo.com/terburg">Sebastiaan ter Burg</a>.</small></p>
<p><strong>What’s next?</strong></p>
<p>Creative Commons’ 20th anniversary is just around the corner (Jan 15, 2021), and it deserves a celebration worthy of the organization’s reach and impact. We’ve already started planning, and we hope to create a celebration that looks as far forward as it does back.</p>
<p>CC Search is taking off, and we’ll soon be adding more content types like open textbooks and audio. We&#8217;re also working on enhanced search tools that will enable new types of discovery and re-use.</p>
<p>The CC Certificate continues to grow and sell out with each cohort. We’ll be opening up a round of scholarships to improve accessibility for anyone who wants to take the course (though all the content is also CC BY, allowing anyone to read, copy, and remix it). We’re also expanding the content to serve additional communities, like the GLAM sector.</p>
<p>And this year, for the first time in CC’s history, the Global Network will lead and govern itself, set priorities and drive community growth and development. That’s a profound change, and a collaborative result that I&#8217;m  certain will have an incredible impact.</p>
<p>There’s so much more to do, so many important ways we can help. &#8220;Pick big fights with your friends, not small fights with your enemies,&#8221; has been a favorite phrase of mine, and today there remain so many vital fights to have on behalf of shared knowledge and free culture. And CC has so many good friends to fight them with. I&#8217;m deeply grateful for those collaborations.</p>
<p>I look forward to doing this work for many years to come, with all of you in The Big Open.</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56003
title: UNESCO OER Recommendation: One Step Closer to Adoption
uri: UNESCO-OER-Recommendation-One-Step-Closer-to-Adoption
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/04/unesco-oer-recommendation-one-step-closer-to-adoption/
content:
<figure id="attachment_56004" style="width: 633px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56004" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/04/unesco-oer-recommendation-one-step-closer-to-adoption/oer-recommendation-3/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OER-Recommendation-3.jpg" data-orig-size="2867,2086" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558980677&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.44&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;150&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="OER-Recommendation-3" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OER-Recommendation-3.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OER-Recommendation-3.jpg" class="wp-image-56004 " src="media/286889ab.OER-Recommendation-3.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OER-Recommendation-3.jpg" alt="OER Recommendation #3" width="633" height="461" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Ryan Merkley. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0</a></figcaption></figure>
<p>The global open education community works collectively to create a world in which everyone has universal access to effective open education resources (OER) and meaningful learning opportunities as defined by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #4 (SDG4): <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg4">Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.</a> UNESCO continues to work with national governments to help them better support open education (content, practices, policy) in their countries. CC is an active leader and contributor to this work, alongside our many partners.</p>
<p>On May 28, 2019, UNESCO member state representatives took an important step for open education by adopting the <a href="https://unesco.ijs.si/project/unesco-recommendation-on-open-educational-resources/">2019 UNESCO OER Recommendation</a>, providing unanimous approval to bring it to the next General Assembly. UNESCO has a strong history in open education, having <a href="http://www.unesco.org/education/news_en/080702_free_edu_ress.shtml">coined the term OER in 2002</a>, passed the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2012/06/29/2012-paris-oer-declaration/">2012 Paris OER Declaration</a>, and co-hosted (with Slovenia) the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/10/02/2nd-world-oer-congress-2017-ljubljana-oer-action-plan/">2017 OER Global Congress</a>.</p>
<p>Member states and observer organizations, including CC, provided multiple edits including: improved OER and open license definitions; calling on member states to support the linguistic translation of open licenses; adopting high standards for privacy in OER, platforms, and services; and a call to facilitate open procurement. The final text of the document, with all of the approved edits, will now be created by UNESCO and will be published (TBD) prior to the <a href="https://en.unesco.org/events/general-conference-40th-session">UNESCO 40th General Conference</a> in November. We expect the OER Recommendation to be approved and adopted by UNESCO member states at that time.</p>
<p>This new UNESCO OER Recommendation presents an historic opportunity for Creative Commons (CC) and others in the open education community to work with national governments to help them understand and implement model open education recommendations in their countries. CC and our international chapters will actively support national governments as they leverage this opportunity to meet the SDG4 goals.</p>
<figure id="attachment_56005" style="width: 609px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56005" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/04/unesco-oer-recommendation-one-step-closer-to-adoption/oer-recommendation-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OER-Recommendation-2.jpg" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1559053941&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.44&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;49&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00029800001354546&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="OER-Recommendation-2" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OER-Recommendation-2.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OER-Recommendation-2.jpg" class="wp-image-56005 " src="media/ade57566.OER-Recommendation-2.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OER-Recommendation-2.jpg" alt="OER Recommendation #2" width="609" height="457" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Ryan Merkley <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0</a></figcaption></figure>
<p>CC sent Diane Peters (General Counsel) and Ryan Merkley (CEO) to the <a href="https://en.unesco.org/events/intergovernmental-special-committee-meeting-related-draft-recommendation-concerning-open">meeting</a> to work with delegates and provide expert advice, and we are pleased with the outcome. CC, the UNESCO OER Chairs, IFLA, Education International, and OEC were among the non-governmental organizations who made multiple contributions to and collaborated on the draft OER Recommendation.</p>
<p>Thank you to everyone who was involved in this long process of drafting the document, revising and improving it, and educating each nation&#8217;s UNESCO delegates. Special thanks goes to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Trudi Van Wyk (Chair) and Zeynep Varoglu (UNESCO Secretariat) who were present for every line-by-line edit, carefully reviewed each proposal to understand its purpose and impact, and gracefully guided UNESCO member states to a consensus &#8220;yes&#8221; vote.</li>
<li>The Slovenian Delegation who hosted the Second World OER Congress and worked on this OER Recommendation tirelessly for the past two years.</li>
<li>The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for their ongoing support of open education at UNESCO and around the world.</li>
</ul>
<p>We will share more information as it becomes available via our blog, social media, and the CC <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/09/05/invitation-join-cc-open-education-platform/">Open Education Platform</a>.</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/04/unesco-oer-recommendation-one-step-closer-to-adoption/">UNESCO OER Recommendation: One Step Closer to Adoption</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56053
title: New Canadian Report Offers Balanced Recommendations for Progressive Copyright Reform
uri: New-Canadian-Report-Offers-Balanced-Recommendations-for-Progressive-Co
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/06/new-canadian-report-offers-balanced-recommendations-for-progressive-copyright-reform/

content:
<figure id="attachment_56054" style="width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10/14913937883/"><img data-attachment-id="56054" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/06/new-canadian-report-offers-balanced-recommendations-for-progressive-copyright-reform/the-maple-leaf-forever/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,1365" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NEX-7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1413190770&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;47&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="The Maple Leaf Forever" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-image-56054" src="media/c74a964c.The-Maple-Leaf-Forever.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever.jpg" alt="The Maple Leaf Forever" width="700" height="467" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever-300x200.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever-768x512.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever-60x40.jpg 60w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever-50x33.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever-233x155.jpg 233w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Maple-Leaf-Forever-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10/14913937883/">The Maple Leaf Forever</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10/">Dennis Jarvis</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a></figcaption></figure>
<p><span>Earlier this week the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) released a report with </span><a href="media/5e223f95.indurp16-e.pdf" data-original-source="https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/INDU/Reports/RP10537003/indurp16/indurp16-e.pdf"><span>36 recommendations</span></a><span> on the statutory review of Canadian copyright law. The report caps a year-long study, including a public consultation and committee hearings that included a variety of stakeholders.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The document makes progressive recommendations that support a more balanced copyright regime. Michael Geist provides an </span><a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2019/06/the-authoritative-canadian-copyright-review-report-industry-committee/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">overview</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, including the following key findings that, if pursued, could fortify and expand user rights under the Canadian copyright system: </span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">expansion of fair dealing by making the current list of fair dealing purposes illustrative rather than exhaustive (by using more open ended legislative language like “such as”),</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">rejection of new limits on educational fair dealing with further study in three years, </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">retention of existing Internet safe harbour rules, </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">rejection of the FairPlay site blocking proposal with insistence that any blocking include court oversight, </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">expansion of the anti-circumvention rules by permitting circumvention of digital locks for purposes that are lawful (ie. permit circumvention to exercise fair dealing rights), </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">extend the term of copyright only if ratifying the USCMA and include a registration requirement for the additional 20 years, </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">implement a new informational analysis (also known as text and data mining) exception, </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">further study of statutory damages for all copyright collectives along with greater transparency, </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">adoption of an open licence rather than the abolition of crown copyright (i.e., putting the works directly into the public domain). </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The INDU report is a breath of fresh air for copyright policy making, especially considering the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/03/26/a-dark-day-for-the-web-eu-parliament-approves-damaging-copyright-rules/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">recent adoption</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the backward-looking reform in the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which included the provision that will require nearly all for-profit web platforms to get a license for every user upload or otherwise install content filters and censor content, lest they be held liable for infringement. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons and Creative Commons Canada provided input into the consultation on the copyright reform in Canada. In May 2018 we submitted </span><a href="media/9216e4fb.Comments_from_Creative_Commons_on_review_of_Copyright_Act.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/4/40/Comments_from_Creative_Commons_on_review_of_Copyright_Act.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">comments</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to INDU. First, we said the Canadian copyright term should stay where it is; there is no reason to consider any further extension of copyright. Second, we urged the government to protect and strengthen limitations and exceptions to copyright, as these important measures ensure balance in our legal framework. Third, we advocated for Canada to maintain and maintain and improve its existing </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">safe harbour protections with regard to intermediary liability and copyright, noting that a healthy commons requires a healthy ecosystem of platforms and infrastructure for sharing. Finally, we urged the government to continue to support policy efforts to ensure open access to publicly funded resources, including clarifying that we have a right to use and re-use works produced by our government.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Additionally, in October 2018 Creative Commons Canada </span><a href="media/f288dca2.Creative_Commons_Canada_testimony_29_October_2018.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/8/86/Creative_Commons_Canada_testimony_29_October_2018.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">appeared</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> before the Committee to provide testimony and answer questions on recommended changes to copyright that would promote creativity and expand the commons. In addition to the issues mentioned above, CC Canada touched on other areas for copyright intervention, including permitting creators to reclaim control of copyright in their works 25 years after assignment, protecting fair dealing, especially for education, expanding user rights to kickstart cutting-edge research related to machine learning and artificial intelligence by ensuring that “the right to read is the right to mine, and reforming the Crown Copyright regime to ensure that all Canadians have the right to access and re-use government produced works. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re happy to see many of these points included in the recommendations released this week, including the resistance to extend copyright term, the protection and possible expansion of limitations and exceptions like fair dealing, the ability for authors to reclaim their rights, and the recommendation to include a copyright exemption for text and data mining.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On a related note, the Committee was right to put an end to the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2018/02/28/tell-canadian-government-ignore-bells-terrible-idea-block-websites/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">idea</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> floated last year by Bell and a group of Canadian telecommunications companies to create an “Internet Piracy Review Agency.” Even though the Canadian telecommunications regulator denied this application in October last year, the INDU Committee reinforced the ruling by stating that “it is for the courts to adjudicate whether a given use constitutes copyright infringement and to issue orders in consequence.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Canadian report offers a glimmer of hope that copyright policy can be furthered in such a way to promote creativity and innovation, while at the same time protecting crucial user rights. This is contrasted with the final outcome of the European copyright directive, which reflects a disturbing path toward increasing control of the web to benefit only powerful rights holders at the expense of the rights of users and the public interest. </span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/06/new-canadian-report-offers-balanced-recommendations-for-progressive-copyright-reform/">New Canadian Report Offers Balanced Recommendations for Progressive Copyright Reform</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56063
uri: Welcome-the-Official-Spanish-Language-Translation-of-CC0-(-Les-damos
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/10/spanish-cc0-translation/
title:
Welcome the Official Spanish Language Translation of CC0! (¡Les damos la bienvenida a la traducción oficial de CC al idioma castellano!)

content:
<p><img data-attachment-id="56065" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/10/spanish-cc0-translation/cc0-3/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1.png" data-orig-size="2287,1399" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="cc0" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1-300x184.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1-1024x626.png" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-56065" src="media/fd7f6f7b.cc0-1-1024x626.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1-1024x626.png" alt="cc0-screenshot" width="840" height="514" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1-1024x626.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1-300x184.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1-768x470.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1-65x40.png 65w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1-50x31.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1-253x155.png 253w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cc0-1-1200x734.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p>
<p>The official Spanish language translation of the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0) is <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.es">now available</a>. This means almost 500 million users of CC0 will be able to read and understand the terms of CC0 in their first language.</p>
<p>First started in 2013, this multi-jurisdictional, collaborative translation effort has involved dedicated individuals from more than a half-dozen countries on two continents. The translation represents a significant accomplishment by members of the CC Spanish-speaking community, who worked to unify and bridge differences in terminology and drafting conventions across the many countries where Spanish is recognized as an official language.</p>
<p>More details about the CC0 translation process are available on the Creative Commons <a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Castellano">wiki</a>, where you can also find information about the Spanish translation process for the 4.0 licenses and their publication <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2018/09/11/spanish-translation-of-4-0-now-available-la-traduccion-al-castellano-de-la-version-4-0-de-las-licencias-esta-ahora-disponible/">last September</a>.</p>
<p>A special thank you to the following individuals who contributed invaluably to this successful multi-year endeavor, and especially Scann and Txopi who assisted with the final reviews and proofing:</p>
<p>Beatriz Busaniche (Argentina)<br />
Carolina Botero (Colombia)<br />
María Paz Canales (Chile)<br />
Alberto Cerda (Chile)<br />
Claudia Cristiani (El Salvador)<br />
Marianne Diaz (Venezuela)<br />
Evelin Heidel (Scann) (Argentina)<br />
Juan Carlos Lara (Chile)<br />
Luisa Guzmán (Colombia)<br />
Ignasi Labastida (Spain)<br />
Claudio Ortiz (El Salvador)<br />
Claudio Ruiz (Chile)<br />
Marko Txopitea (Txopi) (Spain)</p>
<p>¡Felicitaciones a todos!</p>
<p><strong>¡Les damos la bienvenida a la traducción oficial de CC al idioma castellano!</strong></p>
<p>La traducción oficial al castellano de la Dedicación al Dominio Público de Creative Commons (CC0) está <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.es">ahora disponible</a>. Esto significa que más de 500 millones de usuarios de la CC0 podrán ahora leer y entender los términos de la CC0 en su lengua materna.</p>
<p>Con sus inicios en el 2013, este esfuerzo de traducción multi-jurisdiccional y colaborativa ha involucrado personas dedicadas provenientes de más de una media docena de países en dos continentes. La traducción representa un logro significativo para los miembros de la comunidad hispanoparlante de CC, que trabajaron para unificar y tender un puente en las diferencias en la terminología y en las convenciones de redacción a lo largo de los diferentes países donde el castellano es reconocido como lengua oficial.</p>
<p>Más detalles sobre el proceso de traducción de la CC0 están disponibles en la <a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Castellano">wiki</a> [en] de Creative Commons, donde también se puede encontrar información sobre el proceso de traducción al castellano para la versión 4.0 de las licencias y su publicación en <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2018/09/11/spanish-translation-of-4-0-now-available-la-traduccion-al-castellano-de-la-version-4-0-de-las-licencias-esta-ahora-disponible/">septiembre pasado</a>.</p>
<p>Gracias especiales a las siguientes personas que contribuyeron de manera invaluable a esta exitosa empresa multianual, y especialmente a Scann y a Txopi que asistieron con las revisiones y pruebas finales:</p>
<p>Beatriz Busaniche (Argentina)<br />
Carolina Botero (Colombia)<br />
María Paz Canales (Chile)<br />
Alberto Cerda (Chile)<br />
Claudia Cristiani (El Salvador)<br />
Marianne Diaz (Venezuela)<br />
Evelin Heidel (Scann) (Argentina)<br />
Juan Carlos Lara (Chile)<br />
Luisa Guzmán (Colombia)<br />
Ignasi Labastida (Spain)<br />
Claudio Ortiz (El Salvador)<br />
Claudio Ruiz (Chile)<br />
Marko Txopitea (Txopi) (Spain)</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/10/spanish-cc0-translation/">Welcome the Official Spanish Language Translation of CC0! (¡Les damos la bienvenida a la traducción oficial de CC al idioma castellano!)</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56068
title: Progress Soars on Official Translations of 4.0 and CC0!
uri: Progress-Soars-on-Official-Translations-of-4-0-and-CC0
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/11/ec-translations-4-0-cc0/
content:
<p><img data-attachment-id="56069" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/11/ec-translations-4-0-cc0/european_commission-svg/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_.png" data-orig-size="1920,1331" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="European_Commission.svg" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_-300x208.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_-1024x710.png" class="aligncenter wp-image-56069" src="media/7886d00e.European_Commission.svg_-1024x710.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_-1024x710.png" alt="european-commission" width="459" height="318" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_-1024x710.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_-300x208.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_-768x532.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_-58x40.png 58w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_-50x35.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_-224x155.png 224w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/European_Commission.svg_-1200x832.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 459px) 85vw, 459px" /></p>
<p>Creative Commons welcomes progress on official language translations of both 4.0 and CC0 due to our dedicated network of volunteers and a commitment by the European Commission (EC) to ensure the legal code for each is available in all official languages of the European Union. We expect a significant increase in the number of official translations to 36 languages total and the number of users who can read them to more than 3 billion in the next 3-5 months. With the European Commission’s decision to <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/02/european-commission-adopts-cc-by-and-cc0-for-sharing-information/">adopt CC BY 4.0 International and CC0 for all content and data it produces</a> comes a firm commitment to collaborate with Creative Commons and its community to complete the remaining official translations of 4.0 and CC0 so that all 24 official languages of the EU are completed.</p>
<p>As of 2019, CC’s community has produced official translations of 4.0 in 23 languages (including English), and as of June 2019 has published CC0 in 13 languages (also including English). These numbers on their own own reflect an impressive and sizeable effort by our community, thanks also in part to travel grants from the Ford Foundation to bring together volunteer translators, and funding by others. As of June 2019, the total number of users able to access and understand the 4.0 licenses and CC0 in their first language totaled approximately 2.25 billion.</p>
<p>The assistance of the EC in developing first drafts of these legal documents is made possible through its impressive translation team. That team is working with CC’s translation processes to ensure drafts are reviewed publicly and that all interested members of the CC community in countries where those languages are officially recognized have the opportunity and are encouraged to contribute to the review and editing of drafts.</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="55805" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/02/european-commission-adopts-cc-by-and-cc0-for-sharing-information/license-scorecard/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/license-scorecard.png" data-orig-size="1121,549" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="license scorecard" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/license-scorecard.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/license-scorecard.png" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-55805" src="media/ec5d2e79.license-scorecard.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/license-scorecard.png" alt="" width="1121" height="549" /></p>
<p>Additionally, CC is seeing a number of other complicated and sometimes multi-jurisdictional translations cross the finish line through the hard work of our community. Just last week, the official translation of CC0 into Spanish was completed and published [link], and shortly we will push live 4.0 translations of Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Korean and Slovene.</p>
<p>This push doesn’t end with these excellent efforts by our community, however. CC remains committed to ensuring that everyone understands the 4.0 licenses and CC0 in their language of choice, however widespread (or not) the language. So it was with delight that only a few weeks ago, UNESCO adopted its <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/04/unesco-oer-recommendation-one-step-closer-to-adoption/">2019 UNESCO OER Recommendation</a> that, as amended at its recent meeting with the support and input of Creative Commons, recommends member states support the linguistic translation of open licenses, which includes CC BY and CC0. While not yet formally adopted, it is expected to be accepted later this year by the UNESCO General Conference. Once in place, Creative Commons will work to secure funding to expand its translation work for 4.0 and CC0 into languages that may not be as predominantly used as those already translated, but that are equally important to ensuring that users of Open Educational Resources (OER) and CC-licensed works everywhere, especially in remote, rural, migratory and other similarly underserved communities, are able to understand the license terms in their language of choice.</p>
<p>We thank the CC community and the European Commission for its dedication of resources, especially the efforts of Pedro Malaquias. We look forward to ongoing work with our community and funders to make full access to CC licenses and legal tools for everyone a reality.</p>
<p>Please contribute your input on pending translation drafts of 4.0 licenses and CC0, which are available for public comment through June 21, 2019.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Bulgarian">Bulgarian (4.0 and CC0)</a><br />
<a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Croatian">Croatian (CC0)</a><br />
<a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Czech">Czech (CC0)</a><br />
<a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Danish">Danish (4.0)</a><br />
<a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Estonian">Estonian (4.0 and CC0</a>)<br />
<a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Greek">Greek (CC0) </a><br />
<a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Hungarian">Hungarian (4.0 and CC0)</a><br />
<a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Irish">Irish (4.0 and CC0)</a><br />
<a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Maltese">Maltese (4.0 and CC0)</a><br />
<a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Romanian">Romanian (4.0 and CC0)</a></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/11/ec-translations-4-0-cc0/">Progress Soars on Official Translations of 4.0 and CC0!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56076
title: Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley named as Harvard Berkman Klein Center affiliate
uri: Creative-Commons-CEO-Ryan-Merkley-named-as-Harvard-Berkman-Klein-Cente
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/13/berkman-klein/
content:
<p><img data-attachment-id="56077" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/13/berkman-klein/1_dov0mkw9lpb5dd3ptscidw2x/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x.png" data-orig-size="1200,230" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x-300x58.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x-1024x196.png" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-56077" src="media/3a599dc1.1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw2x-1024x196.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x-1024x196.png" alt="bkc-logo" width="840" height="161" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x-1024x196.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x-300x58.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x-768x147.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x-140x27.png 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x-50x10.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x-270x52.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1_dOV0mkw9lpB5DD3PTScIDw@2x.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p>
<p>We’re happy to announce that Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley has been named as a Harvard Berkman Klein Center affiliate for the 2019-2020 academic year. His research and writing will focus on models for sustainability and growth that support the digital commons, and will explore communities working in the gallery, library, archive, and museum space; those working in, and advocating for, access to knowledge and education; and individual artists and content creators.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://berkmanlessons.net/">Berkman Klein fellowship program</a> aims to “create a protocol, a culture, a spirit that puts the emphasis on being open, being kind, being good listeners, being engaged, being willing to learn from one another.” The program is made up of a diverse community of members working across an array of university, government, private, and nonprofit institutions. For more information about the program and for the full list of new and returning fellows, affiliates, and faculty associates, visit <a href="https://cyber.harvard.edu/">the center’s website</a>.</p>
<p>Additionally, CC community member <a href="https://juliareda.eu/en/">Julia Reda</a>, Member of European Parliament with a focus on Digital Rights, will be joining the Berkman Klein Center this year as a fellow. With a joint project at Berkman and the MIT Media Lab, Julia will advance research on how to modernize the academic publishing system to enhance equitable access to knowledge.</p>
<p>Please join us in congratulating Ryan and Julia!</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56080
title: Sharing community and breaking the fast: CC Jordan’s 2019 Iftar
uri: Sharing-community-and-breaking-the-fast-CC-Jordan-s-2019-Iftar
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/17/cc-iftar-jordan/
content:
<p><img data-attachment-id="56081" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/17/cc-iftar-jordan/img_2518/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518.jpg" data-orig-size="1632,1224" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1559246686&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_2518" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518-1024x768.jpg" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-56081" src="media/f26eb385.IMG_2518-1024x768.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518-1024x768.jpg" alt="cc-jordan-iftar" width="840" height="630" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518-300x225.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518-768x576.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518-53x40.jpg 53w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518-50x38.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518-207x155.jpg 207w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2518-1200x900.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p>
<p>Just last month, Muslims all over the world celebrated the holy month of Ramadan, the month of prosperity, sharing and spiritual healing. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2012/08/23/the-arab-cc-community-celebrates-with-cc-iftars/">Since 2010, Arab world–based Creative Commons communities have celebrated Ramadan by organizing “Creative Commons Iftars” (CC Iftar) across the region.</a></p>
<p>A CC Iftar is a social event, organized by the CC chapter’s community members, where members gather to break the fast, share the table and food, engage in conversations and discuss innovation, technology, and their community’s role as a CC Chapter. The Iftars are built around the basis of CC’s vision of sharing and giving from the community to the community. The Iftar has different goals depending on the chapter’s priorities, but the main objective of the CC Iftar is to share a meal with the CC community, friends and partners.</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="56082" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/17/cc-iftar-jordan/img_2513/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658.jpg" data-orig-size="1224,1632" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1559245412&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_2513" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658-225x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658-768x1024.jpg" class="aligncenter  wp-image-56082" src="media/87f2d264.IMG_2513-e1560796865658-768x1024.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658-768x1024.jpg" alt="" width="478" height="637" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658-225x300.jpg 225w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658-30x40.jpg 30w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658-38x50.jpg 38w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658-116x155.jpg 116w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_2513-e1560796865658.jpg 1224w" sizes="(max-width: 478px) 85vw, 478px" /></p>
<p>At the <a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/">CC Summit 2019</a>, Lisbon, we organized a <a href="https://twitter.com/CCIftar/status/1127209284251594752">CC Iftar</a> open to all Summit attendees. , During the Iftar, we dined and shared conversations. CC CEO Ryan Merkley joined us with a small word of gratitude, which made us feel more connected to the organization.</p>
<p>Following in these footsteps, here at <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/chapters/cc-jordan/">CC Jordan</a>, we held our CC Iftar on Thursday 30th.May.2019 (25th.Ramadan.1440). The main goals of the CC Iftar were to meet with the CC Jordan community, friends and partners, recap the latest updates, briefing about the CC Summit 2019 and discuss our future activities.</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="56083" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/17/cc-iftar-jordan/screen-shot-2019-06-17-at-2-44-07-pm/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM.png" data-orig-size="1252,1052" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Screen Shot 2019-06-17 at 2.44.07 PM" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-300x252.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-1024x860.png" class="aligncenter  wp-image-56083" src="media/eb53a1ba.Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-1024x860.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-1024x860.png" alt="iftar-tweet-lisbon" width="550" height="462" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-1024x860.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-300x252.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-768x645.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-48x40.png 48w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-50x42.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-184x155.png 184w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM-1200x1008.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-2.44.07-PM.png 1252w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 85vw, 550px" /></p>
<p>The community discussed the future activities with huge enthusiasm, members suggested to continue advocacy about Creative Commons and the use of the set of licenses, and the open culture wave around the world. Other members suggested to organize a CC Salon, preferably early September of this year.</p>
<p>Looking forward to our CC Salon? Wait for our updates and follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/cc_jor">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://web.facebook.com/creativecommonsjo/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ccjor/">Instagram</a></p>
<p><em>Photos CC Jordan, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0</a></em></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56127
title: Sharing, Generosity and Gratitude
uri: Sharing-Generosity-and-Gratitude
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/07/10/sharing-generosity-and-gratitude/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many friends from the CC and open education communities have noticed my absence from meetings and conferences in the past six months. I’m ready to share why.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was diagnosed with an auto-immune </span><a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/primary-sclerosing-cholangitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20355797" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">liver disease</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in 2005, and with </span><a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cholangiocarcinoma/symptoms-causes/syc-20352408" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">liver cancer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in September, 2018. The cancer was caused by the underlying liver disease. Once the cancer was diagnosed, my doctor quickly sent me to the Mayo Clinic. I spent the entire month of December in twice-daily radiation and round-the-clock chemotherapy. Bottom line: I needed a liver transplant to live.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You may have heard about the </span><a href="https://unos.org/data/transplant-trends/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">organ shortage</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the United States. There are simply not enough organs available to people who need them. Most countries have similar unfortunate </span><a href="http://www.irodat.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">statistics</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Want to help? </span><a href="https://unos.org/register-to-be-an-organ-donor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sign up to be a donor</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (US link) and talk to your family about your decision.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Because I was not sick enough to receive a cadaver liver, my only option was a </span><a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/living-donor-transplant/about/pac-20384787" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">living donor transplant</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Amazingly, the human liver can regenerate itself if you cut it in two. After learning of my health status, 16 friends and family volunteered to donate part of their liver to me. To say I was overwhelmed by their generosity is an understatement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It seemed appropriate then, when the Mayo Clinic selected my liver donor, that it would be the person who helped train me in open education – David Wiley (read </span><a href="https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/6082" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">David’s blog post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). I have known David for over a decade. He is a friend and colleague, and he saved my life. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am pleased to report David and I successfully completed the liver donor transplant on June 28. Without David’s generosity, I would have been dead from cancer in a year. No words can adequately express how thankful I am. His gift will both allow me to live a full, healthy life, and will enable me to work with all of you to create universal, equitable, inclusive and meaningful learning opportunities for everyone.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">David is home recovering and growing his liver back to full size. I will be at the Mayo Clinic through the end of July. After the Mayo surgeons skillfully transplanted ⅔ of David’s liver into me, he and I laughed about organ remixes, if he should receive attribution, and wished we’d have asked for a CC tattoo on my new liver.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I also want to thank:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">the CC staff, my CEO, and our Board for their complete and ongoing support</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">TJ Bliss and David’s wife Elaine who cared for David post-surgery</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">my partner in life, Lesley, who has been by my side throughout</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It continues to be my life&#8217;s honor to work for this fine organization and with you good people, and I look forward to doing so for many years to come. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With gratitude,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cable</span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56159
title: New official translations of CC legal tools published for Korean and Czech
uri: New-official-translations-of-CC-legal-tools-published-for-Korean-and-C
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/05/new-official-translations-of-cc-legal-tools-published-for-korean-and-czech/

content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The version 4.0 license suite and CC0 are now available in Korean as a result of the collaborative work of CC Korea volunteers. The 4.0 licenses are also now available in Czech, thanks to the work and leadership of CC community members from the Czech Republic. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the Korean translations, the process was initiated by a group of CC Korea members as a collaborative project in 2017 and was on hold before being resumed in late 2018. The Korean translations were drafted by Soohyun Pae, professional translator and former CC Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator, and then reviewed by Jay Yoon, the former Public Lead of CC Korea who is a practicing lawyer. The final draft for review was submitted to CC HQ on Feb 8, 2019. With the kind support of the Korea Copyright Commission, the public consultation was held from Apr 1 to Apr 30, 2019 through a dedicated webpage and the announcement was made by CODE through its social media and by the Korea Copyright Commission on its website. The public consultation went smoothly and was completed with no major issues found.<br />
</span></p>
<p>Now that the Korean translations of 4.0 and CC0 licenses are available, CC Korea plans to share the news online through various channels and hold offline events to celebrate the work and promote the use of the licenses to the Korean public and local institutions.</p>
<p>For Czech, the process began in 2014 and went on to include input by several legal experts and two public consultations. Finally, after many drafts over the past five years, the translations went live in June 2019. The multi-year process was led by <span>Matěj Myška, Lucie Straková, Anna Drgová, Jiří Marek, and Martin Loučka. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Congratulations and thanks to everyone for their great work and support throughout the long road to publication of these two important translations! </span></p>
<p>Korean 4.0 licenses:<br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.ko">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.ko </a><br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.ko">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.ko</a><br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode.ko">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode.ko</a><br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.ko">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.ko</a><br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.ko">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.ko</a><br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode.ko">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode.ko</a></p>
<p>Korean CC0: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.ko">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.ko</a></p>
<p>Czech 4.0 licenses:<br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.cs">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.cs</a><br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.cs">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.cs</a><br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode.cs">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode.cs</a><br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.cs">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.cs</a><br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.cs">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.cs</a><br />
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode.cs">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode.cs</a></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56194
title: Leadership Transitions at Creative Commons
uri: Leadership-Transitions-at-Creative-Commons
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/leadership-transitions-at-creative-commons/
content:
<p>Today Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley is announcing the conclusion of his five years of leadership of the organization. As he describes in <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/moving-on-from-creative-commons/">his personal message</a>, he is stepping down as CEO to start a new position at Wikimedia. We are thankful to Ryan for his five years of leadership at CC and excited for him and the Commons that he will continue as a leader in the open knowledge community. We are all very proud of Creative Commons’ accomplishments during the past five years—including redesign of our global network, launch and development of the CC Certificate program, and our <a href="https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/">new search engine</a>—which provides a welcoming front door to the commons.</p>
<p>In other leadership news, I am delighted to announce today the appointment of four new members of the Creative Commons Board of Directors. Carolina Botero, Bilal Randeree, Alek Tarkowski, and Alexander Macgillivray are all longtime members of the CC community. Each of them brings incredible expertise and insight to this new role with the organization, as the bios below illustrate. Carolina, Bilal, and Alek have begun their CC board service, while Alex will begin his term in January 2020. All of us at Creative Commons are thrilled to start working with these outstanding CC community members in this new capacity.</p>
<p>Two of the touchstones of the organizational strategy that has driven our recent work have been gratitude and collaboration. On behalf of the Creative Commons Board of Directors, I want to express my sincere gratitude for Ryan’s service to our organization and mission. Looking to the future, we are excited about the opportunities for collaboration we will have with Ryan in his new role. I am also grateful to our new board members for their willingness to serve, and I’m excited to collaborate with them and with the global Creative Commons community on the process of searching for a new leader for CC as we enter our third decade. We will soon be announcing details about that search process and inviting community input. In the meantime, my board colleagues and I are working closely with CC’s dedicated management team to ensure continuity and momentum for our important work.</p>
<p>The Commons is ever-changing and resilient. It is my great honor to cultivate it along with Creative Commons staff, our global network, and supporters.</p>
<p>Share alike, friends!</p>
<p>Molly Van Houweling<br />
Creative Commons Board Chair</p>
<p>==</p>
<figure id="attachment_56198" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="56198" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/leadership-transitions-at-creative-commons/carolina/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina.jpg" data-orig-size="800,800" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;MORABELLO&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5500&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1547215277&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;MORABELLO&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Carolina Botero" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina.jpg" class="wp-image-56198 size-medium" src="media/ff40bd81.carolina-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Carolina Botero (Photo by Diego Mora, CC BY)</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Carolina Botero</strong> is the Executive Director of the Colombian civil society digital rights organization Karisma Foundation. She is a researcher, lawyer, lecturer, writer, and consultant on topics related to law and technology. Carolina works in the defense of human rights in technology environments, following debates on freedom of expression, privacy, access to knowledge and culture, social innovation and ICT in technology. She has been a leader in the CC community in Colombia and around the world since 2003. Carolina holds a master&#8217;s degree in international law and cooperation (VUB &#8211; Belgium), and a master&#8217;s degree in Business and Contracting Law (2006, UAB &#8211; Spain). She frequently writes op-eds for El Espectador and La Silla Vacía.</p>
<figure id="attachment_56197" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56197" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/leadership-transitions-at-creative-commons/bilal/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal.jpg" data-orig-size="800,800" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Sebastiaan ter Burg&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5DS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1523650397&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Sebastiaan ter Burg&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;75&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Bilal Randeree" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal.jpg" class="wp-image-56197 size-medium" src="media/195fc81d.bilal-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bilal.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Bilal Randeree (Photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg, CC BY)</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Bilal Randeree</strong> is a digital media practitioner, investor and strategist. He currently serves as the Director for Africa/MENA at the Media Development Investment Fund, a mission-driven investment fund providing debt and equity financing to independent news and information companies. Bilal has 15 years’ experience in business, tech and media—by way of a unique career path. As a qualified Chartered Accountant, he spent a few years in Transaction Services before going back to school and studying journalism. That culminated with him serving as Social Media Manager and Online Editor at Al Jazeera in Qatar, which he eventually left to lead a tech startup. He has participated and led Creative Commons activities in the Arab World for the last 10 years, and now back home in South Africa.</p>
<figure id="attachment_56195" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="56195" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/leadership-transitions-at-creative-commons/alek/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek.jpg" data-orig-size="800,800" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Kuba Kobylecki&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1443010665&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Anna Grzelewska&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;58&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Alek Tarkowski" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek.jpg" class="wp-image-56195 size-medium" src="media/c21de8d2.alek-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alek.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Alek Tarkowski (Photo by Centrum Cyfrowe, CC BY)</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Alek Tarkowski</strong> is President of Centrum Cyfrowe, a Polish foundation supporting open, digital society. He is a sociologist, activist, and strategist. Since 2004 he has been active in Poland and around the world in organizations and social movements building an open internet. His focus has been on copyright, commons-based approaches to resource management, and intellectual property. His interests include digital strategies for societies, regulation of emergent technologies, digital skills, and openness of public resources. He is the co-founder of Creative Commons Poland, Communia (the European Association on the Digital Public Domain), and Polish Coalition for Open Education (KOED). He co-chaired the strategic process for the new Creative Commons Global Network Strategy, is an alumnus of the Leadership Academy of Poland (Class of 2017), and in 2016 was named a New Europe 100 Challenger.</p>
<figure id="attachment_56196" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56196" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/leadership-transitions-at-creative-commons/alexander/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander.jpg" data-orig-size="800,800" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 30D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1160856337&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Alexander Macgillivray" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander.jpg" class="wp-image-56196 size-medium" src="media/fc31b267.alexander-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alexander.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Alexander Macgillivray (Photo by Doc Searls, CC BY-SA)</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Alexander Macgillivray</strong> is a lawyer whose interests span ethics, law, policy, government, decision making, the Internet, algorithms, social justice, access to information, coding, and the intersection of all of those. He was United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the final two plus years of the Obama Administration. He was Twitter&#8217;s General Counsel, as well as the company’s head of Corporate Development, Public Policy, Communications, and Trust &amp; Safety. Before that he was Deputy General Counsel at Google and created the Product Counsel team. He has served on the board of the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) USA, was one of the early Berkman Klein Center folks, was certified as a First Grade Teacher by the State of New Jersey, and studied Reasoning &amp; Decision Making as an undergraduate. he He is currently co-founder and GC of Alloy.us. He is also doing a bunch of coding, writing, and short burst projects with organizations thinking about what they should be doing next. He is also proud to be a board member at Data &amp; Society and advisor to the Mozilla Tech Policy Fellows.</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/leadership-transitions-at-creative-commons/">Leadership Transitions at &lt;br /&gt; Creative Commons</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56209
title: Moving on from Creative Commons
uri: Moving-on-from-Creative-Commons
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/moving-on-from-creative-commons/
content:
<p>I have some bittersweet professional news to share. I will be stepping down from my position at Creative Commons and joining the Wikimedia Foundation as Chief of Staff. Leading Creative Commons has been the most challenging and rewarding role of my career. It has been a privilege to do this work, and together we’ve had some incredible accomplishments. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to work with such a dedicated and professional staff, and a caring and driven community — I deeply believe that our collaborative efforts are the reason for every success we’ve had. I&#8217;m excited to continue working on issues that I care about in the open community. And I&#8217;m excited to continue working collaboratively with the CC team as a community member and partner.</p>
<p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/01/looking-forward-and-back-five-years-at-creative-commons/">Looking back on five years as CC’s CEO</a>, I believe that the organization is in a stronger position than it has ever been. CC’s focus is clear, building a vibrant, usable commons powered by collaboration and gratitude through community support and training, product development and partnerships, and engagement.</p>
<p>Operationally, CC has an inspired and driven management team, with exceptional staff leading all aspects of our operations and programs. They are some of my favorite humans, and it’s been a joy to work with them. The team is guided by a multi-year strategy and collaboratively developed goals that support accountability and transparency. Financially, the organization has established a meaningful reserve upon which it can draw, secured partnerships with new multi-year funders, and initiated a strategy to secure multi-year relationships that has been embraced by the Board and is being executed upon by CC’s senior management.</p>
<p>Together, we renewed and expanded the CC network, and it is now nearly four times its previous size, with new and long-standing leaders working together to grow CC in communities previously not engaged with CC. I can’t underscore how important that community work has been, how impactful it will be in the future, and how happy I was to see the community hold such a central role in CC’s strategy and programs. Finally, CC has renewed and strengthened partnerships with funders, peer organizations, content partners, institutions, governments, and more. We have established The Big Open, and taken a leading role in inviting others to join us.</p>
<p>That’s a lot. And after five years, it should be. I joined the organization at a challenging time, with a deep belief in the power of sharing to create a more equitable world, to drive innovation, and create access for all to culture and knowledge. My hope was always to leave the organization in a good place, so that its next CEO can join the staff, community, and board in imagining where CC should go next.</p>
<p>Nobody’s perfect, but I do believe I’ve accomplished the goals we set together, and it’s a good time to move on and invite new leadership in the organization. In the intervening period I will work closely with the CC management team and the board to effect a smooth transition.</p>
<p>To the entire CC team, with whom it has been my great pleasure to work so closely for the past five years, I want to share an enormous amount of gratitude. To CC’s many partners, supporters, and communities, I’m sure I’ll see you again in The Big Open. And as CC enters its 20th year, I look forward to celebrating with all of you as colleagues and friends.</p>
<p>Please also read Creative Commons Board Chair <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/leadership-transitions-at-creative-commons">Molly Van Houweling&#8217;s post on what&#8217;s next for CC</a>.</p>
<p>Warmly,</p>
<p>Ryan Merkley<br />
CEO, Creative Commons</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/moving-on-from-creative-commons/">Moving on from Creative Commons</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56240
title: SELF Magazine and the AAP Promote Vaccine Awareness Through CC-Licensed Images
uri: SELF-Magazine-and-the-AAP-Promote-Vaccine-Awareness-Through-CC-License
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/26/self-magazine-and-the-aap-promote-vaccine-awareness-through-cc-licensed-images/

content:
<p>Today, SELF magazine released a collection of new <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/selfmagazine/albums/72157710332198661">CC-licensed photos created to increase awareness about vaccines</a> and promote accurate information about immunizations. The project, developed in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics, includes several dozen high-quality images made by photographer Heather Hazzan. These photos are available to the public as a free alternative to traditional stock photography and were designed to be used for illustrating stories about vaccines.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft is-resized"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/selfmagazine/albums/72157710332198661" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img data-attachment-id="56241" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/26/self-magazine-and-the-aap-promote-vaccine-awareness-through-cc-licensed-images/vaccine-self-finalsocial-image/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image.jpg" data-orig-size="1873,1873" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-1024x1024.jpg" src="media/34469660.Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-1024x1024.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-56241" width="368" height="368" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vaccine-SELF-FINALsocial-image-1200x1200.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 368px) 85vw, 368px" /></a><figcaption>Photo credit: Heather Hazzan, SELF (CC BY)</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>After consulting with us here at Creative Commons, SELF and the AAP chose to release these images under our Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, so that they can be freely used by anyone—including media outlets, hospitals, public health departments, and other organizations creating content about vaccines—as long as credit is given to the photographer.</p>



<p>In addition to the photo project, SELF magazine today released <a href="https://www.self.com/package/vaccines">&#8220;Vaccines Save Lives,&#8221;</a> a special digital issue dedicated to exploring vaccines and highlighting the inaccuracy and dangers of anti-vaccine misinformation.</p>



<p>We&#8217;re pleased that SELF and the AAP chose CC licensing to share freely and openly with the world. Read more about the photo project on <a href="https://www.self.com/story/vaccine-stock-photos">SELF&#8217;s site</a>, and dig into the photo collection itself over at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/selfmagazine/albums/72157710332198661">Flickr</a>.</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56257
title: Now You Can Watch the Keynotes from CC’s 2019 Global Summit
uri: Now-You-Can-Watch-the-Keynotes-from-CC-s-2019-Global-Summit
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/27/now-you-can-watch-the-keynotes-from-ccs-2019-global-summit/
content:
<p>Well this is exciting—all of the keynote talks from CC&#8217;s 2019 Global Summit are now online!</p>
<p>We wanted to make sure that the insights shared by the summit&#8217;s seven amazing keynote speakers are accessible to people who couldn&#8217;t make it to the event, so we’ve uploaded their talks to YouTube and made them available under a CC Attribution license.</p>
<div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='840' height='473' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/XUY01kW8p2o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'></iframe></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, while you’re sipping your morning coffee, riding the bus to work, or settling down for bed, we encourage you to watch (and share) each of these inspiring keynotes that cover a range of important topics—from decolonizing archives in Palestine to the barriers of copyright reform in Europe. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Watch all of the keynotes through the links below. </span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adele Vrana and Siko Bouterse: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUY01kW8p2o&amp;list=PLPDjhzarwzCgEH9MjNpzDLG1wgwo6YHkm&amp;index=1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Whose Knowledge?”</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Haggen So: “</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x958yQekx3o&amp;list=PLPDjhzarwzCgEH9MjNpzDLG1wgwo6YHkm&amp;index=2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Business Models as an Integrated Part of the Creative Commons Movement”</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins: “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgTKIlngwNM&amp;list=PLPDjhzarwzCgEH9MjNpzDLG1wgwo6YHkm&amp;index=3">A Tale of the Musical Commons: Theft! A History of Music”</a></span> (Note: This talk is not published on YouTube under a CC license, due to its use of musical recordings)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelsey Merkley: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y0FuH5FNCo&amp;list=PLPDjhzarwzCgEH9MjNpzDLG1wgwo6YHkm&amp;index=4"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Horizontal Hostility”</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Majd Al-shihabi: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrnqsbAzoI"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Archives as Training Grounds for Democracy”</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Natalia Mileszyk: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_pO5rP-Yk&amp;list=PLPDjhzarwzCgEH9MjNpzDLG1wgwo6YHkm&amp;index=6"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Overcoming the Sin of Silence: Let’s Start with Basic Questions”</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sophie Bloeman: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbI72xuyK-Q&amp;list=PLPDjhzarwzCgEH9MjNpzDLG1wgwo6YHkm&amp;index=7"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“A Shared Digital Europe”</span></a></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you to all of the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/04/keynotes/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">keynote speakers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for sharing their expertise and for being a crucial part of this year’s summit. To learn more about everything that happened at CC’s 2019 Global Summit, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/29/ccsummit-2019/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">check out our wrap-up blog post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56272
title: It’s Happening—The CC Global Summit Will Be in Lisbon, May 14-16!
uri: It-s-Happening-The-CC-Global-Summit-Will-Be-in-Lisbon-May-14-16
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/28/cc-global-summit-lisbon-may-14-16/
content:
<p>Why mess with success?</p>
<p>We&#8217;re happy to announce that the 2020 CC Global Summit will once again be in Lisbon from May 14-16, 2020! Please save the date!</p>
<p>All of our workshops, talks, planning sessions and small group sessions will be hosted in the beautiful and vibrant <a href="http://www.museudooriente.pt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Museu do Oriente</a>, located on the Alcântara Waterfront. The event will again be co-hosted by Creative Commons and CC Portugal, who did such a tremendous job co-hosting the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/29/ccsummit-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2019 CC Summit</a>.</p>
<p>We hope to build on the success of this year&#8217;s CC Summit, where nearly 400 Creative Commoners gathered from across the globe to attend over 130 sessions and listen to seven incredible keynotes. If you&#8217;re interested in the global movement for the commons as an activist, advocate, artist, librarian, educator, lawyer, technologist, etc., we want you to join us for discussion and debate, workshops and planning, talks and community building.</p>
<p><strong>Are you interested in sponsoring the 2020 CC Global Summit?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sponsorship levels</strong> <strong>|</strong> CC is pleased to invite sponsors to join us for the 2020 Global Summit in Lisbon at a range of levels from $2,000 to $50,000, including Exhibitor Sponsors, Lounge Sponsors, Lunch Sponsors, Keynote Sponsors, and more.</p>
<p>To learn more about sponsoring the 2020 Global Summit, contact Jami Vass, Director of Development, at <a href="mailto:jami@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">jami@creativecommons.org</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Where the money goes</strong> <strong>|</strong> CC’s annual Global Summit draws together an international community of technologists, legal experts, academics, activists, and community members who work to promote the power of open worldwide. The powerful act of gathering these diverse networks in one place enables CC to advance open strategy, develop stronger teams, and cross-pollinate expertise to create an ever-stronger community of open advocates.</p>
<p>Global Summit Sponsors make this annual cross-cultural event possible, providing an essential opportunity to advance and maximize digital creativity, collaboration, and sharing. The Summit is a key gathering of individuals working in the open knowledge sphere — and it is only as impactful as the breadth of voices we are able to engage and include in the event. In addition to supporting the convening at large, sponsors help support our <strong>Summit Scholarship Fund</strong>, enabling Creative Commons to broaden the spectrum of voices that are able to participate in these conversations — which in turn impacts the broader open knowledge space year-round.</p>
<p>Information on programming and how you can get involved coming soon. For updates, subscribe to <a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/6747/subscribe/1?ea.tracking.id=mailing-list-page" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">our mailing list</a> or join us on <a href="https://slack-signup.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Slack</a>.</p>
<p>Finally, to learn more about the 2019 CC Summit, be sure to<a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/29/ccsummit-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> check out this blog</a> wrap-up and <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/27/now-you-can-watch-the-keynotes-from-ccs-2019-global-summit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">watch all seven</a> of the keynotes.</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56282
title: You Loved the 2019 CC Global Summit Logo, So We Put it on a T-Shirt
uri: You-Loved-the-2019-CC-Global-Summit-Logo-So-We-Put-it-on-a-T-Shirt
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/29/2019-cc-global-summit-logo-t-shirt/
content:
<p>We’re excited to release our <a href="https://teespring.com/creative-commons-joao-pombeiro?pid=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">latest Teespring campaign</a> that features the artwork created by João Pombeiro for the 2019 CC Global Summit!</p>
<p><a href="https://teespring.com/creative-commons-joao-pombeiro?pid=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img data-attachment-id="56304" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/29/2019-cc-global-summit-logo-t-shirt/joao-shirt-front/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front.png" data-orig-size="900,900" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="joao-shirt-front" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front-300x300.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front.png" class="aligncenter wp-image-56304" src="media/d8a84797.joao-shirt-front-300x300.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front-300x300.png" alt="" width="593" height="592" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front-300x300.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front-150x150.png 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front-768x768.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front-40x40.png 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front-50x50.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front-350x350.png 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front-155x155.png 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/joao-shirt-front.png 900w" sizes="(max-width: 593px) 85vw, 593px" /></a>When we asked Portuguese artist and filmmaker, <a href="https://twitter.com/joaopombeiro?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">João Pombeiro</a> to design a logo for the 2019 CC Global Summit, we were confident he would create something that would capture the global movement for the commons. He didn’t disappoint.</p>
<p>By using only the CC search tool, the public domain and CC0 licensed images, João crafted a unique piece of art (licensed under CC BY) that resonated with our community.</p>
<p><a href="https://teespring.com/creative-commons-joao-pombeiro?pid=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Support Creative Commons and order these unique t-shirts, sweatshirts and infant onesies today on Teespring.</strong></a></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56332
title: Announcing an Open Call for Proposals: The Bassel Khartabil Fellowship
uri: Announcing-an-Open-Call-for-Proposals-The-Bassel-Khartabil-Fellowship
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/03/open-call-for-proposals-bassel-khartabil-fellowship/
content:
<p><b>Today the Fabricatorz Foundation announced an </b><a href="https://basselkhartabil.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>open call for applicants</b></a><b> for the Bassel Khartabil Fellowship. </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://basselkhartabil.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img data-attachment-id="56333" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/03/open-call-for-proposals-bassel-khartabil-fellowship/bassel-facebook-card/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card.png" data-orig-size="1200,630" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Bassel Facebook Card" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card-300x158.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card-1024x538.png" class="alignleft wp-image-56333" src="media/6699d264.Bassel-Facebook-Card-300x158.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card-300x158.png" alt="" width="386" height="203" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card-300x158.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card-768x403.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card-1024x538.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card-76x40.png 76w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card-50x26.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card-270x142.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bassel-Facebook-Card.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 386px) 85vw, 386px" /></a>The Fellowship supports outstanding individuals developing free culture projects in their communities under adverse circumstances, honoring the legacy of beloved artist, open source technology innovator, free culture advocate <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/free-bassel-essay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bassel Khartabil</a>.</span></p>
<p>Bassel was Creative Commons’ Syrian project lead, the cofounder of Syria’s first hackerspace, and a prolific open source contributor to projects like Firefox and Wikipedia. Bassel’s final project, relaunched as #NEWPALMYRA, entailed building free and open 3D models of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. In his work as a computer engineer, educator, artist, musician, cultural heritage researcher, and thought leader, Bassel modeled a more open world, impacting lives globally.</p>
<p>Bassel was taken from the streets in March of 2012 in a military arrest and interrogated and tortured in secret in a facility controlled by Syria’s General Intelligence Directorate. Despite international outrage at his treatment and calls for his release, in October of 2015 he was moved to an undisclosed location and executed shortly thereafter.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Bassel was not only a dear friend, but also a fearless advocate for free culture who showed us all what a true commitment to the betterment of humanity looked like,&#8221; said Barry Threw, Executive Director of Fabricatorz Foundation. &#8220;His work could not have succeeded without the friendship of a global community. With supporters like Mozilla Foundation and Creative Commons, we can make sure the next generation can advance the values core to Bassel&#8217;s life.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Fellows are expected to lead projects or initiatives that will catalyze free culture, particularly in societies vulnerable to attacks on freedom of expression and free access to knowledge.</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Special consideration will be given to applicants operating within closed societies and in developing economies where other forms of support are scarce, but all interested applicants are encouraged to apply.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Fellowship is organized by Fabricatorz Foundation with support from Creative Commons and Mozilla Foundation, along with partnership from Khartabil&#8217;s final projects: Nophotozone and #NEWPALMYRA.</span></p>
<p><b>How to apply: </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fellowship applications will be accepted on </span><a href="https://basselkhartabil.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">BasselKhartabil.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or by email at </span><a href="mailto:fellowship@basselkhartabil.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">fellowship@basselkhartabil.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, through September 28th. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Fellow will be selected by a jury of free culture community luminaries, and presented at the 10th anniversary Mozilla Festival, from October 21-27 in London. Throughout their one-year term, the chosen Fellow will receive a stipend of $50,000 USD, mentorship from affiliate organizations, skill development, project promotion, and fundraising support from the partner network, as well as other benefits.</span></p>
<p><b>Find more details about the Fellowship at </b><a href="https://basselkhartabil.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>BasselKhartabil.org</b></a></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56312
title: Book Preview: “Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians”
uri: Book-Preview-Creative-Commons-for-Educators-and-Librarians
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/04/creative-commons-for-educators-and-librarians/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the last several months, Creative Commons has collaborated with the</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">American Library Association</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (ALA) on </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">the first-ever print complement to the CC Certificate program—and we are thrilled to announce that the book will be available in November!  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Certificate program</a> is Creative Commons’ official training in open licensing. It targets copyright law, CC legal tools, and the recommended practices of working in our global, shared commons. The CC Certificate is currently offered as a 10-week online course, or as a 1-week in-person training (bootcamp) to educators and academic librarians.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/creative-commons-educators-and-librarians" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img data-attachment-id="56313" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/04/creative-commons-for-educators-and-librarians/creative-commons_c1-indd/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover.jpg" data-orig-size="1800,2700" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Creative Commons_c1.indd&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="ALA CC Book Cover" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover-200x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover-683x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-56313 alignleft" src="media/0045dddd.ALA_CC_BookCover-683x1024.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover-683x1024.jpg" alt="ALA CC Book Cover" width="336" height="504" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover-200x300.jpg 200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover-27x40.jpg 27w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover-33x50.jpg 33w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover-103x155.jpg 103w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALA_CC_BookCover-1200x1800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 336px) 85vw, 336px" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After training hundreds of academics, technologists, lawyers, instructional designers, and non-government organizations, we’ve received many requests to make the Certificate accessible to more people. Addressing that demand, we:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Implemented a training program for facilitators, so we can host more classes at once;</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Launched a scholarship program to make the Certificate program more affordable to colleagues in the Global South; </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborated with colleagues around the world on translations in multiple languages as well as Certificates for different audiences (ex: GLAM); </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Posted all of our course content freely accessible in downloadable file formats online; </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And now, we’ve collaborated with the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">American Library Association </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">to create the print companion to our online course! </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titled</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong> Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians</strong>, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">this publication is licensed CC BY, and offers an additional way to access the open-licensed Certificate content. Pre-order this book in </span><a href="https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/creative-commons-educators-and-librarians"><span style="font-weight: 400;">print at the ALA bookstore</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, ahead of its official release in November 2019. </span></p>
<p><strong>Learn more about the CC Certificate course <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/04/creative-commons-for-educators-and-librarians/">Book Preview: &#8220;Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians&#8221;</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56319
title: Welcome to the Newest Members of the Creative Commons Team!
uri: Welcome-to-the-Newest-Members-of-the-Creative-Commons-Team
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/05/welcome-creative-commons-team/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ve added two new awesome staff members to the Creative Commons team. </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/whitneyvw/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whitney Valentine-Wafer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joined us earlier this year as CC’s Director of Finance and Treasurer. And just this past week, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/victoriacreativecommons-org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Victoria Heath</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> began her new role as CC’s Communications Manager. We’re very excited to be able to work with these two very fine folks.</span></p>
<p><figure id="attachment_56326" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56326" style="width: 276px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="56326" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/05/welcome-creative-commons-team/whitneyvalentine-wafer/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer.jpg" data-orig-size="2400,2609" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Sarah Deragon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1524305885&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Portraits To The People&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="WhitneyValentine-Wafer" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer-276x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer-942x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-56326 size-medium" src="media/5bd5828e.WhitneyValentine-Wafer-276x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer-276x300.jpg" alt="Whitney Valentine-Wafer" width="276" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer-276x300.jpg 276w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer-768x835.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer-942x1024.jpg 942w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer-37x40.jpg 37w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer-46x50.jpg 46w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer-143x155.jpg 143w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhitneyValentine-Wafer-1200x1305.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 276px) 85vw, 276px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56326" class="wp-caption-text">Whitney Valentine-Wafer (Photo by Sarah Deragon, CC BY)</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><b>Whitney Valentine-Wafer, Director of Finance and Treasurer</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whitney brings 17 years of finance and accounting experience to CC, having worked extensively in both the nonprofit and private sectors. Prior to joining us, Whitney was the CFO for 4505 Meats. Whitney currently lives Alameda, CA with her husband, children, and cats. In her spare time, she enjoys preparing recipes from her sizeable cookbook collection.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
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<p><figure id="attachment_56351" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56351" style="width: 286px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="56351" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/05/welcome-creative-commons-team/victoriaheath08-2019/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358.jpg" data-orig-size="2481,2750" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="VictoriaHeath(08.2019)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-271x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-924x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-56351 " src="media/edfcad1f.VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-271x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-271x300.jpg" alt="Victoria Heath" width="286" height="317" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-271x300.jpg 271w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-768x851.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-924x1024.jpg 924w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-36x40.jpg 36w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-45x50.jpg 45w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-140x155.jpg 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VictoriaHeath08.2019-e1567692194358-1200x1330.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 286px) 85vw, 286px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56351" class="wp-caption-text">Victoria Heath (Photo by Hannah Rosen, CC BY)</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><b>Victoria Heath, Communications Manager</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Victoria brings experience in knowledge translation and content creation—using effective communication tools and techniques to increase accessibility to global issues and policies. Before joining CC, Victoria was the Digital Communications Officer for the Institute for Gender and the Economy at the University of Toronto.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Victoria can usually be found wandering around Toronto with her Nikon in one hand and a mocha in the other, listening to BBC radio and talking to strangers.</span></p>
<p><strong>Please join us in welcoming Whitney and Victoria!</strong></p>
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<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/05/welcome-creative-commons-team/">Welcome to the Newest Members of the Creative Commons Team!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56385
title: Message to the Creative Commons Community Regarding Joi Ito
uri: Message-to-the-Creative-Commons-Community-Regarding-Joi-Ito
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/10/message-to-the-creative-commons-community-regarding-joi-ito/
content:
<p>Jeffrey Epstein used his position of power, influence, and wealth to abuse young women and girls. The brief message that follows relates to matters that are inconsequential in comparison to the pain of the survivors, although it connects to broader issues about the society in which that pain was inflicted and persisted.</p>
<p>Like many members of the Creative Commons community, I learned about MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito’s fundraising from Jeffrey Epstein when Ito posted his public apology on August 15. Since then, Ito has resigned from MIT, from several boards, and also from the Creative Commons advisory council. In light of Ito’s history with CC, members of our community may have questions about his role and about our own fundraising practices. The FAQ below aims to answer those questions.</p>
<p><strong>Did CC raise money from Jeffrey Epstein?</strong><br />
No. We have reviewed our donor database and can confirm, based on that review, that CC never received any funding from Epstein or his foundations or companies. Nor did CC ever identify Epstein as a possible donor. In addition, Ito has informed us that he had no contact whatsoever with Epstein on behalf of CC, which is consistent with our internal investigation.</p>
<p><strong>What was Ito&#8217;s involvement with CC, past and current?</strong><br />
Ito was a CC board member from 2003-2014, CC’s board chair from 2006-2008 and from 2010-2012, CEO (part-time, unpaid) from 2008-2011, and on CC’s advisory council from 2014-2019. He resigned his advisory council position on September 7, 2019, effective immediately. The council is an ad-hoc group of individuals who provide advice to the organization on an as-needed basis. It is customary for directors who term off the board of directors to join our advisory council.</p>
<p><strong>How do CC’s values shape its fundraising and what more could be done?</strong><br />
CC identifies and evaluates potential major donors using philanthropy databases and publicly available information. We also follow a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/donate/creative-commons-contributions-policy/">gift acceptance policy</a> that articulates the principles that constrain our fundraising efforts.</p>
<p>This episode provides a sobering opportunity for all groups who rely on donations to reflect on good practices for responsible fundraising. We are evaluating our policies and considering whether there is more we can do to ensure that we do not pursue or accept donations from sources that do not reflect our values.</p>
<p>This episode also raises bigger and more profound issues about who is included in and excluded from institutions that shape knowledge production and dissemination in our society. I won’t try to do justice to those issues of equity and inclusion here. But I do want to acknowledge their centrality to the mission of Creative Commons, an organization dedicated to empowering shared creativity and knowledge to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world. I look forward to engaging with our community as we reflect together on how we achieve those goals.</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/10/message-to-the-creative-commons-community-regarding-joi-ito/">Message to the Creative Commons Community Regarding Joi Ito</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56355
title: Meet Our Growing Tech Team!
uri: Meet-Our-Growing-Tech-Team
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/12/our-growing-tech-team/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the past year, we&#8217;ve expanded our tech team at CC, welcoming four new staff members to help support the global commons through CC&#8217;s licenses and tools. <span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/timidcreativecommons-org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Timid Robot Zehta</a> joined us in October of 2018 as CC&#8217;s Core Systems Manager; <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/hugocreativecommons-org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hugo Solar</a> signed on in January as CC&#8217;s Web Developer; <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/brenoferreira/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bruno Ferreira</a> also began in January as CC&#8217;s Front End Engineer; and our newest member, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/annacreativecommons-org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anna Tumadottir</a> joined us this week as CC&#8217;s Director of Product. We’re very excited to be able to work with these incredible individuals!</span></span></p>
<p><figure id="attachment_56364" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56364" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="56364" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/12/our-growing-tech-team/timid-robot-zehta_avatar_1558017620/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,2048" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Sebastiaan ter Burg&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1567770883&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Sebastiaan ter Burg&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0055555555555556&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-1024x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-56364 size-medium" src="media/f6acd758.Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Timid-Robot-Zehta_avatar_1558017620-1200x1200.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56364" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;Faces of the Commons 2019 Portrait&#8221; by Sebastiaan ter Burg (CC BY 2.0)</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><strong>Timid Robot Zehta, Core Systems Manager</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Timid Robot brings 15 years of professional experience empowering others&#8217; use of technology and digital infrastructure. Timid Robot loves cats, open source, systems and giving back to the communities around them. They have a BA in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College.</span></p>
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<p><figure id="attachment_56393" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56393" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56393" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/12/our-growing-tech-team/hugo_headshoted2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2.jpg" data-orig-size="2680,2680" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Hugo_Headshot(ed2)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-1024x1024.jpg" class="size-medium wp-image-56393" src="media/ecbb20f4.Hugo_Headshoted2-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-300x300.jpg" alt="Hugo Solar" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_Headshoted2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56393" class="wp-caption-text">Hugo Solar (Photo by Victoria Heath, CC BY)</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><strong>Hugo Solar, Web Developer</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hugo brings more than 10 years of experience as a web developer. He spent the last four years as a full stack developer and interface designer, working with local NGOs and institutions supporting social movements and labor unions. He lives in a quiet and small town in Chile with his lovely son; cooking, drinking coffee, and taking care of his orchard. In his free time, he likes to achieve a zen-like state by practicing Karate and Kickboxing.<br />
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<p><img data-attachment-id="56366" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/12/our-growing-tech-team/breno-ferreira_avatar_1546875530/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530.jpeg" data-orig-size="1802,1802" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1464959475&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00040306328093511&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-300x300.jpeg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-1024x1024.jpeg" class="size-medium wp-image-56366 alignleft" src="media/c2304a41.Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-300x300.jpeg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-300x300.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-768x768.jpeg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-40x40.jpeg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-50x50.jpeg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-350x350.jpeg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-155x155.jpeg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Breno-Ferreira_avatar_1546875530-1200x1200.jpeg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /></p>
<p><strong>Bruno Ferreira, Front End Engineer</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breno has 10 years of experience in software development working in various industries, from investment banking to oil engineering, to payment systems. Outside work, Breno spends his time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he enjoys running, eating açaí, and paying an occasional visit to the beach. Breno can sometimes be spotted in other corners of the globe on his travels.<br />
</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><figure id="attachment_56392" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56392" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56392" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/12/our-growing-tech-team/anna_headshoted/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted.jpg" data-orig-size="2936,2936" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Anna_Headshot(ed)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-1024x1024.jpg" class="size-medium wp-image-56392" src="media/4ecd81ce.Anna_Headshoted-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-300x300.jpg" alt="Anna Tumadottir" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Anna_Headshoted-1200x1200.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56392" class="wp-caption-text">Anna Tumadottir (Photo by Victoria Heath, CC BY)</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><strong>Anna Tumadottir, Director of Product</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anna spent a decade building out all aspects of the operations of three distributed performance marketing start-ups. She is constantly considering opportunities for expansion and improvement. Anna grew up in Iceland, Scotland, and Malawi, and now calls Austin, Texas her home. Sharing information and resources is central to how Anna operates, as she is convinced it leads to a better existence for everyone.<br />
</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Please join us in welcoming the newest members of our tech team!</strong></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/12/our-growing-tech-team/">Meet Our Growing Tech Team!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56410
title: New CC T-Shirt Inspired by a Letter from a 5th Grader
uri: New-CC-T-Shirt-Inspired-by-a-Letter-from-a-5th-Grader
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/13/proc-shirt/
content:
<p><a href="https://teespring.com/people-s-republic-of-copyright" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img data-attachment-id="56412" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/13/proc-shirt/attachment/560/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560.jpg" data-orig-size="480,480" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="560" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560.jpg" class="aligncenter wp-image-56412" src="media/c32f7177.560-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="442" height="442" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/560.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 442px) 85vw, 442px" /></a></p>
<p>Creative Commons gets letters and phone calls and emails from all around the world. People write to share their work, call to get advice on how to use the licenses, and email to complain and to say thank you. Recently, we got a series of hand-written letters from a number of students in a US-based 5th-grade class, including this one:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We get letters. &quot;I want to congratulate you on the drastic changes you&#39;ve made to The People&#39;s Republic of Copyright. As a 5th grader, what can I do to help?&quot;</p>
<p>Clearly we have to make People&#39;s Republic of Copyright t-shirts. <a href="https://t.co/njwOz7UX7k">pic.twitter.com/njwOz7UX7k</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ryan Merkley <img src="media/e1240c0d.1f341.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f341.png" alt="🍁" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> (@ryanmerkley) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanmerkley/status/1138097218286694402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
<p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p><em>“I want to congratulate you on the drastic changes you&#8217;ve made to The People&#8217;s Republic of Copyright. As a 5th grader, what can I do to help?&#8221;</em></p>
<p>The Wikipedia article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Republic”</a> says, “A republic (Latin: res publica, meaning “public affair”) is a form of government in which the country is considered a &#8220;public matter&#8221;, not the private concern or property of the rulers.”</p>
<p>The commons is definitely a “public matter,” and we thought the idea deserved a little creative expression. As some of you may know, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/moving-on-from-creative-commons/">today is my last day as CEO at CC</a>, and as a bit of a parting gift, CC’s Creative Director Eric Steuer and I collaborated with Toronto designer Cat Wood to turn the letter into a t-shirt. <strong><a href="https://teespring.com/people-s-republic-of-copyright">Available in grey, blue, and red.</a></strong></p>
<p>In Solidarity,<br />
Ryan Merkley<br />
Former CEO, Creative Commons<br />
Citizen, The People’s Republic of Copyright</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/13/proc-shirt/">New CC T-Shirt Inspired by a Letter from a 5th Grader</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56428
title: CC Names Cable Green as Interim CEO
uri: CC-Names-Cable-Green-as-Interim-CEO
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/16/cc-names-cable-green-as-interim-ceo/
content:
<p>Creative Commons is delighted to welcome <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/cablecreativecommons-org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cable Green</a> as the organization’s interim Chief Executive Officer. As we <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/13/leadership-transitions-at-creative-commons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recently announced</a>, Ryan Merkley has stepped down after five years of service as CEO to start a new position at Wikimedia. We are thankful to Ryan for his leadership at CC and excited for him and the Commons that he will continue as a leader in the open knowledge community.</p>
<p><figure id="attachment_56433" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56433" style="width: 527px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56433" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/16/cc-names-cable-green-as-interim-ceo/cable-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,1365" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="cable" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-300x256.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-1024x874.jpg" class="wp-image-56433" src="media/f9de7703.cable-1-300x256.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-300x256.jpg" alt="" width="527" height="450" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-300x256.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-768x655.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-1024x874.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-47x40.jpg 47w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-50x43.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-182x155.jpg 182w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-1200x1024.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 527px) 85vw, 527px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56433" class="wp-caption-text">Cable Green (Photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg, CC BY)</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>Interim CEO Cable Green has been a key member of the Creative Commons staff for the past eight and a half years. As CC’s Director of Open Education, he has been one of the world’s most effective advocates for open licensing policies, and has worked extensively with the global open education community to improve access to effective open educational resources. Cable will continue to spearhead our efforts to advance open education as he takes on this new interim leadership role at CC.</p>
<p>The rest of the Creative Commons board of directors and I are very grateful to Cable for stepping into this new role. He is the perfect person to lead CC during this crucial transition period. He knows and understands the organization, the community, and the important work we do better than anyone. We couldn’t be more confident in him and the rest of the CC staff.</p>
<p>We are also excited to announce that we have launched a CEO search process to identify our next permanent CEO. This process will include outreach to the global Creative Commons community for insights about the future of CC and its leadership.</p>
<p>The Commons is ever-changing and resilient. It is my great honor to cultivate it along with Creative Commons staff, our global network, and supporters.</p>
<p>Share alike, friends!</p>
<p>Molly Van Houweling<br />
Creative Commons Board Chair</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/16/cc-names-cable-green-as-interim-ceo/">CC Names Cable Green as Interim CEO</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56416
title: Grant for the Web, a $100m Plan to Spur New Business Models for Online Creators
uri: Grant-for-the-Web-a-100m-Plan-to-Spur-New-Business-Models-for-Online
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/16/grant-for-the-web/
content:
<p><a href="https://www.grantfortheweb.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img data-attachment-id="56438" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/16/grant-for-the-web/gftw-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1.png" data-orig-size="1606,903" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="gftw" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1-300x169.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1-1024x576.png" class=" wp-image-56438 aligncenter" src="media/790fb7bb.gftw-1-300x169.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1-300x169.png" alt="" width="582" height="328" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1-300x169.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1-768x432.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1-71x40.png 71w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1-50x28.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1-270x152.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gftw-1-1200x675.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 582px) 85vw, 582px" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Good news for people and groups working on ways to empower creators:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, Coil announced </span><a href="https://www.grantfortheweb.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Grant for the Web</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a new $100 million fund to benefit creators and promote the open Web Monetization standard.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grant for the Web is funded and led by Coil, in collaboration with Creative Commons and Mozilla. The fund hopes to address some of the most serious problems facing the Web, including privacy abuses related to ads and unethical sponsored content, by fixing web monetization and disrupting content subscription services.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The program will fund individuals, projects, and global communities that contribute to a privacy-centric, open, and accessible web monetization ecosystem. Specifically, the Grant for the Web program encourages content creators and software developers to develop and test new business models using </span><a href="https://interledger.org/rfcs/0028-web-monetization/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Web Monetization</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an open web standard that has been proposed to the W3C Web Incubator Community Group. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Grant for the Web is committed to awarding at least 50% of all grant dollars to proposed software projects and content projects that will be openly licensed.</strong> Special consideration will be given to projects that reflect the values of the global commons, such as: </span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Increasing users’ autonomy, privacy, and control over their own data </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Promoting diversity and inclusion on the internet </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Increasing access to the full capacity of the internet, both for content consumption and content creation, for historically marginalized or disadvantaged communities and individuals</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Representatives from Coil, Creative Commons, and Mozilla will make up the initial Grant for the Web Advisory Council, which governs the fund’s activities. Additionally, Coil, Creative Commons, and Mozilla will each designate an advisor to serve on a Technical Advisory Group. The purpose of this group will be to guide the direction of the program, and to review grant applications from a technical perspective and in turn provide recommendations to the Advisory Council.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As collaborators on this project, we’re excited to help foster new and innovative business models that will address issues facing the Web today.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> For more information and updates about Grant for the Web, including upcoming calls for proposals, visit </span><a href="http://grantfortheweb.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://grantfortheweb.org/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.  </span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/16/grant-for-the-web/">Grant for the Web, a $100m Plan to Spur New Business Models for Online Creators</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56450
title: Documentary “The Long Road to the Hall of Fame” Available Under CC License
uri: Documentary-The-Long-Road-to-the-Hall-of-Fame-Available-Under-CC
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/19/documentary-the-long-road-to-the-hall-of-fame-available-under-cc-license/

content:
<p>In 2016, Creative Commons launched a small grant program called &#8220;<a href="https://creativecommons.org/2016/07/21/cc-is-awesome/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Awesome Fund</a>.&#8221; In total, 19 grants <span>funded a wide range of creative projects led by members of the CC network.</span></p>
<p><strong>The Long Road to the Hall of Fame</strong></p>
<p>One of the grant recipients was Réda Zine, an author, director, and producer based in Italy. Zine used the grant to help complete his feature length documentary, <a href="http://www.thelongroadproject.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Long Road to the Hall of Fame</em></a>, which tells the story of <span class="color">Tony King (a.k.a. <span>Malik Farrakhan</span>)</span>.</p>
<p><span>Tony King is a former National Football League player, model, and actor—he appeared in films such as <em>Shaft </em>and <em>Gordon&#8217;s War. </em>In the 1980s, however, King transitioned from actor to political activist by joining the Nation of Islam and changing his name to Malik Farrakhan. Eventually, he became </span><span>chief of security for the hip-hop group Public Enemy. </span></p>
<p>By documenting the life and work of <span class="color">Tony King (a.k.a. <span>Malik Farrakhan</span>)</span><span>, the film explores how King&#8217;s life &#8220;is a parable spanning the last 40 years of African-American history.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><strong>Released under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC</a>, you can <a href="https://vimeo.com/341768246" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">now watch</a> the full documentary on Vimeo.</strong></p>
<p><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/341768246" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/19/documentary-the-long-road-to-the-hall-of-fame-available-under-cc-license/">Documentary &#8220;The Long Road to the Hall of Fame&#8221; Available Under CC License</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56468
title: The Pangolin Reports: CC Journalism About the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal
uri: The-Pangolin-Reports-CC-Journalism-About-the-World-s-Most-Trafficke
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/25/the-pangolin-reports-cc-journalism-about-the-worlds-most-trafficked-mammal/

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier this year, we met Patrick Böhler, a journalist and executive editor of SWI swissinfo.ch, the international news service of Switzerland’s public broadcaster. In our conversation, we discussed the ways that various media companies and journalistic projects have used Creative Commons licensing to increase public access to their stories.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We were excited when Patrick circled back recently to tell us about his latest project, </span><a href="https://globalstory.pangolinreports.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Pangolin Reports</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which launches today in newspapers and online media in several countries. The result of a nine-month investigation by more than 30 journalists around the world, The Pangolin Reports is a series of investigative reports that document the poaching and smuggling of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">pangolins</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the scaly anteaters that are known to be the most illegally traded mammals in the world.</span></p>
<p><figure id="attachment_56474" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56474" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://globalstory.pangolinreports.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img data-attachment-id="56474" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/25/the-pangolin-reports-cc-journalism-about-the-worlds-most-trafficked-mammal/pangolin-in-the-esris-first-aid-station-credit_yu-chih-wei/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,1067" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\u4f59\u5fd7\u5049&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5DS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\u5357\u6295\u96c6\u96c6\u7279\u751f\u4e2d\u5fc3\u91ce\u751f\u52d5\u7269\u6025\u6551\u7ad9\u7a7f\u5c71\u7532\u6551\u8b77\uff0c\u7a7f\u5c71\u7532\u91ce\u653e\u8a13\u7df4\u3002(\u651d\u5f71\/\u4f59\u5fd7\u5049)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1560875455&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\u4f59\u5fd7\u5049&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-image-56474 size-medium" src="media/76537e5c.n-in-the-ESRIs-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-300x200.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-300x200.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-768x512.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-60x40.jpg 60w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-50x33.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-232x155.jpg 232w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pangolin-in-the-ESRI’s-First-Aid-Station.-credit_Yu-Chih-Wei.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56474" class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Yu Chih-Wei, CC BY-NC-ND</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Böhler and an international team of journalists known as the Global Environment Reporting Collective worked in 14 newsrooms across Asia, Africa, and Europe to produce The Pangolin Reports. The series, released under Creative Commons’ </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">BY-NC-ND</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> license, builds on local reporters’ expertise in order to generate worldwide awareness about the multi-million-dollar black market for pangolins—and the criminal network behind the supply chain.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Pangolin Reports is designed to spark a larger conversation about animal trafficking and to inspire a global campaign to help save the pangolin. To learn more about the project (including information about its CC license), visit </span><a href="https://www.pangolinreports.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">pangolinreports.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. If you’re interested in joining and/or supporting the Global Environment Reporting Collective, write to </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">contact@pangolinreports.com</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/25/the-pangolin-reports-cc-journalism-about-the-worlds-most-trafficked-mammal/">The Pangolin Reports: CC Journalism About the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56487
title: Access to Information Is Not Universal: Here’s Why That Matters
uri: Access-to-Information-Is-Not-Universal-Here-s-Why-That-Matters
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/28/access-to-information-matters/
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<p>Today is the International Day for Universal Access to Information (<a href="https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/accesstoinformationday/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IDUAI</a>).</p>
<p><figure id="attachment_56489" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56489" style="width: 406px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56489" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/28/access-to-information-matters/web-banner-9688x358_en/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-banner-9688x358_EN.jpg" data-orig-size="688,358" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="web-banner-9688x358_EN" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-banner-9688x358_EN-300x156.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-banner-9688x358_EN.jpg" class=" wp-image-56489" src="media/8b5221b2.web-banner-9688x358_EN-300x156.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-banner-9688x358_EN-300x156.jpg" alt="" width="406" height="211" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-banner-9688x358_EN-300x156.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-banner-9688x358_EN-77x40.jpg 77w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-banner-9688x358_EN-50x26.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-banner-9688x358_EN-270x140.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-banner-9688x358_EN.jpg 688w" sizes="(max-width: 406px) 85vw, 406px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56489" class="wp-caption-text">Image credit: UNESCO, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>You may be wondering why this day is necessary—particularly in 2019, when the average person is inundated with <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3051417/why-its-so-hard-to-pay-attention-explained-by-science" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">an estimated</a> 34 gigabytes of information every day, from emails and text messages to Youtube videos and news programs. In fact, it’s easy to take information for granted. However, access to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_records" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">public information</a>, in particular, is not universal.</p>
<p>“Although technology has increased the amount of information and systematized the collection of data, people and communities across the world still lack access to critical, public information,” explains <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bushraebadi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bushra Ebadi</a>. As a researcher and Executive Committee Member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Bushra relies on public information to study <span style="font-weight: 400;">and develop solutions for </span>issues such as <span style="font-weight: 400;">insecurity,</span> corruption, inequality, and climate change.</p>
<blockquote><p>Access to information “is an integral part of the right to freedom of expression” and “a key enabler towards inclusive knowledge societies.”</p></blockquote>
<p>According to Moez Chakchouk, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, access to information “is an integral part of the right to freedom of expression” and “a key enabler towards inclusive knowledge societies.” Despite this, UNESCO <a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000235297" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">says</a> that many governments “do not have national legislation on access to information as a specific expression of the law,” otherwise known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_information_laws_by_country#Introduction" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">freedom of information legislation</a>. This means that millions of people do not have the right or the ability to access public information. Further, &#8220;<span>Even when these laws exist they are not necessarily abided by,&#8221; adds Bushra, &#8220;there can be a lot of red tape to access information in a timely manner.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>This lack of access is particularly worrying for researchers and activists, like Bushra. Without universal, open access to data from governments or research institutions, for example, developing effective solutions to global problems is difficult.</p>
<p><strong>A Closer Look At Government Data</strong></p>
<p>Increasingly, governments are using tools like Creative Commons’ <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC0 Public Domain Dedication (CC Zero)</a> to maximize the “re-use of data and databases” by clarifying that these resources are in the <a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Public_domain" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">public domain</a> and not restricted by copyright. However, there are many instances when data collected by governments are not made easily accessible (e.g., through an online data portal or open source data set).</p>
<p>In 2017, the World Wide Web Foundation found that almost every country included in its <em><a href="media/b4e2aaf8.ODB-4thEdition-GlobalReport.pdf" data-original-source="https://opendatabarometer.org/doc/4thEdition/ODB-4thEdition-GlobalReport.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Data Barometer</a> </em>report failed to adequately share important data with the public. For example, only 71% of the observed government data sets were published online, only 25% were available via an open license, and only 7% of government data sets were <a href="http://opendefinition.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">truly open</a>—meaning they “can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose.” The Foundation also reported that many of the available data sets were “incomplete, out of date, of low quality, and fragmented.”</p>
<p>In her work, Bushra often relies on government data to conduct policy research, but has routinely experienced problems. “The relevance of the data is largely dependent on how and what <span style="font-weight: 400;">information </span>was collected, as well as the format it is available in,” she explains. While studying issues related to forced migration and gender discrimination in the Global South, for example, <span>she found it difficult to access reliable data</span>.</p>
<blockquote><p>“By restricting access to those who can afford it or have power and privilege, we support a system and culture of elitism&#8230;&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>To compensate for this lack of data, researchers must often rely on data collected by non-government entities—which are typically kept behind expensive paywalls. According to Bushra, this is particularly detrimental. “By restricting access to those who can afford it or have power and privilege, we support a system and culture of elitism in which a select group of people with access are able to dictate what is done with information and how it is used.”</p>
<p><figure id="attachment_56491" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56491" style="width: 507px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56491" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/28/access-to-information-matters/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k.jpg" data-orig-size="1857,921" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ben_Mrad_Bayrem&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1560428319&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Ben_Mrad_Bayrem&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Attendees meet at Rights Con, Tunisia 2019" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-300x149.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-1024x508.jpg" class=" wp-image-56491" src="media/6852b414.48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-300x149.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-300x149.jpg" alt="Attendees meet at Rights Con, Tunisia 2019" width="507" height="252" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-300x149.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-768x381.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-1024x508.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-81x40.jpg 81w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-50x25.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-270x134.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48183438696_b8ab41b805_k-1200x595.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 507px) 85vw, 507px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56491" class="wp-caption-text">Image credit: Rights Con 2019, CC BY-NC 2.0</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><strong>The Power of Information</strong></p>
<p>Universal, open access to public information, particularly government data, not only facilitates scientific collaboration and innovation, it also empowers communities that have been historically marginalized and silenced.</p>
<p>“Access to information is intrinsically tied to the right to know and the right to exist,” Bushra emphasizes, “and without access to information, citizens lack the tools they need to hold their governments and people in power accountable.”</p>
<p>Information is powerful—that’s why, even in 2019, the International Day for Universal Access to Information remains not only important, but necessary.</p>
<p><em>To learn more and get involved, <a href="https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/accesstoinformationday/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">visit</a> UNESCO’s website or <a href="https://unesco.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=72ebfe189bdcd1c4b7aedc782&amp;id=898ed31396" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sign up</a> for their newsletter.</em></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/28/access-to-information-matters/">Access to Information Is Not Universal: Here’s Why That Matters</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56510
title: Congratulations to Our 157 June CC Certificate Graduates!
uri: Congratulations-to-Our-157-June-CC-Certificate-Graduates
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/02/june-cc-certificate-graduates/
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<p>From June—August 2019, Creative Commons hosted eight CC Certificate classes for Academic Librarians and Educators. Participants in the classes studied Creative Commons licenses, copyright, the public domain, and open practices. Certificate students developed open licensing proficiency and deepened their understanding of the broader context for open advocacy. See examples of the assignments participants shared under CC licenses <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zSZIJ837iSdwutgRCnr9yg44qKoyTI5hiSC_QsszV_M/edit#heading=h.ulct64pjztgc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>!</p>
<p>Graduates from these classes included 67 educators and 90 librarians. Together, they joined the Certificate alumni community of 442 remarkable people making extraordinary changes in every region of the world. From translating Certificate content in multiple languages, to hosting workshops to developing entire graduate-level courses, CC Certificate alumni bring a new level of advocacy to open education and open access.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-link-color="#E95F28">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MondayMotivation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MondayMotivation</a> my <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@creativecommons</a> certification came in! Still super proud of the work I accomplished and the knowledge I gained to move forward in my librarianship. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LibraryTwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LibraryTwitter</a> <a href="https://t.co/DmFCrcTXcp">pic.twitter.com/DmFCrcTXcp</a></p>
<p>— Elizabeth Beaver Batte (@beaverbatte) <a href="https://twitter.com/beaverbatte/status/1171081051285811201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Elizabeth Batte tweeted her Certificate graduating from the June 2019 class. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">She will join </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeanne Pavy, another June Certificate graduate, and present how they plan to use gained knowledge on campus, and the impact of CC licenses in higher education at the </span><a href="https://www.louislibraries.org/luc/2019"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2019 LOUIS User Conference</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on October 15.</span></em></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-link-color="#E95F28">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The 2nd <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Creatives?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Creatives</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Commons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Commons</a> Algeria Chapter meeting was held this morning at the University of Bejaia. I&#8217;ve given a session titled: what is Creative Commons? <a href="https://twitter.com/algeria_cc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@algeria_cc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@creativecommons</a> <a href="https://t.co/OelHf0o6q8">pic.twitter.com/OelHf0o6q8</a></p>
<p>— Kamel Belhamel<img src="media/bfb03f59.1f310.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f310.png" alt="🌐" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> (@kamelbelhamel) <a href="https://twitter.com/kamelbelhamel/status/1176458804076130304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Certificate alumnus, Kamel Belhamel, puts his CC knowledge to great use at the University of Bejaia, in Algeria. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">View his </span><a href="https://zenodo.org/record/3460680#.XZIPjudKjRY"><span style="font-weight: 400;">slides</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the </span><a href="https://oaalgeria.wordpress.com/2019/09/25/2nd-cc-algeria-chapter-meeting/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2nd CC Algeria Chapter meeting notes.</span></a></em></p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s what our alumni are saying:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>72%</strong> use the knowledge they gained from the course at least weekly</li>
<li><strong>86%</strong> use the knowledge they gained from the course at least quarterly</li>
<li><strong>62%</strong> are consulted by colleagues as an open licensing expert since graduation</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Interested in taking the <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Certificate</a>? Don&#8217;t miss out—we are now accepting new <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/about/packages/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">registrations</a> for our 2020 courses!</strong></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/02/june-cc-certificate-graduates/">Congratulations to Our 157 June CC Certificate Graduates!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56554
title: Meet Our First CC Certificate Scholarship Recipients!
uri: Meet-Our-First-CC-Certificate-Scholarship-Recipients
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/08/first-certificate-scholarship-recipients/
content:
<p>The Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN) is a passionate community that lights up our vibrant, collaborative, global commons. The <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Network</a> is also critical to our <span style="font-weight: 400;">mission of sharing. To support CC Network members, we launched a scholarship program for CC Certificate courses. </span></p>
<p>Today, we are proud to highlight our first 10 CC Certificate Scholarship recipients. The CC Certificate provides an-in depth study of Creative Commons licenses and open practices, uniquely developing participants’ open licensing proficiency and understanding of the broader context for open advocacy.</p>
<figure id="attachment_56555" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56555" style="width: 363px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56555" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/08/first-certificate-scholarship-recipients/juliana-monteiro/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Juliana-Monteiro.jpg" data-orig-size="512,341" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Sebastiaan ter Burg&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Sebastiaan ter Burg&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Juliana Monteiro" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Juliana-Monteiro-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Juliana-Monteiro.jpg" class=" wp-image-56555" src="media/7b7fdffc.Juliana-Monteiro-300x200.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Juliana-Monteiro-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="363" height="242" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Juliana-Monteiro-300x200.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Juliana-Monteiro-60x40.jpg 60w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Juliana-Monteiro-50x33.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Juliana-Monteiro-233x155.jpg 233w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Juliana-Monteiro.jpg 512w" sizes="(max-width: 363px) 85vw, 363px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56555" class="wp-caption-text">From CC Brazil: photo of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ter-burg/47036792664/in/album-72157708381101725/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Juliana Monteiro</a>, Museóloga freelancer and Profa. no Curso Técnico de Museologia, by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ter-burg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sebastiaan ter Burg</a>, licensed <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 4.0</a></figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After launching the official CC Certificate courses in July of 2018, we offered 18 scholarships a year later. We’re thrilled to enroll our first scholarship recipients in the September 2019 and January 2020 classes! They join the ranks of 507 other participants from 42 countries or territories who have enrolled in  CC Certificate courses. These initial scholarships are just the start. We aim to increase the number of scholarships we offer by 50% next year, and further increase the number in subsequent years. </span></p>
<p>Although we will<span style="font-weight: 400;"> share more about our scholarship recipients on the </span><a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Certificate website</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the coming weeks</span></a>, we are delighted to name them here:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>September 2019 courses:</strong><br />
Alice Joseph Mihayo<br />
Brian Ssennoga<br />
Fitriayu Penyalai<br />
Margaret Lopez</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>January 2020 courses:</strong><br />
Juliana Monteiro<br />
Margorie Merel<br />
Jorge Gemetto<br />
Nurunnaby Chowdhury<br />
Raphel Berchie<br />
Roshan Kumar Karn</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>How does the scholarship program work?</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s simple. Creative Commons offers as many scholarship tickets as we can to CC Network Chapters. As leaders in the field with regular connection to local community members, Chapter leads and representatives determine the recommended scholarship recipients. They send scholarship recommendations and contact information to CC, and we help recipients register in the Librarian or Educator Certificate courses. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Scholarship program covers 80% of the recipient’s ticket, requiring scholarship recipients to contribute the remaining US $100. </span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56561" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56561" style="width: 344px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56561" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/08/first-certificate-scholarship-recipients/roshan-kumar-karn/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roshan-Kumar-Karn.png" data-orig-size="512,341" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Roshan Kumar Karn" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roshan-Kumar-Karn-300x200.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roshan-Kumar-Karn.png" class=" wp-image-56561" src="media/0523a6bc.Roshan-Kumar-Karn-300x200.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roshan-Kumar-Karn-300x200.png" alt="" width="344" height="229" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roshan-Kumar-Karn-300x200.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roshan-Kumar-Karn-60x40.png 60w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roshan-Kumar-Karn-50x33.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roshan-Kumar-Karn-233x155.png 233w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roshan-Kumar-Karn.png 512w" sizes="(max-width: 344px) 85vw, 344px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56561" class="wp-caption-text">From CC Nepal: Photo by <a href="https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210455603809795&amp;id=1335252823&amp;set=a.1448094285759&amp;source=11" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Roshan Kumar Karn</a>, Director of Open Access Nepal, licensed <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 4.0</a></figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this initial round, we’ve prioritized scholarships for CC network members in Global South countries who want to use Certificate knowledge to fuel their own community efforts and “pay it forward” to their communities. Once we are able to offer all interested CC Country Chapters in the Global South at least one scholarship, we will provide scholarships to other CC Country Teams until, one day, we’ll have at least one community member trained in every interested CC Network country.</span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56577
title: Robin McKenna’s GIFT Documentary Opens Today
uri: Robin-McKenna-s-GIFT-Documentary-Opens-Today
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/11/robin-mckennas-gift-documentary-opens-today/
content:
<p><img data-attachment-id="56578" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/11/robin-mckennas-gift-documentary-opens-today/gift-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift.png" data-orig-size="800,692" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="gift" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift-300x260.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift.png" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-56578" src="media/73c5e7ca.gift-300x260.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift-300x260.png" alt="" width="300" height="260" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift-300x260.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift-768x664.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift-46x40.png 46w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift-50x43.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift-179x155.png 179w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift.png 800w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /></p>
<p>At the 2017 Creative Commons Global Summit, we hosted a special session with filmmaker Robin McKenna that featured an early look at her then-in-progress documentary <a href="http://www.giftitforwardproject.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>GIFT</em></a>. McKenna’s film is now completed and <a href="http://www.giftitforwardproject.com/the-film/screenings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">opens today</a> in select cities in the US.</p>
<p>Inspired by <a href="http://www.lewishyde.com/publications/the-gift" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Gift</em></a>, Lewis Hyde’s influential 1983 book about creativity and sharing (and an early inspiration for Creative Commons), <em>GIFT</em> explores gift-based cultures around the world and looks to understand how sharing makes us human. It follows the journeys of several people and their diverse creative pursuits, and chronicles how the acts of creating and sharing are currencies in their own right.</p>
<p>Watch the trailer for <em>GIFT</em> below, and check out our <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/06/29/gift-film-tells-story-sharing-around-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">interview with McKenna</a> from 2017 to learn more about her filmmaking process and what moved her to make this lovely documentary. Bonus material: Back in 2010, we <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2010/08/27/lewis-hyde-author-of-common-as-air-revolution-art-and-ownership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">interviewed Lewis Hyde</a>—it’s an insightful read!</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56599
title: How to Get Involved With the 2020 CC Global Summit
uri: How-to-Get-Involved-With-the-2020-CC-Global-Summit
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/21/volunteer-cc-global-summit-2020/
content:
<figure id="attachment_56602" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56602" style="width: 376px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56602" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/21/volunteer-cc-global-summit-2020/cc-global-summit-2019-registration/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration.jpg" data-orig-size="799,533" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Sebastiaan ter Burg&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1557435391&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Sebastiaan ter Burg&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="CC Global Summit 2019 Registration" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;2019 CC Global Summit volunteer helping a participant&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration.jpg" class=" wp-image-56602" src="media/c270b69a.CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration-300x200.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration-300x200.jpg" alt="2019 CC Global Summit volunteer helping a participant" width="376" height="250" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration-300x200.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration-768x512.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration-60x40.jpg 60w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration-50x33.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration-232x155.jpg 232w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration.jpg 799w" sizes="(max-width: 376px) 85vw, 376px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56602" class="wp-caption-text">Image by Sebastiaan ter Bur, CC BY</figcaption></figure>
<p>The 2020 Creative Commons (CC) Global Summit is returning to Lisbon, Portugal on 14-16 May, co-hosted by CC Portugal.</p>
<p>You can help bring the CC Summit to life for our participants by volunteering for a role on one of our planning committees. <em>Please note: These are remote positions; you do not need to be located in Portugal.</em></p>
<p><strong>Volunteer opportunities available:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Program Committee</strong>—as a part of this committee, you’ll work collaboratively to develop the theme and tracks of the CC Global Summit, as well as curate the program submissions. This committee will require weekly or-biweekly conference calls from November 2019 to March 2020, as well as asynchronous communication by email and in Slack.</p>
<p><strong>Scholarship Evaluation Committee</strong>—as a part of this committee, made up of CC staff and members, you’ll use funding guidelines provided by CC to evaluate scholarship applications. This committee will require around 3-5 hours per week, from November 2019 until February 2020.</p>
<p><a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/volunteering/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more and apply by November 1, 2019.</strong></a></p>
<p><em>Missed last year’s CC Summit? Be sure to <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/29/ccsummit-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">check out this blog</a> wrap-up and <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/27/now-you-can-watch-the-keynotes-from-ccs-2019-global-summit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">watch all seven</a> of the keynotes that cover a range of important topics—from decolonizing archives in Palestine to the barriers of copyright reform in Europe.</em></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56586
title: Early Bird Registration is Open for the CC Global Summit!
uri: Early-Bird-Registration-is-Open-for-the-CC-Global-Summit
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/23/early-bird-registration-cc-summit/
content:
<p><b>The 2020 Creative Commons (CC) Global Summit is returning to Lisbon, Portugal on 14-16 May!</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ve grown the CC Global Summit every year as hundreds of leading activists, advocates, librarians, educators, lawyers, technologists, and more have joined us for discussion, debate, workshops, planning, talks, and community building. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whether you&#8217;re new to the community or a long-time contributor, the CC Global Summit has lots to offer. It&#8217;s a can’t-miss event for anyone interested in the global movement for the commons.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56592" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56592" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56592" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/23/early-bird-registration-cc-summit/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k.jpg" data-orig-size="2047,1365" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Sebastiaan ter Burg&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1557460429&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Sebastiaan ter Burg&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;90&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Majd Al-shihabi" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-image-56592 size-medium" src="media/04d492c5.47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-300x200.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-300x200.jpg" alt="Majd Al-shihabi" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-60x40.jpg 60w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-50x33.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-232x155.jpg 232w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47959608521_56c604d7ef_k-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56592" class="wp-caption-text">Majd Al-shihabi presenting his keynote, “Archives as Training Grounds for Democracy” at the 2019 CC Summit. Image by Sebastiaan ter Bur, CC BY.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span><strong>Your Participant Pass includes:</strong> </span></p>
<ul>
<li><span>Access to all conference programming including workshops, talks, and keynotes</span></li>
<li><span>Breakfast, lunch, and snacks served onsite every day</span></li>
<li><span>Evening events showcasing local Lisbon artists</span></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/13006/event/1?mode=DEMO" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Register today using the discount code: <b>SEEYOUSOON20</b><b> for 10% off your registration</b>!</strong></a></p>
<p>For the latest updates on the 2020 CC Summit, please <a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/6747/subscribe/1?ea.tracking.id=mailing-list-page">join our mailing list</a> and check out <a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">our website</a>!</p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Missed last year’s CC Summit? Be sure to</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/29/ccsummit-2019/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> check out this blog</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> wrap-up and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/08/27/now-you-can-watch-the-keynotes-from-ccs-2019-global-summit/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">watch all seven</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the keynotes that cover a range of important topics—from decolonizing archives in Palestine to the barriers of copyright reform in Europe. </span></em></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/23/early-bird-registration-cc-summit/">Early Bird Registration is Open for the CC Global Summit!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56615
title: We Support the UNESCO Recommendation on OER
uri: We-Support-the-UNESCO-Recommendation-on-OER
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/24/we-support-unesco-oer/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As part of the drafting committee, Creative Commons (CC) fully supports the </span><a href="https://unesco.ijs.si/project/unesco-recommendation-on-open-educational-resources/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educational Resources</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (OER), which the member states will vote on at the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference in November. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">We laud the multitude of national governments and open education experts engaged in the development of this international agreement. We look forward to collaborating with these governments and our NGO colleagues in the coming months and years to help Ministries/Departments of Education implement this Recommendation. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The UNESCO Recommendation on OER</span><b>*</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> sets out a transformative vision of open education, contributing to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. </span></p>
<p><strong>Below are the five objectives from the draft Recommendation. You can also view the entire document <a href="media/6cc3f50e.Version-Draft-18-April-2018-text-for-online-consultation-ENG.pdf" data-original-source="https://www.oercongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Draft-OER-Recommendation-Version-Draft-18-April-2018-text-for-online-consultation-ENG.pdf">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>1. Capacity building:</strong> developing the capacity of all key education stakeholders to create, access, use, adapt, and redistribute OER, as well as to use and apply open licenses in a manner consistent with national copyright legislation and international obligations;</em><span><br />
</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>2. Developing supportive policy: </strong>encouraging governments, and education authorities and institutions to adopt regulatory frameworks to support open licensing of publicly funded educational materials, develop strategies to enable use and adaptation of OER in support of high quality, inclusive education and lifelong learning for all, and adopt integrated mechanisms to recognize the learning outcomes of OER-based programmes of study;</em><span><br />
</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>3. Effective inclusive and equitable access to quality OER: </strong>supporting the adoption of strategies and programmes, including through relevant technology solutions that ensure OER in any medium are shared in open formats and standards to maximize equitable access, co-creation, curation, and search ability, including for those from vulnerable groups and persons with disabilities;</em><span><br />
</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>4. Nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER: </strong>supporting and encouraging the creation of sustainability models for OER at national and institutional levels, and the planning and pilot test of new sustainable forms of education and learning;</em><span><br />
</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>5. Facilitating international cooperation</strong>: supporting international cooperation between stakeholders to minimize unnecessary duplication in OER development investments and to develop a global pool of culturally diverse, locally relevant, gender-sensitive, accessible, educational materials in multiple languages.</em></p>
<p><strong>Here’s a brief timeline of the efforts leading up to the UNESCO Recommendation on OER and CC’s continued engagement:</strong><span></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>2019</strong>: Member states and observer organizations, including Creative Commons, provided </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/04/unesco-oer-recommendation-one-step-closer-to-adoption/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">multiple edits to the Recommendation draft</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> including an improved open license definition; calling on member states to support the linguistic translation of open licenses; adopting high standards for privacy in OER, platforms, and services; and a call to facilitate open procurement.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>2017:</strong> The 2nd World Congress unanimously adopted the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/10/02/2nd-world-oer-congress-2017-ljubljana-oer-action-plan/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2017 Ljubljana OER Action Plan</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The Congress hosted 30 ministers of education and participants from over 100 countries, with the goal of mainstreaming open education to meet the education targets in the United Nations SDG4.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>2015:</strong> UNESCO announced a </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2013/12/18/unesco-launches-open-access-repository-under-creative-commons/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">new Open Access Repository</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> making more than 300 digital reports, books, and articles available to the world under CC licenses, in line with the 2013 UNESCO Open Access Policy.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>2012:</strong> The groundwork for the current OER Recommendation was laid in the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2012/06/29/2012-paris-oer-declaration/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2012 Paris OER Declaration</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In partnership with our open education colleagues, CC will provide a suite of professional development, policy, networking, and consulting services to national governments as they engage in national and regional efforts to implement the UNESCO OER Recommendation in 2020. Stay </span>tuned!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/24/we-support-unesco-oer/">We Support the UNESCO Recommendation on OER</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56632
title: Introducing CC Accidenz Commons: An Open-Licensed Font
uri: Introducing-CC-Accidenz-Commons-An-Open-Licensed-Font
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/28/accidenz-commons-open-licensed-font/
content:
<p><b>The story of the Creative Commons (CC) logo is linked to the story of CC. </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2002, just one year after the founding of CC, designer Ryan Junell accomplished the difficult task of <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2015/03/25/a-masterwork-in-simplicity-the-story-of-the-cc-logo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">designing a logo</a> that is distinctive, yet teaches through its design. Over time, the CC logo has become a recognizable symbol of the </span><a href="https://opendatahandbook.org/glossary/en/terms/open-movement/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">open movement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, even accepted by the Museum of Modern Art in New York as a </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2015/03/04/creative-commons-logo-acquired-by-moma-and-featured-in-new-exhibit/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">permanent addition</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in 2015.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="53415" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/28/accidenz-commons-open-licensed-font/cc-logo-large/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cc.logo_.large_.png" data-orig-size="1010,241" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="cc.logo.large" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cc.logo_.large_-300x72.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cc.logo_.large_.png" class=" wp-image-53415 alignright" src="media/7c199099.cc.logo_.large_-300x72.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cc.logo_.large_-300x72.png" alt="" width="346" height="83" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cc.logo_.large_-300x72.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cc.logo_.large_-768x183.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cc.logo_.large_-140x33.png 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cc.logo_.large_-50x12.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cc.logo_.large_-270x64.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cc.logo_.large_.png 1010w" sizes="(max-width: 346px) 85vw, 346px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Once the logo was designed, however, it was difficult for Junell to decide on the font for the rest of the CC mark. Generally speaking, designers make their choice on typography based on readability and distinctiveness. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sans </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">typographies, for instance, are considered a standard</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> basic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> element because of their clean shape and lack of ornaments, keeping the writing structure intact. That allows the text to be combined with other visual elements without competing on information hierarchy or expression. In a way, sans typographies provide both a neutral and an eloquent voice. Junell probably had that in mind when he selected the elegant Akzidenz Grotesk font (designed in 1898!) for the CC logo. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since 2002, CC licenses—and the CC logo—have been used to share and make freely available billions of works in the </span><a href="https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Global_Commons"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Global Commons</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. CC has also grown to include an active </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Global Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, consisting of 41 local CC Chapters and over 450 members who use the logo to support their work. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Due to this growth, we realized in 2018 that the original Akzidenz Grotesk font was not ideal for members of our Global Network to adapt and remix. We wondered: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can we develop an open-licensed Creative Commons font?</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Thanks to the kind support of a CC member, we did. </span></p>
<p><strong>Today, we’re happy to introduce—and make freely available—<a href="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Accidenz-Commons-medium.otf_.zip">CC Accidenz Commons</a>.</strong></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="56634" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/28/accidenz-commons-open-licensed-font/screen-shot-2019-10-28-at-12-08-03-pm/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM.png" data-orig-size="1316,894" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Accidenz Commons" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Accidenz Commons, designed by Archetypo&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-300x204.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-1024x696.png" class=" wp-image-56634 aligncenter" src="media/e446a322.Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-300x204.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-300x204.png" alt="" width="394" height="268" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-300x204.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-768x522.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-1024x696.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-59x40.png 59w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-50x34.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-228x155.png 228w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-1200x815.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM.png 1316w" sizes="(max-width: 394px) 85vw, 394px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Accidenz Commons was designed by </span><a href="https://www.archetypo.xyz/info.php"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Archetypo</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a research and type design collective based in Germany and Chile. Archetypo designed the font under these basic premises:</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">To establish a quality framework for a typeface based on the original design of Akzidenz Grotesk</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">To improve the original canonic design that precedes Helvetica and optimize it for better Webfont visualizing </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">To design a versatile text weight to be used in CC’s identity and logo, as well as in headlines, presentations, and other text applications</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We wanted a new Akzidenz version with less </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">contemporary expression</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,&#8221; Archetypo explained, &#8220;[while] trying to remain close with the original metal carving of the font.&#8221; T</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">his meant:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Re-drawing the original Akzidenz Grotesk font, using different wide and long proportions. In the process, we considered the use of low caps and relative weight for better visualization in text applications.</span></span></em></li>
<li><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Including small openings in the blank space of a sign where elements connect, such as on top of the “n” and at the bottom of the “a.”</span></em></li>
<li><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Re-drawing many of the  curves, unifying lower and upper cases.</span></em></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The end result was CC Accidenz Commons: a contemporary, versatile, and neutral version of Akzidenz Grotesk. </strong><strong><a href="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Accidenz-Commons-medium.otf_.zip">Download the font here, and start remixing!</a></strong></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/28/accidenz-commons-open-licensed-font/">Introducing CC Accidenz Commons: An Open-Licensed Font</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56669
title: We Created a CC Style Guide; It’s Yours to Remix
uri: We-Created-a-CC-Style-Guide-It-s-Yours-to-Remix
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/30/cc-style-guide/
content:
<figure id="attachment_56670" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56670" style="width: 302px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56670" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/30/cc-style-guide/cc_styleguide_2019_cover/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover.jpg" data-orig-size="1275,1650" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="CC Style Guide 2019 Cover" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;CC Style Guide 2019 Cover&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-232x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-791x1024.jpg" class=" wp-image-56670" src="media/b7963e61.CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-232x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-232x300.jpg" alt="" width="302" height="390" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-232x300.jpg 232w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-768x994.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-791x1024.jpg 791w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-31x40.jpg 31w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-39x50.jpg 39w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-120x155.jpg 120w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover-1200x1553.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Cover.jpg 1275w" sizes="(max-width: 302px) 85vw, 302px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56670" class="wp-caption-text">Cover page of the CC Style Guide 2019. Photographer: Heather Hazzan; Wardrobe: Ronald Burton; Props: Campbell Pearson; Hair: Hide Suzuki; Makeup: Deanna Melluso at See Management. Shot on location at One Medical. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY</a></figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crafting and maintaining a consistent style is essential to establishing and promoting an organization’s brand. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As with any organization, Creative Commons’ (CC) brand should help CC build trust with its stakeholders and the broader <a href="https://opendatahandbook.org/glossary/en/terms/open-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">open movement</a>, as well as maintain and grow CC’s reputation, legitimacy, and leadership in the <a href="https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Global_Commons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Global Commons</a>.</span></p>
<p><span>With that in mind, we decided to create a <a href="media/1367babc.Creative-Commons-Style-Guide-2019.pdf" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Creative-Commons-Style-Guide-2019.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC style guide</a> for CC staff, affiliates, community members, and CC Chapters to use as a reference when </span><span>creating content specifically for CC as an organization</span><span>. </span></p>
<p><b>In this guide, you’ll find information on CC’s: </b></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mission and brand tagline</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mood board</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brand identity—including information on our logos, fonts, color palette, and visual elements</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Publications style—including guidance on tone, specific language, abbreviations, acronyms, titles and capitalization, numbers, spelling, punctuation, referencing and licensing, and writing tips</span></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Although important, <a href="media/1367babc.Creative-Commons-Style-Guide-2019.pdf" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Creative-Commons-Style-Guide-2019.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this style guide</a> shouldn&#8217;t feel restrictive or diminish creative expression. </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instead, it should serve as a useful and inspirational guide for </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">anyone creating content specifically for CC as an organization, such as CC staff and members of the CC Global Network</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This style guide is also not final and/or comprehensive, it’s the beginning of a longer process to flesh out, define, and standardize CC’s style in order to portray our brand more clearly and consistently. </span></p>
<p><b>Remix this guide for your own use!</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also decided to publish this guide under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY</a> and share it externally so that it can be adapted by anyone for their own personal and/or organizational branding needs. I</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">f you’re just starting out as a freelance photographer or emerging as an industry thought leader, for example, we encourage you to adapt and remix this guide to build your own! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’d love to know how you use this style guide, so tag us on social media when you do!</span></p>
<p><a href="media/1367babc.Creative-Commons-Style-Guide-2019.pdf" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Creative-Commons-Style-Guide-2019.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Download the CC style guide here.</b></a></p>
<p><b><i>Please note</i></b><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Our plan is to revisit this guide annually, with our first review taking place in early 2020. Be sure to send us your suggestions for potential changes and/or additions before December 31, 2019 by adding comments to </span></i><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LkfygJVLMrgq20WvxgYsIdHxwOT-36WHuKx22K8H3_c/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">this online document</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. (Although this is our preferred method for feedback, we will also accept direct emails to </span></i><a href="mailto:victoria@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">victoria@creativecommons.org</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.) </span></i></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/30/cc-style-guide/">We Created a CC Style Guide; It’s Yours to Remix</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56704
title: How a News Outlet Used CC BY to Help Its Journalist
uri: How-a-News-Outlet-Used-CC-BY-to-Help-Its-Journalist
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/05/news-used-cc-by-to-help-journalist/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A key principle of the </span><a href="https://opendatahandbook.org/glossary/en/terms/open-movement/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">open movement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is that the power of information relies on its accessibility. As researcher and activist Bushra Ebadi </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/28/access-to-information-matters/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">expressed to us</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> recently, “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Access to information is intrinsically tied to the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">right to know</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">right to exist</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.”   </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We often receive stories from around the world illustrating how Creative Commons (CC)  licenses have unlocked critical information, giving voice to those who have been silenced or marginalized.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recently, we learned that Russian news outlet </span><a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/06/09/support-ivan-golunov-by-republishing-his-work"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meduza</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> used the CC BY license in a campaign to help free journalist Ivan Golunov by raising awareness around him and his work. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span>We decided to reach out to </span><i><span>Meduza</span></i><span> via email to learn more. Editor in chief Ivan Kolpakov&#8217;s responses are below. </span></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and length. </span></i></p>
<hr />
<p><b>Why did</b><b><i> Meduza</i></b><b> decide to license Ivan Golunov’s work under CC BY?</b></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meduza’s</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> investigative reporter Ivan Golunov was arrested on June 6, 2019 in the center of Moscow. From the very beginning, we understood that our reporter was being persecuted because of his work. The people who we believe were behind his arrest are probably characters from his articles (for example, Golunov is famous for his anti-corruption </span><a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/06/09/support-ivan-golunov-by-republishing-his-work"><span style="font-weight: 400;">investigations</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). Very quickly we realized that the smartest answer to this attack was to put Golunov’s work into the spotlight as much as possible. So, a couple of days later, </span><a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/06/09/support-ivan-golunov-by-republishing-his-work"><span style="font-weight: 400;">we licensed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> all of Ivan Golunov’s work on </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meduza</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">—more than 100 articles—under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 4.0</a> license.</span></p>
<p><b>What was the result of that decision? </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The result was incredible. Hundreds of Russian media outlets republished Golunov’s pieces. Including national newspapers, lifestyle magazines (including </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Men’s Health Russia</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GQ</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Glamour</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">), niche websites (e.g., </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sports.ru</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">), feminist websites, regional press outlets, etc. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I think it was the first time in the history of Russian media that one journalist’s articles were published at the same time in every outlet. It was an important part of this unprecedented campaign of solidarity with Golunov that began among journalists, and later became more widespread, including the general public. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The result? The system gave in: Ivan Golunov was released on June 11, 2019.</span></p>
<p><b>Do you think this application of a CC license is a useful case study for other news outlets? </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I do. It’s an amazing example of solidarity among journalists, and works perfectly to counter external threats—even when those threats are very powerful. It’s also a good reminder of the role of mass media: To find what’s hidden and to spread it widely. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meduza</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, we believe that freedom of information and the free distribution of information are key conditions for achieving positive changes in society. It’s hard to find a better illustration of this idea.</span></p>
<p><b><i>Learn more about this story and Ivan Golunov’s work </i></b><a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/06/09/support-ivan-golunov-by-republishing-his-work"><b><i>here</i></b></a><b><i>. </i></b></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/05/news-used-cc-by-to-help-journalist/">How a News Outlet Used CC BY to Help Its Journalist</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56765
title: Indian Government Releases 21 Dictionaries Under CC BY
uri: Indian-Government-Releases-21-Dictionaries-Under-CC-BY
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/12/government-releases-dictionaries-cc-by/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When governments choose to use Creative Commons licenses to preserve and share cultural knowledge, like Indigenous languages,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">it illustrates how our licenses can help create a more accessible and equitable world</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recently, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/chapter/cc-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC India</a>’s Global Network Representative (GNC) Subhashish Panigrahi</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brought to our attention that the Indian state of Odisha licensed 21 dictionaries—in all 21 Indigenous languages that are spoken in the province—under CC BY. This opens them up for adaptation, distribution, and remixing by anyone.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://ova.gov.in/de/anubada/?category=odisha-tribal-dictionary-and-language" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Download or view all of the dictionaries here. </b></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Global Voices underlined the particular significance of this announcement in a tweet, posting: “India is home to over 780 languages and approximately 220-250 languages have died over the last 50 years.” </span></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Indian state of Odisha publishes online dictionaries in 21 indigenous languages <a href="https://t.co/MCZ6NkLuDG">https://t.co/MCZ6NkLuDG</a> India is home to over 780 languages and approximately 220-250 languages have died over the last 50 years. <a href="https://t.co/zx1t8ROA1a">pic.twitter.com/zx1t8ROA1a</a></p>
<p>— Global Voices (@globalvoices) <a href="https://twitter.com/globalvoices/status/1187464541292191744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We couldn’t be happier to see CC licenses being used to facilitate translation projects and sharing that could ultimately help protect Indigenous languages, knowledge, and culture. We hope that other governments and policy makers around the world will take heed and similarly make valuable content and tools like these dictionaries openly available to the public. </span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you work with a government or institution that needs consultation on how to use CC licenses, please email us at </span></i><a href="mailto:info@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">info@creativecommons.org</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></i></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/12/government-releases-dictionaries-cc-by/">Indian Government Releases 21 Dictionaries Under CC BY</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56809
title: Reproductions of Public Domain Works Should Remain in the Public Domain
uri: Reproductions-of-Public-Domain-Works-Should-Remain-in-the-Public-Domai
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/20/reproductions-of-public-domain-works/
content:
<p>It has come to the attention of Creative Commons that there is an increased use of CC licenses by cultural heritage institutions on photographic reproductions and 3D scans of objects such as sculptures, busts, engravings, and inscriptions, among others, that are indisputably in the public domain worldwide. A <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2019/11/nefertiti-bust-neues-museum-3d-printing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recent example</a> is the 3000-year-old Nefertiti bust on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin that <a href="https://reason.com/2019/11/13/a-german-museum-tried-to-hide-this-stunning-3d-scan-of-an-iconic-egyptian-artifact-today-you-can-see-it-for-the-first-time/">the museum licensed under BY-NC-SA</a>. The practices vary widely, from using a CC BY license, to using our most restrictive license—CC BY-NC-ND.</p>
<p>Most of these objects have been in the public domain for a long time now, indeed many that have never been subject to copyright. The copyright holder is the only person that can apply a CC license to a work. If the work is in the public domain, no copyright licenses should be applied, and in the case of CC licenses, which are designed to only operate where copyright exists, the application of a CC license is ineffective. In these cases, if anything, the Public Domain Mark or the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2015/01/23/for-faithful-digital-reproductions-of-public-domain-works-use-cc0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC0 public domain dedication tool</a> should be applied to confirm worldwide public domain status.</p>
<blockquote><p>If the work is in the public domain, no copyright licenses should be applied, and in the case of CC licenses, which are designed to only operate where copyright exists, the application of a CC license is ineffective.</p></blockquote>
<p>Some of these claims are being made over the 3D scans and photographic reproductions of objects, not necessarily over the objects themselves. However, digitization by itself doesn’t create copyright or similar rights because in the vast majority of jurisdictions there is no originality involved in making a faithful digital reproduction of a creative work. In most of the cases, these reproductions follow very well-established industry standards for preservation purposes. Even when these scans are the result of skilled labor, these reproductions are still insufficiently creative to be granted copyright protection almost everywhere.</p>
<p>In some of these cases, the application of CC licenses has been applied over contested objects, where cultural stewardship and ownership of these objects is the subject of legal, political, and diplomatic discussions. Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2018/09/18/traditional-knowledge-and-the-commons-the-open-movement-listening-and-learning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">is exploring</a> this issue and recognizes that CC licenses do not sufficiently address these issues. However, in these cases, it is particularly meaningful to pay attention to the cultural prerogatives that enure to the communities of origin, including decisions on digitization and access restrictions and conditions.<a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn1"><sup>1</sup></a></p>
<p>Creative Commons licenses are tools to allow users to better understand what permissions are being granted to the public by the creator of the original work. When a CC license is misapplied, the ability of CC licenses to be a standard signal for communicating copyright permissions is undermined. Mislabelling works creates confusion among re-users of works and limits the rights of the public to benefit from the global commons.</p>
<p>We acknowledge that in some cases cultural heritage institutions use CC licenses in order to get credit for their work or to indicate the provenance of the digital surrogates. There are better, more appropriate technical tools to achieve that goal, including metadata and machine readability standards.</p>
<p>Lastly, we understand the concerns over revenue and profit that some cultural heritage institutions express when evaluating open access policies. However, claiming copyright over public domain works and successful revenue strategies are different conversations that don’t belong in the same space. If anything, there is a growing amount of evidence that shows that the associated costs for licensing images dwarf the potential benefits or revenue streams for licensing images.<sup><a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn2">2</a></sup></p>
<p>Creative Commons licenses are not tools that should be used to limit the possibility of discovery, sharing, and re-use of the public domain. Cultural heritage institutions should embrace open access policies as part of their institutional missions to grant access to culture and information to the public.</p>
<p><em>Creative Commons is making efforts to offer more training and education activities to cultural heritage institutions on open access. We are also <a href="http://openglam.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">working in partnership</a> with the Wikimedia Foundation on a Declaration on Open Access for Cultural Heritage, that we expect to launch at our Global Summit in May 2020. Engage with us in this conversation at <a href="http://twitter.com/openglam" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@openglam</a>.</em></p>
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<h1><strong>References</strong></h1>
<p>1. <a id="fn1" title="Note (typography) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"></a>Pavis, Mathilde and Wallace, Andrea, Response to the 2018 Sarr-Savoy Report: Statement on Intellectual Property Rights and Open Access Relevant to the Digitization and Restitution of African Cultural Heritage and Associated Materials (March 25, 2019). Available at SSRN: <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3378200" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ssrn.com/abstract=3378200</a> or <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3378200" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3378200</a></p>
<p>2. <a id="fn2" title="Note (typography) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"></a>Crews, Kenneth D., <a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=2120210" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Museum Policies and Art Images: Conflicting Objectives and Copyright Overreaching. Fordham Intellectual Property</a>, Media &amp; Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 22, p. 795, 2012; Tanner S. <a href="https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/reproduction-charging-models--rights-policy-for-digital-images-in-american-art-museums(95d04077-f8ec-4094-b8c1-d585c6b16d9b).html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reproduction charging models &amp; rights policy for digital images in American art museums: A Mellon Foundation funded study</a>. Online: King&#8217;s College London, 2004. 57 p.; Foteini Valeonti, Andrew Hudson-Smith, Melissa Terras &amp; Chrysanthi Zarkali, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVA2018.11" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reaping the Benefits of Digitisation: Pilot study exploring revenue generation from digitised collections through technological innovation</a>, <em>Proceedings of EVA London 2018</em>, UK.</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56845
title: Introducing the Updated Creative Commons WordPress Plugin
uri: Introducing-the-Updated-Creative-Commons-WordPress-Plugin
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/22/updated-cc-wordpress-plugin/
content:
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is part of a series of posts introducing the projects built by open source contributors mentored by Creative Commons during</span></i><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/30/meet-ccs-2019-google-summer-of-code-students/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2019</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Ahmad Bilal was one of those contributors and we are grateful for his work on this project.</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WordPress is one of the top platforms for creators on the internet who both produce and consume CC-licensed content. Therefore, it’s important that we are able to integrate with WordPress as seamlessly as possible in order to promote the use of CC licenses. With that in mind, we recently added new features to our </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/wp-plugin-creativecommons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WordPress plugin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">—which are now live!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This plugin is an attribution and marking tool. It has multiple features that allow users to publish their content on WordPress under a CC license.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previously, WordPress blog/site owners needed to manually type out instructions specifying to their readers what content they can share and how. But this plugin makes it simple to specify which CC license a single page, post, or even a whole site/network is published under.</span></p>
<p><b>Installation</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can install this plugin from the</span><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/creative-commons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">WordPress.org plugin marketplace.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Once installed and activated, you can change the license settings from your WordPress (WP) dashboard.</span></p>
<h3><b>The latest features added to our plugin:</b></h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Setting a default site license</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The plugin allows a default site-wide license to avoid any confusion regarding the attribution of content. After activating the plugin, head to </span><b>Settings &gt; Creative Commons</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to set up the default license or to change it to one of the other CC licenses.</span></p>
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<p><img data-attachment-id="56864" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/22/updated-cc-wordpress-plugin/wp-plugin-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2.png" data-orig-size="1330,609" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="WP Plugin (2)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2-300x137.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2-1024x469.png" class=" wp-image-56864 aligncenter" src="media/85289af5.WP-Plugin-2-300x137.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2-300x137.png" alt="Wordpress Plugin Screenshot (2)" width="548" height="250" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2-300x137.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2-768x352.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2-1024x469.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2-87x40.png 87w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2-50x23.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2-270x124.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2-1200x549.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-2.png 1330w" sizes="(max-width: 548px) 85vw, 548px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are multiple options available for the license. You can add:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Additional attribution text for a custom note</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Title and Title URL</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Author and Author URL</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Display options</span></li>
</ul>
<p><img data-attachment-id="56863" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/22/updated-cc-wordpress-plugin/wp-plugin-3/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3.png" data-orig-size="1351,582" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="WP Plugin (3)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3-300x129.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3-1024x441.png" class=" wp-image-56863 aligncenter" src="media/af6d83f5.WP-Plugin-3-300x129.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3-300x129.png" alt="Wordpress Plugin Screenshot (3)" width="560" height="241" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3-300x129.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3-768x331.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3-1024x441.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3-93x40.png 93w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3-50x22.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3-270x116.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3-1200x517.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-3.png 1351w" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 85vw, 560px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This default license can be displayed either as a widget or in the footer. The widget can be pulled to any area and will display the default license.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="56862" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/22/updated-cc-wordpress-plugin/wp-plugin-4/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4.png" data-orig-size="1351,537" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="WP Plugin (4)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4-300x119.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4-1024x407.png" class=" wp-image-56862 aligncenter" src="media/cc701b8d.WP-Plugin-4-300x119.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4-300x119.png" alt="Wordpress Plugin Screenshot (4)" width="565" height="224" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4-300x119.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4-768x305.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4-1024x407.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4-101x40.png 101w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4-50x20.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4-270x107.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4-1200x477.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-4.png 1351w" sizes="(max-width: 565px) 85vw, 565px" /></p>
<ul>
<li><b>License blocks</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our plugin also supports WordPress’ new editor, Gutenberg. The plugin adds blocks for each CC license. You will find these blocks under a separate category.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="56861" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/22/updated-cc-wordpress-plugin/wp-plugin-5/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5.png" data-orig-size="1348,597" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="WP Plugin (5)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5-300x133.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5-1024x454.png" class=" wp-image-56861 aligncenter" src="media/4dc0d26d.WP-Plugin-5-300x133.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5-300x133.png" alt="Wordpress Plugin Screenshot (5)" width="565" height="250" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5-300x133.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5-768x340.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5-1024x454.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5-90x40.png 90w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5-50x22.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5-270x120.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5-1200x531.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-5.png 1348w" sizes="(max-width: 565px) 85vw, 565px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These blocks can be used to quickly mark or attribute any page/post/image or other media. Choosing a block will provide you with fields to add details. </span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="56860" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/22/updated-cc-wordpress-plugin/wp-plugin-6/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6.png" data-orig-size="1366,561" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="WP Plugin (6)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6-300x123.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6-1024x421.png" class=" wp-image-56860 aligncenter" src="media/4d02fd3d.WP-Plugin-6-300x123.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6-300x123.png" alt="Wordpress Plugin Screenshot (6)" width="581" height="238" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6-300x123.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6-768x315.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6-1024x421.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6-97x40.png 97w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6-50x21.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6-270x111.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6-1200x493.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-6.png 1366w" sizes="(max-width: 581px) 85vw, 581px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the image below, you can see how the block will look in a post.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="56859" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/22/updated-cc-wordpress-plugin/wp-plugin-7/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-7.png" data-orig-size="952,588" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="WP Plugin (7)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-7-300x185.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-7.png" class=" wp-image-56859 aligncenter" src="media/1902edbe.WP-Plugin-7-300x185.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-7-300x185.png" alt="Wordpress Plugin Screenshot (7)" width="518" height="319" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-7-300x185.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-7-768x474.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-7-65x40.png 65w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-7-50x31.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-7-251x155.png 251w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WP-Plugin-7.png 952w" sizes="(max-width: 518px) 85vw, 518px" /></p>
<p><b>At a glance, with the WP CC Plugin you can:</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">License your site with a default license</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Display the default license in the footer or as a widget</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Display a license for the entire site, or for individual posts and pages</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">License your WordPress Network (WordPress Multisite install)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">License some posts, pages, or images differently from your default license</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">License posts and pages by simply including CC Gutenberg blocks for each license required</span></li>
</ul>
<h3><b>What’s next for the CC WordPress plugin?</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The CC WordPress plugin is an open source project aimed at simplifying</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the process of applying CC licenses to content on WordPress. A few upcoming milestones include internationalization, as well as the integration of </span><a href="https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Vocabulary (coming soon)</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, this project is community-focused and we want your help. Do you have comments or suggestions? Maybe a few ideas for new features or thoughts about improving the user experience? Check out the plugin’s </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/wp-plugin-creativecommons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GitHub Repository</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/wp-plugin-creativecommons/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Contribution Guidelines</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to get started. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can also join</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the discussion on the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">#cc-dev-wordpress</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Slack channel or the </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/wp-plugin-creativecommons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GitHub repository</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
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<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/22/updated-cc-wordpress-plugin/">Introducing the Updated Creative Commons WordPress Plugin</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56876
title: Millions Now Have Access to the CC Certificate in Italian and Arabic!
uri: Millions-Now-Have-Access-to-the-CC-Certificate-in-Italian-and-Arabic
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/27/cc-certificate-in-italian-arabic/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To date, the </span><a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Certificate</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has only been available in English. However, thanks to the incredible efforts of </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Global Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> members, the CC Certificate course content (e.g., readings, articles, etc.) is being translated into multiple languages.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In particular, we are proud to highlight the work of CC Network members in Italy and Saudi Arabia. Paola Corti and Lokesh Rajendran have made CC Certificate content translations available in </span><a href="http://certificates.creativecommons.org/translations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Italian and Arabic</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. With these translations, over 483 million </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">additional</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> people around the world have access to the course content in their first language.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to these translations, the first country case study was debuted today in English and Italian at the </span><a href="https://conference.oeconsortium.org/2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Education Global Conference</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in Italy. The </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bo8FUH69J_vVrm1FoZPpnKHlmUUB5eYTZaEuff94H7c/edit?ts=5dcad4ed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">country case study</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, titled </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">General Principles on “Diritto d’Autore” and Related Rights in Italy</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> provides supplementary information on the rules regulating authors’ rights in Italy.</span></p>
<p><b>How are these additions and translations possible?</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Upon successfully completing the CC Certificate*, Paola Corti (</span><a href="https://www.metid.polimi.it/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">METID &#8211; Politecnico di Milano</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Project Manager and Instructional Designer) </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">and Lokesh Rajendran (</span><a href="https://www.elc.edu.sa/?q=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">National Center for e-Learning</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Project Manager) downloaded the CC BY course content and </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">applied their open licensing expertise to create the first translations of the CC Certificate to meet their communities’ needs in Italy and Saudi Arabia. They licensed the works </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC BY 4.0</span></a> to enable<span style="font-weight: 400;"> maximum reuse. Their work with METID &#8211; Politecnico di Milano colleagues (Deborah de Angelis and Laura Sinigaglia) and</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> National Center for e-Learning&#8217;s </span><a href="http://oer.elc.edu.sa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saudi Open Educational Content Program</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> team members (Ahmed Al Mobarak, Saleh Al Khaliwey, Rabah Al Bawardi, Sara Mazen, and Maha Al Sheikh) </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">took between 3-5 months to complete.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Their work exemplifies what’s possible when educational resources are openly licensed. Creative Commons has </span><a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/about/certificate-resources-cc-by/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">licensed its CC Certificate content CC BY</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with the intent of making the content as useful and accessible as possible. The </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC BY license</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> enables anyone to create adaptations (also known as derivatives), such as language translations, to better meet the needs of different audiences.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We laud these Certificate graduates for their fantastic work, and look forward to highlighting future translations of the CC Certificate content! If you are interested in this work, please contact </span><a href="mailto:certificates@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">certificates@creativecommons.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">*The CC Certificate provides an-in depth study of Creative Commons licenses and open practices, uniquely developing participants’ open licensing proficiency and understanding of the broader context for open advocacy. The training content targets copyright law and CC legal tools, as well as the values and good practices of working in the global, shared commons. The CC Certificate is available as either a 10-week online course or a one-week, in-person training to educators and academic librarians.</span></i></p>
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<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/27/cc-certificate-in-italian-arabic/">Millions Now Have Access to the CC Certificate in Italian and Arabic!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56897
title: A Coalition to Support Implementation of the UNESCO OER Recommendation
uri: A-Coalition-to-Support-Implementation-of-the-UNESCO-OER-Recommendation
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/28/coalition-to-support-unesco-oer-recommendation/
content:
<figure id="attachment_56904" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56904" style="width: 629px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56904" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/28/coalition-to-support-unesco-oer-recommendation/the-new-unesco-house-in-paris/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris.jpg" data-orig-size="900,681" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;UN Photo\/LF&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A view of one of the UNESCO buildings that will be officially open to the public on 3 November, - the Secretariat -- a Y-shaped, seven-storey building raised on \&quot;pilotis\&quot; and walled with glass. There are two other main units -- a conference building with fluted concrete sides and a \&quot;butterfly\&quot; roof; and a smaller, square four-storey building to house permanent delegations to UNESCO and nongovernmental organizations. 1\/Sep\/1958. UN Photo\/LF. www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;-357621139&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The New UNESCO House in Paris&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="The New UNESCO House in Paris" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris-300x227.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris.jpg" class="wp-image-56904" src="media/3ba38b08.New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris-300x227.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris-300x227.jpg" alt="The New UNESCO House in Paris" width="629" height="476" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris-300x227.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris-768x581.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris-53x40.jpg 53w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris-50x38.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris-205x155.jpg 205w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-UNESCO-House-in-Paris.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56904" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/3311537995/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">New UNESCO House in Paris.</a> United Nations. 1958-September-01 / <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC-ND</a></figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000370936" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Recommendation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was unanimously adopted on November 25 by 193 UNESCO member states at the 40th UNESCO General Conference. This milestone offers a unique opportunity to </span><a href="https://en.unesco.org/news/new-unesco-recommendation-will-promote-access-educational-resources-all" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">advance open education</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> around the world.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Why does it matter? </strong>This Recommendation is an official UNESCO instrument that gives national governments a specific list of recommendations to support open education in their countries and to collaborate with other nations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons is thrilled with this important milestone! We’ve been working on open education with UNESCO, the Commonwealth of Learning, and multiple national government and institutional partners for over 15 years. CC was on the drafting committee for both the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2012/06/29/2012-paris-oer-declaration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2012 UNESCO OER Declaration</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and the 2019 UNESCO OER Recommendation. In 2015, CC worked with U<span>NESCO on its </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2013/12/18/unesco-launches-open-access-repository-under-creative-commons/"><span>Open Access Repository.</span></a><span> </span>CC also attended and keynoted the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/10/02/2nd-world-oer-congress-2017-ljubljana-oer-action-plan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2017 UNESCO OER Global Congress</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recognizing the importance of the UNESCO OER Recommendation, a coalition of organizations active in advancing open education globally has joined forces to support its implementation. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coalition partners, in alphabetical order, are:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.col.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Commonwealth of Learning</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.icde.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">International Council for Open and Distance Education</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://ct3.ijs.si/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jožef Stefan Institute</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.k4all.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Knowledge 4 All</span></a></li>
<li><span>Open Education Global (formerly<span> </span><a href="https://www.oeconsortium.org/">Open Education Consortium</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.unesco.org/nac/geoportal.php?country=SI&amp;language=E" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://sparceurope.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">SPARC Europe</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://sparcopen.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SPARC North America</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://sparcopen.org/"><br />
</a></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The coalition will collectively leverage these organizations’ strengths and expertise, combining and coordinating efforts to create and deliver comprehensive resources and services in support of implementing the Recommendation across all UNESCO member states. The coalition will meet in early 2020 to develop a list of services, materials, activities, and communication plans that we will use to support national governments. Implementation support will be focused on providing assistance for the Recommendation:</span></p>
<p><strong>Five areas of action:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Building capacity of stakeholders to create, access, use, adapt and redistribute OER</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Developing supportive policy</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Encouraging inclusive and equitable quality OER</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facilitating international cooperation</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Monitoring and reporting:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deploying appropriate research programmes, tools and indicators to measure effectiveness</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collecting, presenting, and disseminating progress, good practices innovations and research reports</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strategies for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness and long-term financial efficiency of OER</span></li>
</ul>
<p><em><strong>For more information contact:</strong></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Cable Green<br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interim CEO &amp; Director of Open Education<br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons<br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">cable@ creativecommons dot org</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jennryn Wetzler<br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Assistant Director of Open Education<br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons<br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">jennryn@ creativecommons dot org</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The coalition also welcomes questions, requests, and suggestions using this </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJBluUuh5j9YRBwdEVVskOVyAzlwARCEqvmsvJP88qFnTa1w/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">form</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></em></p>
<p><strong>CC is excited to work together with stakeholders around the world in building open education capacity and effectiveness. Together we can fulfill the aims and objectives of the UNESCO OER Recommendation and make significant progress in achieving access to <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">quality education for all. </a>Let’s get to work.</strong></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56929
title: What’s New in the Noosphere?
uri: What-s-New-in-the-Noosphere
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/03/whats-new-in-the-noosphere/
content:
<p><span>The term “global commons” usually brings to mind the biosphere&#8217;s natural resources that everyone shares and benefits from, like water or air. </span></p>
<p><span>But the global commons is also home to what&#8217;s called the noosphere—all the resources and artifacts created by human reason and scientific thought, such as music, art, language, and research.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56930" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56930" style="width: 362px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="56930" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/03/whats-new-in-the-noosphere/dboybaker-flickr-edited/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited.jpg" data-orig-size="1120,630" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Dboybaker-(Flickr)-Edited" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited-1024x576.jpg" class=" wp-image-56930" src="media/0d45882d.Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited-300x169.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited-300x169.jpg" alt="Human eye" width="362" height="204" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited-71x40.jpg 71w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited-50x28.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited-270x152.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Dboybaker-Flickr-Edited.jpg 1120w" sizes="(max-width: 362px) 85vw, 362px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56930" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/demietrich/9243814710/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">&#8220;Eyes&#8221;</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/demietrich/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Demietrich Baker</a> is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> CC BY 2.0 </a></figcaption></figure>
<p><span>Creative Commons has fostered a movement reimagining the idea of the commons as a digital environment of infinite abundance rather than scarcity and red tape. We believe that an open, shared noosphere is key to expanding innovation, quality education, and equitable collaboration around the world.</span></p>
<p><strong><u><a href="https://us.netdonor.net/page/15127/donate/1?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=engagingnetworks&amp;utm_campaign=utm_GivingTuesday&amp;utm_content=Giving+Tuesday+14:03:39" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us.netdonor.net/page/15127/donate/1?utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dengagingnetworks%26utm_campaign%3Dutm_GivingTuesday%26utm_content%3DGiving%2BTuesday%2B14:03:39&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575460465444000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEWlej6JOKGFCgF2OhDGDC_LE-vyQ">Today, on Giving Tuesday, make a gift to Creative Commons and support greater access to the noosphere!</a></u></strong></p>
<p><span>The Creative Commons team works to ensure that people around the world can access and contribute to the global commons through tools like </span><a href="https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575460465444000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG175NqPO89ip7ECKw9p1Eyna-wUQ">CC Search</a><span>, advocating for </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/education-oer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/education-oer/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575460465444000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEs6EEzHyf1JWmXLsCWJl9MZL880Q">open education</a><span>, supporting a vibrant community through the growing </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://network.creativecommons.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575460465444000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHUwMikaE43_sY1TJbyPLchvojx_Q">CC Global Network</a><span>, and consulting with national galleries, museums, universities, and governments to adopt </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/policy-advocacy-copyright-reform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/policy-advocacy-copyright-reform/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575460465444000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEJmJ9js2Tc9JcLUMP1H31TqpVN2w">open policies and practices</a><span>. The more people who can access historical and current ideas, art, and data, the better our world will be.</span></p>
<p><strong><u><a href="https://us.netdonor.net/page/15127/donate/1?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=engagingnetworks&amp;utm_campaign=utm_GivingTuesday&amp;utm_content=Giving+Tuesday+14:03:39" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us.netdonor.net/page/15127/donate/1?utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dengagingnetworks%26utm_campaign%3Dutm_GivingTuesday%26utm_content%3DGiving%2BTuesday%2B14:03:39&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575460465444000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEWlej6JOKGFCgF2OhDGDC_LE-vyQ">Our goal is to give everyone access to resources to change the world—but we can&#8217;t do it without you. Donate today to help keep the noosphere open and thriving!</a></u></strong></p>
<p>Thank you! <img class="emailImage" src="media/d76c6112.0caab65cabd44307.png" data-original-source="https://emoji.slack-edge.com/T2BQ14ZC6/love_cc/0caab65cabd44307.png" alt="love_cc" width="15px" height="14px" data-ratio-lock="true" data-unit="px" /></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56963
title: Creative Commons Receives an AWS Imagine Grant to Improve CC Search
uri: Creative-Commons-Receives-an-AWS-Imagine-Grant-to-Improve-CC-Search
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/05/cc-receives-aws-grant-to-improve-cc-search/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In just over a year, we’ll celebrate our 20th anniversary—and although this is the perfect time to reflect on our history, we’re also looking to the future by improving our products and services in order to serve you better. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With that in mind, we’re excited and proud to announce that we’ve been awarded an </span><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/nonprofits/aws-imagine-grant-program/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Grant</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">—a public grant for non-profit organizations that are “using technology to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As recipients of this grant, we’ll receive $100,000 in unrestricted financial support and $25,000 in AWS promotional credits, as well as training, marketing, and technical support to improve </span><a href="https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the </span><a href="https://api.creativecommons.engineering/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Catalog API</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> through image recognition and machine learning (ML). </span></p>
<h3><b>How we’re going to improve CC Search</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We believe that CC Search and the CC Catalog API will drive greater use of openly licensed content and public domain works across the Web, but we know its capabilities can be vastly improved, particularly in regards to cataloguing and discoverability. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s why our technical team will use the AWS Imagine Grant to apply artificial intelligence (AI) image analysis and machine learning (ML) technology to enhance the metadata of the openly licensed content that we’ve indexed, starting with 100 million of the highest quality images in our database. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;By making these improvements, we want to build the foundation for better discoverability and curation of openly licensed works&#8230;&#8221;</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Currently, CC Search is powered entirely by manually entered data, but this system has its limitations. For example, users might tag an image with a few descriptive words or none at all. However, with the application of metadata enhancements, a significant number of openly licensed images integrated into CC Search will come with a robust, searchable list of descriptive language. This additional language will not only help our algorithm surface more interesting content, but also make it easier for users to find specific types of content. This data will also be available through the CC Catalog API for use in other applications.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“By making these improvements, we want to build the foundation for better discoverability and curation of openly licensed works, as well as contribute to the body of openly licensed works online by making this data available to everyone,&#8221; explained Director of Engineering </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/kriticreativecommons-org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kriti Godey</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, &#8220;Through sharing our source code, infrastructure, and data, we&#8217;re helping to strengthen the global commons, which is what CC is all about.”</span></p>
<h3><b>What’s next?</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our technical team will be working on this project over the next few months, with the goal of completing the improvements by the end of 2020. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of course, as we embark on this project, we want you to be involved. Please follow CC Open Source on <a href="https://twitter.com/cc_opensource" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, check out the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Open Source <a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/entries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">blog</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, join #cc-usability in the CC Slack, or keep an eye on the </span><a href="https://github.com/orgs/creativecommons/projects/7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Active Sprint</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://github.com/orgs/creativecommons/projects/10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Backlog</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in GitHub for the latest technical updates, as well as open calls for research volunteers and more. </span></p>
<p><b>We’re incredibly excited for this next phase of CC Search and the CC Catalog API, and sincerely grateful to AWS for helping us move it forward. We would also like to send congratulations to the </b><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/imagine-grant-nonprofit-organization-winners-announced/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>other recipients</b></a><b> and runner-ups of the AWS Imagine Grant. Here&#8217;s to the future!</b></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/05/cc-receives-aws-grant-to-improve-cc-search/">Creative Commons Receives an AWS Imagine Grant to Improve CC Search</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56973
title: Our Book, “Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians,” Is Now Available
uri: Our-Book-Creative-Commons-for-Educators-and-Librarians-Is-Now
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/06/cc-for-educators-and-librarians-is-available/
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re happy to announce that our collaboration with the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">American Library Association</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (ALA) to create the print companion to the CC Certificate has finally come to fruition! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The book, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">is now published under </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC BY</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and offers an additional way to access the openly licensed CC Certificate content. It’s </span><a href="https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/creative-commons-educators-and-librarians" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">available in print</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the ALA store</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or it can be </span><a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/about/certificate-resources-cc-by/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">downloaded</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from our website! </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whether you’re a volunteer, professor, instructional designer, researcher, administrator or technologist—or simply looking for a great holiday gift—this book offers a background on copyright law, as well as a clear guide to open licensing and open advocacy. You can read this book on its own or while taking the CC Certificate course. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/aboutala/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ALA</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> i</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">s the oldest and largest library association in the world, “providing leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After initial collaboration with the ALA on “</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/copyright/copytalk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Copytalk</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” webinars, we were delighted to partner with them for this project under the shared goal of increasing equitable access to information. </span></p>
<p><a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/about/certificate-resources-cc-by/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Download</b></a><b> or </b><a href="https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/creative-commons-educators-and-librarians" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>buy</b></a><b> a hardcopy of </b><b><i>Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians </i>today</b><b>!</b></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interested in taking the CC Certificate? Check out </span></i><a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">our website</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to learn more. </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">For additional information about this collaboration with the ALA, read our previous post, “</span></i><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/09/04/creative-commons-for-educators-and-librarians/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Book Preview: “Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians</span></i></a>.&#8221;</p>
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