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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56994
title: Save the Date: Public Domain Day 2020 Is Happening in January in Washington, D.C.
uri: Save-the-Date-Public-Domain-Day-2020-Is-Happening-in-January-in-Washi
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https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/09/save-the-date-public-domain-day-2020-is-happening-in-january-in-washington-d-c/

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<p><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/public-domain-day-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img data-attachment-id="56995" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/09/save-the-date-public-domain-day-2020-is-happening-in-january-in-washington-d-c/pdd-announcement3/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3.jpg" data-orig-size="5142,5142" 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="pdd-announcement3" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-1024x1024.jpg" class="aligncenter wp-image-56995" src="media/ac374960.pdd-announcement3-1024x1024.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" width="567" height="567" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pdd-announcement3-1200x1200.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 567px) 85vw, 567px" /></a>Creative Commons is thrilled to announce that the second Public Domain Day celebration is happening on January 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C. We&#8217;re working with our friends at the <a href="https://archive.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a>, the <a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property</a> at American University Washington College of Law, <a href="https://creativecommonsusa.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons USA</a>, the <a href="https://iipsj.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Institute for Intellectual Property &amp; Social Justice</a>, and <a href="https://sparcopen.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SPARC</a> to put together a terrific line-up of artists, organizations, and thinkers working on issues related to the public domain.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/public-domain-day-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Registration is free—and open now!</strong></a> Please join us for an evening of celebrating our shared culture and heritage. Be on the lookout for more information coming soon.</p>
<p>January 30, 2020 | 5:30-8:30pm<br />
American University Washington College of Law, Grossman Hall<br />
4300 Nebraska Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20016</p>
<p>See also: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/public-domain-reopening/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain</a>, our January 2019 event marking the “re-opening” of the public domain in the United States.</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/09/save-the-date-public-domain-day-2020-is-happening-in-january-in-washington-d-c/">Save the Date: Public Domain Day 2020 Is Happening in January in Washington, D.C.</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56980
title: Meet Our 2020 Interns From Outreachy
uri: Meet-Our-2020-Interns-From-Outreachy
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/10/2020-outreachy-interns/
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re happy to announce the selection of our 2020 interns from </span><a href="https://www.outreachy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Outreachy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">—a remote internship program that “supports diversity in free and open source software.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the next three months, these interns will work with several members of the Creative Commons’ team on three different projects related to the </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/cc-vocabulary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Vocabulary</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/choose/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC License Chooser</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/platform/toolkit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Platform Toolkit</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<h3><b><img data-attachment-id="56982" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/10/2020-outreachy-interns/outreachy-image/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Outreachy-Image.jpg" 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;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Outreachy Logo" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Outreachy-Image-300x150.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Outreachy-Image-1024x512.jpg" class=" wp-image-56982 alignright" src="media/c2152643.Outreachy-Image-300x150.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Outreachy-Image-300x150.jpg" alt="Outreach Logo" width="288" height="144" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Outreachy-Image-300x150.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Outreachy-Image-768x384.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Outreachy-Image.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Outreachy-Image-80x40.jpg 80w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Outreachy-Image-50x25.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Outreachy-Image-270x135.jpg 270w" sizes="(max-width: 288px) 85vw, 288px" />Meet our 2020 interns! </b></h3>
<p><b>Ana Paula Rocha</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ana is from Brazil and will be working on the CC Platform Toolkit—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">a guide for developers creating platforms and tools in which it makes sense to offer CC licensing to users. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">She’ll use her background in advertising and interest in user-interface (UI) development to help us </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">rethink and upgrade the guide.</span></p>
<p><b>Olga Bulat</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Olga is originally from Kazakhstan but is currently living in Turkey. She will be working on the CC License Chooser, applying her experience as an open source, freelance developer to </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">create a new version with a greater focus on helping people learn more about CC licenses.</span></p>
<p><b>Chidiebere Onyegbuchulem</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chidiebere is from Nigeria and will apply his skills as a front-end developer, network engineer, and mobile web specialist to improve the recently developed CC Vocabulary, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">an open source software project that provides a cohesive web-design system for CC.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re very excited to be working with these talented individuals and can’t wait to get started! </span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Want more technical updates? Including the latest updates on these projects? Follow the Creative Commons </span></i><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Source blog</span></i></a> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/cc_opensource" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">@cc_opensource</span></i></a> on Twitter<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">! You can also join </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">#cc-dev-license-chooser, #cc-outreachy-platform-toolkit, and #cc-dev-vocabulary on our community Slack.</span></i></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/10/2020-outreachy-interns/">Meet Our 2020 Interns From Outreachy</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57008
title: CC Certificate Graduate on the Ripple Effect of Open Licensing Expertise for K12 Pedagogy
uri: CC-Certificate-Graduate-on-the-Ripple-Effect-of-Open-Licensing-Experti
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https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/12/kevin-corcoran-the-effect-of-open-licensing-expertise-for-k12-pedagogy/

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>After running 26 <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Certificate</a> courses, and certifying hundreds of graduates, CC is exploring the way the courses impact graduates and their communities.</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this interview, we highlight one CC Certificate graduate’s work within Connecticut, a </span><a href="https://tech.ed.gov/open/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#GoOpen</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> state, and celebrate the momentum he’s built in open education. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This interview is with <a href="https://members.educause.edu/kevin-corcoran" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kevin Corcoran</a>. Kevin is the Executive Director of Digital Learning at the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System (CSCU) and the Statewide OER Coordinator for Connecticut. He graduated from the first official CC Certificate Educator course in 2018. Since then, he’s organized a 25-person cohort of academic librarians from the higher education system in Connecticut to take the CC Certificate. He’s also taught master’s level courses, such as “Intro to Ed Tech” and “Intro to OER” at Fairfield University. Kevin adopted the CC Certificate coursework to empower current and future K12 educators within their program to advocate and implement open practices in their classrooms and districts. </span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and length. </span></i></p>
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<p><strong>Kevin, thank you for making the time for this interview! We want to learn more about your work post taking the CC Certificate, and the ripple effect it’s having within Connecticut. But first, tell us a little more about yourself. What makes you happy outside of work? </strong></p>
<p>My family. My wife Lora and my daughter Kylie both share my odd sense of humor and the drive to help others. (My wife advocates for animal rights and my daughter supports an anti-bully campaign through her Girl Scouts troop.)</p>
<p><strong>Why did you take the CC Certificate? </strong></p>
<p>I had become recognized as a leader in the OER* movement within Connecticut. As people looked to me for answers, I wanted to ensure that I was giving the best possible information that I could.</p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">*OER are Open Educational Resources. They are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, adaptation, and redistribution by others. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></em></p>
<p><strong>You were a member of <i>first</i> CC Certificate for Educators course. What were some of your impressions of the course?</strong></p>
<p>The course exceeded my expectations. Not only did I explore the origins of copyright law and Creative Commons, I received a deeper understanding of the CC license attributes and connected with OER colleagues from around the globe. The threaded discussions and Slack channel provided even greater exploration of copyright and licensing questions. The course was rigorous, but all of the assignments had real-life application if you invested the time.</p>
<p><strong>We understand that Connecticut is a #GoOpen state, and your work helps educators open their teaching practices. Tell us a little about your teaching at Fairfield University and how you&#8217;ve used the experience of your Certificate to reach future educators.</strong></p>
<p>I am an adjunct within the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions for the Masters in Educational Technology program. The students within this program are pre-service and current K12 teachers. Integrating open practices alongside ISTE standards for 21st century learners seemed like a natural fit, especially with an emphasis on digital citizenship and collaboration.</p>
<p>When Dr. Joshua Elliott (<span>Assistant Professor of Educational Studies &amp; Teacher Preparation at Fairfield University)</span> approached me to develop an introductory online course for OER, I, of course, revisited the openly licensed CC certificate course materials. There was rich information to pull from on copyright law, Creative Commons licensing, and the OER movement. I was also able to remix some of the discussion questions and assignments.</p>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/375701234" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>In the clip below, Kevin discusses the impact of the CC Certificate. </em></a></p>
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<p>Our students (K12 teachers) were asked not only to create presentations, in any format that they like, that could be used for student or administration education on copyright and Creative Commons within their districts, but also a final reflective paper that also served as an action plan. I was able to see how our students would take the information that they had learned and implement within their classroom and advocate change within their district. Some students have remained in contact after the course completed to gather more information.<strong>*</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/375701576" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>In the clip below, Kevin explains the value of OER in K-12 education.</em></a></p>
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<p><strong>What are the results from the course you just taught? </strong></p>
<p>This one is hard to answer as an adjunct. I’ve had a few students remain in contact, especially Aimee Guerrero, a Library Media Specialist. I’ve provided additional resources to the students and tried to connect them with statewide K12 leaders. I’ve worked with Aimee to support her case to her district leadership.</p>
<p class="taFHO sc-dfVpRl jZZncJ"><a href="https://vimeo.com/375702491" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em><span class="_1fHNK">In the clip below, Aimee discusses CC and her 4th grade class.</span></em></a></p>
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<p><strong>Are there any ways in which CC can help you with future open pedagogy efforts? </strong></p>
<p>The case for college-level adoption of OER are robust. There is/are plenty of research and supporting resources. The K12 setting faces slightly different challenges for adoption &#8211; cost savings vs. cost re-investment, school policy on content ownership, district/curriculum committee decisions vs. individual faculty/department, student privacy/under 18 copyright concerns. The open community needs to build on-ramps for K12 districts and I believe CC can be a leader here.</p>
<p><strong>It’s so great hearing about initiatives like this one and to see how it works within the larger open education movement. If there’s one piece of advice you could give people, like educators or administrators, considering conducting open work at their institution, what would it be?</strong></p>
<p>I would suggest starting the conversation the same way I did with my students: watch David Wiley’s 2010 TEDxNYED Talk on openness. While some of the messaging around OER has evolved (like the 5 Rs of permissions), his core message that education is fundamentally about sharing should set the proper tone. From there, I would encourage folks to explore a repository like OER Commons and see what’s possible.</p>
<p><strong>Thanks again for your time with us here. </strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We celebrate Kevin’s excellent work, and we want to celebrate more of our CC Certificate alumni’s work, as well as the fantastic work of people in the broader open education community! If you have a story about something you’ve tried or an open project you’ve accomplished at your institution, please let us know by emailing us at </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 style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In response to the growing use of CC licenses globally, and the corresponding need for open licensing expertise, CC offers 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;"> course. The CC Certificate trains people in copyright, open licensing and the ethos of working with our global, shared commons using CC licenses. The program is an investment in educators and advocates of open movements, offering a way to build and strengthen their open licensing and “commons” expertise. <strong>To learn more about the course, visit <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">certificates.creativecommons.org</a>.</strong> </span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/12/kevin-corcoran-the-effect-of-open-licensing-expertise-for-k12-pedagogy/">CC Certificate Graduate on the Ripple Effect of Open Licensing Expertise for K12 Pedagogy</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=56732
title: Introducing CC Vocabulary, Our New Web Design System
uri: Introducing-CC-Vocabulary-Our-New-Web-Design-System
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/
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<p><em>This is part of a series of posts introducing the projects built by open source contributors mentored by Creative Commons during <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/30/meet-ccs-2019-google-summer-of-code-students/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2019</a>. Dhruv Bhanushali was one of those contributors and we are grateful for his work on this project.</em></p>
<p><strong>Over the past few months, we’ve been working on <a href="https://cc-vue-vocabulary.netlify.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Vocabulary</a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>, a new open source software project that provides a cohesive design system to unite the web-facing Creative Commons (CC).</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img data-attachment-id="56755" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/screen-shot-2019-11-06-at-3-58-03-pm/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM.png" data-orig-size="1210,534" 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="Vocabulary landing page" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-300x132.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-1024x452.png" class=" wp-image-56755 alignright" src="media/86d244b7.Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-300x132.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-300x132.png" alt="Vocabulary landing page" width="350" height="154" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-300x132.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-768x339.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-1024x452.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-91x40.png 91w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-50x22.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-270x119.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-1200x530.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM.png 1210w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 85vw, 350px" />Vocabulary is intended to be an extension of the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/30/cc-style-guide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Style Guide</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for the web, providing reusable components, patterns, and more. The software includes a JavaScript user interface component library (using the </span><a href="https://vuejs.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vue.js</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> framework), an interactive playground to try out various elements, and general usage guidelines.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since 2001, CC’s web presence has grown to encompass a large assortment of tools and resources, including applications ranging from the vast </span><a href="https://search.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to the single-page </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/choose/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Chooser</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We also have numerous websites for our programs, such as </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Open Source</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the </span><a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Global Summit</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the </span><a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Certificates</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the </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;">. There are also CC Chapter websites, a </span><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/creative-commons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">plugin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for WordPress, a browser </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/ccsearch-browser-extension#cc-search-browser-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">extension</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and more. Due to the fact that each of these tools and websites were developed and maintained independently, typography, color palette, components, design, and experience vary wildly. In addition, important concerns, such as accessibility, slipped through the cracks. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That&#8217;s why we decided to create a design system that would help unify all of the CC websites and applications. We named it “Vocabulary,” reflecting the notion that numbered components (like words) could be strung together to form countless web sites (like sentences).</span></p>
<h3><b>The principles of Vocabulary</b></h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Singular</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vocabulary provides a single home for user interface (UI) components. The code for how a component looks and feels is pulled from Vocabulary instead of being reimplemented in each individual website. This ensures that common components, such as headers and footers, are identical everywhere. This makes even the most distinct websites familiar and “look CC.”</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56735" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56735" style="width: 549px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56735" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/vocabulary-footer-1/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1.png" data-orig-size="1600,127" 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="Vocabulary footer (1)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1-300x24.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1-1024x81.png" class="wp-image-56735 " src="media/a9b59972.Vocabulary-footer-1-1024x81.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1-1024x81.png" alt="Vocabulary footer (1)" width="549" height="43" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1-1024x81.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1-300x24.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1-768x61.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1-140x11.png 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1-50x4.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1-270x21.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1-1200x95.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-1.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 549px) 85vw, 549px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56735" class="wp-caption-text">The new footer establishes and conforms to set standards.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This also ensures that discussions, features, and fixes are made in one location and reach the whole ecosystem. Pulling in the newest features in a Vocabulary-based website is only a matter of updating to the latest version of Vocabulary.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Versatile</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vocabulary offers a large degree of variability in terms of stylistic choice, enabling applications to be aesthetically diverse without sacrificing cohesiveness and accessibility. A number of aspects of every component can be customized, leading to an exponential number of variants. Even a component as simple as a toggle offers close to 300 variants accounting for the colors, shades, and the roundness and simplicity options.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56744" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56744" style="width: 495px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56744" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/vocabulary-toggles/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-toggles.png" data-orig-size="960,164" 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="Vocabulary toggles" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-toggles-300x51.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-toggles.png" class="wp-image-56744 " src="media/dbb77c41.Vocabulary-toggles.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-toggles.png" alt="Vocabulary toggles" width="495" height="85" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-toggles.png 960w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-toggles-300x51.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-toggles-768x131.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-toggles-140x24.png 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-toggles-50x9.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-toggles-270x46.png 270w" sizes="(max-width: 495px) 85vw, 495px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56744" class="wp-caption-text">In terms of just roundness and simplicity, the toggle supports 9 variants.</figcaption></figure>
<ul>
<li><b>Flexible</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although centralized, Vocabulary components can be customized from site to site as per the needs of the service. This ensures that there’s always room for creative expression and personality. For example, the standard footer allows specific content in all three panes to be customized.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56746" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56746" style="width: 526px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56746" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/vocabulary-footer-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2.png" data-orig-size="1600,173" 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="Vocabulary footer (2)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2-300x32.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2-1024x111.png" class="wp-image-56746 " src="media/a40b0013.Vocabulary-footer-2.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2.png" alt="Vocabulary footer (2)" width="526" height="57" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2.png 1600w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2-300x32.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2-768x83.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2-1024x111.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2-140x15.png 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2-50x5.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2-270x29.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-2-1200x130.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 526px) 85vw, 526px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56746" class="wp-caption-text">The footer can be customized to a fixed extent, seen here adapted for the Vocabulary homepage.</figcaption></figure>
<ul>
<li><b>Responsive</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vocabulary ensures that the applications adapt to the diverse range of screen sizes on the Internet, from mobile phones to flat screen TVs. All Vocabulary components are built on a self-designed five-tier responsive grid to automatically scale up and down based on the screen size.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56747" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56747" style="width: 507px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56747" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/vocabulary-footer-3/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-3.png" data-orig-size="849,320" 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="Vocabulary footer (3)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-3-300x113.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-3.png" class="wp-image-56747 " src="media/0edd74a7.Vocabulary-footer-3.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-3.png" alt="Vocabulary footer (3)" width="507" height="191" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-3.png 849w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-3-300x113.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-3-768x289.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-3-106x40.png 106w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-3-50x19.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-footer-3-270x102.png 270w" sizes="(max-width: 507px) 85vw, 507px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56747" class="wp-caption-text">The footer adapts to different screen sizes, seen here on a tablet.</figcaption></figure>
<ul>
<li><b>Vibrant</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All the colors in the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/10/30/cc-style-guide/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Style Guide</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are available in CC Vocabulary, along with lighter and darker shades to assist with building rich interfaces. Color is integral to creativity, thus every component in Vocabulary can be colored.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56748" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56748" style="width: 512px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56748" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/vocabulary-header/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header.png" data-orig-size="1167,80" 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="Vocabulary header" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header-300x21.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header-1024x70.png" class="wp-image-56748 " src="media/f7ab5969.Vocabulary-header.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header.png" alt="Vocabulary header" width="512" height="35" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header.png 1167w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header-300x21.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header-768x53.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header-1024x70.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header-140x10.png 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header-50x3.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-header-270x19.png 270w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 85vw, 512px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56748" class="wp-caption-text">The primary CC site header recreated in one of Vocabulary&#8217;s other colors.</figcaption></figure>
<ul>
<li><b>Cohesive</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The entire library of components offered by Vocabulary are designed to work in tandem with each other, allowing beautiful websites to be built with very little effort while main</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">taining consistency across all CC websites. In addition, Vocabulary conforms to and makes the most of the latest CSS specifications that are supported widely by web browsers.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56749" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56749" style="width: 536px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56749" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/vocabulary-components/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-components.png" data-orig-size="950,342" 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="Vocabulary components" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-components-300x108.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-components.png" class="wp-image-56749 " src="media/e72206d1.Vocabulary-components.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-components.png" alt="Vocabulary components" width="536" height="193" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-components.png 950w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-components-300x108.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-components-768x276.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-components-111x40.png 111w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-components-50x18.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-components-270x97.png 270w" sizes="(max-width: 536px) 85vw, 536px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56749" class="wp-caption-text">Vocabulary components have a unifying look and feel.</figcaption></figure>
<ul>
<li><b>Accessible</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vocabulary incorporates UI accessibility best practices, such as contrasts, readability, and ease-of-use. Applications that use Vocabulary automatically receives these accessibility benefits as well.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56750" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56750" style="width: 534px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56750" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/vocabulary-accessibility/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-accessibility.png" data-orig-size="720,240" 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="Vocabulary accessibility" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-accessibility-300x100.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-accessibility.png" class="wp-image-56750 " src="media/509bc644.Vocabulary-accessibility.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-accessibility.png" alt="Vocabulary accessibility" width="534" height="178" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-accessibility.png 720w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-accessibility-300x100.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-accessibility-120x40.png 120w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-accessibility-50x17.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-accessibility-270x90.png 270w" sizes="(max-width: 534px) 85vw, 534px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56750" class="wp-caption-text">Every component in Vocabulary is subjected to stringent accessibility tests.</figcaption></figure>
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<li><b>Translation-Friendly</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every component in Vocabulary is built so that it can be translated. It’s impossible to build a component that’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">not</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> translation-ready. </span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56751" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56751" style="width: 545px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56751" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/vocabulary-translation-1/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1.png" data-orig-size="1600,173" 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="Vocabulary translation (1)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1-300x32.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1-1024x111.png" class="wp-image-56751 " src="media/577f3b7a.Vocabulary-translation-1.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1.png" alt="Vocabulary translation (1)" width="545" height="59" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1.png 1600w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1-300x32.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1-768x83.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1-1024x111.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1-140x15.png 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1-50x5.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1-270x29.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-1-1200x130.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 545px) 85vw, 545px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56751" class="wp-caption-text">The footer comes with and enforces consistent translations, seen here for Hindi.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The translations are stored in a separate file from the code, which allows Vocabulary to offer pre-translated versions of common components and also makes contributing translations really easy, even for people without any coding experience. </span></p>
<figure id="attachment_56752" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56752" style="width: 513px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="56752" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/vocabulary-translation-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-2.png" data-orig-size="969,388" 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="Vocabulary translation (2)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-2-300x120.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-2.png" class="wp-image-56752 " src="media/d4ac18b5.Vocabulary-translation-2.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-2.png" alt="Vocabulary translation (2)" width="513" height="205" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-2.png 969w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-2-300x120.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-2-768x308.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-2-100x40.png 100w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-2-50x20.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vocabulary-translation-2-270x108.png 270w" sizes="(max-width: 513px) 85vw, 513px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56752" class="wp-caption-text">Vocabulary makes adding languages as easy as adding lines to a data file.</figcaption></figure>
<h3><b>What’s next for Vocabulary?</b></h3>
<p><a href="https://cc-vue-vocabulary.netlify.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vocabulary</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is open-source under the MIT/Expat license, with the code hosted on </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-vocabulary" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GitHub</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and a living </span><a href="https://cc-vocabulary.netlify.com/styleguide" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">style guide</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that is an extension of the </span><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"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Style Guide</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We’re actively improving the project by adding new features, implementing new components, fixing bugs, etc. Work on integrating Vocabulary with existing CC sites and applications, such as CC Search, is already </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cccatalog-frontend/pull/413" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">underway</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC is also working with </span><a href="https://www.outreachy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Outreachy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for the December 2019 &#8211; March 2020 session to identify and implement ways to further enhance the scope of the project as well as integrate it with existing applications and websites, such as the CC Chooser and the CC Global Network. This provides interns an exciting opportunity to collaborate with a dynamic developer community working to bring impactful new features to a global audience of creatives.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We encourage you to </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-vocabulary#contributing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">contribute</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by checking out the project, giving us feedback or </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-vocabulary/issues/new/choose" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reporting bugs</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, helping us </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-vocabulary/issues" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">write code</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or contributing translations. If you&#8217;re a developer embarking on your next web project, you can use Vocabulary to make prototyping UIs a breeze. We provide Vocabulary as a </span><a href="https://www.npmjs.com/@creativecommons/vocabulary" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">npm package</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as well as via </span><a href="https://unpkg.com/@creativecommons/vocabulary/css/vocabulary.css" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CDN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">s. You can even integrate Vocabulary with an existing project. If you&#8217;re a designer, we could use your insights to improve our components. If you’re good with words, you could help us with writing new documentation or translating the current body of text.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s an exciting time for the Web, and we couldn&#8217;t be happier to have you with us as we embark on <a href="https://cc-vue-vocabulary.netlify.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this new project</a>. We look forward to seeing how this library powers a new era of rapid, cohesive, and accessible front-end development across the web-facing Creative Commons.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/">Introducing CC Vocabulary, Our New Web Design System</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57029
title: Share Your Thoughts and Experiences of the CC Global Network!
uri: Share-Your-Thoughts-and-Experiences-of-the-CC-Global-Network
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/16/share-your-thoughts-and-experiences-of-the-cc-global-network/

content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Creative Commons (CC) </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Global Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is made up of people like you. People who are attracted to the CC Global Network because of what can be accomplished by building a globally-accessible public commons of knowledge and culture through CC’s tools and products. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2016, CC released an assessment of the community in the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/global-affiliate-network/faces-commons-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Faces of the Commons</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> research. The CC ecosystem has changed since then and many of those changes have been essential for the commons to reach its full potential and to grow the CC Network. In fact, the CC Network has indeed grown to over 500 members across 42 chapters. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now that the CC Network is more established, CC wishes to make sure that you, as a member, are feeling fully supported in your work and that you have what you need to help grow the global commons. CC is interested in what it means to you to be part of CC, why you are part of the CC Network, and what you need to continue being an active member of this community.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whether you’re new to the CC Network or a long-time contributor to Creative Commons, we value your experience and want to hear from you. </span></p>
<p><b>There are two ways for you to share your thoughts on the CC Global Network: </b></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://creativecommons.surveysparrow.com/s/cc-global-network-survey/tt-3afd7c?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Digital survey</strong></a>—This 20-30 minute survey will give us a general understanding of your experience. Take <a href="https://creativecommons.surveysparrow.com/s/cc-global-network-survey/tt-3afd7c?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the survey</a> now or bookmark it for later.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><a href="https://forms.gle/6A77aGnqP9dpypqg7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">One-on-one interview</a>—</strong>You can provide in-depth feedback by signing up for a 60-90 minute online interview. Please volunteer your time, or suggest someone else, through <a href="https://forms.gle/6A77aGnqP9dpypqg7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this form</a> and we&#8217;ll be in touch!</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Both feedback methods are available between December 17 and January 15.</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The one-on-one interviews will take place at a time convenient for you outside of the festive season between December 23 and January 2. </span></p>
<p>We look forward to hearing your thoughts and experiences!</p>
<p><i data-stringify-type="italic"><a href="https://twitter.com/havingaflood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Isla Haddow-Flood</a> is an active member of the CC Global Network. We&#8217;re grateful to be working with Isla on this project as she provides her expertise in and passion for engaging with open communities.</i></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/16/share-your-thoughts-and-experiences-of-the-cc-global-network/">Share Your Thoughts and Experiences of the CC Global Network!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57047
title: Celebrate Public Domain Day with Events Around the World
uri: Celebrate-Public-Domain-Day-with-Events-Around-the-World
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/17/celebrate-public-domain-day-with-events-around-the-world/
content:
<p><em>The following is a guest post by Creative Commons community member <a href="https://twitter.com/ter_burg">Sebastiaan ter Burg</a></em>.</p>
<p>In January 2020 there will be events all over the world to celebrate the fact that new works have entered the public domain. The country where a work is published determines when copyright expires. For example, where I&#8217;m from in the Netherlands, copyright vested in a work expires on the first day of January—70 years after the death of the work&#8217;s author. Meanwhile, works published in Mexico are copyrighted for a full 100 years after their death of their authors. That&#8217;s a long time! </p>
<p>This is why we celebrate Public Domain Day, which happens on the first day of each year when new works enter the public domain. It&#8217;s a day to celebrate the lives of authors who died many years ago and whose works have finally become available to the world to access and use freely. Do you want to know if a Public Domain Day event is happening in your country? Or are you involved in the organization of an event in your country? Then head over to <a href="https://www.pdday.org/calendar/">pdday.org</a> to see where events are being held or to <a href="https://www.pdday.org/contact/">add your own event</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://pdday.org">pdday.org</a> is also a larger initiative to stimulate the publishing of works in the public domain. In addition to cataloguing events, the site aims to to collect practical tools and best practices for doing things like determining whether a work is in the public domain. The video below is an example of how cultural institutions in The Netherlands get training in determining public domain material in their collections.</p>
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<div class="embed-vimeo" style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/344968880" width="840" height="473" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
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<p>I hope you&#8217;ll join us in celebrating Public Domain Day wherever you are in the world by attending an event, creating your own, or taking some time to learn about what the public domain is all about and why it&#8217;s important.</p>
<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/09/save-the-date-public-domain-day-2020-is-happening-in-january-in-washington-d-c/">Save the Date! Public Domain Day 2020 Is Happening in January in Washington, D.C.</a></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/17/celebrate-public-domain-day-with-events-around-the-world/">Celebrate Public Domain Day with Events Around the World</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57054
title: Thank You for Translating “Made with Creative Commons”
uri: Thank-You-for-Translating-Made-with-Creative-Commons
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/18/translating-made-with-creative-commons/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2017, CC published </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/made-with-cc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Made with Creative Commons</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a book examining 24 different business models built around CC licenses and CC-licensed content. Financially supported by more than 1600 backers </span><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creativecommons/made-with-creative-commons-a-book-on-open-business?ref=curated_page" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">on Kickstarter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the project itself is an example of how openly licensed work can be funded and how CC-licensed content can evolve over time. </span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="57055" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/18/translating-made-with-creative-commons/made_with_cc_cover-3/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/made_with_cc_cover.png" data-orig-size="638,826" 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="made_with_cc_cover" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/made_with_cc_cover-232x300.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/made_with_cc_cover.png" class=" wp-image-57055 alignright" src="media/837346f4.made_with_cc_cover-232x300.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/made_with_cc_cover-232x300.png" alt="Made with Creative Commons" width="194" height="251" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/made_with_cc_cover-232x300.png 232w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/made_with_cc_cover-31x40.png 31w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/made_with_cc_cover-39x50.png 39w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/made_with_cc_cover-120x155.png 120w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/made_with_cc_cover.png 638w" sizes="(max-width: 194px) 85vw, 194px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After publishing the book and distributing copies around the world, we have proudly watched as the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Made with Creative Commons</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> project </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/made-with-cc/made-cc-community/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">continued to germinate</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> thanks to the energy and resourcefulness of the CC community.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just recently, members of our community across Latin America—including Gunnar Wolf, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Luis Enrique Amaya González, Leo “elopio” Arias, Andrés Delgado, and Evelin “scann” Heidel</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">collaborated to produce a </span><a href="http://ru.iiec.unam.mx/4749/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spanish translation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the book. Marisol Simón from the Economics Research Institute in Mexico edited the translation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier this year, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hilman Fathoni, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fitri Ayu,</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the rest of the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Indonesia team translated the book into </span><a href="media/08bdb928._Commons_-_Panduan_Penerapan_Model_Bisnis_Terbuka_Untuk_Anda.pdf" data-original-source="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Made_With_Creative_Commons_-_Panduan_Penerapan_Model_Bisnis_Terbuka_Untuk_Anda.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Indonesian</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. They were also able to hold a public event and print copies of the translated book thanks to funding from the Indonesian Creative Economy Agency.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, Soohyun Pae is currently leading a translation into Korean, and Petter Reinholdtsen is undertaking a translation into Norwegian.</span></p>
<p><b>These efforts by you, the CC community, are a testament to the vibrancy, resourcefulness, and ingenuity of the open movement—and your commitment to growing the global commons.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We would like to say thank you to each and every person who has had a hand in carrying this work forward over the last two years, and we look forward to receiving more translations in the future!</span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re working on a new translation of </span></i><a href="https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/made-with-cc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Made with Creative Commons</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, let us know by emailing 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;"> or tagging us @creativecommons on </span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/creativecommons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or </span></i><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/creative-commons/?viewAsMember=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">LinkedIn</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></i></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57075
title: How UC Berkeley Students Helped Improve CC Search
uri: How-UC-Berkeley-Students-Helped-Improve-CC-Search
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/20/how-uc-berkeley-students-helped-improve-cc-search/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since its launch, </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;"> has become more than just a search tool for CC-licensed content; it has come to exemplify the virtuous cycle of knowledge creation—where we create, collaborate, and learn from one another. </span></p>
<p><b>Our recent collaboration with a group of students from UC Berkeley was a true exercise in this cycle of creation and collaboration.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the fall of 2019, instructors of the UC Berkeley graduate course, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Product Design Studio, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">approached us to act as “clients” to a group of students learning how to solve complex design challenges. Of course, we said yes! And thanks to prior user research on CC Search, we already knew what design challenges we faced but were struggling with how to fix them</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">that’s where the students’ insights were critical.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_57077" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57077" style="width: 432px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57077" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/20/how-uc-berkeley-students-helped-improve-cc-search/uc-berkeley-screenshot-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2.png" data-orig-size="1441,900" 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="UC Berkeley Screenshot (2)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-300x187.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-1024x640.png" class=" wp-image-57077" src="media/73b672d0.UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-300x187.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-300x187.png" alt="" width="432" height="269" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-300x187.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-768x480.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-1024x640.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-64x40.png 64w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-50x31.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-248x155.png 248w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2-1200x749.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UC-Berkeley-Screenshot-2.png 1441w" sizes="(max-width: 432px) 85vw, 432px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57077" class="wp-caption-text">Above is a screenshot of the students’ proposed prototype for an improved CC Search. (CC BY)</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like a well-trained team of consultants, they immediately asked thoughtful questions about the proposed design challenges, reframed them in terms of the user journey, and identified what they would be tackling. Early on, they were able to identify that the key challenge we face with CC Search is how to convey complex CC license and attribution information in a way that is succinct, actionable, and engaging.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fast forward to the end of our four-week collaboration and the students left us with an immensely impressive outcome: a user research report of nearly 40 pages, a presentation highlighting and explaining their final design choices, and several interactive, high-fidelity prototypes.</span></p>
<p><strong>In aggregate, the UC Berkeley students dedicated dozens of hours to this project while we provided guidance, feedback, and insights along the way. </strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After completing the project, student </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/janine-rosenbaum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janine Rosenbaum</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> told us, “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working on CC Search gave me hands-on experience&#8230;I really enjoyed the great teamwork and learned a lot of new things, especially regarding user testing.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Student </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-grajski/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Victor Grajski</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> echoed Janine’s sentiment, “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">It was a pleasure working with the team at Creative Commons. I greatly appreciated how much they know and understand their users, and it was inspiring to see how enthusiastic the team and their users are about creating a global commons! Working in a group to make a well-run, established team like theirs happy with a 4-week timeframe was an ideal learning experience for me as a designer.”</span></p>
<p><b>What are the next steps for the CC Search product team? </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The results of this collaboration have jump-started an overhaul of the CC Search user interface, serving as a launchpad for upcoming iterative design improvements. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The outcome of this project truly spoke to the power of the cycle of knowledge creation. Each prototype was better than the last thanks to the many talented minds who, in the spirit of collaboration, brought their best ideas to the table with informed enthusiasm.</span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">To stay up-to-date on the technical updates that we’ll be making to CC Search throughout 2020, be sure to follow Creative Commons Open Source on Twitter </span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/cc_opensource" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">@cc_opensource</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, join #cc-usability in the Creative Commons Slack, or keep an eye on the </span></i><a href="https://github.com/orgs/creativecommons/projects/7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Active Sprint</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span></i><a href="https://github.com/orgs/creativecommons/projects/10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Backlog</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in GitHub! </span></i></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57089
title: Welcoming 2020 With Gratitude
uri: Welcoming-2020-With-Gratitude
url: https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/23/welcoming-2020-with-gratitude/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Creative Commons, sharing and gratitude go hand in hand. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">We empower the sharing of knowledge and creativity, as well as celebrate the collaborative creativity and gratitude that sharing engenders.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As Chair of the Creative Commons Board of Directors, I am ending 2019 with a special sense of gratitude for the CC community. This has been a year full of challenges and opportunities for CC. Our staff has risen to the occasion with remarkable energy, collegiality, and grace. Interim CEO Cable Green deserves special recognition for taking on new responsibilities with his typical insight, steadiness, and dedication. He is backed by an outstanding team that includes the rest of the CC staff, our Board of Directors, and the Advisory Council. The CC community also includes the CC Global Network and the millions of educators, librarians, technologists, creators, and activists who use our tools to help grow the global commons. And of course, it includes the generous </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/supporters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">donors</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">—including visionary foundations and individual CC community members—who make our work possible. (Not a donor yet? Please </span><a href="https://us.netdonor.net/page/6650/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=top-of-page-banner" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">contribute here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!)</span></p>
<p><b>At our most recent Board meeting, we recognized two extraordinary members of the CC team. </b></p>
<p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/johnathan-nightingale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Johnathan Nightingale</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/thomas-rubin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tom Rubin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have completed their terms of service as members of the CC Board of Directors and will now join our Advisory Council. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Johnathan Nightingale has served on the CC Board of Directors since 2015, including as Chair of the Development Council. Among the many highlights of his service, Johnathan provided key technical and management expertise as we built the team and the technology behind CC Search, and served as a trusted mentor to our technical and project staff.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tom Rubin has served on the Board of Directors since 2013, including as Vice-Chair. Tom contributed critical legal expertise and strategic guidance in support of CC’s mission and vision, always holding the organization to the highest standards of performance and professionalism.  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We extend our deepest appreciation and gratitude to Johnathan and Tom for their outstanding contributions, dedicated service, and steadfast devotion to CC’s mission and vision. We look forward to continuing to rely on them as they take their new roles as members of our Advisory Council. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are reading this, then you too are a member of the Creative Commons community. Thank you for sharing our commitment to open knowledge and creativity, and for supporting our work. </span></p>
<p><b>We end this year with gratitude and excitement for continuing our work in 2020!</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Molly Van Houweling | </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Board Chair</span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57100
title: Our 4.0 License Suite Is Now Available in Simplified and Traditional Chinese
uri: Our-4-0-License-Suite-Is-Now-Available-in-Simplified-and-Traditional-C
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/02/cc-licenses-in-simplified-traditional-chinese/
content:
<p>Creative Commons is doubly excited to announce the publication of two official Chinese language translations of v<span>ersion 4.0 of our license suite</span>: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.zh-Hans" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Simplified Chinese</a> and <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.zh-Hant" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Traditional Chinese</a>. These translations will enable approximately 1.2 billion persons (more than 15% of the world’s population) to understand our licenses in their first language. We could not be more pleased to see this effort reach a successful conclusion after more than five years of collaboration among experts and communities.</p>
<figure id="attachment_57109" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57109" style="width: 316px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57109" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/02/cc-licenses-in-simplified-traditional-chinese/cc-by-traditional-chinese-translationfinal/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-BY-Traditional-Chinese-TranslationFinal.jpg" data-orig-size="752,384" 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-BY-Traditional-Chinese-Translation(Final)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-BY-Traditional-Chinese-TranslationFinal-300x153.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-BY-Traditional-Chinese-TranslationFinal.jpg" class="wp-image-57109 " src="media/9a802aaa.CC-BY-Traditional-Chinese-TranslationFinal-300x153.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-BY-Traditional-Chinese-TranslationFinal-300x153.jpg" alt="" width="316" height="161" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-BY-Traditional-Chinese-TranslationFinal-300x153.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-BY-Traditional-Chinese-TranslationFinal-78x40.jpg 78w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-BY-Traditional-Chinese-TranslationFinal-50x26.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-BY-Traditional-Chinese-TranslationFinal-270x138.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-BY-Traditional-Chinese-TranslationFinal.jpg 752w" sizes="(max-width: 316px) 85vw, 316px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57109" class="wp-caption-text">A screenshot of the CC BY traditional and simplified Chinese translations. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.zh-Hant" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Licensed CC BY</a></figcaption></figure>
<p>Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese are <a href="https://ai.glossika.com/blog/differences-between-traditional-chinese-and-simplified-chinese" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">different in important respects</a>, but also have many similarities and overlapping communities. Even within each language, variances occur depending on region and cultures. While all official translations are faithful linguistic translations of the original English language 4.0 licenses, CC and its community account for these variations and document the rationale for those differences on our <a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation/4.0/Chinese_-_Traditional_and_Simplified" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">website</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Uniquely, this effort spanned volunteer legal experts and community members across the following jurisdictions: China Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Taiwan.</strong></p>
<p>Chunyan Wang led our efforts on the Simplified Chinese translation, and Tyng-Ruey Chuang led our efforts on the Traditional Chinese translation. They were assisted by a large group of volunteers, to whom CC extends its profound thanks, including the following individuals:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Xingzhi Xin<br />
Yi Zheng<br />
Beibei Sun<br />
Ben Cheng<br />
Li Yahong<br />
Ying Chan<br />
Benjamin Chow<br />
Haggen So<br />
Lucien C.H. Lin<br />
Yi-Hsuan Lin<br />
Shun-Ling Chen<br />
Ally Wang</p>
<p>This accomplishment is a testimony to the strength of our community and our shared vision for supporting the growth of the global commons. A special thanks to the Ford Foundation for a grant through their Global Travel and Learning Fund to support a meeting of the 4.0 translation teams in 2015 and 2016, and to the Wikimedia Foundation for supporting the teams’ translations efforts in 2016.</p>
<p><strong>Congratulations!</strong></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/02/cc-licenses-in-simplified-traditional-chinese/">Our 4.0 License Suite Is Now Available in Simplified and Traditional Chinese</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57111
title: Introducing the CC Search Browser Extension
uri: Introducing-the-CC-Search-Browser-Extension
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/06/cc-search-browser-extension/
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;">.</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mayank Nader</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">was one of those contributors and we are grateful for his work on this project.</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons (CC) is working towards providing easy access to CC-licensed and public domain works. One significant step towards achieving that goal was the release of </span><a href="https://search.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in 2019. Through this search and indexing tool, we’re making a plethora of CC-licensed images accessible in one place. As CC Search expands to include more than just images, CC is also developing a suite of applications and interfaces to help users across the world interact, consume, and reuse open access content.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="57113" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/06/cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-extension-1/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1.png" data-orig-size="1280,800" 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 Search Extension (1)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1-300x188.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1-1024x640.png" class="wp-image-57113 alignright" src="media/38b2efb0.CC-Search-Extension-1-300x188.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1-300x188.png" alt="CC Search Extension (1)" width="397" height="249" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1-300x188.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1-768x480.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1-1024x640.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1-64x40.png 64w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1-50x31.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1-248x155.png 248w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1-1200x750.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-1.png 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 397px) 85vw, 397px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/ccsearch-browser-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search Browser Extension</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is one such application. This browser extension is an open-source, lightweight plugin that can be installed and used by anyone with an updated web browser.</span></p>
<p><strong>Why did we create this browser extension?</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Browsers are the gateway to the web, and users often install browser plugins to improve productivity and overall experience. With the CC Search Browser Extension, users can now search for CC-licensed images, download them, and attribute the owner/creator without needing to head over to Flickr, Behance, Rawpixel or any other source of CC-licensed content. The other great feature? The CC Search Browser Extension works across different browsers, providing a familiar and intuitive experience for all users.</span></p>
<h3><strong>Key features of the CC Search Browser Extension: </strong></h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Search and filter CC-licensed content</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can use the extension filters to filter the content by the source website, types of licenses, and/or use-case.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="57114" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/06/cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-extension-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2.png" data-orig-size="1280,800" 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 Search Extension (2)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2-300x188.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2-1024x640.png" class="aligncenter wp-image-57114 size-full" src="media/137be477.CC-Search-Extension-2.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2.png" alt="CC Search Extension (2)" width="1280" height="800" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2.png 1280w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2-300x188.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2-768x480.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2-1024x640.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2-64x40.png 64w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2-50x31.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2-248x155.png 248w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-2-1200x750.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p>
<ul>
<li><b>One-click attribution</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One condition of all CC licenses is attribution. Attributing the owner/creator of CC-licensed content found using the extension is easy with one-click attribution. Both the Rich-text and HTML versions of the attribution are available.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="57115" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/06/cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-extension-3/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3.png" data-orig-size="1600,900" 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="CC Search Extension (3)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3-300x169.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3-1024x576.png" class="aligncenter wp-image-57115 size-full" src="media/a5bcd568.CC-Search-Extension-3.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3.png" alt="CC Search Extension (3)" width="1600" height="900" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3.png 1600w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3-300x169.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3-768x432.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3-71x40.png 71w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3-50x28.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3-270x152.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-3-1200x675.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Download images (and attribution)</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Download the image to use it in your works through the extension itself. You can also download the attribution information as a text file along with the image; this can be helpful when downloading multiple images in a single session.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Bookmark images</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bookmarking the images will save them in the extension. You can view and remove your bookmarks from the bookmarks section.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="57116" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/06/cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-extension-4/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4.png" data-orig-size="1600,900" 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="CC Search Extension (4)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4-300x169.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4-1024x576.png" class="aligncenter wp-image-57116 size-full" src="media/b0b73b64.CC-Search-Extension-4.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4.png" alt="CC Search Extension (4)" width="1600" height="900" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4.png 1600w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4-300x169.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4-768x432.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4-1024x576.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4-71x40.png 71w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4-50x28.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4-270x152.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-4-1200x675.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Export and import bookmarks</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a user, you can easily archive and/or transfer your bookmarks. This feature makes sure that the process of archiving and transferring bookmarks is uncomplicated and straightforward.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="57120" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/06/cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-extension-5/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-5.gif" data-orig-size="600,306" 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 Search Extension (5)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-5-300x153.gif" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-5.gif" class="aligncenter wp-image-57120 size-full" src="media/a90e8e93.CC-Search-Extension-5.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-5.gif" alt="CC Search Extension (5)" width="600" height="306" /></p>
<ul>
<li><b>User-interface (UI) options available for custom settings</b></li>
</ul>
<p><b><span style="font-weight: 400;">The extension also allows for setting default filters, etc. The “Options” page helps declutter the main popup of the extension, ensuring that it shows only the most necessary information. In the future, this “Options” page will also host additional and updated features.</span></b></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="57118" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/06/cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-extension-6/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6.png" data-orig-size="1600,900" 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="CC Search Extension (6)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6-300x169.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6-1024x576.png" class="aligncenter wp-image-57118 size-full" src="media/29965ffe.CC-Search-Extension-6.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6.png" alt="CC Search Extension (6)" width="1600" height="900" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6.png 1600w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6-300x169.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6-768x432.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6-1024x576.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6-71x40.png 71w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6-50x28.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6-270x152.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Search-Extension-6-1200x675.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Sync your custom settings and bookmarks across devices</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chrome and Firefox have a built-in feature that syncs browser settings and preferences across your logged-in devices. The extension leverages this feature to sync your custom settings and bookmarks. This will make your experience more pleasant and familiar. </span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Dark Mode</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The extension also has a dark mode that you can toggle “on” by clicking the icon in the header. This reduces screen glare and battery consumption. You can set the dark mode as default in the “Options” page.</span></p>
<p><b>Future plans and development</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find and fix bugs</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Add a review and feedback tab on the “Options” page</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Integrate </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/cc-vocabulary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vocabulary</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> into the extension</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Develop usability enhancements</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remove infinite scrolling and replace it with pagination or voluntary loading</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Add search syntax for better specificity of results and a search syntax guide</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make the code more modular and add more tests</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Port the features of the CC Search web application that are relevant in the context of the browser plugin</span></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Installation</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The latest version of the extension is available for installation via </span><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cc-search-extension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mozilla Firefox</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Chrome</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><a href="https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/cc-search/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Opera</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<h3><b>Join the community</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Community contribution and feedback is an essential part of the development process, so we encourage you to contact us if you have feedback or a specific suggestion. This is an </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/ccsearch-browser-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">open-source project</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, you can contribute in the form of </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/ccsearch-browser-extension/blob/master/INSTRUCTIONS.md#reporting-bugs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">bug reports</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/ccsearch-browser-extension/blob/master/INSTRUCTIONS.md#feature-requests" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">feature requests</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/ccsearch-browser-extension/blob/master/INSTRUCTIONS.md#contributing-code" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">code contributions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To install the development version of the extension, read the </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/ccsearch-browser-extension#installation-from-source" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">installation guide on Github</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, come and tell us about your experience on the </span><a href="https://slack-signup.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Slack</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> via the slack channel: #cc-dev-browser-extension.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/06/cc-search-browser-extension/">Introducing the CC Search Browser Extension</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57134
title: U.S. Appellate Court Enforces CC’s Interpretation of NonCommercial
uri: U-S-Appellate-Court-Enforces-CC-s-Interpretation-of-NonCommercial
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/07/u-s-appellate-court-enforces-ccs-interpretation-of-noncommercial/

content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kGzGDxZ0z4Bp7OSLioCm1fsJjFsOO1g5/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reaffirmed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Creative Commons’ interpretation of activities that are permissible under the NonCommercial (NC) licenses, which allow </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">bona fide</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> noncommercial reusers to hire out the making of copies of NC-licensed content, even to profit-making businesses such as Office Depot and FedEx Office. </span>Below is an excerpt from the decision:</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Under the License, a non-commercial licensee may hire a third-party contractor including those working for commercial gain, to help implement the License at the direction of the licensee and in furtherance of the licensee’s own licensed rights. The License extends to all employees of the schools and school districts and shelters Office Depot’s commercial copying of Eureka Math on their behalf.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is the second time a federal appellate court in the United States has adopted CC’s interpretation of NC. The first decision was published by the </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16u0wSpXqyUwF5xv19Ixkd2f6ekmDj-yo/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> last year (summarized </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2018/04/02/recent-u-s-legal-decision-reinforces-strength-cc-licenses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a>)<span style="font-weight: 400;"> and involved copying by FedEx Office at the behest of school districts admittedly using the works for noncommercial purposes. </span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;">CC’s position has been clear in both of these cases: s<span style="font-weight: 400;">o long as commercial actors are not acting independently for their own commercial gain but solely on behalf of noncommercial actors, they are protected by the license granted to the noncommercial actors. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After all, entities must act through employees, contractors, and agents as a necessity. To require every teacher, employee (including part-time student employees), and third-party contractor making copies of NC licensed works to forego payment for their services would make it impossible for those types of licensees to use the works and facilitate sharing for noncommercial purposes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>This is a huge win for educators, school districts and, most importantly, students.</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All students deserve access to effective </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/education-oer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">open education resources</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (OER) and meaningful, inclusive learning opportunities. These NC-licensed OER will help ensure students have access to the effective learning resources they need by allowing schools to seek assistance in making copies when they do not have sufficient resources to do so on their own. Further, because these resources were created using public funds received by the </span><a href="https://www.engageny.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York State Education Department</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from the U.S. Department of Education, it’s important that they remain openly licensed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In October, Creative Commons requested permission to file an amicus and participate in oral argument. Our requests were granted, and our </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q5qEFdHYhZXjbl584E4tZ3t0B5o-IljV/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">amicus brief</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">friend of the court brief</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) with the 9th Circuit became part of the record. Andrew Gass of Latham of Watkins argued the case on behalf of CC (</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3BnSFVBqhU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). </span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">A very special thanks to Latham &amp; Watkins for their hard work and diligence over the course of both the 2nd Circuit and 9th Circuit cases.</span></em></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/07/u-s-appellate-court-enforces-ccs-interpretation-of-noncommercial/">U.S. Appellate Court Enforces CC’s Interpretation of NonCommercial</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57161
title: Paris Musées Releases 100,000+ Works Into the Public Domain
uri: Paris-Musées-Releases-100-000-Works-Into-the-Public-Domain
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/10/paris-musees-releases-100000-works-into-the-public-domain/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Paris Musées’ </span><a href="http://www.parismusees.paris.fr/fr/actualite/open-content-plus-de-100-000-oeuvres-des-collections-des-musees-de-la-ville-de-paris-en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">recently released</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> more than 100,000 works under Creative Commons Zero (</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CCØ</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">), putting the works into the public domain. They also released their collections’ Application Programming Interface (API), allowing users to “recover, in high definition, several royalty-free images and their records from cross-searches on the works.”</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_57162" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57162" style="width: 348px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57162" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/10/paris-musees-releases-100000-works-into-the-public-domain/portrait-de-lecrivaine-libertaire-et-feministe-caroline-remy-dite-severine-1855-1929-sur-son-balcon/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1498" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Cardon, Paul (dit Dornac ou Paul&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Leaf Aptus 65(LF8471     )\/Hasselblad H1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Portrait de S\u00e9verine (n\u00e9e Caroline R\u00e9my, 1855-1929), femme de lettres, journaliste f\u00e9ministe fran\u00e7aise, sur son balcon. Photographie de Paul Cardon (dit Dornac ou Paul Marsan). Tirage papier albumin\u00e9, entre 1885 et 1895. Paris, mus\u00e9e Carnavalet.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1452265769&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;CC0 Paris Mus\u00e9es \/ Mus\u00e9e Carnavalet&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;120&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Portrait de l&#039;\u00e9crivaine libertaire et f\u00e9ministe Caroline R\u00e9my dite S\u00e9verine (1855-1929), sur son balcon.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Portrait de l&#8217;écrivaine libertaire et féministe Caroline Rémy dite Séverine (1855-1929), sur son balcon." data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-300x176.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-1024x599.jpg" class=" wp-image-57162" src="media/4071fc0d.29_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-300x176.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-300x176.jpg" alt="Portrait de l'écrivaine libertaire et féministe Caroline Rémy dite Séverine (1855-1929), sur son balcon." width="348" height="204" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-300x176.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-768x450.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-1536x899.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-2048x1199.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-68x40.jpg 68w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-50x29.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-265x155.jpg 265w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-1200x702.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 348px) 85vw, 348px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57162" class="wp-caption-text">A portrait of Caroline Rémy (1855-1929), a French feminist journalist. Photo by Paul Cardon.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Users can scroll through the collection via the museum’s </span><a href="http://parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/recherche/image-libre/true?solrsort=ds_created%20desc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">portal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, discovering hidden gems like </span><a href="http://parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/portrait-de-l-ecrivaine-libertaire-et-feministe-caroline-remy-dite-severine" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">this photograph</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of French feminist Caroline Rémy and </span><a href="http://parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/maison-de-victor-hugo/oeuvres/les-miserables-troisieme-partie-livre-sixieme-chapitre-ii-m-leblanc-et#infos-principales" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">this beautiful illustration</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from an early edition of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Les Misérables</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This collection is a unique treasure trove for anyone interested in French history, art, and culture.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This announcement by the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paris Musées</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a cause for celebration as it marks the continuation of a growing trend among </span><a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/GLAM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GLAM</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art, that are recognizing the importance of open access to artistic and cultural artifacts. </span></p>
<p><strong>We applaud the Paris Musées for this great contribution to the public domain, and we encourage other GLAM institutions’ to follow suit! </strong></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are affiliated with a GLAM institution and would like guidance on using </span></i><a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">CCØ</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or any of our </span></i><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC licenses</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 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;">. We’re here to help!</span></i></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57187
title: Creative Commons and USAID Collaborate on Guide to Open Licensing
uri: Creative-Commons-and-USAID-Collaborate-on-Guide-to-Open-Licensing
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/13/creative-commons-and-usaid-collaborate-on-guide-to-open-licensing/

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<p>Creative Commons regularly works with governments, foundations, and other institutions worldwide to help them create, adopt, and implement open licensing policies. These policies typically require grant recipients to openly license and freely share the work they create with grant funds. We do this to ensure publicly (and privately) funded works are openly licensed and freely available to be accessed, used, and remixed by the public.</p>
<figure id="attachment_57188" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57188" style="width: 486px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.globalreadingnetwork.net/resources/open-licensing-primary-grade-reading-materials-considerations-and-recommendations" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img data-attachment-id="57188" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/13/creative-commons-and-usaid-collaborate-on-guide-to-open-licensing/screen-shot-2020-01-09-at-5-13-30-pm/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM.png" data-orig-size="948,834" 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="Open Licensing of Primary Grade Reading Materials: Considerations and Recommendations" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM-300x264.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM.png" class="wp-image-57188 " src="media/dc67b689.Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM.png" alt="Cover of &quot;Open Licensing of Primary Grade Reading Materials: Considerations and Recommendations&quot; document" width="486" height="428" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM.png 948w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM-300x264.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM-768x676.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM-45x40.png 45w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM-50x44.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-09-at-5.13.30-PM-176x155.png 176w" sizes="(max-width: 486px) 85vw, 486px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57188" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;Open Licensing of Primary Grade Reading Materials,&#8221; USAID (CC BY.40)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Over the past two years, we&#8217;ve been working with USAID, the <a href="https://www.globalbookalliance.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Global Book Alliance</a>, the <a href="https://www.digitallibrary.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Global Digital Library</a>, and the <a href="https://www.globalreadingnetwork.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Global Reading Network</a> on early childhood reading programs, with a focus on helping these programs to recognize the potential of open licensing to increase the reach and efficacy of resources that promote youth literacy. In the course of doing that work, we all realized that additional materials needed to be created for grantees of the programs to not only understand the open license grant requirements, but to undertake the practical steps of implementing open licenses. To respond to that need, we collaborated with USAID and the Global Reading Network to write and co-publish <a href="https://www.globalreadingnetwork.net/resources/open-licensing-primary-grade-reading-materials-considerations-and-recommendations" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Open Licensing of Primary Grade Reading Materials: Considerations and Recommendations</em></a>, a guide to open licenses that includes an introduction to the basics of copyright, an overview of the benefits of open licensing, and suggestions for choosing and implementing open licenses.</p>
<p>The document is licensed under CC BY 4.0, meaning that it can be freely used by the public, including government agencies, policy makers, and grant making institutions looking to educate their constituencies about the benefits of openness and best practices in implementing open licensing.</p>
<p>Collaborations like this are some of the most important and rewarding work CC is involved with. If you&#8217;re affiliated with a government or institution that could use our help in making the case for open licensing, please get in touch with us at <a href="mailto:info@creativecommons.org">info@creativecommons.org</a>.</p>
<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="media/1d9a38ba.NW2-CCBY-HO4-Open_Licensing_Policy_Rationale.pdf" data-original-source="https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1865/NW2-CCBY-HO4-Open_Licensing_Policy_Rationale.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">USAID’s Open Licensing Policy Rationale</a></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57225
title: Thoughts on “Non-Amicable” Enforcement of CC Licenses
uri: Thoughts-on-Non-Amicable-Enforcement-of-CC-Licenses
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/15/thoughts-on-non-amicable-enforcement-of-cc-licenses/
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<p><img data-attachment-id="57227" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/15/thoughts-on-non-amicable-enforcement-of-cc-licenses/5156128782_258f027185_b/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5156128782_258f027185_b.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,739" 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="5156128782_258f027185_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5156128782_258f027185_b-300x217.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5156128782_258f027185_b.jpg" class="wp-image-57227 alignleft" src="media/0047a81a.5156128782_258f027185_b-300x217.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5156128782_258f027185_b-300x217.jpg" alt="" width="749" height="542" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5156128782_258f027185_b-300x217.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5156128782_258f027185_b-55x40.jpg 55w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5156128782_258f027185_b-50x36.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5156128782_258f027185_b-215x155.jpg 215w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5156128782_258f027185_b.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px" /></p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/34534185@N00/5156128782" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Broken Hill Wall Mural-07=</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/34534185@N00" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sheba_Also 43,000 photos</a> is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> CC BY-SA 2.0</a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>This post was co-authored by Diane Peters (CC&#8217;s General Counsel) and Alexis Muscat (CC&#8217;s 2019 legal intern)</em><br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the past year or so, CC has been tracking and thinking about strict, less than-amicable enforcement activities involving CC licenses. These activities present a complex situation for our organization. CC licenses must be enforceable; they are designed to allow sharing while protecting a creator’s rights. At the same time, they are meant to be flexible in what attribution is required, which only need be “reasonable” based on the means, medium, and context of the re-sharing. Further, CC has always strongly encouraged amicable resolution of attribution disputes, an important value within the CC community, and one that has been dominant for quite some time. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not all licensors support the ideal of amicable resolution. Some feel that strict enforcement is important. Others view license infringement as an opportunity to “catch” a failure to earn compensation for work that is otherwise being shared for free. Complicating this dynamic is that in some countries such as the United States, statutory damages exist that impose minimum amounts for violations. This is a function of copyright law and creates opportunity for what some may think is inequitable enforcement, a problem that goes far beyond CC licenses. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With a growth in online services offering reverse image search technology to quickly locate re-uses of a photographer’s image, it is becoming easier and more streamlined for licensors to pursue enforcement when they suspect infringement. In most cases, the service will pursue enforcement on the photographer’s behalf. While many people find value in these services, we think it is important to acknowledge that by using them the licensor seems to forgo the opportunity to resolve the dispute amicably through direct engagement with the licensee. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oftentimes, when a license infringement is innocent, the mistake can be easily rectified and the relationship between licensor and licensee can be repaired. Relying on a third party service fractures the opportunity for connection between the creator and the re-user that allows this reparation to occur. This fracture can result in a missed opportunity for both licensor and licensee, most especially when those are both individuals as opposed to large institutions, to connect and learn how works are being used and re-shared. It makes the licensing under a CC license strictly a transaction, precluding what some feel can also be a community experience. As an organization that values openness and generosity, we think it is important for users and re-users to have the opportunity to build direct relationships and work together when possible. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ultimately, CC does not take a position on these types of enforcement activities. We </span><a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC_Attribution-ShareAlike_Intent" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">steward</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the licenses. We do not police them, nor are we a party to them. When a creator decides to license their work under a CC license they are entitled to enforce its terms. That said, strict enforcement may be contrary to norms that have developed and will continue to develop within communities that view licensing as an opportunity to openly share their creativity and contribute to the commons. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons is committed to investigating options that allow us to further encourage amicable resolution while at the same time ensuring that the licenses are enforceable. These options include continued education efforts and technological solutions that make compliance easier. If users of CC licenses can easily and clearly understand the terms connected to their use, then infringement can be avoided and consequently so can resolution efforts—be them amicable or otherwise. At the end of the day, we value the relationship between creator and re-user; a relationship that is open, direct, and amicable allows productive problem resolution and an opportunity to express gratitude.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This complex situation provides us with a valuable opportunity to share suggestions for how to avoid infringement and resolve disputes amicably: </span></p>
<ul>
<li>Always remember to provide attribution when you reuse a CC work. This is the source of most disputes between a creator and re-users. While flexible and easy to comply with, many re-users mistakenly think that attribution is optional. It isn&#8217;t unless the licensor tells you otherwise.</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">You may always reach out to the licensor to attempt to resolve the dispute amicably. Most of the time, problems with attribution can be quickly remedied without the dispute being elevated to legal action. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC licenses <a href="https://creativecommons.org/faq/#do-creative-commons-licenses-affect-exceptions-and-limitations-to-copyright-such-as-fair-dealing-and-fair-use" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">do not limit fair use</a> or other exceptions or limitations to copyright. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, if your use falls within one of those exceptions, you do not need permission under the license and are, therefore, not liable for a license violation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC licenses are flexible and require <a href="https://creativecommons.org/faq/#how-do-i-properly-attribute-material-offered-under-a-creative-commons-license" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“reasonable” attribution</a> in the circumstances. When an individual is using someone else’s content under a CC license, it is important to understand the license terms and follow them carefully. This is especially important considering the rise in online services that make it extremely easy for a licensor to locate reuses and possible infringements. Information about how to properly provide attribution can be found </span><a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_attribution" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the future, look for CC licensed works under a 4.0 license. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">While incorrect attribution may still be a violation of the license, after being informed of it there is a 30 day period in which to correct the violation. While a re-user may remain liable for damages prior to fixing the violation, if cured the damages are cut off. Plus, the attribution requirements in 4.0 are even more flexible than in previous versions. You can find content under 4.0 licenses through <a href="https://search.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Search</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.eff.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">EFF</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is working to provide resources to individuals who are on the receiving end of strict enforcement actions. You can reach out to </span><a href="mailto:info@eff.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">info@eff.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for more information about the legal services it provides.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/15/thoughts-on-non-amicable-enforcement-of-cc-licenses/">Thoughts on &#8220;Non-Amicable&#8221; Enforcement of CC Licenses</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57245
title: Join Us in Washington D.C. to Celebrate Culture and Heritage on Public Domain Day
uri: Join-Us-in-Washington-D-C-to-Celebrate-Culture-and-Heritage-on-Public
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/16/join-us-to-celebrate-public-domain-day/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons is pleased to be a part of the second annual <a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/public-domain-day-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Public Domain Day</a> celebration held in Washington D.C. on January 30, 2020! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In collaboration with the </span><a href="https://archive.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Internet Archive</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the</span><a href="https://iipsj.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Institute for Intellectual Property &amp; Social Justice</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the</span><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and</span><a href="https://sparcopen.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> SPARC</span></a>,<span style="font-weight: 400;"> this event </span><a href="http://blog.archive.org/2020/01/15/public-domain-day-january-30-2020-in-washington-dc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">will</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “bring together a diverse group of organizations, musicians, artists, activists, and thinkers” to celebrate the works entering the public domain in 2020 as well as highlight the &#8220;<span>elements of knowledge and creativity that are too important to a healthy society to lock down with copyright law</span>.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="57253" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/16/join-us-to-celebrate-public-domain-day/public-domain-day-2020-v2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2.jpg" data-orig-size="1640,859" 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="Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-300x157.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-1024x536.jpg" class="size-medium wp-image-57253 alignright" src="media/86f0eb82.Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-300x157.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-300x157.jpg" alt="Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2" width="300" height="157" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-300x157.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-768x402.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-1536x805.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-76x40.jpg 76w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-50x26.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-270x141.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-1200x629.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2.jpg 1640w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/public-domain-day-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">program</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> includes lightning talks on a variety of topics, such as bias in artificial intelligence (AI), shared cultural resources, and technological innovation. There will also be a panel discussion on “how the freedom to build upon creative works can inspire and move culture&#8221; and live performances by the Bob Schwartz Quartet! </span></p>
<p><b>Location </b></p>
<p>January 30, 2020 | 5:30-9:00pm<br />
American University Washington College of Law, Grossman Hall<br />
4300 Nebraska Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20016</p>
<p><b>Program</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>5:15 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8211; Registration Opens</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>5:30</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8211; Facets of the Public Domain &#8211; Public Interest Organization Showcase and Reception (featuring the Bob Schwartz Quartet)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>6:30</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8211; Realizing Access to the Public Domain </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>6:50</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8211; Remixing the Public Domain</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>7:15</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8211; Too Important to be Protected: Limits on Copyright for a Healthy Society &#8211; Presentation by former MEP Julia Reda, followed by Lighting Talks</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>8:30</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8211; Reception: featuring the Bob Schwartz Quartet</span></li>
</ul>
<h1><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration?event_id=308102&amp;listonly" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Interested in joining us? Register here!</b></a></h1>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re not able to attend, there will be a </span></i><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/public-domain-day-2020/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">webcast available here</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> starting from 6:30 PM EST on January 30, 2020!</span></i></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/16/join-us-to-celebrate-public-domain-day/">Join Us in Washington D.C. to Celebrate Culture and Heritage on Public Domain Day</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57266
title: Meet the Artists Commissioned for the Public Domain Day Celebration
uri: Meet-the-Artists-Commissioned-for-the-Public-Domain-Day-Celebration
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/21/meet-the-artists-public-domain-day-celebration/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons is pleased to be a part of the second annual Public Domain Day (PDD) celebration held in Washington D.C. on January 30, in collaboration with the </span><a href="https://archive.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Internet Archive</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the</span><a href="https://iipsj.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Institute for Intellectual Property &amp; Social Justice</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the</span><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and</span><a href="https://sparcopen.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> SPARC</span></a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img data-attachment-id="56970" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/05/cc-receives-aws-grant-to-improve-cc-search/cc_tiles/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles.jpg" data-orig-size="1186,668" 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_Tiles" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles-1024x577.jpg" class=" wp-image-56970 alignright" src="media/29a70edc.CC_Tiles-300x169.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles-300x169.jpg" alt="CC Tiles" width="355" height="200" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles-300x169.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles-768x433.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles-71x40.jpg 71w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles-50x28.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles-270x152.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles.jpg 1186w" sizes="(max-width: 355px) 85vw, 355px" />In order to celebrate the public domain and highlight the work of artists around the world who contribute to the global commons, we are excited to showcase the creative works of six artists during the PDD celebration in Washington, D.C. Following the event, these works will be made available under a CC License or released into the public domain. </span></p>
<h3><b>Meet the artists below! </b></h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Darnell Gardner</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Darnell Gardner is a photographer from Detroit. He explores how our senses of self form, fall, and form again.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect with Darnell on Instagram </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dgardnerjr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@dgardnerjr</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>David Amoroso</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">David Amoroso shows his admiration for Latin culture through his artwork. Although the majority of his work is dedicated to painting portraits of everyday people, he also represents Mexican pop culture through his work. David has exhibited and worked in the D.C. Metro Area, New York, California, Arizona, North Carolina, and Mexico, as well as Central and South America.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect with David on Instagram </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/amorosoart/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">amorosoart</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Laci Jordan </b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Laci Jordan is a multidisciplinary designer, illustrator, Creative Director, and the true definition of a modern-day renaissance woman. Laci’s work concentrates on color, pop culture, the representation of marginalized people, and the intersectionality that exists amongst all of these spheres.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect with Laci on </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SoLaciLike" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@SoLaciLike</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or on Instagram </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/solacilike/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@solacilike</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Naturel </b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Naturel is a celebrated artist and leader in the creative community and we are excited that he will be showcasing some of his works during our event. Naturel&#8217;s influence in the art world and pop culture demonstrates the power creators of color have to shift culture once they are given direct access to their audiences and the power to build their own platforms. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect with Naturel on Twitter </span><a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealNaturel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@therealnaturel</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or on Instagram </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/naturel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@naturel</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Rikasso</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rikasso&#8217;s work is best described as a collage of various components that work in tandem to create one cohesive picture. Viewing the various components becomes an engaging game of look-and-find. By using various relatable references, Rikasso gives viewers a sense of themselves in the work. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect with Rikasso on Twitter </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Big_Rikassi" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@Big_Rikassi</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or on Instagram </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rikasso/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@rikasso</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Tenbeete Solomon</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tenbeete Solomon, aka Trap Bob, is a visual artist, illustrator, and animator based in the D.C. Metro Area. She is known for her use of bold colors and gestures to convey both the humor and struggles of everyday life. Her work is socially conscious and frequently inspired by activism and community issues, with an aim to bridge the gap between her audience and her message. As the founder of </span><a href="https://www.trapbob.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trap Bob World</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, LLC, a freelance design and product company, Tenbeete has worked with leading corporations, brands, and organizations—including Giphy, Pabst Blue Ribbon, the Elizabeth Warren Campaign, Apple, and Refinery 29. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect with Tenbeete on Twitter </span><a href="https://twitter.com/TRAPBOB" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@trapbob</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or on Instagram </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/trapxbob/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@trapxbob</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><b>Stay tuned for a follow-up post showcasing these artists&#8217; final works!</b></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration?event_id=308102&amp;listonly" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Interested in attending the event? Register here!</b></a> </span></em><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re not able to join us, there will be a </span></i><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/public-domain-day-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">webcast available here</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, starting from 6:30 PM EST on January 30, 2020!</span></i></span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/21/meet-the-artists-public-domain-day-celebration/">Meet the Artists Commissioned for the Public Domain Day Celebration</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57290
title: CC Global Summit: Call for Proposals and Scholarship Applications
uri: CC-Global-Summit-Call-for-Proposals-and-Scholarship-Applications
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/22/cc-global-summit-proposals-and-scholarship-applications/
content:
<p><strong>We’re excited to announce that the <a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/2020-summit-program/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Call for Proposals and Scholarship Applications</a> for the 2020 CC Global Summit is now open! </strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Global Summit</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> gathers those in the open community under the umbrella of learning, sharing, and creating; united by a passion for growing a vibrant, usable commons powered by collaboration and gratitude.</span></p>
<h3><b>Call for Proposals, Art Submissions, and Research Posters</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This year, we invite </span><b>proposals</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that address the topics and issues outlined in the tracks below with a focus on actionable insights and outcomes, from case studies to workshops and storytelling sessions. </span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Creators of the Commons</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">—The faces, work, and stories of those building the Commons</span></li>
<li><b>Powering the Commons</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">—Exploring the tools, technology, and communities that power the Commons</span></li>
<li><b>Open Education and Open Scholarship</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">—Supporting communities that practice open access to education and scholarship</span></li>
<li><b>Open Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">—Improving and expanding open access to cultural heritage</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span></li>
<li><b>Policy and Advocacy Promoting the Commons</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">—Strategies for legal action and copyright reform</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re also pleased to announce that we’ve added two new ways for you to engage with the CC Summit, these include </span><b>art submissions</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><b>digital research posters</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">! Before submitting a proposal, art submission, or digital research poster idea, please read through the <a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/2020-summit-program/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">submission guidelines</a>!</span></p>
<h3><b>CC Summit Scholarship Fund </b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, in order to reach the largest number of community members possible, we invest a significant amount of resources into our </span><b>CC Summit Scholarship Fund</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and invite community members from around the world to submit an application for a scholarship. <a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/scholarships/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Learn more about our scholarship program!</a></span></p>
<h3><b>Mark these important deadlines on your calendar! </b></h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Proposal submissions:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 12 February 2020</span></li>
<li><b>Scholarship applications: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">12 February 2020</span></li>
<li><b>Art submissions:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 19 February 2020</span></li>
<li><b>Research poster submissions:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 19 February 2020</span></li>
</ul>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Questions? Contact </span></i><a href="mailto:summit@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">summit@creativecommons.org</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">! Interested in becoming a sponsor for the 2020 CC Global Summit, learn more about our sponsorship opportunities by contacting CC&#8217;s Director of Development Jami Vass at </span></i><a href="mailto:jami@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">jami@creativecommons.org</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></i></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57208
title: Introducing the Linked Commons
uri: Introducing-the-Linked-Commons
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/23/introducing-the-linked-commons/
content:
<p><i><span>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> Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2019</span></i></a><i><span>.</span></i><span> </span><i><span>Maria Belen Guaranda</span></i><span> </span><i><span>was one of those contributors and we are grateful for her work on this project.</span></i></p>
<p><strong>“By visualizing information, we turn it into a landscape that you can explore with your eyes.” David McCandless</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_57215" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57215" style="width: 386px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57215" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/23/introducing-the-linked-commons/linked-commons-feature/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature.png" data-orig-size="1600,852" 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="Linked Commons (Feature)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-300x160.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-1024x545.png" class=" wp-image-57215" src="media/44aa430b.Linked-Commons-Feature-300x160.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-300x160.png" alt="Linked Commons (Feature)" width="386" height="206" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-300x160.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-1024x545.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-768x409.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-1536x818.png 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-75x40.png 75w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-50x27.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-270x144.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature-1200x639.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-Feature.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 386px) 85vw, 386px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57215" class="wp-caption-text">Force-directed graph, &#8220;The Linked Commons&#8221;, uses one month of data.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The landscape of openly licensed content is wide and varied. Millions of web pages host and share CC-licensed works—in fact, we estimate that there are over 1.6 billion across the web! With this growth of CC-licensed works, Creative Commons (CC) is increasingly interested in learning how hosts and users of CC-licensed materials are connected, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">as well as the types of content published under a CC license and how this content is shared</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Each month, CC uses </span><a href="http://commoncrawl.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Common Crawl</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> data to find all domains that contain CC-licensed content. This dataset contains information about the URL of the websites and the licenses used.</span></p>
<h3><b>Using the Linked Commons</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In order to draw conclusions and insights from this dataset, we created the </span><a href="http://dataviz.creativecommons.engineering/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Linked Commons</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">: a visualization that shows how the Commons is digitally connected. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the Linked Commons, nodes (units in a data structure) represent websites of an organization, person, academic institution, etc. A link between nodes exists if one website hosts CC-licensed content that belongs to or is hosted by another website (as indicated by a URL link). </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">A community represents a group of websites that are closely related to each other because they produce and/or share CC-licensed content between them.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vast quantities of data make any web browser render elements slowly and may eventually freeze. Due to the 100k nodes included in the Linked Commons, the visualization initially took a long time to render and had a clustered appearance—this was a major concern. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That&#8217;s why we decided to use data from only a single month and chose the top 500 websites containing links to CC-licensed material, as well as all of the other domains those 500 nodes are connected to. In addition to lessening the loading time, we found that this was also more user-friendly because navigating the entire dataset&#8217;s graph would be dizzying. Even with this smaller dataset, we were able to gather valuable insights from the graph, including discovering subcommunities of CC license hosts and users. One such subcommunity is shown in the image below.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_57210" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57210" style="width: 525px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="57210" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/23/introducing-the-linked-commons/linked-commons-1/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1.png" data-orig-size="1600,818" 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="Linked Commons (1)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-300x153.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-1024x524.png" class=" wp-image-57210" src="media/2ce293bc.Linked-Commons-1-300x153.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-300x153.png" alt="Linked Commons" width="525" height="268" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-300x153.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-1024x524.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-768x393.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-1536x785.png 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-78x40.png 78w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-50x26.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-270x138.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1-1200x614.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-1.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57210" class="wp-caption-text">Educational community, including libraries and universities.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The subcommunity above is an “educational” community; made up of libraries, universities, and schools. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Visualizations like these are valuable for CC because they can help guide our outreach efforts and targeted communications. The <a href="https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Search</a> team can also use this data to choose which domains to prioritize indexing in the CC Catalog.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The visualization is interactive; users can pan, zoom in and out, hover over a node to see its neighbors, and click on a node to display a pie chart, like the one below. We encourage users to test out the Linked Commons and see what insights they can gather from this information!</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_57211" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57211" style="width: 509px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="57211" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/23/introducing-the-linked-commons/linked-commons-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2.png" data-orig-size="1048,542" 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="Linked Commons (2)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2-300x155.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2-1024x530.png" class=" wp-image-57211" src="media/05797c46.Linked-Commons-2-300x155.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2-300x155.png" alt="Linked Commons (2)" width="509" height="263" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2-300x155.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2-1024x530.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2-768x397.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2-77x40.png 77w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2-50x26.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2-270x140.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-2.png 1048w" sizes="(max-width: 509px) 85vw, 509px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57211" class="wp-caption-text">Pie chart of ask.openstack.org.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_57212" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57212" style="width: 525px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="57212" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/23/introducing-the-linked-commons/linked-commons-3/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-3.png" data-orig-size="1024,542" 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="Linked Commons (3)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-3-300x159.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-3.png" class=" wp-image-57212" src="media/4c6730ff.Linked-Commons-3-300x159.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-3-300x159.png" alt="Linked Commons (3)" width="525" height="278" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-3-300x159.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-3-768x407.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-3-76x40.png 76w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-3-50x26.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-3-270x143.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Linked-Commons-3.png 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57212" class="wp-caption-text">Force-directed graph, &#8220;The Linked Commons&#8221;. Neighbors of domain svgsilh highlighted.</figcaption></figure>
<h3><strong>What&#8217;s next?</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We plan to continue working on the Linked Commons. Here are some features we hope to add:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Live updates</b>—The graph is currently static because it uses a single month’s data file that has already been processed. We would like to automatically update the graph as soon as new data is processed.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b>Filtering domains by country</b>—Some domains have suffixes that represent countries, such as <em>domain.au</em> which corresponds to a domain from Australia. We plan to use these suffixes to filter nodes in the visualization by country.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b>Filtering domains by name</b>—A user might want to check if a specific domain has CC-licensed content and how that content is used. We plan to add a search bar and provide the user with the ability to search for a specific node given a domain name and/or URL.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><a href="http://dataviz.creativecommons.engineering/">Interested? Check out the Linked Commons here!</a></strong></p>
<h3><strong>Give us your feedback!</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Linked Commons is an open source project. The project’s source code is available in the</span> <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cccatalog-dataviz/tree/master/GSoC2019"><b>Github repo</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Contributions are welcome! </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the technical details of how this project was developed, please read this <a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/authors/soccerdroid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">series of posts</a> on the <a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/entries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Open Source blog</a>.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/23/introducing-the-linked-commons/">Introducing the Linked Commons</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57302
title: Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Updated Creative Commons License Chooser
uri: Here-s-a-Sneak-Peek-at-the-Updated-Creative-Commons-License-Chooser
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/27/the-new-cc-license-chooser/
content:
<p><i><span>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> Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2019</span></i></a><i><span>.</span></i><em> Ari Madian</em><span> </span><i><span>was one of those contributors and we are grateful for his work on this project.</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The <a href="https://creativecommons.org/choose/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creative Commons (CC) License Chooser</a> was made nearly 15 years ago and is long overdue for an update. The purpose of the CC Chooser is to help users choose which CC license is right for them and their needs. However, since its release, it has fallen short in a few respects. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">First, the user interface is quite cluttered, with no clear visual hierarchy. For example, elements on the page appear to be fighting for equal importance. Second, the lack of a clear call-to-action makes it difficult to get started using the tool. Third, it&#8217;s difficult to understand what the selected license means, as well as get an idea of what the full CC license suite has to offer due to a lack of information.</span></p>
<h3><strong>The New Chooser</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since May 2019, an updated version of the CC License Chooser has been in development as part of the 2019 Google Summer of Code (GSoC). The main goal of the original GSoC project, “</span><a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#6634615794565120" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Human-Centered Education of CC Licenses</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,” was to revamp the CC Chooser with a greater focus on usability and on the educational experience of the license suite. Today, the updated CC Chooser is still a work in progress, particularly with regards to the user interface design and internationalization.</span></p>

<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/27/the-new-cc-license-chooser/cc-chooser-1/'><img width="300" height="244" src="media/71a09625.CC-Chooser-1-300x244.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-300x244.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-300x244.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-1024x833.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-768x625.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-1536x1250.png 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-49x40.png 49w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-50x41.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-190x155.png 190w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-1200x977.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="57304" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/27/the-new-cc-license-chooser/cc-chooser-1/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1.png" data-orig-size="1600,1302" 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 Chooser (1)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-300x244.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-1-1024x833.png" /></a>
<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/27/the-new-cc-license-chooser/cc-chooser-2/'><img width="300" height="244" src="media/47424bec.CC-Chooser-2-300x244.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-300x244.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-300x244.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-1024x833.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-768x625.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-1536x1250.png 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-49x40.png 49w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-50x41.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-190x155.png 190w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-1200x977.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="57305" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/27/the-new-cc-license-chooser/cc-chooser-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2.png" data-orig-size="1600,1302" 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 Chooser (2)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-300x244.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-2-1024x833.png" /></a>

<figure id="attachment_57306" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57306" style="width: 609px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="57306" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/27/the-new-cc-license-chooser/cc-chooser-3/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3.png" data-orig-size="1600,1302" 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 Chooser (3)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-300x244.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-1024x833.png" class="wp-image-57306" src="media/b0f456b6.CC-Chooser-3-300x244.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-300x244.png" alt="" width="609" height="495" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-300x244.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-1024x833.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-768x625.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-1536x1250.png 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-49x40.png 49w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-50x41.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-190x155.png 190w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3-1200x977.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-Chooser-3.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57306" class="wp-caption-text">A screenshot of the updated CC License Chooser, as of early 2019.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The screenshot above shows a small section of the new CC Chooser. At the top of the image is the updated CC license selection section. In terms of design and usability, this is already a huge improvement over the existing CC Chooser. However, we’re still making minor improvements based on user feedback. We’ve carried over the functionality of the HTML license mark generator from the original CC Chooser but added rich text generation, simplified it to be more usable, and brought a more contemporary look to the generated mark.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A new addition to the CC Chooser is what we call the “Help Section,” which can be seen at the bottom of the image. The purpose of this section is to help answer questions that users might have during the license selection process and to help users get a better idea of what the CC license suite has to offer, as well as how it works.</span></p>
<h3><strong>What’s Next?</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The new CC Chooser still needs some work before it’s ready to become </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">the </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC C</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">hooser. For example, we need to:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make improvements to the CC Chooser’s UI and selection process. This includes making license selection easier, simplifying the UI, and integrating it with CC’s new web design system called </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vocabulary</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Internationalize the CC Chooser (i.e. make it available in multiple languages)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finish technical work related to the CC Chooser&#8217;s infrastructure</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The UI improvements and internationalization work are core objectives of the <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Outreachy</a> internship running from December 2019 to March 2020. Olga Bulat is the Outreachy intern currently working on the CC License Chooser. She&#8217;s experimenting with the introduction of a step-based system for CC license selection, which will help guide the user through the various licensing considerations. She&#8217;ll also be collaborating with CC’s legal counsel and communications team to provide updated text describing each license in a clear and succinct way. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tasks, issues, and discussions related to the release of the new CC Chooser are tracked with </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-chooser/milestone/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">the Launch Milestone</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-chooser" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">creativecommons/cc-chooser repository</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on GitHub.</span></p>
<h3><strong>How Can I Contribute?</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anyone can contribute by <a href="https://chooser-beta.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">testing the beta</a> deployment of the new CC License Chooser. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the top of the page, there is a link to a feedback form. Take a look at the new CC Chooser and let us know what you think! You can also join the <strong>#cc-dev-license-chooser</strong> channel on </span><a href="https://slack-signup.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons’ Slack</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and keep an eye out for calls for volunteers to test usability.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Those who are technically inclined can contribute by fixing code issues, as well as finding and reporting bugs. The GitHub repo for the new CC Chooser is called “cc-chooser,” and can be found </span><a href="https://chooser-beta.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Please remember to read the </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-chooser#contributing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">contributing section</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the chooser repo’s README. Issues marked with the green “help wanted” tag are open to contributors, however issues marked with the yellow “in progress” tag are not open.</span></p>
<p><b>Quick Links</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Chooser (Beta): </span><a href="https://chooser-beta.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://chooser-beta.creativecommons.org/</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Existing Chooser: </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/choose/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://creativecommons.org/choose/</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GitHub Repository (source code): </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-chooser" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-chooser</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Contributing to the code: </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-chooser#contributing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-chooser#contributing</span></a></li>
</ul>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/27/the-new-cc-license-chooser/">Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Updated Creative Commons License Chooser</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57351
title: CC Launches the Global Search for Its Next Chief Executive Officer
uri: CC-Launches-the-Global-Search-for-Its-Next-Chief-Executive-Officer
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/29/cc-launches-the-global-search-for-its-next-chief-executive-officer/

content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m delighted to announce, on behalf of the Creative Commons (CC) Board of Directors, the formal launch of the global search for the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CC.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The timing could not be more exciting for CC. We will welcome our next CEO as we prepare to enter our third decade as the global standard for sharing works of knowledge and creativity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our new CEO will both shape the organization’s future strategy and operationally lead the team and community by leveraging CC’s tremendous assets. These assets include CC’s core competencies, credibility, and track record; as well as the skills, commitment, and passion of its talented board of directors, advisory council, staff, global network, and volunteers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an outstanding opportunity for a creative strategist and manager to champion the work of a leading voice in the open movement as it evolves its role within its community and the world. </span></p>
<p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/team/opportunities/job-opportunity-ceo-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>The full job description can be accessed </b><b>here</b><b>.</b></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Questions or confidential nominations can be shared with our search partners at Viewcrest Advisors: </span><a href="mailto:creativecommons@viewcrestadvisors.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">creativecommons@viewcrestadvisors.com</span></a></p>
<p><b>Thank you for sharing this post broadly! </b></p>
<p><em>Molly Van Houweling | Creative Commons Board Chair</em></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/29/cc-launches-the-global-search-for-its-next-chief-executive-officer/">CC Launches the Global Search for Its Next Chief Executive Officer</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57382
title: Welcome Our Newest Staff Members!
uri: Welcome-Our-Newest-Staff-Members
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/19/cc-new-staff-2020/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the past few months, we have added four new staff members to our team: Network Manager <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/julia-brungs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Julia Brungs</a>; Development Manager <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/moumita/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">M Chakraborty</a>; Data Engineer <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/brent-moran/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brent Moran</a>; and Open Policy Manager <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/brigittevezina/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brigitte Vézina</a>.</span></p>
<p><strong>Learn more about our newest staff members below!</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_57377" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57377" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="57377" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/julia-brungs_opt/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt.jpg" data-orig-size="1245,1246" 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="Julia Brungs" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-1024x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-57377 size-medium" src="media/71c8ec2c.Julia-Brungs_opt-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-300x300.jpg" alt="Julia Brungs" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-768x769.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt-1200x1201.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Julia-Brungs_opt.jpg 1245w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57377" class="wp-caption-text">Julia Brungs (Photo by Victoria Heath, CC BY)</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Julia Brungs, Network Manager</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prior to joining CC, Julia led the cultural heritage work at IFLA and coordinated EU projects for Europeana. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">She is passionate about open culture and bringing people together. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julia lives in Finland and she loves Finnish libraries, saunas, and nature.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<figure id="attachment_57383" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57383" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img class="wp-image-57383 size-medium" src="media/3372edbe.Proserpine-1874-by-Dante-Gabriel-Rossetti-1828-1882-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Proserpine-1874-by-Dante-Gabriel-Rossetti-1828-1882-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57383" class="wp-caption-text">Image credit: &#8220;Proserpine (1874) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>M Chakraborty, Development Manager</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">M supports CC&#8217;s global fundraising efforts and strategy. She has a background in international development, gender justice, and human rights spaces. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">When not fundraising, she tries to learn new languages or travel.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">M is currently based in California.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<figure id="attachment_57375" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57375" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="57375" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/brent-moran_opt/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,2560" 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="Brent Moran" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-1024x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-57375 size-medium" src="media/4bf69080.Brent-Moran_OPT-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-300x300.jpg" alt="Brent Moran" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brent-Moran_OPT-1200x1200.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57375" class="wp-caption-text">Brent Moran (Photo by Victoria Heath, CC BY)</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Brent Moran, Data Engineer</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brent believes that the internet is one of the most powerful tools available for collaboration on, and sharing of, creative output. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">He hopes that his work at CC removes barriers to the free flow of content on the internet.  </span></p>
<p>Brent <span>lives on the western edge of Germany with his fiancée.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<figure id="attachment_57376" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57376" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-attachment-id="57376" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/brigitte-vezina_opt/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,2560" 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="Brigitte Vézina" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-1024x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-57376 size-medium" src="media/efb48ada.Brigitte-Vezina_opt-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-300x300.jpg" alt="Brigitte Vézina" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brigitte-Vézina_opt-1200x1200.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57376" class="wp-caption-text">Brigitte Vézina (Photo by Victoria Heath, CC BY)</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong><span>Brigitte Vézina</span>, Open Policy Manager</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before joining CC, Brigitte worked as a legal officer at WIPO and then ran her own consultancy on copyright matters. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">She gets a kick out of tackling the fuzzy legal and policy issues that stand in the way of access, use, re-use, and the remix of culture and knowledge. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She <span>lives in the Netherlands with her husband and two kids. </span></span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57434
title: Why We’re Advocating for a Cautious Approach to Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
uri: Why-We-re-Advocating-for-a-Cautious-Approach-to-Copyright-and-Artifi
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/20/cautious-approach-to-copyright-and-artificial-intelligence/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On 14 February 2020, Creative Commons (CC) submitted its </span><a href="media/5f52db19.CC_Submission_to_WIPO_Consultation_on_AI_and_IP_Policy.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/f/f3/CC_Submission_to_WIPO_Consultation_on_AI_and_IP_Policy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">comments</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)’s <a href="media/3b1a6d57.wipo_ip_ai_2_ge_20_1.pdf" data-original-source="https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/mdocs/en/wipo_ip_ai_ge_20/wipo_ip_ai_2_ge_20_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Issues Paper</a><strong>*</strong> as part of WIPO’s consultation process on artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) policy.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></p>
<p><strong>In this post, we briefly present our main arguments for a cautious approach to regulating AI through copyright or any new IP rights.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>There is a lack of clarity and understanding around “artificial intelligence” </strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Technological developments in AI are fast-paced and raise complex policy, legal, and ethical issues that deserve global attention. However, AI needs to be properly understood before any copyright implications can be addressed. At this nascent stage of AI technology, there lacks consensus on how to define AI. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As discussed more fully in our submission, AI algorithms differ in the depth and breadth of input required to produce coherent output, and it’s not clear how to judge the originality of a work essentially composed of random snippets of thousands or millions of input works. There is also uncertainty about whether and to what extent AI is capable of producing content “autonomously” without any direct human involvement, and whether AI outputs should be protected by copyright. Clarity on these and other basic definitions in the “AI” space is a prerequisite to competent regulation in this arena. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At present, it is ill-advised to force the application of the copyright system—an antiquated system that has yet to adapt to the digital environment—onto AI. </span></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Copyright is centered on human creativity</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Human creativity is the bedrock of copyright. We ought to maintain the expectation that direct human, authorial involvement exists as a pre-</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">condition to determining whether a work is worthy of copyright protection. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Outputs from a mechanical process with no direct human involvement should not constitute works protected by copyright absent further examination and understanding of how the many different types of AI operate, generate output, and how closely humans are generally involved in the process. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Simply put, it is premature to conclude that all AI applications should be considered “creators.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">AI-generated outputs should not as a default be considered original works. Courts the world over have affirmed that originality is a reflection of the intellectual, creative choices made by the author. The originality bar may be low, but it does exist and must be respected. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regarding the use of copyright material as inputs in AI applications, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons’ </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/faq/#artificial-intelligence-and-cc-licenses" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FAQs</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> clarify how the CC licenses work in the context of openly licensed content that is used to train AI tools. </span></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>New rights would be inappropriate</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Copyright is not designed to handle any and all policy issues adjacent to the creation and use of IP. To wit, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2010/12/13/new-copyright-like-rights-considered-harmful/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">press publisher rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the ongoing debate over </span><a href="media/89c33877.WIPO_SCCR_39_CC_short_statement.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/f/fd/WIPO_SCCR_39_CC_short_statement.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">broadcasting rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> demonstrate the danger of overstretching copyright to regulate peripheral issues. Using copyright to govern AI is unwise and contradictory to copyright’s primordial function of offering an enabling environment for human creativity to flourish. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Issues such as ethics, privacy, and personality rights, among many others, are valid concerns, but they should be addressed and debated in their respective policy arena, not within the framework of copyright.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Using copyright to govern AI is unwise and contradictory to copyright’s primordial function of offering an enabling environment for human creativity to flourish.</strong> </span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the same reasons, we strongly urge against the temptation to create new </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">sui generis</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (specific, tailor-made) rights established for AI-generated content. Incentives and rewards in recognition of the investment made and the innovation brought about by the organizations and individuals involved in the development of AI can be found in other areas, including patents, trade secret laws, and laws protecting against unfair competition. </span></p>
<p><strong>We suggest proper safeguards if copyright or new rights apply to AI</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Assuming WIPO members are keen to rely on copyright or new</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> sui generis</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> rights to regulate AI and protect AI-generated content despite our concerns, this should be done conservatively and with restraint. Members should set a high bar for the creation of such new rights, consider a much lesser term of protection than that provided to the original works created by human creators, and ensure that robust exceptions and limitations are in place to uphold users’ rights, safeguard the public interest, and ensure a vibrant public domain. </span></p>
<h3><strong>Next steps</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">looks forward to the next version of the WIPO Issues Paper and will continue to</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> take part in WIPO’s discussion process on AI and IP</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To learn more about CC’s work with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), check out </span><a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/WIPO" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">this Wiki page</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
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<p><strong>*</strong><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The WIPO consultation aims to gather </span><a href="https://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/artificial_intelligence/call_for_comments/submissions.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">submissions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to identify important issues related to AI and IP, which will form the basis of structured discussions in the future. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">For example, the consultation seeks answers to questions such as: </span></em></p>
<ul>
<li><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Should AI-generated outputs be protected by copyright? </span></em></li>
<li><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Should there be specific exceptions to allow the use of copyrighted material by AI applications?</span></em></li>
</ul>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57454
title: The Public Domain is Alive and Well (for Now)
uri: The-Public-Domain-is-Alive-and-Well-(for-Now)
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/24/public-domain-is-alive-and-well-for-now/
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<p><strong>Public domain advocates celebrated on January 1: for the second year in a row, published works newly entered the public domain in the United States due to copyright expiration.</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To mark the occasion, Creative Commons (CC) collaborated with the </span><a href="https://archive.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Internet Archive</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the </span><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommonsusa.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons USA</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the </span><a href="https://iipsj.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Institute for Intellectual Property &amp; Social Justice</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><a href="https://sparcopen.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">SPARC</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to hold the Public Domain Day (PDD) celebration on January 30 at the American University Washington College of Law. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This is a ‘good news’ story,” exclaimed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Kahle" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brewster Kahle</a> (Founder and Digital Librarian, Internet Archive) at the start of the 1920s themed soiree, “Another year of the public domain!”</span></p>
<p><b>Celebrating another year of the public domain</b></p>
<figure id="attachment_57462" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57462" style="width: 246px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57462" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/24/public-domain-is-alive-and-well-for-now/buster_keaton_-_the_navigator_film_poster/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster.jpg" data-orig-size="651,1024" 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="Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster-191x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster.jpg" class=" wp-image-57462" src="media/9f4cb13b.Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster-191x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster-191x300.jpg" alt="Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster" width="246" height="386" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster-191x300.jpg 191w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster-25x40.jpg 25w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster-32x50.jpg 32w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster-99x155.jpg 99w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Buster_Keaton_-_The_Navigator_film_poster.jpg 651w" sizes="(max-width: 246px) 85vw, 246px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57462" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;The Navigator,&#8221; 1924 film poster by Buster Keaton in the public domain</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Indeed, there is a reason to celebrate. As we </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/public-domain-reopening/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">noted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> last year, January 2019 marked the first time works entered the public domain since the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">1998 </span></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Copyright Term Extension Act</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">—which extended copyright terms “to the life of the author plus 70 years, and for works of corporate authorship to 120 years after creation or 95 years after publication, whichever end is earlier.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Copyright Term Extension Act </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">ultimately halted the flow of published works into the public domain for 20 years. “The celebration of the public domain used to be a sad affair&#8230;,” remarked panelist <a href="https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/julia-reda" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Julia Reda</a> (Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society). However, as of 1 January 2019, works from 1923 became freely accessible and reusable by anyone, anywhere. This year, </span><a href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">works from 1924</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> followed suit; from George Gershwin’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rhapsody in Blue </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">to Buster Keaton’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Navigator</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We have to be constantly vigilant. Settled expectations can be disrupted, and thus need to be defended.” <a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/community/faculty/profile/mcarroll/bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michael Carroll</a></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite the progress that’s been made since the re-opening of the public domain, Reda told attendees that they still have to create “strategies to limit the damage of long copyright terms.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Echoing Reda’s concern that the public domain is still at risk, panelist <a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/community/faculty/profile/mcarroll/bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michael Carroll</a> (Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law) warned, “We have to be constantly vigilant. Settled expectations can be disrupted, and thus need to be defended.” </span></p>
<p><b>Contributing to the public domain through art</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beyond providing an important discussion space for public domain advocates and researchers, we also wanted to highlight the work of artists who contribute to the public domain. Therefore, we were excited to showcase the creative works of <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/21/meet-the-artists-public-domain-day-celebration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">six local artists</a>: Darnell Gardner, David Amoroso, Laci Jordan, Naturel, Rikasso, and Tenbeete Solomon. These artists were asked to “remix” art in the public domain and invited to share their creative process during the event.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_57465" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57465" style="width: 368px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57465" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/24/public-domain-is-alive-and-well-for-now/trapbob-remixed-the-day-of-the-dead-public-domain/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain.jpg" data-orig-size="2404,1931" 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;1580423672&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Trapbob remixed The Day of the Dead Public Domain" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-300x241.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-1024x823.jpg" class=" wp-image-57465" src="media/592cb172.rapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-300x241.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-300x241.jpg" alt="" width="368" height="296" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-300x241.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-1024x823.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-768x617.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-1536x1234.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-2048x1645.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-50x40.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-193x155.jpg 193w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Trapbob-remixed-22The-Day-of-the-Dead22-Public-Domain-1200x964.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 368px) 85vw, 368px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57465" class="wp-caption-text">A remix of Diego Rivera’s 1924 piece, &#8220;Day of the Dead&#8221; by Trapbob.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For example, Tenbeete Solomon, aka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/trapxbob/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trapbob</a>, remixed Diego Rivera’s 1924 piece,</span> <a href="https://www.wikiart.org/en/diego-rivera/the-day-of-the-dead-1924" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Day of the Dead</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “I love the celebration of something that’s dark,” explained Solomon, “[I wanted to] bring the piece into the now, so I decided to make women the focal point.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When asked what he would like to ask the artist of the original piece, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/naturel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Natural</a>, who remixed  </span><a href="https://en.opisanie-kartin.com/description-of-the-painting-by-wassily-kandinsky-contrast-sounds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Contrasts</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Kandinsky Vasily, responded, “How would it feel to know your work is being shared with the world a second time?” </span></p>
<h3><b>Too important to “protect”</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the event drew to a close, many attendees were left wondering what’s in store for the public domain. Although its future appears secure and stable for now, that can quickly change. Further, panelist <a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/amanda-levendowski/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Amanda Levendowski</a> (Director, Intellectual Property and Information Policy Clinic,  Georgetown University) pointed out that the public domain remains largely “white, wealthy, and Western.” With this in mind, perhaps it’s time to reframe and broaden the fight for the public domain as a </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">global</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> fight for “user rights” and “free speech.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The public domain should be a treasure trove of humanity’s remixes; artifacts that are arguably too important to be “protected” by copyright because w</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">e all benefit when knowledge, culture, and history are made accessible and shareable. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Everything we do is a remix,” Natural remarked, “we need cultural anchors to communicate.”</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">To watch and listen to all of the presentations and panels from the 2020 Public Domain Day celebration, access the </span></i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&amp;v=6iV69SEqi-A&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">webcast here</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Thank you again to all of our collaborators for this event, as well as the participants and attendees. See you next year! </span></i></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/24/public-domain-is-alive-and-well-for-now/">The Public Domain is Alive and Well (for Now)</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57520
title: Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images + Data into the Public Domain Using CC0
uri: Smithsonian-Releases-2-8-Million-Images-Data-into-the-Public-Domain
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/27/smithsonian-releases-2-8-million-images-data-into-the-public-domain-using-cc0/

content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img data-attachment-id="57483" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/26/smithsonian-releases-2-8-million-images-into-the-public-domain-using-cc0__trashed/social-graphic-for-open-access-horizontal/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1440" 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="Smithsonian Open Access (Social Graphic)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-1024x576.jpg" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-57483" src="media/5df0f8a0.Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-scaled.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-scaled.jpg" alt="Smithsonian Open Access (Social Graphic)" width="2560" height="1440" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-300x169.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-768x432.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-71x40.jpg 71w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-50x28.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-270x152.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-1200x675.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" />The Smithsonian—the world&#8217;s largest museum and research institution—<a href="https://www.si.edu/openaccess/updates/21st-century-diffusion" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> yesterday  <a href="https://www.si.edu/openaccess" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Smithsonian Open Access</a>, an initiative that removes copyright restrictions from 2.8 million digital collection 2D and 3D images and nearly two centuries of data.<br />
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<p><b>This major initiative uses </b><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>CC0</b></a><b>—Creative Commons’ <a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">public domain dedication tool</a>—to </b><b>make millions of images and data freely available to the public. </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Our goal for Smithsonian Open Access is to make the nation&#8217;s collection available to people around the world for any purpose…,&#8221; </span><a href="https://www.si.edu/openaccess/updates/21st-century-diffusion" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">explained</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Effie Kapsalis, the senior digital program officer at the Smithsonian who led the strategy and implementation of Smithsonian Open Access for over a decade. &#8220;Over 100 staff members met every two weeks over the past year to create the specs and platforms,&#8221; wrote Kapsalis, &#8220;and I am extremely proud of the </span><a href="https://www.si.edu/openaccess/values" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smithsonian Open Access Values Statement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that reflects our responsibilities as stewards of the nation&#8217;s collections, and that will be a guiding star as we move to future phases.&#8221;</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_57490" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57490" style="width: 443px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57490" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/26/smithsonian-releases-2-8-million-images-into-the-public-domain-using-cc0__trashed/smithsonian-open-access-gallery-screenshot/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot.jpg" data-orig-size="1800,942" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;vheath&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="Smithsonian Open Access Gallery (screenshot)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-300x157.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-1024x536.jpg" class="wp-image-57490" src="media/56d33533.Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-300x157.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-300x157.jpg" alt="Smithsonian Open Access Gallery (screenshot)" width="443" height="232" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-300x157.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-768x402.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-76x40.jpg 76w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-50x26.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-270x141.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot-1200x628.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smithsonian-Open-Access-Gallery-screenshot.jpg 1800w" sizes="(max-width: 443px) 85vw, 443px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57490" class="wp-caption-text">A screenshot of the <a href="https://www.si.edu/openaccess" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Smithsonian Open Access</a> homepage, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Included in the collection are high-resolution images from all of the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, and archives (including from the National Zoo); from portraits of historic American figures to 3D scans of dinosaur skeletons. Research datasets and collections metadata are also included, which users can download and access through the </span><a href="https://edan.si.edu/openaccess/apidocs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Application Programming Interface</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (API) and </span><a href="https://github.com/Smithsonian/OpenAccess" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GitHub data repository</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<h3><b>CC0 is once again being used to remove barriers to artistic and cultural artifacts.</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re excited to see this initiative come to fruition as members of the Creative Commons team, including our Interim CEO / Director of Open Education Cable Green, General Counsel Diane Peters, and </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/network-platforms/blob/master/GLAM.md" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC GLAM platform</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lead Evelin Heidel have worked with the Smithsonian for the past few years on its open access policy. Thanks also to all of the CC alum (Jane Park, Ryan Merkley and more) who worked with the Smithsonian in prior years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Today&#8217;s announcement matters because the Smithsonian is dedicating its works to the public domain using CC0, communicating to the world&#8217;s museums that digitizing and using the right legal tools can and should be done,&#8221; </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GLVPdrkdXvV9FxnbUx7c4YPBA0O6f1Xob-lhJo8U8Ck/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">remarked Green</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the Smithsonian Open Access launch event, &#8220;The Smithsonian is a leader in this space, and it is leading.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><b>Watch video from the Smithsonian Open Access launch event </b><a href="https://www.pscp.tv/smithsonian/1RDxlQDMWAkKL?t=36m53s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>here</b></a><b>.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the coming weeks and months, we’ll be working to share all of the Smithsonian’s millions of newly released works through </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;">, our tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Additionally, we are pleased to be working with the 3D content platform </span><a href="https://sketchfab.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sketchfab</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to make all of the Smithsonian’s 3D scans and models available for download and reuse through CC Search. This coincides with Sketchfab’s </span><a href="https://sketchfab.com/blogs/community/sketchfab-launches-public-domain-dedication-for-3d-cultural-heritage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">announcement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that the platform has added formal support for CC0 so that any </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">cultural institutions can now easily dedicate their 3D scans and models to the public domain.</span></p>
<p><iframe title="A 3D model" src="https://sketchfab.com/models/372bb6781922471cada4e0a9bd5c61fb/embed" width="600" height="400" frameborder="0"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start">﻿</span></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an extraordinary time for open access and the public domain, as the Smithsonian joins a growing list of other major cultural institutions that recognize the importance of removing barriers and increasing accessibility to artistic and cultural artifacts. </span></p>
<p><b>Let us know how you reuse, remix, and reshare these resources from </b><a href="https://www.si.edu/openaccess" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Smithsonian Open Access</b></a><b> by tagging us on Twitter </b><a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>@creativecommons</b></a><b> and using the hashtag </b><b>#SmithsonianOpenAccess!</b></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">We hope to encourage more cultural institutions to embrace open access initiatives by offering support, training, and education activities. This is a core aspect of our partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation in the OpenGLAM space. We’re currently preparing a Declaration on Open Access for Cultural Heritage that we expect will </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">help cultural institutions understand</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> how open access to cultural heritage is key to achieving knowledge equity.</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are affiliated with a GLAM institution and would like guidance on using </span></i><a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC0</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or any of our </span></i><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC licenses</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 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;"> We’re here to help!</span></i></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57532
title: Important CC Global Summit Update
uri: Important-CC-Global-Summit-Update
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/05/important-cc-global-summit-update/
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since the early days of the Creative Commons movement, the annual CC Global Summit has been one of the most important vehicles for bringing people in our community together to share their work, ideas, and vision for the future of Open.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, given the current concerns around the global spread of COVID-19 (and in the wake of </span><a href="https://qz.com/1808672/coronavirus-spread-prompts-cities-to-cancel-major-events/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">scores of major conferences being canceled</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> around the world), </span><b>we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s in-person Summit.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is obviously an unfortunate and disappointing outcome, but we feel strongly that it is the right call. The health and safety of our global community are of paramount importance.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you registered for the Summit, you will of course be reimbursed any fees you paid. We will be in touch with you shortly with details.</span></p>
<p><b>We are considering ways to keep the energy and collaboration of the Global Summit alive in 2020. </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re excited to engage with the CC community on thinking through what this might look like.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the meantime, thank you for all the hard work and enthusiasm you bring to this community. We look forward to seeing you in-person once again at Creative Commons Global Summit 2021.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/05/important-cc-global-summit-update/">Important CC Global Summit Update</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57536
title: The Hewlett Foundation Shares Women’s Stories Through Openly Licensed Images
uri: The-Hewlett-Foundation-Shares-Women-s-Stories-Through-Openly-License
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/10/hewlett-foundation-shares-womens-stories-through-openly-licensed-images/

content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Storytelling is a powerful tool because it can change perceptions and inspire action—and images are an essential component. As Depression-era American photojournalist and documentarian Dorothea Lange said, “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, finding high-quality and diverse openly licensed images, particularly those of women, is a difficult task for activists and nonprofit organizations. Either they don’t exist or they’re behind expensive paywalls. Thankfully, the</span><a href="https://hewlett.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">William and Flora Hewlett Foundation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">—one of Creative Commons’ institutional supporters—is making that task easier with </span><a href="https://www.imagesofempowerment.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Images of Empowerment</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a CC-licensed stock photography collection that shares women’s stories from across the world.</span></p>
<p><b>Opening access to women&#8217;s stories through Images of Empowerment</b></p>
<figure id="attachment_57538" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57538" style="width: 357px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57538" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/10/hewlett-foundation-shares-womens-stories-through-openly-licensed-images/pa0050683-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Paula Bronstein\/Getty Images\/Ima&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Jyotsna Mahendra is a teacher at BALSEWA Daycare. The BALSEWA Center, run by the Self Employed Women&#039;s Association (SEWA), a trade union for poor, self-employed women in the informal sector, holistically addresses the issues of women working in the informal sector by providing affordable daycare, health check-ups, and educational programs. The Center&#039;s daycare allows SEWA members to earn essential income for their family while keeping their children in a safe educational space. Working mothers pay just 150 rupees a month, and the Center usually has about 30 children enrolled.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1440068024&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2015 Paula Bronstein&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;PA0050683&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Jyotsna Mahendra" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-image-57538 " src="media/17fd840d.at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-300x200.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-300x200.jpg" alt="Jyotsna Mahendra is a teacher at BALSEWA Daycare" width="357" height="238" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-300x200.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-768x512.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-60x40.jpg 60w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-50x33.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-232x155.jpg 232w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Jyotsna-Mahendra-is-a-teacher-at-BALSEWA-Daycare22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 357px) 85vw, 357px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57538" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://www.imagesofempowerment.org/pa0050683-133/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">&#8220;Jyotsna Mahendra&#8221;</a> by Paul Bronstein (2015), <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC</a>. Jyotsna Mahendra is a teacher at BALSEWA Daycare. The BALSEWA Center, run by the Self Employed Women&#8217;s Association (SEWA), holistically addresses the issues of women working in the informal sector by providing affordable daycare, health check-ups, and educational programs.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2015, the Hewlett Foundation approached Getty Images to “tell the important story of women’s lives in sub-Saharan Africa through powerful, positive images.” According to Sarah Jane Staats, communications manager for the Hewlett Foundation’s Global Development and Population Program, the Foundation recognized that “&#8230;too often the images most available to us in commercial stock photography collections or in the media focus on disaster, poverty, or reinforce outdated gender stereotypes.”</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Nonprofits around the world can access powerful, positive images to help tell the story of their work and why it matters.”  </span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Foundation decided to publish the images under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC BY-NC 4.0</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) license so that “nonprofits around the world can access powerful, positive images to help tell the story of their work and why it matters.” This decision was in line with the Foundation&#8217;s</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2014/09/23/hewlett-foundation-extends-cc-by-policy-to-all-grantees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">open licensing policy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and its support of CC’s open licensing and open education work for over a decade.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By 2017, the Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (</span><a href="https://www.wiego.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WIEGO</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) added photographs from Colombia, Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa, and Thailand showcasing women’s “informal work” (e.g. cleaning homes, collecting recyclables, etc.). In 2018, the</span><a href="https://www.packard.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">David and Lucile Packard Foundation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> became a collaborator as well, adding photographs from Bihar, India and from Louisiana and Mississippi in the United States. </span></p>
<figure id="attachment_57542" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57542" style="width: 615px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="57542" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/10/hewlett-foundation-shares-womens-stories-through-openly-licensed-images/raising-her-voice-southern-united-states/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC.jpg" data-orig-size="2500,1667" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Nina Robinson\/Getty Images\/Image&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X100T&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Chanda Burks with her two sons. Chanda is a youth program specialist with Total Community Action, Inc. (TCA), a non-profit community-based agency dedicated to serving the needs of the disadvantaged. TCA partners with the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) to provide reproductive health education to the youth of the community.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1519481795&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2018 Nina Robinson&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Raising Her Voice: Southern United States&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Raising Her Voice: Southern United States" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Chanda Burks with her two sons. Chanda is a youth program specialist with Total Community Action, Inc. (TCA), a non-profit community-based agency dedicated to serving the needs of the disadvantaged. TCA partners with the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) to provide reproductive health education to the youth of the community.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-image-57542" src="media/66a22ffb.s-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-300x200.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-300x200.jpg" alt="Chanda Burks with her sons" width="615" height="410" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-300x200.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-768x512.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-60x40.jpg 60w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-50x33.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-232x155.jpg 232w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Chanda-Burks-with-her-two-sons22-by-Nina-Robinson-2018-CC-BY-NC-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57542" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://www.imagesofempowerment.org/raising-her-voice-southern-united-states-101/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">&#8220;Chanda Burks&#8221;</a> by Nina Robinson (2018), <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC</a>. Chanda Burks with her two sons. Chanda is a youth program specialist with Total Community Action, Inc. (TCA), a non-profit community-based agency dedicated to serving the needs of the disadvantaged. TCA partners with the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) to provide reproductive health education to the youth of the community.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to Emily Bosworth, communications manager at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, these images could have a profound impact on gender inequality and bias. “The photos we use to tell stories matter. Images quickly connect to our emotions and leave a lasting impression,” Bosworth explained, “Affordable, easy access to high-quality images that accurately portray women and girls as they are—in decision-making roles, as active participants in their communities—has tremendous power in challenging gender stereotypes and reinforcing asset-based narratives.” </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The photos we use to tell stories matter. Images quickly connect to our emotions and leave a lasting impression.” </span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, the Images of Empowerment collection includes over 2,000 images licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 from across </span><a href="https://www.imagesofempowerment.org/collection/colombia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Colombia</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/ghana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ghana</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/bihar-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">India</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/kenya/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kenya</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/peru/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peru</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://www.imagesofempowerment.org/collection/rwanda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rwanda</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/senegal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Senegal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/south-africa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">South Africa</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/thailand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thailand</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/uganda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uganda</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the </span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/louisiana-mississippi-united-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">United States</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The images in the collection show women as “active participants in their communities, accessing and providing quality </span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/reproductive-health/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reproductive health</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> information and services, and advocating for </span><a href="http://imagesofempowerment.org/collection/work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">better working conditions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.” </span></p>
<p><b>Now you can search these images more easily through the Images of Empowerment website</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just in time for International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, the Hewlett Foundation</span><a href="https://hewlett.org/images-of-empowerment-a-new-global-stock-photography-resource-for-international-womens-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">launched</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a dedicated stock photography</span><a href="https://www.imagesofempowerment.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for the Images of Empowerment collection.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Users can now easily search and download these images for use in their nonprofit work, as well as learn more about each photo thanks to the detailed captions that identify the individuals in the pictures and provide additional context. Incredibly, they’ve also included accompanying videos for each collection that share the experiences of the photographers involved.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_57546" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57546" style="width: 421px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57546" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/10/hewlett-foundation-shares-womens-stories-through-openly-licensed-images/medical-students-for-choice-msfc-by-yagazie-emezi-2019-cc-by-nc-2/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1773" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Yagazie Emezi\/Getty Images\/Image&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) leaders from Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania pose for a portrait after the second regional MSFC conference. Medical students and practitioners from ten African countries gathered at the convening, where they learned best practices around contraceptive use and safe abortion.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1563652898&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&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="Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) by Yagazie Emezi (2019) CC BY-NC (2)" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) leaders from Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania pose for a portrait after the second regional MSFC conference. Medical students and practitioners from ten African countries gathered at the convening, where they learned best practices around contraceptive use and safe abortion.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-300x208.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-1024x709.jpg" class="wp-image-57546" src="media/b9bc6b67.s-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-300x208.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-300x208.jpg" alt="Medical Students for Choice (MSFC)" width="421" height="292" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-300x208.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-768x532.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-1536x1064.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-2048x1418.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-58x40.jpg 58w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-50x35.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-224x155.jpg 224w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Medical-Students-for-Choice-MSFC22-by-Yagazie-Emezi-2019-CC-BY-NC-2-1200x831.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 421px) 85vw, 421px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57546" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://www.imagesofempowerment.org/ww_pa-1799312_098/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">&#8220;Medical Students for Choice&#8221;</a> by Yagazie Emezi (2019), <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC</a><a href="https://www.imagesofempowerment.org/ww_pa-1799312_098/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">.</a> Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) leaders from Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania pose for a portrait after the second regional MSFC conference. Medical students and practitioners from ten African countries gathered at the convening, where they learned best practices around contraceptive use and safe abortion.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Images from the collection have been used by nonprofits across the world for conference materials, research and policy briefs, social media content, and more. Media organizations have also utilized the images, including</span> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/opinion/mr-trumps-gag-rule-will-harm-global-health.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New York Times</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/1/27/14397126/global-gag-rule-trump-increase-abortion-reduce-birth-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Vox</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><a href="https://time.com/4780113/trump-abortion-gag-rule-mexico-city/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Time</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/13/uk-gives-landmark-200m-to-improve-contraceptive-access-in-africa-and-asia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Guardian</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to explain the impact of certain policy issues (e.g. reproductive health).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bosworth noted that the images from</span><a href="https://www.imagesofempowerment.org/collection/bihar-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Bihar, India</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (photographed by Paula Bronstein) have made a noticeable impact. “By capturing the strength and resilience of women and girls in Bihar,” she wrote, “the images challenge false stereotypes about the role of women and deliver a more accurate message about the remarkable individuals that call this region home.” </span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.imagesofempowerment.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Explore the Images of Empowerment collection!</a></strong></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><i>We believe this collection demonstrates how open access can help create a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world through sharing. Please consider</i> <strong><a href="http://www.creativecommons.org/donate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i>donating to Creative Commons</i></a></strong><i> so that we can continue stewarding the CC licenses and building the open access tools and platforms individuals and organizations, like the Hewlett Foundation, use to share.</i></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/10/hewlett-foundation-shares-womens-stories-through-openly-licensed-images/">The Hewlett Foundation Shares Women&#8217;s Stories Through Openly Licensed Images</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57597
title: We’re a Fully Remote Nonprofit; Here’s Some Advice on Working From Home
uri: We-re-a-Fully-Remote-Nonprofit-Here-s-Some-Advice-on-Working-From
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/13/advice-on-working-from-home/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the last few days, a growing number of organizations have shut down their offices and told employees to work from home in order to prevent the spread of </span><a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">COVID-19</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here at Creative Commons (CC), we’ve also taken necessary precautions such as postponing all work-related travel and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/05/important-cc-global-summit-update/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">canceling</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the in-person component of the annual CC Global Summit in May. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fortunately, however, our daily operations haven’t been disrupted to the same extent as other organizations because CC has been a global, fully remote nonprofit since 2015. Our staff is spread across Europe, North America, and South America; and although this working environment presents incredible benefits, like flexibility and rich cultural exchanges, it also presents unique challenges. For example, staff on the west coast of North America are often just waking up as staff in Europe are signing off! </span></p>
<p><strong>In the spirit of open access and promoting good health, we’d like to share some tips for both organizations and individuals on the subject of remote work. </strong></p>
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<h3><b>For organizations</b></h3>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Create clear policies and guidelines</strong></span> that are accessible to all staff. Make sure to anticipate questions and/or concerns that your staff may have, and include answers in a FAQ.</li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Craft an internal communications strategy </strong></span>that maintains clear, reliable, and regular communication across the organization and within teams. In fact, don’t be afraid of  “<a href="https://blog.glowforge.com/you-arent-communicating-nearly-enough/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>overcommunication</span></a><span>.” </span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Schedule video conferencing</strong>—e</span>ncourage leadership and/or management to schedule informal video conferencing with their team members to maintain team morale and cohesiveness.</li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Don&#8217;t assume all staff has access to the latest technology</strong>—i</span>n particular, don’t assume all staff members have access to high-speed internet. If they don’t, work with them to figure out alternatives or to set expectations.</li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Ensure contact information is up-to-date</strong>—f</span>or emergency purposes, ensure that all staff’s contact information is correct.</li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Assess and adjust expectations and deadlines </strong></span>on projects that may be impacted by the lack of in-person engagement or by a disruption in schedules due to schools closing, individuals becoming ill, etc.</li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Provide mental health resources</strong>—i</span>t&#8217;s important to provide staff with appropriate resources in case they begin to feel isolated and/or depressed while working remotely.</li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Showcase flexibility, patience, and empathy</strong>—l</span>eadership and/or management should showcase these qualities in order to reduce employee anxiety and stress under challenging circumstances.</li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Give regular updates</strong></span>, either via email or through video check-ins, on the status of COVID-19.</li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Don&#8217;t micromanage your staff&#8217;s activities</strong>—i</span>nstead, set realistic goals and trust they’ll get their work done.</li>
</ul>
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<h3><b>For individuals </b></h3>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Keep your normal workday morning routine</strong>—this includes brushing your teeth, changing your clothes, eating breakfast, etc.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Do work in another room, not in your bedroom</strong>—i</span>f you live in a small apartment, try to create a space that you can designate as your &#8220;office.&#8221;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Take breaks throughout the day</strong>—make some coffee, go for a walk, read a book, or stretch.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Keep in touch with coworkers outside of formal meetings</strong>—t</span>his can help prevent social isolation, anxiety, or depression. <span>CC staff, for example, schedule &#8220;lunches&#8221; over video or take “walks” together while talking over the phone. </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Create boundaries between your life and your work</strong>—stick to your regular work hours and set expectations about email response times. This is often one of the biggest challenges of working from home!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Find other remote workers in your town</strong>—schedule coworking days with them or meet up for lunch (if it&#8217;s safe)!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Don’t buy (only) unhealthy snacks</strong>—you will eat them! Make sure you buy healthy snacks that will keep you energized throughout the day.</li>
</ul>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Be wary of your tone</strong>—especially when communicating through messaging applications (e.g. Slack) because these forms of communication can feel impersonal and cold.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Log off distracting websites</strong>—s</span>ocial media sites are especially distracting, so either log off of them or use a <a href="https://zapier.com/blog/stay-focused-avoid-distractions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>browser plugin</span></a><span> to help you stay focused.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Be proud of working from home</strong>—just because you don&#8217;t go to an office doesn&#8217;t mean your work is less important or you&#8217;re less productive.</li>
</ul>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong>Here’s the gist: </strong>On an individual level, try to create a routine that makes you feel productive, included, and motivated. On an organizational level, actively listen to and check in with staff to ensure everyone feels supported and included. Most importantly, as the World Health Organization (WHO) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1235531688501030913" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">says</a>, “Be safe. Be smart. Be kind.”</p>
<p><em>For more insights on remote working that our staff has found helpful, check out <a href="https://www.deekit.com/11-things-about-remote-work" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this article</a> from Deekit, <a href="media/ab442b65.Trello-Embrace-Remote-Work-Ultimate-Guide.pdf" data-original-source="https://info.trello.com/hubfs/Trello-Embrace-Remote-Work-Ultimate-Guide.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this guide</a> from Trello, <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/guide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this guide</a> from GitLab, and <a href="https://remoter-podcast.simplecast.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this podcast</a> from Remoter!</em></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/13/advice-on-working-from-home/">We’re a Fully Remote Nonprofit; Here&#8217;s Some Advice on Working From Home</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57571
title: Announcing the CC Catalog API, Version 1.0
uri: Announcing-the-CC-Catalog-API-Version-1-0
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/16/version-one-of-the-cc-catalog-api/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Catalog Application Programming Interface</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (<a href="https://api.creativecommons.engineering/v1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Catalog API</a>) gives developers the ability to create custom applications that utilize </span><a href="https://search.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a rich collection of 330 million and counting openly licensed images. We have spent the last two years gathering this data from a diverse set of 28 sources, ranging from curated collections assembled by the Met Museum to user-generated content on Flickr. </span></p>
<p><b>Integrating the API into your application will give your users access to the largest collection of openly licensed images ever released on the internet.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While the API has been publicly available for some time now, the release of CC Catalog API, Version 1.0 marks a new milestone in the stability and reliability of the tool and a guarantee that we will not change the existing interface without ample warning and a long sunset period. It’s also important to note that the API is open source and the code <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cccatalog-api" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">is available </a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">under the MIT license on GitHub</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<h3><b>Applications of the CC Catalog API</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the best ways to understand what capabilities can be enabled by the API is to look at already existing applications. For example, every time you visit </span><a href="https://search.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and type something into the search box, your browser is talking directly to the API to fulfill your request!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img data-attachment-id="57572" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/16/version-one-of-the-cc-catalog-api/cc-catalog-api-screenshot/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot.png" data-orig-size="1448,940" 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 Catalog API (screenshot)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-300x195.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-1024x665.png" class=" wp-image-57572 alignright" src="media/7d49a086.CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-300x195.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-300x195.png" alt="CC Catalog API (screenshot)" width="332" height="216" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-300x195.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-1024x665.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-768x499.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-62x40.png 62w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-50x32.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-239x155.png 239w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot-1200x779.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Catalog-API-screenshot.png 1448w" sizes="(max-width: 332px) 85vw, 332px" />An exciting milestone for us was seeing Google Summer of Code participant Mayank Nader implement his excellent </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/06/cc-search-browser-extension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search Browser Extension</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which uses the API to put CC Search at your fingertips via your browser. Other community-built applications include the </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/entries/2019-07-24-cc-search-wp-plugin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search WordPress plugin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by the Greek School Network and </span><a href="https://www.curationist.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Curationist</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by the MHz Foundation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We think there are ample opportunities to integrate the API into your own applications. For example, CC Search could be particularly useful for content management systems to help users find images they can use royalty-free. Another possible application is in image editing programs, which would give users easy access to images where derivative works are allowed.</span></p>
<p><b>How to use the CC Catalog API</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The API is free to use and open to the public. Anybody can visit the </span><a href="https://api.creativecommons.engineering" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">API homepage</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and start making HTTP queries. Still, we strongly encourage you to </span><a href="https://api.creativecommons.engineering/v1/#operation/register_api_oauth2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">follow the instructions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for signing up for an API key, which will impose fewer restrictions on your use of the API and give us a way to increase your rate limit if needed. We may impose stricter rate limits on anonymous consumers in the future, but registered users will always have preferential access.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’d love to hear any feedback you have about the API and about the applications you are building using it. Please email us at <a href="mailto:cccatalog-api@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">cccatalog-api@creativecommons.org</a>.</span></p>
<p><b>Deprecation of the pre-release version of the API</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you have already started building on the API, that’s great! However, if you are making any calls without “v1” in the URL, you need to update your application to use the new version. Starting in July 2020, we will be sunsetting the pre-release version of the search API. The Version 1 release is largely compatible with the original pre-release version; see the </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cccatalog-api/releases/tag/1.0.0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">release notes</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for a full list of breaking changes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To stay up-to-date on the latest tech developments and resources, including new versions of the CC Catalog API, follow</span><a href="https://twitter.com/cc_opensource" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">@cc_opensource</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Twitter and visit the CC Open Source</span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><em>As the nonprofit organization behind CC Search and the CC Catalog API, please consider <a href="http://www.creativecommons.org/donate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>donating to Creative Commons</strong></a> so that we can continue building the open access tools and platforms the world uses to share. Thank you! </em></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/16/version-one-of-the-cc-catalog-api/">Announcing the CC Catalog API, Version 1.0</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57648
title: The Unicode Standard Now Includes CC License Symbols
uri: The-Unicode-Standard-Now-Includes-CC-License-Symbols
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/18/the-unicode-standard-now-includes-cc-license-symbols/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last week, the Unicode Consortium released the </span><a href="http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode13.0.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">latest version of the Unicode Standard</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">—the universal character coding system used in computer processing (which includes the international emoji portfolio <img src="media/aec28b40.1f60e.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f60e.png" alt="😎" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />). We’re thrilled to announce that </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/downloads/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons (CC) license symbols</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> were included in this new release.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The latest Unicode Standard adds 5,930 characters, including </span><a href="http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode13.0.0/#New_Scripts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">4 new scripts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 55 new emoji characters, and the following CC license symbols:</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_57649" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57649" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="57649" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/18/the-unicode-standard-now-includes-cc-license-symbols/licnesing-options-unicode-13-0-symbols/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols.png" data-orig-size="1602,1136" 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="licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-300x213.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-1024x726.png" class="wp-image-57649 size-large" src="media/5e025578.licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-1024x726.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-1024x726.png" alt="" width="840" height="596" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-1024x726.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-300x213.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-768x545.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-1536x1089.png 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-56x40.png 56w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-50x35.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-219x155.png 219w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols-1200x851.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licnesing-options-unicode-13.0-symbols.png 1602w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57649" class="wp-caption-text">Graphic from Emojipedia. Read their <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-13-0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">great overview</a> of the new Unicode release.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is the result of years of hard work by several members of CC’s staff, including our former Director of Product and Research Jane Park who submitted our initial </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2016/10/31/cc-logo-icons-unicode/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">proposal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in October 2016 and our second </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/07/26/proposal-add-cc-symbols-unicode-round-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">proposal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in July 2017.</span></p>
<p><b>What is Unicode?</b></p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unicode</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is the standard for encoding characters into text. Typical examples of encoded characters that we use every day are @, $, &amp;, #, and %. Other examples are writing scripts, like Arabic (العربية) or Devanagari (देवनागरी). Due to the nature of the internet, more characters are created every day—like the </span><a href="https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html#1f9be" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">mechanical arm emoji</span></a> <span><img src="media/73ca9c26.1f9be.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f9be.png" alt="🦾" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">so the Unicode Standard must be regularly updated. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Put simply, the Unicode Standard enables virtually all text-based editing platforms and tools  (e.g. WordPress, Gmail, Twitter, etc.) to use the same characters and symbols.</span></p>
<p><b>Why we proposed adding CC license symbols to Unicode</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Way back in 2017, we surveyed more than 700 people to understand how they marked their works with CC licenses. We found that more than half (62%) use the CC license icons or buttons, which must be </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/downloads/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">downloaded</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from our website or made accessible via an external plugin (e.g. </span><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/creative-commons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC WordPress Plugin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). However, many more (96%) said they would like to be able to place the CC license symbols directly in their text to indicate the particular CC license being applied—hence the need for our proposal.</span></p>
<p><b><i>Font developers</i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">—please be sure to include the CC symbols in your fonts! With the CC license symbols being added to the Unicode Standard, you can help make it much easier for people to mark their work with a CC license.</span></p>
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title: Now Is the Time for Open Access Policies—Here’s Why
uri: Now-Is-the-Time-for-Open-Access-Policies-Here-s-Why
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/19/now-is-the-time-for-open-access-policies-heres-why/
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<p>Over the weekend, news emerged that upset even the most ardent skeptics of <a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/open-access/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">open access</a>. Under the headline, “Trump vs Berlin” the German newspaper <em>Welt am Sonntag</em> reported that President Trump <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/not-for-sale-anger-in-germany-at-report-trump-seeking-exclusive-coronavirus-vaccine-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">offered</a> $1 billion USD to the German biopharmaceutical company CureVac to secure their COVID-19 vaccine “only for the United States.”</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In response, Jens Spahn, the German health minister said such a deal was completely “off the table” and Peter Altmaier, the German economic minister </span><a href="http://www.rfi.fr/en/science-and-technology/20200316-trump-s-attempt-to-get-exclusive-rights-on-coronavirus-vaccine-backfires" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">replied</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “Germany is not for sale.” Open science advocates were especially infuriated. Professor Lorraine Leeson of Trinity College Dublin, for example, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/leesonl/status/1239209133221597185" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">tweeted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “This is NOT the time for this kind of behavior—it flies in the face of the #OpenScience work that is helping us respond meaningfully right now. This is the time for solidarity, not exclusivity.” The White House and CureVac have since <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/03/16/german-company-curevac-says-no-offer-trump-coronavirus-vaccine/5062072002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">denied</a> the report. </span></p>
<p>Today, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in history—we must cooperate effectively to respond to an unprecedented global health emergency. The mantra, “when we share, everyone wins” applies now more than ever. With this in mind, we felt it imperative to underscore the importance of open access, specifically open science, in times of crisis.</p>
<h3><b>Why open access matters, especially during a global health emergency </b></h3>
<figure id="attachment_57662" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57662" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57662" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/19/now-is-the-time-for-open-access-policies-heres-why/nhs24-thanks-scottish-government-march-4-2020-cc-by-nc/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,1402" 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;Scottish Government&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="NHS24 thanks Scottish Government (March 4, 2020) CC BY-NC" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-300x205.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-1024x701.jpg" class="wp-image-57662" src="media/4b4dec52.4-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-300x205.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-300x205.jpg" alt="Scottish minister talks with health workers" width="400" height="273" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-300x205.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-768x526.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-1536x1052.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-58x40.jpg 58w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-50x34.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-226x155.jpg 226w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC-1200x821.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22NHS24-thanks22-Scottish-Government-March-4-2020-CC-BY-NC.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57662" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottishgovernment/49621480001/in/photolist-2iAQqhF-2iAT4dD-2iAQpZ1-2iAQq51-2iAQqoh-2iAT3Px-2iAQpNj-nMX5gz-o5jox1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NHS24 thanks</a>&#8221; by Scottish Government (March 4, 2020) licensed <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC</a>.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the most important components of maintaining global health, specifically in the face of urgent threats, is the creation and dissemination of reliable, up-to-date scientific information to the public, government officials, humanitarian and health workers, as well as scientists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Several scientific research funders like the </span><a href="https://www.gatesfoundation.org/how-we-work/general-information/open-access-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gates Foundation,</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the </span><a href="https://hewlett.org/about-us/our-policies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hewlett Foundation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the </span><a href="https://wellcome.ac.uk/press-release/sharing-research-data-and-findings-relevant-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wellcome Trust</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have long-standing open access policies and some have now called for increased efforts to share COVID-19 related research rapidly and openly to curb the outbreak. By licensing material under a CC BY-NC-SA license, the </span><a href="https://www.who.int/about/who-we-are/publishing-policies/copyright" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">World Health Organization</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (WHO) is adopting a more </span><a href="https://www.who.int/about/who-we-are/publishing-policies/copyright" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">conservative approach</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to open access that falls short of what the scientific community urgently needs in order to access and build upon critical information. </span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>All publicly funded organizations should:</strong> <strong>1)</strong> Adopt open access policies that require publicly funded research to be made available under an</span> <a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Open_license" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">open license</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (e.g. </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><span style="font-weight: 400;">) or </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">dedicated to the public domain</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. In practice, this means research articles and data can be freely reused by others, thereby enhancing collaboration among scientists and accelerating the pace of discovery. <strong>2)</strong> Ensure all educational resources (such as videos, infographics and other media tools) are also openly licensed to facilitate dissemination of reliable, practical information to the public.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The current race to find a vaccine for </span><a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">COVID-19</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> exemplifies why rapid and unrestricted access to scientific research and educational materials is vital in the most open terms possible. Due to the very nature of the illness, including the fact that it was completely unknown to scientists before the outbreak and is now global, it’s impossible for just one organization, institution, and/or government to tackle this crisis alone. In fact, current global efforts to find a vaccine for COVID-19 wouldn’t be possible without Chinese health officials and researchers initially </span><a href="media/709b2dbc.who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf" data-original-source="https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">sharing</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> critical information on the nature of the virus in December 2019.  </span></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>We find ourselves at a pivotal moment in history—we must cooperate effectively to respond to an unprecedented global health emergency. The mantra, “when we share, everyone wins” applies now more than ever.</strong></p></blockquote>
<figure id="attachment_57667" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57667" style="width: 357px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="57667" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/19/now-is-the-time-for-open-access-policies-heres-why/novel-coronavirus-sars-cov-2-niaid-march-09-2020-cc-by/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,1600" 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="Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 NIAID (March 09 2020) CC BY" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-1024x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-57667" src="media/2a004399.l-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-300x300.jpg" alt="Novel Coronavirus" width="357" height="357" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Novel-Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-222-NIAID-March-09-2020-CC-BY.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 357px) 85vw, 357px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57667" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niaid/49640655213/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2</a>&#8221; by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) licensed <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;">With cases of COVID-19 quickly surpassing 200,000 globally, there is a growing urgency for the entire scientific community to work together with health officials worldwide to find and make available treatments and vaccines. On March 13, government science advisors from 12 countries published an </span><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/global-officials-call-free-access-covid-19-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">open letter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> asking publishers to make scientific research and data on COVID-19 open access. &#8220;Given the urgency of the situation,” the letter said, “it is particularly important that scientists and the public can access research outcomes as soon as possible.&#8221; Additionally, educational materials made available by intergovernmental organizations such as the WHO should be made openly available without any restrictions—this is not only necessary in this global emergency, but is consistent with their public mission and mandate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before this open letter was published, many scientists had already begun making their work and data open access using preprint platforms like </span><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">bioRxiv</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://arxiv.org/archive/q-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ArXiv</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><a href="http://gisaid.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gisaid</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This past week, the nonprofit organization Free Read received over 32,000 signatures on its </span><a href="https://www.change.org/p/brian-napack-unlock-coronavirus-research-for-scientists-89a7ce07-6a46-4ed1-8a73-9745c2496df5/u/25856587?recruiter=1042086426&amp;utm_source=share_update&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive&amp;recruited_by_id=5eeac3e0-4b67-11ea-9a2d-1b36a70e02d9"><span style="font-weight: 400;">petition</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to “unlock coronavirus research.” In response, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/freereadorg/status/1236105323452252160" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">publishers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> like Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Springer Nature, and The Lancet began removing paywalls from COVID-19 related articles. Media outlets across the world, including</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, Clarin, Publico, Globo,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Folha</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are also removing paywalls from their COVID-19 content. Individual scientists, in collaboration with media outlets, have even started to release informative graphics communicating complex scientific concepts under open licenses. For example, </span><a href="https://t.co/qPzM3wIfNd?amp=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">this GIF</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by infectious disease expert Dr. Siouxsie Wiles illustrating how we can “flatten the curve” was released under a Creative Commons Attribution license (</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC BY-SA 4.0</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">).</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_57668" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57668" style="width: 548px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="57668" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/19/now-is-the-time-for-open-access-policies-heres-why/covid-19-curves-graphic-social-v3-1/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Covid-19-curves-graphic-social-v3-1.gif" data-orig-size="1360,856" 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="Covid-19-curves-graphic-social-v3 (1)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Covid-19-curves-graphic-social-v3-1-300x189.gif" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Covid-19-curves-graphic-social-v3-1-1024x645.gif" class="wp-image-57668 " src="media/ea75fd97.Covid-19-curves-graphic-social-v3-1.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Covid-19-curves-graphic-social-v3-1.gif" alt="" width="548" height="345" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-57668" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;Flattening the curve&#8221; by Siouxsie Wiles and Toby Morris licensed CC BY-SA.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many open science advocates applaud these efforts to open access to scientific research on COVID-19, but they argue this is something we should’ve been doing all along. Michael Eisen, a biologist at UC Berkeley and editor of the open-access science journal </span><a href="https://elifesciences.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">eLife</span></i></a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/global-officials-call-free-access-covid-19-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">WIRED</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “Of course this should be the default for ALL science, not just COVID-19 science, and it should have been the default for the past 25 years. But I&#8217;m glad to see this happening now.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On its website, Plan S <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/why-plan-s/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">argues</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that paywalls withhold a “substantial amount of research results from a large fraction of the scientific community and from society as a whole.” This, in turn, “hinders the scientific enterprise in its very foundations and hampers its uptake by society.” For example, researchers <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576373/">examining</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa found that access to vital knowledge about the virus and the risk factors prior to the outbreak was inhibited by publisher paywalls. They wrote, “Although access to knowledge would not of itself have prevented or averted the Ebola epidemic, better-informed health officials might have taken timely preventive measures and been better equipped to mitigate risks during and after the outbreak.” </span></p>
<h3><b>Now’s the time to implement and improve open access policies</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For these reasons, Creative Commons (CC) has urged the adoption of open access policies by organizations and governments, such as UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). CC is preparing comments to inform </span><a href="https://www.ukri.org/funding/information-for-award-holders/open-access/open-access-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UKRI’s consultation process</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on its proposed open access policy and will soon be sharing similar comments in response to the U.S. Federal Register’s </span><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/19/2020-03189/request-for-information-public-access-to-peer-reviewed-scholarly-publications-data-and-code" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">request for information</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">on</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8220;Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data, and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Licenses have become the international standard in open licensing, and after supporting successful efforts in the creation, adoption, and implementation of open access policies with various governments and institutions, we continue to strongly advocate for open access for the benefit of researchers, industry and the general public. This includes making all information funded by international organizations or national governments available for the broadest reuse. Additionally, CC embraces efforts to clarify how fair use applies in these exceptional circumstances, such as the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10baTITJbFRh7D6dHVVvfgiGP2zqaMvm0EHHZYf2cBRk/mobilebasic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists: Fair Use &amp; Emergency Remote Teaching &amp; Research</em></a>. This resource was recently published by a group of expert copyright librarians from colleges and universities across the U.S., including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>For guidance on implementing an open access policy or using the CC License Suite, please contact us at </b><a href="mailto:info@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>info@creativecommons.org</b></a><b>—we’re here to help. </b></p>
<p><img src="media/86b59589.1f44b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Stop the spread of COVID-19 by </b><b>taking</b><b> these steps</b><b> outlined by the WHO, including washing your hands for at least 20 seconds and social distancing.</b></a></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/19/now-is-the-time-for-open-access-policies-heres-why/">Now Is the Time for Open Access Policies—Here’s Why</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57703
title: Collaborate With Us as a Google Summer of Code or Outreachy Participant
uri: Collaborate-With-Us-as-a-Google-Summer-of-Code-or-Outreachy-Participan
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/23/collaborate-with-us-as-a-google-summer-of-code-or-outreachy-participant/

content:
<p><strong>We are proud to announce that Creative Commons (CC) will once again be participating as a mentoring organization for <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google Summer of Code</a> (GSoC) and <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Outreachy</a>.</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GSoC</a> and </span><a href="https://www.outreachy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Outreachy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are both programs focused on introducing open-source software development to a wider audience. They provide stipends to work on a 3-month project for the open source community. GSoC is open to all university students whereas Outreachy recruits anyone who faces under-representation, systemic bias, or discrimination in the technology industry of their country.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img data-attachment-id="56755" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/screen-shot-2019-11-06-at-3-58-03-pm/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM.png" data-orig-size="1210,534" 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="Vocabulary landing page" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-300x132.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-1024x452.png" class=" wp-image-56755 alignright" src="media/86d244b7.Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-300x132.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-300x132.png" alt="Vocabulary landing page" width="339" height="149" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-300x132.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-768x339.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-1024x452.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-91x40.png 91w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-50x22.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-270x119.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM-1200x530.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.58.03-PM.png 1210w" sizes="(max-width: 339px) 85vw, 339px" />CC has had great success with GSoC and Outreachy in the past. We’ve mentored for GSoC in eight previous years, and with the help of </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/30/meet-ccs-2019-google-summer-of-code-students/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">last year’s interns</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, we were able to release </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/22/updated-cc-wordpress-plugin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">our WordPress plugin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/06/cc-search-browser-extension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">the CC Search browser extension</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/23/introducing-the-linked-commons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Linked Commons</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/13/cc-vocabulary-web-design-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vocabulary</span></a>, <span style="font-weight: 400;">as well as </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">rewrite our <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/01/27/the-new-cc-license-chooser/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">license chooser</a> tool</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Our </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/12/10/2020-outreachy-interns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">interns from Outreachy’s</a> December 2019 to March 2020 round</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> just wrapped up their work, making improvements to the new version of the license chooser and Vocabulary, and creating a new version of our Platform Toolkit.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ve compiled</span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/internships/project-ideas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">a list of project ideas</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for students to choose from when submitting their work proposal. These range from improvements to CC Search and adding sources to CC Catalog, to building on previous projects like Vocabulary and the Linked Commons. There is room for creativity—the project ideas are defined in broad terms and applicants may choose to submit a proposal for an original idea.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’d like to stay updated on the work we’re doing, please join </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/community/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">our developer community</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or follow our </span><a href="http://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">technical blog</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. And of course, we encourage you to read our </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/internships/applicant-guide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">applicant guide</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and submit a proposal if you’re eligible! It’s a great way to get an introduction to open source software, build real-world skills, work on interesting technical challenges, and help advance CC’s mission.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong>The deadline to <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">apply for Google Summer of Code</a> is March 31 and the deadline to <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">apply for Outreachy</a> is April 7.</strong></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">To stay up-to-date on the latest tech developments and resources, follow</span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/cc_opensource" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> @cc_opensource</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Twitter and visit the CC Open Source</span></i><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> website</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></i></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/23/collaborate-with-us-as-a-google-summer-of-code-or-outreachy-participant/">Collaborate With Us as a Google Summer of Code or Outreachy Participant</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57746
title: Dr. Lucie Guibault on What Scientists Should Know About Open Access
uri: Dr-Lucie-Guibault-on-What-Scientists-Should-Know-About-Open-Access
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/27/what-scientists-should-know-about-open-access/
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In response to the global health emergency caused by COVID-19, we’ve seen an array of organizations, publications, and governments make COVID-19 related research open access. For example, the U.S. National Library of Medicine recently released the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (</span><a href="https://t.co/vu6NstMlUQ?amp=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CORD-19</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)—a machine-readable coronavirus literature collection with over 29,000 articles available for text and data mining (TDM). </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These actions are not surprising given the urgency of the current situation. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our previous post, “</span><strong><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/19/now-is-the-time-for-open-access-policies-heres-why/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Now Is the Time for Open Access Policies—Here’s Why</a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">” we explain that rapid and unrestricted access to scientific research and educational materials is necessary to overcome this crisis. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, while we applaud the recent moves by organizations, publishers, and governments to open access to scientific research related to COVID-19, we believe the same level of sharing should be applied to all scientific research. Not only for the public good, but also for the good of science. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Science can only function properly if results, data, and insights are made openly available. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Universality is a fundamental principle of science,” </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">explains the</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> open access consortium <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/why-plan-s/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">cOAlition S</a>, “only results that can be discussed, challenged, and, where appropriate, tested and reproduced by others qualify as scientific.”</span></p>
<p><strong>Put simply, open science is the best way to do science. </strong><strong>This is why CC has consistently recommended the following best practices for sharing research openly:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Zero embargo period</strong> so the<span style="font-weight: 400;"> public has immediate access </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>CC BY on the article </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">so it&#8217;s available for TDM</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>CC0 on the research data </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">so other scientists can scrutinize the conclusions, replicate the study, and advance the science</span></li>
</ul>
<p>In order to examine this issue further, as well as provide some guidance for scientific researchers and organizations specifically, we reached out to intellectual property and copyright law expert <a href="https://www.dal.ca/faculty/law/faculty-staff/our-faculty/lucie-guibault.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Dr. Lucie Guibault</strong></a>, an associate professor at the Schulich School of Law and associate director of the Law &amp; Technology Institute at Dalhousie University.</p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our conversation below is slightly edited for clarity and length. </span></i></p>
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<p><b>CC: Why does open access to scientific research and data matter in moments of crisis?</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Dr. Guibault:</strong> When time is of the essence, like now with the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific research results must be made available as soon as possible so that other scientists, policymakers and the general population can rely on sound scientific data in their decision-making process. Contrary to the traditional publishing model, which puts scientific publications behind a paywall or puts a 6 to 12-month embargo on self-archiving (depositing scholarly research in an online repository or open archive), open access allows for immediate, worldwide access to scientific and scholarly publications. Actions based on new findings can be immediate. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">For example, open access to a broad corpus of articles can certainly help reduce duplication of work, but most of all it enables easy text and data mining (TDM) which leads to new insights and knowledge. Through TDM scientists can make predictions on where a virus will emerge, when it might peak, what drug might work, etc.</span></p>
<p><b>CC: Why do you think organizations are adopting open access policies and actions in response to this crisis?</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Dr. Guibault:</strong> It must be because, in their line of activity, these organizations have discovered the tremendous advantage of having immediate, free access to current, replicable, reliable, verifiable scientific results upon which they can base sound and informed decisions. This would most likely not be possible if the vital research results were not made available under open access conditions, as the alternative is either to pay for access, to wait for the expiration of the embargo period, or to base their decision on less reliable sources.</span></p>
<p><b>CC: If an organization is interested in adopting an open access policy, what are the steps they need to take?</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Dr. Guibault:</strong> Institutions should become more familiar with open access policy documents before making decisions about it. Administrators should read on and about the </span><a href="https://openaccess.mpg.de/Berlin-Declaration"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the </span><a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Budapest Open Access Initiative</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the </span><a href="https://sfdora.org/read/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Once they know more about the issue, they should consider adhering to these three declarations. The next step is to develop a realistic implementation strategy.</span></p>
<p><b>CC: What advice would you give to researchers who are unaware or unsure about open access?</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Dr. Guibault:</strong> Individual researchers who are unaware or unsure about open access should try to become familiar with the advantages and drawbacks of open access. Of course, it’s easier for a researcher if their institution has adhered to the </span><a href="https://sfdora.org/read/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> because it guarantees that the researcher’s individual efforts in publishing articles and releasing data under open access conditions will be rewarded. When the institution employing the researcher has no clear open access policy, researchers may be more hesitant to publish in open access journals, especially if high author processing charges are involved. Nevertheless, they should at least endeavor to always </span><a href="https://libguides.northwestern.edu/scholcomm/selfarchiving"><span style="font-weight: 400;">self-archive</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> their publications.</span></p>
<p><b>CC: What impact do you think the COVID-19 crisis will have on open access policies? </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Dr. Guibault:</strong> Open access is in itself such a worthwhile goal that it shouldn’t need a catastrophe like the COVID-19 virus to push it forward. But if it did, it would be a very small consolation.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>For guidance on implementing an open access policy or using the CC License Suite, please contact us at </b><a href="mailto:info@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>info@creativecommons.org</b></a><b>—we’re here to help. </b></p>
<p><img src="media/86b59589.1f44b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Stop the spread of COVID-19 by </b><b>taking</b><b> these steps</b><b> outlined by the WHO, including washing your hands for at least 20 seconds and social distancing.</b></a></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/27/what-scientists-should-know-about-open-access/">Dr. Lucie Guibault on What Scientists Should Know About Open Access</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=57734
title: Education in Times of Crisis and Beyond: Maximizing Copyright Flexibilities
uri: Education-in-Times-of-Crisis-and-Beyond-Maximizing-Copyright-Flexibil
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/31/education-in-times-of-crisis-and-beyond-maximizing-copyright-flexibilities/

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<h3><strong>The global health crisis is crystalizing the need for policies that support universal access to learning resources</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">COVID-19</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> pandemic has wreaked havoc on over a </span><a href="https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-emergencies/coronavirus-school-closures" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">billion</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> learners’ lives—half of the world’s student population have seen their </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_the_2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_on_education" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">schools or universities close</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to slow the spread of the virus. As a result, many educational institutions are shifting to online learning. While some educators can post their existing learning materials online for their students, for others, the move to online requires access to, and the legal rights to perpetually use and adapt materials developed by others. This brings into focus the essential need for </span><b>both </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">broad access to Open Educational Resources (OER) </span><b>and</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> broad limitations and exceptions (L&amp;E) for educators and learners to freely and legally use copyright works for educational purposes.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>Open Educational Resources (OER) </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">are teaching, learning, and research materials, in any medium, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, adaptation and redistribution by others.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>Limitations and Exceptions (L&amp;E) for Education</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> make it possible to use protected works for educational purposes without the authorization of the copyright holder (with or without payment of compensation). L&amp;E exist to </span><a href="https://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/limitations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">maintain an appropriate balance</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> between the interests of rights holders and users of protected works. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Education-related L&amp;E </span><a href="media/ddf3cf49.ref_sccr_23_executive_summary.pdf" data-original-source="https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/en/sccr_32/ref_sccr_23_executive_summary.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">vary across jurisdictions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and generally permit certain specific uses linked to study, teaching, private or personal use, and quotation. In some countries, these uses are allowed under the doctrine of fair dealing or fair use. They usually apply in relation to the rights of reproduction, publication, performance, and communication (including online communication), as well as to the implementation of technological protection measures. Certain laws provide for compulsory licenses for reproduction and adaptation for educational purposes. Users and authors alike <a href="https://www.authorsalliance.org/2018/12/03/authors-alliance-supports-limitations-and-exceptions-for-education-at-wipo-sccr-37/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">stand to gain</a> from the application of L&amp;E and of policies that aim to <a href="https://www.communia-association.org/policy-papers/leveraging-copyright-in-support-of-education/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">leverage copyright for education</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guided by its mission to build a more </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">equitable, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">accessible</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and innovative world</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Creative Commons has long been </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/tag/open-education/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">advocating for open education</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as well as providing the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">legal infrastructure</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to support the creation, sharing and use of OER. We have also advocated for broadening </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/tag/limitations-and-exceptions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">limitations and exceptions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to copyright materials for educational use. </span></p>
<h3><strong>When access to education is a daily struggle</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For many learners and educators, especially in low-income countries, access to educational materials is a daily struggle, even in normal times. Because of a myriad of barriers, such as the prohibitive cost of learning resources, or the legal maze of convoluted copyright rules and exceptions, many learners are denied their fundamental human right to education.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On many levels, the current health emergency and the </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/817885991/panic-gogy-teaching-online-classes-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">disruptions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> it creates around learning opportunities is a wake-up moment. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Librarians are calling for a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10baTITJbFRh7D6dHVVvfgiGP2zqaMvm0EHHZYf2cBRk/mobilebasic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">generous interpretation of fair use</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, educators and institutions are generously </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iQtZoDphA5XYKHR32zUYJ9imjCh4c1DOfg14MRB7G_I/edit#gid=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">sharing OER</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and commercial </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/e/2PACX-1vT3pF6oX93Ok0GqSvQuqOhQRTVF7lgxzq5GS3alUZsWyz2Q6SS3fl3wyMc1-XBhcjMQFoOXGhRZzGRT/pub" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">publishers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are making some of their educational materials available for free </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">for a limited time.</span></i></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Helping teachers and learners legally access effective learning resources is certainly useful during a global health crisis; it is similarly required after the crisis. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open education</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is not a short-term fix to a passing problem—it is a long-term solution to ensuring equitable, inclusive access to effective educational resources and learning opportunities. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the same way open science is better science (the world is </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/19/now-is-the-time-for-open-access-policies-heres-why/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">sharing COVID-19 research</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to create a vaccine), open education is better education. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">While the crisis didn’t make this so, it does remind us that we all need to be smarter and more responsible with the limited resources we have so we can add resilience to the education systems on which the world’s children depend.</span></p>
<h3><strong>Now is the time for governments to adopt open education policies and limitations and exceptions for education</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is an opportunity in this crisis to collectively realize and acknowledge that public education systems globally can do better.</span></p>
<p><b>Open education policies </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">ensure the content created or procured with public money is either CC licensed or dedicated to the public domain, so the public that paid for the educational resource has access to the resource. The </span><a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000370936" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UNESCO OER Recommendation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> calls on governments to: </span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>develop and implement policies and/or regulatory frameworks</strong> which encourage that educational resources developed with public funds be openly licensed or dedicated to the public domain as appropriate, and allocating financial and human resources for the implementation and evaluation of policies;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>develop mechanisms to support and incentivize all stakeholders</strong> to publish source files and accessible OER using standard open file formats in public repositories; and</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>embed OER policies into national policy frameworks</strong> and strategies and aligning them with other open policies and guiding principles such as those for Open Access, Open Data, Open Source Software and Open Science.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons has joined the </span><a href="https://en.unesco.org/events/launch-dynamic-coalition-unesco-oer-recommendation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dynamic Coalition for the UNESCO OER Recommendation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and a </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/28/coalition-to-support-unesco-oer-recommendation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">network of open education NGOs</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to support national governments in creating, adopting and implementing these and other open education policies.</span></p>
<p><b>Broad limitations and exceptions </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">allow educators and learners to legally access and use copyright resources for educational purposes, without authorization from the rights holders. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the international level, the WIPO </span><a href="https://www.wipo.int/policy/en/sccr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is the forum where discussions on substantive issues in the field of </span><a href="https://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">copyright and related rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> take place. L&amp;E have been on the SCCR agenda since 2004 and, in addition to educational activities, discussions on L&amp;E focus on </span><a href="https://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/limitations/libraries_and_archives.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">libraries and archives</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as well as disabled persons, particularly visually impaired persons (as recognized under the 2013 </span><a href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/marrakesh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marrakesh Treaty</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). Creative Commons is </span><a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/WIPO" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">actively involved</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in WIPO-related work and has presented an </span><a href="media/89c33877.WIPO_SCCR_39_CC_short_statement.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/f/fd/WIPO_SCCR_39_CC_short_statement.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">official statement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to the SCCR on L&amp;E. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Through our policy work at CC, we support legal and policy initiatives (global, regional and national) that aim to adapt an obsolete copyright system to the digital environment. That involves making sure users can benefit from broad and clear L&amp;E for online uses, and, specifically in the context of online education, that educators and learners can take advantage of the possibilities offered by digital technologies to have a positive educational experience without undue impediments imposed by unwarranted, outdated, or unfit copyright rules.</span></p>
<h3><b>How can you learn about open education and increase access to effective learning resources?</b></h3>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make your educational resources OER by adding a CC </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">license</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or dedicating it to the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">public domain</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. You are just a</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/choose/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> few clicks away</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from making your resources available, worldwide.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Read</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">sign</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the <a href="https://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cape Town Declaration</a>.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Read the UNESCO OER </span><a href="https://en.unesco.org/oer/paris-declaration" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Declaration</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000370936" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recommendation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect with over 1000 open education leaders from 75+ countries by joining the </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/network-platforms/blob/master/Open-Education.md"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Open Education Platform</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take part in efforts to expand L&amp;E globally and in your country / region by joining the </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/network-platforms/blob/master/copyright-reform.md" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Copyright Reform Platform</span></a>.<span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Encourage the use 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;"> to find open images that you can freely use in your learning materials.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Review, use and contribute to the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iQtZoDphA5XYKHR32zUYJ9imjCh4c1DOfg14MRB7G_I/edit#gid=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">COVID-19 Open Education Community Contributed Resources</span></a>.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join the </span><a href="mailto:internationaloeradvocacy@googlegroups.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">International OER Advocacy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> list to learn about and help with open education and L&amp;E policy initiatives.</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong>Up your open licensing skills with free, CC BY licensed <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/about/certificate-resources-cc-by/">CC Certificate OER</a>, or <a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/about/packages/">register</a> for the online facilitated course to get &#8220;CC Certified.”</strong></p>
<p><img src="media/86b59589.1f44b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Stop the spread of COVID-19 by </b><b>taking</b><b> these steps</b><b> outlined by the WHO, including washing your hands for at least 20 seconds and social distancing.</b></a></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/31/education-in-times-of-crisis-and-beyond-maximizing-copyright-flexibilities/">Education in Times of Crisis and Beyond: Maximizing Copyright Flexibilities</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=61119
title: Bassel Khartabil Fellowship Awarded to Tarek Loubani—Using Open Access to Combat COVID-19
uri: Bassel-Khartabil-Fellowship-Awarded-to-Tarek-Loubani-Using-Open-Acce
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https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/02/bassel-khartabil-fellowship-awarded-to-tarek-loubani-using-open-access-to-combat-covid-19/

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<figure id="attachment_61120" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-61120" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="61120" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/02/bassel-khartabil-fellowship-awarded-to-tarek-loubani-using-open-access-to-combat-covid-19/tarek-loubani/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani.jpg" data-orig-size="1494,996" 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="tarek-loubani" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-image-61120 size-large" src="media/1318b74a.tarek-loubani-1024x683.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani-1024x683.jpg" alt="" width="840" height="560" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani-300x200.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani-768x512.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani-60x40.jpg 60w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani-50x33.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani-233x155.jpg 233w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tarek-loubani.jpg 1494w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-61120" class="wp-caption-text">Photo courtesy of Tarek Loubani (CC BY)</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are thrilled to announce today that Dr. Tarek Loubani has been awarded the 2020 </span><a href="https://basselkhartabil.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bassel Khartabil Fellowship</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Loubani is the medical director of </span><a href="https://glia.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Glia</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a project focused on using Open Access manufacturing and distribution in order to provide lower costs and vastly increase the accessibility of urgently needed medical supplies and gear.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Fellowship award will allow Loubani to Combat COVID-19 through the release of Open Access plans for medical hardware, so that vital equipment may be produced cheaply by anyone with commonly available 3D printers. Loubani’s approach enables high quality devices to be made available during periods of global supply chain disruption, and in areas with limited access. Glia has released face shields already being used in the battle against COVID-19, as well as other hardware including stethoscopes, tourniquets, and otoscopes. Additional devices including pulse oximeters, electrocardiograms, and dialysis products are currently in development. See the </span><a href="https://basselkhartabil.org/2020/04/02/second-fellowship-awarded.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">full press release</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for more information about Loubani’s work and how the fellowship will support his efforts.</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="61121" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/02/bassel-khartabil-fellowship-awarded-to-tarek-loubani-using-open-access-to-combat-covid-19/basselfellowship/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship.png" data-orig-size="1298,626" 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="basselfellowship" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship-300x145.png" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship-1024x494.png" class="aligncenter wp-image-61121 size-large" src="media/e11a5a7e.basselfellowship-1024x494.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship-1024x494.png" alt="" width="840" height="405" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship-1024x494.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship-300x145.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship-768x370.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship-83x40.png 83w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship-50x24.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship-270x130.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship-1200x579.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/basselfellowship.png 1298w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p>
<p><strong>The Bassel Khartabil Fellowship is a project of <a href="https://fabricatorz.org/">Fabricatorz Foundation</a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>, with partnership and support provided by Creative Commons and Mozilla Foundation.</strong> The fellowship honors the work and legacy of our friend </span><a href="https://basselkhartabil.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bassel Khartabil</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a Palestinian-Syrian technology innovator, artist, open source advocate, and Creative Commons community leader who was “disappeared” in 2012 then executed by the Syrian regime in 2015. The fellowship provides funding, mentorship, and general support to individuals and teams whose work embodies the ideals of free culture and Open Access—ideals that Bassel dedicated his life to.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/02/bassel-khartabil-fellowship-awarded-to-tarek-loubani-using-open-access-to-combat-covid-19/">Bassel Khartabil Fellowship Awarded to Tarek Loubani—Using Open Access to Combat COVID-19</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=61147
title: Open COVID Pledge: Removing Obstacles to Sharing IP in the Fight Against COVID-19
uri: Open-COVID-Pledge-Removing-Obstacles-to-Sharing-IP-in-the-Fight-Again
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/07/open-covid-pledge-removing-obstacles-to-sharing-ip-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons has joined forces with other legal experts and leading scientists to offer a simple way for universities, companies, and other holders of intellectual property rights to support the development of medicines, test kits, vaccines, and other scientific discoveries related to COVID-19 for the duration of the pandemic. The</span><a href="http://www.opencovidpledge.org/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Open COVID Pledge</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> grants the public free, temporary access to IP rights in support of solving the COVID-19 crisis, removing unnecessary obstacles to dissemination of the knowledge and inventions that could save lives and limit suffering.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/"><img data-attachment-id="61149" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/07/open-covid-pledge-removing-obstacles-to-sharing-ip-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/template/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01.jpg" data-orig-size="2500,1703" 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;1586204030&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;template&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="template" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-300x204.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-1024x698.jpg" class="aligncenter wp-image-61149 size-large" src="media/4543a401.logo-lightback-jpg-01-1024x698.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-1024x698.jpg" alt="" width="840" height="573" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-300x204.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-768x523.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-1536x1046.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-2048x1395.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-59x40.jpg 59w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-50x34.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-228x155.jpg 228w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-1200x817.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Pledge, developed by</span><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/about/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a coalition of scientists, lawyers, and entrepreneurs</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, gives broad permission to anyone to use technology and content otherwise inaccessible in its absence, in most cases, replacing the need for a costly license or royalty agreement.</span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://blogs.intel.com/csr/2020/04/open-covid-pledge/">Intel has joined the effort as a founding pledgor</a>, along with <a href="https://www.unifiedpatents.com/">Unified Patents</a> and <a href="https://fabricatorz.org/">Fabricatorz Foundation</a>.</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working with these experts with the goal of creating a tool that allows the development of diagnostic tools, treatment, and preventative solutions—possibly even a cure or vaccine—to halt the spread of this disease. Although developed quickly due to exigent circumstances, Creative Commons looks forward to working closely with the many talented international legal and policy experts in our </span><a href="http://www.network.creativecommons.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Global Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on next steps to make this Pledge an impactful reality.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;">“Intellectual property rights are intended to encourage creativity and invention for the ultimate benefit of humanity. It’s fitting and inspiring that many intellectual property owners recognize that at this moment humanity needs all of the intellectual resources we can muster<i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> right now</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">—from educational resources for online learning, to designs for protective equipment, to patented pharmaceuticals” </span><b>– Molly Shaffer Van Houweling; Chair, CC Board of Directors</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Pledge has received public expressions of support from organizations around the world including Creative Commons; Mozilla; Unified Patents; the Idea Laboratory for Intellectual Property in Bogota, Colombia; Universities Allied for Essential Medicines; The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital); and the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at American University Washington College of Law, among others.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC is proud to support the Open COVID Pledge, and the many other efforts directed at accelerating the pace of discovery during the pandemic and thereafter, including pushing for</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/19/now-is-the-time-for-open-access-policies-heres-why/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Access policies</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, especially for publicly-funded research.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please support the effort by encouraging your company, university, or research team to support the pledge. Visit </span><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">opencovidpledge.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to learn how you can contribute and read our </span><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/2020/04/07/patent-holders-urged-to-take-open-covid-pledge-for-quicker-end-to-pandemic/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">full press release</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for more info.</span></p>
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title: Update to CC’s Policy on Legal Code Corrections
uri: Update-to-CC-s-Policy-on-Legal-Code-Corrections
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/13/update-to-ccs-policy-on-legal-code-corrections/
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons is changing its legal code correction policy for official translations of the Version 4.0 licenses and the CC0 public domain dedication. In order to maintain the integrity of our firm commitment to honor official translations as legal equivalents of the original English 4.0 version and the original English CC0 1.0, CC </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">will</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> correct published official translations when any type of error is identified. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons is committed to maintaining canonical, stable, and unchanged versions of the legal code of its licenses and public domain tools. This policy applies to every legal tool stewarded by CC, including ported versions of the licenses, which are versions adapted both to the particular local language and law of a given jurisdiction, as well as </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/retiredlicenses/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">deprecated tools</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, such as the Developing Nations and Sampling licenses. When errors to those legal tools have been identified, they have either resulted in new versions of the tools or been documented as minor errors on the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/legal-code-errata/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legal Code errata page</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons has made the decision to adapt this policy with respect to official translations of the 4.0 licenses and CC0 1.0. By way of background, starting with the release of the Version 4.0 license suite in 2013<strong>*</strong>,</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> CC ceased porting its legal tools because it was no longer necessary given the internationalization efforts surrounding 4.0. We instead committed to creating official linguistic translations of the original English version, without making any adjustments based on local law. While respecting the international reach of CC licenses, English was the language in which CC worked with its global community to negotiate and finalize terms of the 4.0 license suite (as well as our public domain tools), and so, as a community, we must recognize English as the original for purposes of official translation. That said, CC and our community are committed to the idea that all official translations are legal equivalents much like official instruments of the United Nations are negotiated, translated, and treated as equivalents. In other words, CC’s official translations are </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">not </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">separate licenses.This background is useful to understanding why Creative Commons has made the decision to adapt its policy for official translations. </span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">To be clear, CC’s legal code correction policy will remain the same for Version 3.0 and prior versions of the licenses, including ports. The policy will also remain unchanged for the Version 4.0 English legal code and the CC0 English legal code. For those, CC will continue to maintain static versions of the legal code, even when errors are identified. All such corrections will be cited in a footer on the relevant legal code and publicly documented in full on the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/legal-code-errata/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legal Code errata page</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To date, after six years of overseeing the publication of official translations of 4.0 and CC0, CC has identified only one official translation with known material errors. Upon discovery, this translation was immediately hidden from public view with the consent of the translation team in order to avoid confusion by reusers. CC will be publishing corrected versions of that translation pursuant to this modified policy and process shortly. In response to these errors, CC has also revisited its </span><a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Code_Translation_Policy"><span style="font-weight: 400;">legal code translation policy and processes</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to increase quality control and documentation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We remain committed to ensuring the integrity of our legal code for licensors and licensees, and we believe this modified policy best accomplishes these goals. Please direct any questions to <a href="mailto:legal@creativecommons.org">legal@creativecommons.org</a>.</span></p>
<p><strong><em>*</em> </strong> <em>This policy change was made, in part, as a result of the structure of the Version 4.0 licenses, which are designed to take effect according to applicable copyright law wherever the licensed work is used. Given this international design and operation, it is no longer necessary to adapt the legal code to the laws of particular jurisdictions. CC0 has never been ported, only officially translated.</em></p>
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title: Open-Source Medical Hardware: What You Should Know and What You Can Do
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ve heard the stories: engineers 3D printing face shields in their basements; do-it-yourself hobbyists sewing face masks; and fashion designers crafting personal protection gowns. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Globally, people are trying to help fill the medical supply gap caused by the <a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">COVID-19</a> pandemic through </span>open-source medical hardware<span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s a heartwarming display of global ingenuity, innovation, and collaboration. </span>In this post, we answer your questions about open-source medical hardware and provide some insight into what you can do to help.</p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>Open-source hardware</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: the designs of physical objects that are openly licensed so they can be modified, created, and distributed without restrictions.</span></p>
<h3><b>Why is open-source medical hardware important? </b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s easy to forget, with such a flurry of increased activity, that open-source medical hardware is not new. In fact, it</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been instrumental in providing medical devices and equipment to under-resourced healthcare workers and facilities for years—a need that predates the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, following the H1N1 pandemic, medical professors at Swansea University published open-source instructions for a <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06207.x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">low-cost emergency ventilator</a>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a 2010 report titled, “</span><a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44407/9789241564045_eng.pdf?sequence=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Managing the Mismatch</a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,” the World Health Organization (WHO) stated, “Research is making rapid progress within the development of sophisticated medical technologies&#8230;Yet despite this progress, the majority of the world’s population has little or no access to many of these innovations.” </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">In particular, the WHO detailed a significant “mismatch” in the availability of relevant, effective medical devices for localized public health needs, highlighting that “70–90% of all medical devices donated to the developing world never function as intended.” Four important components of correcting this “mismatch” are availability, accessibility, appropriate(ness), and affordability—this is where open-source medical hardware comes in, as Dr. Gerrit Niezen et. al. </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853539/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">explained</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in a 2016 research article:</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_61250" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-61250" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-attachment-id="61250" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/15/open-source-medical-hardware-what-you-should-know-and-what-you-can-do/the-glia-project-cc-by-sa/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA.jpg" data-orig-size="1504,1004" 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="The Glia Project (CC BY-SA)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-1024x684.jpg" class="wp-image-61250 size-medium" src="media/8afe2891.The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-300x200.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-300x200.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-768x513.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-60x40.jpg 60w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-50x33.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-232x155.jpg 232w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Glia-Project-CC-BY-SA.jpg 1504w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-61250" class="wp-caption-text">A 3D printer builds a stethoscope using The Glia Project&#8217;s open-source design. Source: The Glia Project (CC BY-SA)</figcaption></figure>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Making the hardware design available under an open source license allows anyone to improve </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">and contribute to the device design, leading to very rapid innovation compared to traditional methods. It also enables the design to be modified for very specific uses, and makes the devices easy to repair&#8230;This has great potential for making medical devices more accessible in the developing world, where devices can also be designed as open-source and built for specific use cases, instead of having to depend on donated equipment.”</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A clear example of a medical device “mismatch” is the cost of a stethoscope compared to its necessity. Although stethoscopes are one of the most important tools for healthcare workers, on the market, a reliable stethoscope costs between $90.00 &#8211; $200.00 USD and is almost impossible to come by in low-resource settings. After noticing this issue while working in Gaza, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/02/bassel-khartabil-fellowship-awarded-to-tarek-loubani-using-open-access-to-combat-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Tarek Loubani</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an emergency room physician in Canada and recipient of the 2020 Bassel Khartabil Fellowship, created an open-source design for stethoscopes in 2018 that can be 3D printed for around $3.00 USD. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Through his charity, </span><a href="https://glia.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Glia Project</a>, <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Loubani now creates and releases open-source designs for stethoscopes, tourniquets, and otoscopes so that they can be produced cheaply by anyone with a 3D printer. The charity not only creates these designs, they also train people in under-resourced and conflict-ridden areas to use 3D printers and deploy these medical devices in the field. “The Glia Project is first and foremost a project about independence,” explained Dr. Loubani in a 2019 </span><a href="https://logicmag.io/bodies/tarek-loubani-on-3d-printing-in-gaza/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">interview</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just recently, in response to the pandemic, the organization turned to creating face masks for Canadian health workers. “That&#8217;s been my promise to my colleagues,” Dr. Loubani recently </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.5502954/canadian-doctor-who-works-in-gaza-makes-3d-printed-face-shields-for-covid-19-1.5502964" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">CBC</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “And soon that will be my promise to all health-care workers in Canada.”</span></p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="61214" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/15/open-source-medical-hardware-what-you-should-know-and-what-you-can-do/medical-devices-divider/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,125" 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="Medical devices divider" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-300x15.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-1024x50.jpg" class="alignnone wp-image-61214 size-full" src="media/ca62616e.Medical-devices-divider-scaled.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="2560" height="125" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-300x15.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-1024x50.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-768x38.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-1536x75.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-2048x100.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-140x7.jpg 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-50x2.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-270x13.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Medical-devices-divider-1200x59.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p>
<h3><b>Creating open-source medical hardware during the COVID-19 pandemic</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Loubani is not alone in using open-source hardware to mitigate the medical supply and equipment shortage du</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">e to COVID-19. The </span><a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/3/25/21191562/slack-helpful-engineering-crowdsourcing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Helpful Engineering Group</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Slack is filled with thousands of engineers crowdsourcing ideas for medical devices and tools, and the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/opensourcecovid19medicalsupplies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Source COVID-19 Medical Supplies</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (OSCMS) group on Facebook has over 50,000 members doing the same. Alongside these somewhat ad hoc and loosely organized efforts are initiatives by research institutions and labs, such as the </span><a href="https://e-vent.mit.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">MIT Emergency Ventilator</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (E-Vent) project and the </span><a href="https://app.jogl.io/program/opencovid19" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just One Giant Lab OpenCovid19 Initiative</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<h1><b>What’s the manufacturing process?</b></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The process of identifying an open-source hardware design and manufacturing a final product differs depending on a variety of factors, such as design complexity, resource allocation, safety requirements, delivery needs, etc. In some cases, once an open-source design is created in-house, or identified elsewhere, the manufacturing process can be relatively quick. “The most important thing is to test the settings, optimize, adapt the design to your local resources, and test with professionals at hospitals. If it works, then you proceed,” said </span><a href="https://www.eselx.ipl.pt/eselx/estrutura/organizacao-cientifico-pedagogica/docentes/andre-rocha" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">André Rocha</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, assistant professor at the Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa, co-coordinator of <a href="https://www.fablabs.io/labs/fablabbenfica" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FabLab Benfica</a>, and an active member of CC Portugal. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>“The most important thing is to test the settings, optimize, adapt the design to your local resources, and test with professionals at hospitals.”</strong></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For example, a face shield—an important component of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_protective_equipment" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">personal protection equipment</a> (</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">PPE</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">)—is very “fabricatable,&#8221; meaning it’s easy to design and manufacture with a 3D printer, taking around 20 minutes to an hour. Due to the global shortage of face shields, there are many people utilizing open-source designs to manufacture and deliver these to healthcare workers. This includes Darrell Currington, who runs the <a href="https://www.ocadu.ca/services/studios/rapid-prototyping-centre" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rapid Prototyping Centre at OCAD University</a> in Toronto, Canada. “We&#8217;re currently working on the production of 3D printed visors which are used to make face shields for hospitals,” he explained over email, “With the university closed down, we weren&#8217;t able to run the facility as we normally would. So I decided the best thing we could do was to take what equipment we could, and distribute it among our staff, and faculty that would be most familiar with the technology.” </span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">OCAD University producing 3-D printed protective face shields for hospitals such as <a href="https://twitter.com/MGHToronto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MGHToronto</a> <a href="https://t.co/uAysgNQqOx">https://t.co/uAysgNQqOx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/covidontario?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#covidontario</a> <a href="https://t.co/wdwAWyzPAb">pic.twitter.com/wdwAWyzPAb</a></p>
<p>&mdash; OCAD University (@OCAD) <a href="https://twitter.com/OCAD/status/1246095551151603712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although 3D printing is a low-cost and quick way to create PPE components like face shields, there are instances in which it’s better to use other technologies like laser cutting to manufacture more reliable and effective devices—this is especially true for more complex devices like a <a href="https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/patient-care-articles/helmet-based-ventilation-is-superior-to-face-mask-for-patients-with-respiratory-distress" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">positive pressure helmet</a> (</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">PPH</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">). A PPH supplies filtered and precise airflow to the wearer. “Imagine an inflatable bubble on your head,” André explained. These have </span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-italy-bergamo-icu-patients-bubble-helmets-explainer-2020-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">been used</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in hospitals where COVID-19 cases have overwhelmed the healthcare system, such as Italy. PPHs can relieve the pressure on ventilators and prevent sick people from contaminating the air in crowded hospitals.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The process of designing and manufacturing a PPH is more complex than a face shield, requiring more collaboration with industrial companies and medical experts, more materials, and more tests to ensure the hardware is safe and reliable. Therefore, the pace of production and delivery is relatively slow. </span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">André is currently tracking a PPH project launched by</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the </span></i><a href="https://fabfoundation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fab Foundation</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The open project&#8217;s documentation can be tracked </span></i><a href="https://gitlab.fabcloud.org/pub/project/coronavirus/tracking" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the repository is located </span></i><a href="https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/pub/coronavirus/pph-ppe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></i></p>
<h1><b>How are requests received and delivered? </b></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Again, this varies widely depending on the specific context. In some cases, requests are formally channeled through government officials and/or hospital administrators and delivered by established organizations. In other cases, the requests are made informally by healthcare workers and hand-delivered through small volunteer groups or individuals, like </span><a href="https://www.coronavirusmakers.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coronavirus Makers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in Madrid, Spain. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">André’s </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">group in Lisbon, Portugal receives PPE supply requests directly from local healthcare workers. “All the help and requests are informal,” he explained</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “We [the volunteers] meet remotely almost every day to prepare next day donations to hospitals, police squads, and next developments.” </span></p>
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<p lang="es" dir="ltr">Aquí una foto que nos hacen llegar unos héroes de un centro de salud de Madrid. Como siempre decimos, ¡¡gracias a vosotros!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DeEstaSalimosJuntos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DeEstaSalimosJuntos</a> <a href="https://t.co/pukPtWuFdD">pic.twitter.com/pukPtWuFdD</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CoronavirusMakers.org (@CoronavirusMak3) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoronavirusMak3/status/1248596979174735873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, volunteer groups and individual efforts suffer from limited capacity and resources—thus, they’re unable to scale their efforts. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">André and his group are hoping to overcome these challenges by</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “developing cutting stamps for printing houses that can deliver a few thousand [face shields] in a couple of hours.” However, localized challenges, like a scarcity of the necessary materials to manufacture the supplies, are more difficult to solve. “The effort here is to create versions for different materials, thicknesses, and production processes based on available resources,” he explained. </span></p>
<h1><b>Are these devices safe?</b></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The landscape of open-source hardware feels a bit like the “wild wild west” due to the urgency and desperation of the current situation. However, ensuring that open-source hardware is safe and reliable is imperative. The devices developed by The Glia Project and their production site, for example, are approved by Health Canada. However, that approval process takes time and resources—neither of which are readily available during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>In many countries, safety information and regulations around medical devices are publicly available and should be followed.</strong> </span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Therefore, it’s important that manufacturers (even those do-it-yourself hobbyists sewing face masks) do their due diligence in ensuring their products are safe. But how? “I think the most basic level is to test solutions with local health professionals,” emphasized André, “Another is to be extremely careful during fabrication. Everything should be validated by professionals before usage&#8230;In projects that represent higher complexity, I believe that [public health] authorities should be involved and contacted.” Darrell’s group, for example, checked with </span><a href="https://www.tehn.ca/about-us/newsroom/ppe-drive-medical-leaders-launch-campaign-support-covid-19-response" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Garron Hospital</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in Toronto for a tested and approved 3D printed face shield design before starting their efforts. “The hospital had worked with a designer named Shawn Lim, they tested his design, and found they could sanitize the visor and it would be safe for use in their hospital,” Darrell explained, “They then posted the design on </span><a href="http://theppedrive.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">their website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and asked for anyone with a 3D printer to contribute&#8230;As of this evening [April 9] we should have just under 1000 units ready for drop off at the hospital on Tuesday.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In many countries, safety information and regulations around medical devices are publicly available and should be followed. For example, the United States Federal Drug Administration (FDA) lists regulatory standards for a variety of devices on their website, and in response to COVID-19, they’ve <a href="https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/emergency-situations-medical-devices/emergency-use-authorizations#coronavirus2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">curated specific information on ventilators and PPE</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.  </span></p>
<h1><b>Where can I find open-source initiatives and designs?</b></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are hundreds, if not thousands, of different open-source hardware initiatives that you can contribute to and designs that you can utilize. There are a few repositories that you can search through, including </span><a href="https://www.appropedia.org/COVID-19_initiatives_on_Appropedia?fbclid=IwAR0cth_RQ4Ao34Q0SZt_BtQo2D2NK2s1_QcJ_ZZ8J-kgVvZnW_izFyW9wzQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Appropedia</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://wikifactory.com/+wikifactory/stories/coming-together-as-an-open-community-for-viral-response?fbclid=IwAR3cI_NsZte9543bMDRF-ylgb1ym_kmz8PQM66Vay7mKePp18PQFw_mDA4Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wikifactory</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and Public Invention’s </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vTYAfldxoIiO46VAWH1NlhrwFBn9mguqS2bh1spnLEu4AVVN1cj1vaEm6vOp5Z6UnaAbUwd8dslCXdM/pubhtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Evaluation of Open Source Ventilators,</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” as well as loosely organized social media groups to join, including the aforementioned </span><a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/3/25/21191562/slack-helpful-engineering-crowdsourcing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Helpful Engineering Group</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Slack and </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/opensourcecovid19medicalsupplies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Source COVID-19 Medical Supplies</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (OSCMS) on Facebook. Just One Giant Lab (JOGL) has also launched several projects under their <a href="https://app.jogl.io/program/opencovid19" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OpenCovid19 Initiative</a>. There are also more country-specific initiatives and designs, such as </span><a href="https://breath4life.odoo.com/?fbclid=IwAR2bzZTcJcALlSdZDtEkGCJvhAs3HQyyvD_O7NvhYIT9iix8Ei3IDqi-NGM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breath4Life</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Belgium), </span><a href="https://www.inventu.com.ar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Un Respiro</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Argentina)</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://www.dinalab.net/2020/04/01/face-shield/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fast Jungle Face Shield</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Panama)</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://www.make4covid.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make4Covid</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (USA), </span><a href="https://www.ventilaid.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">VentilAid</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Poland), </span><a href="https://opensourceventilator.ie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Source Ventilator</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Ireland), </span><a href="https://www.oxygen.protofy.xyz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">OxyGen</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Spain), </span><a href="https://www.opensourceagainstcovid19.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Source Against COVID-19</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Belgium).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to André, it’s important to distinguish ‘pirate’ initiatives that “reverse-engineer medical equipment” from other initiatives developing new designs through more official collaborations and/or partnerships by universities, companies, and research centers. “Information about the latter is unclear because it is hard to distinguish the nature of the initiative,” he emphasized, “We don&#8217;t always know if patents will be filed later on or if they are universally available open-source designs.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img data-attachment-id="61149" data-permalink="https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/07/open-covid-pledge-removing-obstacles-to-sharing-ip-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/template/" data-orig-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01.jpg" data-orig-size="2500,1703" 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;1586204030&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;template&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="template" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-300x204.jpg" data-large-file="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-1024x698.jpg" class="size-medium wp-image-61149 alignright" src="media/9b2633d3.logo-lightback-jpg-01-300x204.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-300x204.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="204" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-300x204.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-768x523.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-1536x1046.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-2048x1395.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-59x40.jpg 59w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-50x34.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-228x155.jpg 228w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-lightback-jpg-01-1200x817.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" />In order to <strong>avoid intellectual property (IP) issues</strong>, and make it clear the results of these collaborations are open source, Creative Commons is urging individuals, companies, and research institutions to clearly utilize an open-source license or sign the </span><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Open COVID Pledge</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">—which grants the public free, temporary access to IP rights in support of solving the COVID-19 crisis, removing obstacles to knowledge and inventions that could save lives and limit suffering.</span></p>
<p><em>P.s. You don&#8217;t need to know how to operate a 3D printer, laser cutter, or sewing machine to help out. You can donate materials, money, or your time to each initiative. Just take a look at their websites!  </em></p>
<h3><b>What’s next? </b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The current situation is not ideal. The explosive growth of open-source hardware over recent weeks is the direct result of devastating medical supply shortages across the world—and unfortunately, current efforts are relatively ad hoc, difficult to scale, and loosely organized. Therefore, it’s impossible to predict what will happen to all of the open-source hardware developed in reaction to COVID-19. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will these designs become legitimate alternatives to those found on the market once the pandemic is over? Will they be used to correct the “mismatch” of medical devices globally? Or will they simply be relegated to the digital archives of history? These are important questions that will need to be examined in the coming months. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For now, let&#8217;s get to work. <img src="media/f0ca0435.1f4aa.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f4aa.png" alt="💪" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="media/9c6f32e6.1f637.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f637.png" alt="😷" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong>If you have a question regarding CC Licenses and how they apply to hardware designs or the Open COVID Pledge, please feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:info@creativecommons.org">info@creativecommons.org</a>.</strong></p>
<p><img src="media/86b59589.1f44b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Stop the spread of COVID-19 by </b><b>taking</b><b> these steps</b><b> outlined by the WHO, including washing your hands for at least 20 seconds and social distancing.</b></a></p>
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