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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62565
title: An Open Letter to President-elect Biden
uri: An-Open-Letter-to-President-elect-Biden
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/02/an-open-letter-to-president-elect-biden/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dear Mr. President-elect,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">First, I&#8217;d like to offer my sincere congratulations to you and to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. This has been such a difficult year for so many around the world, and in this time of extreme polarization it is encouraging to hear you both talk about bringing people together to meet our common challenges. For many years I was a Member of the European Parliament, and I know how incredibly important it is to build bridges and work collaboratively with people we don&#8217;t always agree with.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I&#8217;m writing today as the leader of </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a global nonprofit organization focused in part on making valuable scientific research and educational resources freely and openly available to the public. We work with universities, companies, governments, and institutions around the world to develop solutions for providing unencumbered access to knowledge.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In your 2016 speech to the American Association for Cancer Research, </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/163625176"><span style="font-weight: 400;">you quoted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> an article written by our then-CEO, Ryan Merkley, about the unnecessary barriers to publicly funded research. You noted that &#8220;taxpayers fund $5 billion in cancer research every year, but once it’s published, nearly all of [it] sits behind walls.&#8221; You correctly suggested that better treatments might be developed more quickly if cancer researchers, as well as the general public, had access to the rich trove of publicly funded research and data that is locked up behind prohibitive paywalls.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The COVID-19 health crisis has underscored the urgent need for scientific research and data to be shared freely and openly with others. Several of the most significant funders of scientific research, including the National Institutes of Health, the Gates Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust have long-standing open access policies. But many others do not, and as a result, many of the diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, medical equipment, and software solutions currently being developed in the fight against the pandemic will not reach and benefit as many people as quickly and effectively as they should.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Additionally, as you are very well aware, the pandemic has massively disrupted the lives of over a billion students around the world. For many, 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 students are denied their fundamental human right to education.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This year&#8217;s shift to online learning has introduced many new complexities for both students and educators. 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 has brought into focus the essential need for both broad access to Open Educational Resources (OER) and broad copyright limitations and exceptions (L&amp;E) for educators and students to freely and legally use copyright works so all students everywhere can learn.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Creative Commons, we believe that open access to knowledge is critical—especially during times of crisis. For nearly 20 years, we have collaborated closely with entities including the US government to make the world more equitable by overcoming obstacles to the sharing of knowledge. In these unprecedented times, our mission is more important than ever, and I look forward to working with you and your administration in developing solutions that unlock knowledge and make it possible for anyone, anywhere to access and build upon it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sincerely,<br />
Catherine Stihler<br />
CEO, Creative Commons</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/02/an-open-letter-to-president-elect-biden/">An Open Letter to President-elect Biden</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62569
title: Explore the New CC Legal Database Site!
uri: Explore-the-New-CC-Legal-Database-Site
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/03/explore-the-new-cc-legal-database-site/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><b>Creative Commons Legal Database</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a collection of case law and legal scholarship to help our users learn more about legal issues surrounding Creative Commons (CC) licenses and legal tools. This information has been contributed by many dedicated members of 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;"> and the CC Legal Team. It was shared in a public beta site, and we have been working to release a new version to finally graduate the project as an official CC product.</span></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-62570 aligncenter" src="media/2bae722e.CC-Legal-Database-Logo-300x45.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-Logo-300x45.png" alt="" width="373" height="56" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-Logo-300x45.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-Logo-140x21.png 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-Logo-50x7.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-Logo-270x40.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-Logo.png 403w" sizes="(max-width: 373px) 85vw, 373px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What did we want to improve on the beta site? First, we wanted to integrate </span><a href="https://cc-vocabulary.netlify.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vocabulary</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the CC’s design system, and through this unify the look and feel with other CC websites and applications undergoing the same process. Second, the management of the information by CC Legal Staff (reviewing and publication) was a cumbersome process, so we wanted to reimplement it providing a friendly administration interface.</span></p>
<h3><b>Explore the new site</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now you can access the revamped </span><a href="https://legaldb.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Legal Database</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">site and enjoy the smooth experience. Browse resources that aim to help you understand the enforceability and precedents set by courts around the world concerning Creative Commons licenses, including legal scholarship discussing the CC licenses and public domain tools.</span></p>

<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/03/explore-the-new-cc-legal-database-site/cc-legal-database-screenshot-1/'><img width="300" height="264" src="media/8b6004f2.CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-1-300x264.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-1-300x264.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-1-300x264.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-1-1024x900.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-1-768x675.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-1-46x40.png 46w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-1-50x44.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-1-176x155.png 176w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-1-1200x1055.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-1.png 1365w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /></a>
<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/03/explore-the-new-cc-legal-database-site/cc-legal-database-screenshot-2-2/'><img width="300" height="264" src="media/c26ae0b1.CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-2-1-300x264.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-2-1-300x264.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-2-1-300x264.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-2-1-1024x900.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-2-1-768x675.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-2-1-46x40.png 46w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-2-1-50x44.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-2-1-176x155.png 176w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-2-1-1200x1055.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-2-1.png 1365w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /></a>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On listings, you can search specific content by keywords or filter by topics clicking on tags. See details by clicking on the case name or scholarship title.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-62576 alignright" src="media/72a1e61a.CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3-248x300.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3-248x300.png" alt="" width="248" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3-248x300.png 248w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3-845x1024.png 845w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3-768x931.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3-1267x1536.png 1267w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3-33x40.png 33w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3-41x50.png 41w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3-128x155.png 128w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3-1200x1455.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Legal-Database-screenshot-3.png 1320w" sizes="(max-width: 248px) 85vw, 248px" />You can also contribute relevant information to the database within the site, a project that the CC Legal team will be rolling out in the near future. Once active, you can submit a </span><a href="https://legaldb.creativecommons.org/cases/submit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">legal decision</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or </span><a href="https://legaldb.creativecommons.org/scholarship/submit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">article</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with a link and other basic information. Many fields are optional but the more you fill in the better. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In case of doubts, check the </span><a href="https://legaldb.creativecommons.org/faq" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frequently Asked Questions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or contact our </span><a href="mailto:legal@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legal team</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, as mentioned before, we reimplemented the whole site to make the information management easier by the Staff.  Although this is something not everybody can see, we hope the automation of tasks and a cleaner admin interface will help speed up the process of providing more information for the public.</span></p>
<h3><b>What&#8217;s next?</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is always room for improvement. For this project, these are some points where we can still improve on a technology level:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Improve the search─Currently, the search feature is quite limited on the terms that can be queried, which means if users make a mistake, i.e. exchanging two letters, they probably will not find what they wanted. Additionally, the search can be improved by showing recommendations when nothing is found.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make tables sortable by columns─Give more power to the user to explore and scan the resources. It would be nice to have features to provide more interactivity with data.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are interested in the process it took to reimplement the site, there is a </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/series/outreachy-may-2020-legal-database/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">series of posts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on the Open Source blog that walks through it.</span></p>
<h3><b>How can I contribute?</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The CC Legal Database is an open-source project, so community contributions are welcome. You can find the code on a </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/caselaw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Github repository</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and report bugs or suggest new features there. Please read the </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/contributing-code/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">contribution guidelines</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> before doing so. We also have a Slack channel to discuss the specifics of the project, you can join </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">#cc-dev-legal-database</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> if you want, we will be waiting for your valuable feedback. Finally, please stay tuned for an announcement by the CC Legal team that will include a call for contributions.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/03/explore-the-new-cc-legal-database-site/">Explore the New CC Legal Database Site!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62582
title: We’re Against Digital Rights Management. Here’s Why.
uri: We-re-Against-Digital-Rights-Management-Here-s-Why
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/04/were-against-digital-rights-management-heres-why/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We at Creative Commons (CC) have long </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/07/09/terrible-horrible-no-good-bad-drm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">disagreed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with the use of digital rights management (DRM) and technological protection measures (TPMs) in the open environment. We believe that DRM and TPMs should not be used to control, limit, prevent or otherwise affect activities and uses allowed under CC licenses’ terms. Plainly, DRM and TPMs are antithetical to the “open” ethos and at odds with the values of sharing that we support. </span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>What is DRM?</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">DRM</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> consists of access control technologies or restrictive licensing agreements that attempt to restrict the use, modification, and distribution of legally-acquired works. Examples include encryption technology used on DVDs, keys (or passwords) with video games or copying restrictions on ebooks.  </span></p>
<h3><b>DRM goes against the spirit of open sharing</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most creators who choose CC licenses probably don’t want DRM — they want wide distribution, use, and reuse of their content. Generally, we encourage creators to share their content in “downloadable” and “editable” formats (i.e. DRM-free — without any technical restriction to download, copy, or modify) to make it easier for others to benefit from and use the content</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, including for educational and socially beneficial purposes</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We likewise discourage sharing CC-licensed content on platforms, sites or channels that add DRM to the shared content. That way, the spirit of open licensing is upheld and the legitimate expectations of the public regarding the freedoms associated with using openly-licensed content aren’t compromised. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>DRM does a disservice to the public: it blocks legitimate access to the content, thereby posing a threat to the universal, fundamental rights of access to knowledge, science, culture and education.</strong> </span></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/@creativecommons/drm-is-still-here-and-it-still-sucks-aad7a8c33b1f" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ve said it before</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and we’ll say it again: standing up against DRM is incredibly important for many communities in the open movement, particularly open education. Of particular importance is the ability for educators and learners to “</span><a href="http://opencontent.org/definition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">retain</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” content and “to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage).” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DRM poses a dire risk to the principles at the foundation of the open movement. DRM often constitutes an unnecessary obstacle preventing access to and use of content for legitimate purposes. When used in connection with openly-licensed content, DRM does a disservice to the public: it blocks legitimate access to the content, thereby posing a threat to the universal, fundamental rights of access to knowledge, science, culture and education. We at CC will continue to advocate against it.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/04/were-against-digital-rights-management-heres-why/">We&#8217;re Against Digital Rights Management. Here&#8217;s Why.</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62590
title: New Improvements in the CC Search Browser Extension
uri: New-Improvements-in-the-CC-Search-Browser-Extension
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/
content:
<p><em>This is part of a series of posts introducing the projects built by open source contributors mentored by Creative Commons during Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2020 and Outreachy. Mayank Nader was one of those contributors and we are grateful for his work on this project.</em></p>
<hr size="10" />
<p>The <a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/ccsearch-browser-extension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search Browser Extension</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> allows users to search, filter, and use images in the Public Domain and under Creative Commons licenses. It is heavily inspired by </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;"> but at the same time, it offers an experience that is more personalized and collaborative. One of the primary goals of the extension is to complement the user&#8217;s workflow and allow them to concentrate on what’s important.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recently, there have been many improvements to the CC Search Browser Extension and I&#8217;ll go through the significant changes in this post.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>New filters</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previously, the extension only supported filtering the content using </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">license</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">sources</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">use case</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Now, the extension also supports filtering by </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">image type</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">file type</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">aspect ratio</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">image size</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This will allow users to be more precise in their queries when searching.</span></p>

<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-browser-1/'><img width="876" height="683" src="media/527eb3d1.CC-Search-Browser-1.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-1.gif" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a>
<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-browser-2/'><img width="876" height="791" src="media/a457fe6b.CC-Search-Browser-2.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-2.gif" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a>

<ul>
<li><strong>Browsing by source</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The extension now has a dynamically updated &#8220;sources&#8221; section. This opens an avenue for exploration of all the 40+ sources which are currently available in the CC Catalog. This is advantageous for users who are not familiar with the type of content a particular source provides. They might run into a source that has a huge catalog of high-quality images that they are looking for.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_62603" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62603" style="width: 435px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62603 " src="media/ee1b6519.CC-Search-Browser-3.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-3.gif" alt="" width="435" height="393" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62603" class="wp-caption-text">Sources section</figcaption></figure>
<ul>
<li><strong>Search by tags</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most of the images have some tags associated with them, which are now shown in the image-detail section. Image tags will allow users to incrementally make their queries better and more specific.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_62604" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62604" style="width: 394px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62604 " src="media/27f2934b.CC-Search-Browser-4.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-4.gif" alt="" width="394" height="356" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62604" class="wp-caption-text">Search by image tag</figcaption></figure>
<ul>
<li><strong>Related images</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the image detail section of any particular image, you can now see several recommendations. This will help users find a variety of images that fit their requirements and also explore the images that would not usually show up on the initial pages of the search result.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_62605" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62605" style="width: 327px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62605 " src="media/1755dc74.CC-Search-Browser-5.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-5.gif" alt="" width="327" height="295" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62605" class="wp-caption-text">Image recommendations</figcaption></figure>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improvement to the bookmarks section</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The bookmarks section is an important part of the extension. While searching, if you find images that you might use later you can bookmark and save them in the extension.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The bookmarks section has undergone some crucial improvements which have made it significantly faster. Also, now the extension will be able to hold 300 bookmarks (the old version had a limit of only 50). </span></p>

<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-browser-6/'><img width="512" height="460" src="media/7cd80bc7.CC-Search-Browser-6.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-6.gif" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a>
<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-browser-7/'><img width="876" height="791" src="media/3456cab8.CC-Search-Browser-7.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-7.gif" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We made sure that the updates to the bookmarks section do not remove any previously saved bookmarks. If a user has some old bookmark files that they are using for sharing or archiving, the extension will still be able to recognize and parse those files.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comparing the rendering of the bookmarked images in the old version and the new version demonstrates the improvement in performance.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improved UI</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Updating the UI of the extension was necessary to make space for all of the improvements. All the workflows and features in the old version of the extension have been updated to make the new UI very intuitive. </span></p>

<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-browser-8/'><img width="512" height="460" src="media/ba55c4ee.CC-Search-Browser-8.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-8.gif" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a>
<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-browser-9/'><img width="876" height="791" src="media/21646362.CC-Search-Browser-9.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-9.gif" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a>


<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-browser-10/'><img width="512" height="462" src="media/9db07bf0.CC-Search-Browser-10.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-10.gif" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a>
<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-browser-11/'><img width="876" height="791" src="media/12e23242.CC-Search-Browser-11.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-11.gif" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a>


<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-browser-12/'><img width="876" height="791" src="media/5deb9a5d.CC-Search-Browser-12.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-12.gif" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a>
<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/new-improvements-in-the-cc-search-browser-extension/cc-search-browser-13/'><img width="876" height="791" src="media/875f0bda.CC-Search-Browser-13.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Browser-13.gif" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a>

<ul>
<li><strong>Demonstrating a general use case</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As I said in the introduction of this post, rather than complicating the workflow of the user, the extension’s goal is to complement it. The extension makes it easier to add images and their attributions to a blog post in WordPress, for example. After you have searched and bookmarked the images, it’s a matter of a few clicks. You can replicate this on Medium, Blogger, or any modern blogging platform. (<a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/ccsearch-browser-extension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Evident here!</a>)</span></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Installation</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The latest version of the extension is available for installation on </span><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cc-search/agohkbfananbebiaphblgcfhcclklfnh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Chrome</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </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://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;">, and </span><a href="https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/cc-search/djolilnbndifmlfmcdnifdfjfbglipgc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Microsoft Edge</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are already using the extension, then the extension should have auto-updated. If it has not, the instructions to manually update are written under the FAQ tab in the settings page.</span></p>
<h3><strong>Join the community</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Come and tell us about your experience on the </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/community/#slack" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Slack</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> via the slack channel: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">#cc-dev-browser-extension</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, check out the project on </span><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/ccsearch-browser-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Github</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. You can contribute in the form of bug reports, feature requests, or code contributions.</span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62594
title: 24 x Open Education Lightning Talks
uri: 24-x-Open-Education-Lightning-Talks
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/24-x-open-education-lightning-talks/
content:
<p style="font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic;"><img style="display: block;" src="media/e5d65eb0.4842220237_953ced6817_b.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4087/4842220237_953ced6817_b.jpg" alt="lightning" /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/32127264@N08/4842220237">&#8220;lightning&#8221;</a><span> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/32127264@N08">duane.schoon</a></span> is licensed under <a style="margin-right: 5px;" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=html">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0</a><a style="display: inline-block; white-space: none; margin-top: 2px; margin-left: 3px; height: 22px !important;" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img style="height: inherit; margin-right: 3px; display: inline-block;" src="https://search.creativecommons.org/static/img/cc_icon.svg?image_id=69ed810a-0759-4f24-932b-53c5c975d823" /><img style="height: inherit; margin-right: 3px; display: inline-block;" src="media/896c1ab3.cc-by_icon.svg" data-original-source="https://search.creativecommons.org/static/img/cc-by_icon.svg" /><img style="height: inherit; margin-right: 3px; display: inline-block;" src="media/495530c8.cc-nc_icon.svg" data-original-source="https://search.creativecommons.org/static/img/cc-nc_icon.svg" /><img style="height: inherit; margin-right: 3px; display: inline-block;" src="media/b6f1014a.cc-sa_icon.svg" data-original-source="https://search.creativecommons.org/static/img/cc-sa_icon.svg" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-open-education-platform/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Open Education Platform</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is hosting a series of open education “lightning talks” in which open education practitioners will </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">discuss their work (7 minutes) and take questions (2 minutes) in a supportive space</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Everyone is welcome. Join us!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All talks will take place in this </span><a href="https://meet.jit.si/LightningTalks-MainRoom"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jitsi room</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Dial-in (backup): +1.512.647.1431  PIN: 1489 6238 59#</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this first round of talks, 25 members of the CC Open Education Platform will present their work over three sessions.</span></p>
<p><b>Tuesday, 8 December: 8:00am &#8211; 9:30am </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(PST &#8211; Los Angeles time)</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sue Jones: Cognitively Accessible Math OER</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">David Wiley: Sustaining and Improving OER</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris Morrison &amp; Jane Secker: How openness helped us address the challenge of copyright and online teaching at a time of crisis</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nathan Smith: Starting a local consortium to increase collaboration around OER</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yasin Dahi: Learnful: An open platform for OER authoring and collaboration in Canada</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christer Gundersen: Crowdsourcing translation of early grade reading resources at scale</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TJ Bliss: Open Education in Idaho Higher Education</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grif Peterson: Increasing equity with OER through learning circles</span></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Friday, 11 December: 7:30am &#8211; 9:00am </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(PST &#8211; Los Angeles time)</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Judith Sebesta: Texas Learn OER</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">André Rocha: Fabschools</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Suma Parahakaran: Educating for Human Values and Ethics in Schools</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yogesh K S: Wikimedia and MediaWiki in Open Education</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stephen Downes: A Personal Learning Platform</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hugh McGuire: Where can I find Pressbooks books? Why, the Pressbooks Directory</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Omshivaprakash: Digital archiving to build OER for local languages</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nate Angell: Open Learning Experience Bingo</span></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Thursday, 17 December: 8:00am &#8211; 9:30am </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(PST &#8211; Los Angeles time)</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roxanne Russell: Part you, part text, part machine, all learning</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fernando Daguanno: OER are not always textbooks</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meri McCoy-Thompson: We Are Resilient</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werner Westermann: Offline OER to mitigate learning loss</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah Hutton: Open from the Start: Strategies for Integrating OER and Open Pedagogical Practice Into First-Year and General Programs at UMass Amherst</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lance Eaton: The Public Dollar: Finding &amp; Flipping the Value of the Commons</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rajeeb Dutta: Hello Santali</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dan McGuire: Geogebra + Illustrative Mathematics + your LMS = Great Teaching and Learning</span></li>
</ul>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62624
title: Thanking Diane Peters for Her Service to Creative Commons
uri: Thanking-Diane-Peters-for-Her-Service-to-Creative-Commons
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/07/thanking-diane-peters-for-her-service-to-creative-commons/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I&#8217;d like to offer a heartfelt thanks to Creative Commons&#8217; longtime General Counsel, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/dianecreativecommons-org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diane Peters</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who will be leaving CC at the end of the month to take on new opportunities in 2021. She has served in her staff role at CC since 2008 and as a member of the CC board of directors for many years as its counsel and secretary. Diane has played a key role in nearly every initiative CC has undertaken over the past decade, and the organization will miss her dearly.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diane led the work to launch the 4.0 versions of CC&#8217;s licenses, the CC0 public domain dedication, and CC&#8217;s Public Domain Mark—legal tools that have become the gold standard for institutions and individuals wanting to make their copyrighted works freely and openly available for use by anyone in the world. She&#8217;s been a critically important figure in supporting and championing CC&#8217;s global community, and her leadership of the Open COVID Pledge has been a great demonstration of her innovative thinking. Additionally, her hard work in the GLAM sector has resulted in many major collections of academic materials and cultural works being made openly available to the public—freeing knowledge and culture everywhere for everyone. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All of us at Creative Commons wish Diane well. We thank her for her service to CC over the past 12 years and are excited for what the future holds for her. The work she&#8217;s done at CC has made it much easier for people to share knowledge and creativity with others, and has resulted in a more open and accessible world.</span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62628
uri: Creative-Commons-Joins-the-American-University-s-Efforts-to-Promote
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/09/creative-commons-joins-the-american-universitys-efforts/
title:
Creative Commons Joins the American University’s Efforts to Promote the International Right to Research

content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) has received a three-year grant of $3.8 million from </span><a href="http://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arcadia</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, for its </span><a href="http://www.pijip.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (PIJIP). The project will study changes needed in international copyright policy to ensure equity in the production of and access to research. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The COVID pandemic has cast a bright light on inequities in the global research system that restrictive copyright laws perpetuate,” said Professor Sean Flynn, director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and the project’s principal investigator. “In many countries, library resources, for example, can only be used ‘on the premises’ of that institution. Use of educational materials is often restricted to use ‘in a classroom.’ Our goal is to promote a system in which every researcher, every student, and every citizen of every country has the ability to engage in modern research activity and enjoy its products, including across borders and utilizing online tools.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The project will support a network of access to knowledge civil society organizations to form and lead national and regional coalitions of researchers and the institutions that support them. Each coalition will engage in collaborative research projects and facilitate the sharing of research outcomes in their countries and regions. </span></p>
<p><b>Creative Commons will join the Steering Committee, alongside several other organizations, with the goal of driving change in international copyright policy to ensure equity in the production of and access to research.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We are thrilled to be part of the Arcadia-funded project and contribute to </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">spurring change in international copyright policy,” said CC’s CEO Catherine Stihler. “At Creative Commons, we strive to foster the production, open access and open sharing of research in ways that serve the public interest and we look forward to pursuing this objective in collaboration with other project partners.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/news/pijip-awarded-3-8-million-grant-from-arcadia-fund-to-promote-international-right-to-research-in-copyright-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read the full press release from the AUWCL here.</a></strong></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62635
title: Meet CC Mexico, Our Next Feature for CC Network Fridays!
uri: Meet-CC-Mexico-Our-Next-Feature-for-CC-Network-Fridays
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/11/meet-cc-mexico-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After introducing the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/07/10/cc-network-fridays-cc-italy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Italy Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to you in July, the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/08/14/meet-cc-netherlands-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Netherlands Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in August, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/09/14/meet-cc-bangladesh-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Bangladesh Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in September, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/10/09/cc-tanzania-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Tanzania Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in October, and the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/11/13/meet-cc-india-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC India Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in November, we are now traveling to Latin America to introduce the CC Mexico Chapter! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Global Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (CCGN) consists of 46 CC Country Chapters spread across the globe. They’re the home for a community of advocates, activists, educators, artists, lawyers, and users who share CC’s vision and values. They implement and strengthen open access policies, copyright reform, open education, and open culture in the communities in which they live.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To help showcase their work, we’re excited to continue our blog series and social media initiative: </span><b>CC Network Fridays</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. At least one Friday a month, we’re traveling around the world through our blog and on Twitter (using</span><a href="https://twitter.com/i/events/1281214811687305217?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <b>#CCNetworkFridays</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) to a different CC Chapter, introducing their teams, discussing their work, and celebrating their commitment to open! </span></p>
<h3><b>Say hello to CC Mexico!</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The CC Mexico Chapter was </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">formed in 2018</span>. <em>Check out <a href="media/01c9bb7d.FileCreative_Commons_MC3A9xico_promocional_2019.webm" data-original-source="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creative_Commons_M%C3%A9xico,_promocional_2019.webm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this video by CC Mexico featuring</a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">original music, &#8220;La cumbia de los comunes&#8221; (&#8220;The commons cumbia&#8221;) published under CC BY-SA.</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Its Chapter Lead is </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/members/ivanm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ivan Martinez</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and its representative to the CC Global Network Council is </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/members/irenesoria/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Irene Soria</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. They are a group of activists, artists, musicians, academics, political scientists, hackers, editors, and lawyers who have fought battles in favor of free culture for many years, and who gathered to bring CC Mexico back to life in 2018.  For this post, we spoke to Irene who told us a bit more about the Chapter’s work. She responded in both English and </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spanish</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">! </span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC México: Somos un grupo de personas activistas, artistas, músicas, académicas, científicas sociales, hackers y personas abogadas, que hemos enfrentado batallas a favor de la Cultura Libre en México durante varios años. Nos juntamos en julio del 2018 para traer a la vida un nuevo y mejorado capítulo de Creative Commons México. Por cierto, ¿ya viste </span><a href="media/01c9bb7d.FileCreative_Commons_MC3A9xico_promocional_2019.webm" data-original-source="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creative_Commons_M%C3%A9xico,_promocional_2019.webm"><span style="font-weight: 400;">nuestro video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">?, tiene música original, “La cumbia de los comunes.&#8221;</span></em></p>
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<p><b>CC: What open movement work is your Chapter actively involved in? What would you like to achieve with your work?</b></p>
<p><b>CC Mexico:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We are actually working on three topics mainly: </span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Advocating for CC licenses through</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRI2tjNrLtM&amp;list=PLSzM04cV0CGWtrxKqgAPsDM7CZ5CmZB37&amp;index=45"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> talks</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj673JER6sE&amp;list=PLSzM04cV0CGWtrxKqgAPsDM7CZ5CmZB37&amp;index=37"><span style="font-weight: 400;">workshops</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THrL3QJ2rG0"><span style="font-weight: 400;">discussion</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SecretariaCulturaMx/videos/408560670543406/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">groups</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joining </span><a href="https://participa.nicensuranicandados.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">coalitions</span></a> <a href="https://salvemosinternet.mx/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">defending the Internet</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://participa.nicensuranicandados.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">opposing recent</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> local unfair and disproportional copyright reforms, by taking part or leading talks and forums about their negative impact on education and authors; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Changing the way big players in Mexico relate to copyright, especially regarding Open Education and Open GLAM.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We urgently advocate for the need for access to educational and cultural materials in the Mexican context. We are contributing to changes in public institutions, such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/UNAM_MX"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UNAM</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) and the </span><a href="https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=%40CulturaCiudadMx"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Secretariat of Culture in Mexico City</span></a>. Both of these institutions<span style="font-weight: 400;"> adopted CC licenses in a massive way thanks to our advice. We want to encourage more institutions—particularly those funded by public means—to adopt CC licensing and change their ways of managing copyright. We want to improve Mexican copyright law and promote a better environment for creativity, freedom, free licenses, and public domain. (We have even linked to support from Creative Commons when exposing these topics to the </span><a href="https://r3d.mx/2020/09/17/reformas-a-la-lfda-no-se-adaptan-a-necesidades-de-museos-bibliotecas-y-archivos-considera-creative-commons/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=meetedgar.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mexican Senate</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">).</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC México: En el capítulo CC hemos trabajado en el uso de licencias CC en la UNAM, la universidad más grande de Latinoamérica, de igual forma, hemos ofrecido múltiples charlas en diferentes espacios para hablar de la reforma de la ley de derechos de autor en México y cómo eso nos afecta. También hemos realizado vínculos con CC Global para hablar de estos temas en el Senado de la República. También formamos parte de coaliciones como Salvemos Internet y Ni censura ni candados, que buscan oponerse a modificaciones en la ley que vulneran los derechos digitales en México.</span></em></p>
<p><b>CC: What exciting project has your Chapter engaged in recently?</b></p>
<p><b>CC Mexico: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">We were just awarded a Creative Commons grant to develop a publication on author’s rights and proportional copyright from a regional point-of-view. <em>Spoiler alert: gender, remixing, and traditional knowledge is involved!</em></span></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/UNAM_MX"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UNAM</span></a> (<span style="font-weight: 400;">Mexico’s National University) has officially adopted CC licensing at their repositories—and we provided advisory for this process. <em>This is the BIGGEST university in Latin America!</em> Cool isn’t it?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are supporting the Mexico-based </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ultracinema_mx"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ultracinema_mx</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> festival’s CC-licenced films category. This is a beautiful community of authors resampling, reusing, archiving, cataloguing, tracking and producing films in Latin America. </span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC México: Hemos ganado el gran de CC global para realizar una publicación acerca del derecho de autor proporcional y hablar desde diferentes voces, como una forma de entender la propiedad intelectual. También, le hemos dado seguimiento a la implementación de las licencias CC en la UNAM e hicimos vínculos con el festival de Cine de Reapropiación, Ultra Cinema, y desde el año próximo, tendrán una categoría de premiación exclusiva de obras que tengan licenciamiento CC.</span></em></p>
<p><b>CC: What do you find inspiring and rewarding about your work in the open movement?</b></p>
<p><b>CC Mexico:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Contact with people and communities such as artists, filmmakers, librarians, archivists, NGOs and others looking for our advice is both inspiring and rewarding. Knowing that artists, some even supported by Mexican government grants, have chosen CC licensing is pretty inspiring.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>CC México: El contacto que hemos tenido con la gente y algunas comunidades, sentir que algunos espacios de artistas y cineastas nos buscan para saber más del tema, o que nos comparten su trabajo, es muy gratificante. También saber que hay artistas CC que apoyan el movimiento y han sido apoyados con becas de fomento a la creación.</em></span></p>
<p><b>CC: What are your plans for the future? </b></p>
<p><b>CC Mexico: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">We would like to build a bigger team, a volunteer network and CC workgroups throughout the country; especially among communities not commonly included at the Creative Commons mission.</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC México: Nos gustaría construir un equipo más grande; armar y coordinar un grupo de voluntarios a lo largo de todo el país, especialmente entre comunidades que no siempre han sido incluídas en las comunidades internacionales de Creative Commons.</span></em></p>
<p><b>CC: What projects in your country are using CC licenses that you’d like to highlight? (Please provide their Twitter handles if you have them.)</b></p>
<p><b>CC Mexico: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Projects opting-in CC licencing in Mexico are quite diverse:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From Mexico City government cultural affairs office </span><a href="https://twitter.com/CulturaCiudadMx"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@CulturaCiudadMx</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, (</span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/culturacdmx/albums"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.flickr.com/photos/culturacdmx/albums</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Institute for Research on University and Education, UNAM, online publications:  </span><a href="https://twitter.com/IISUE_UNAM"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@IISUE_UNAM</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC photographer </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Eneas"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@eneas</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A feminist academic magazine:  </span><a href="https://twitter.com/DebateFeminista"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@DebateFeminista</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mexican rock band: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/holabelafonte"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@holabelafonte</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Latam: Center for Advanced Latin American Studies </span><a href="https://twitter.com/CalasCenter"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@CalasCenter</span></a> <a href="media/48460837.garcia_canclini.ciudadanos_reemplazados_por_algoritmos.pdf" data-original-source="http://www.calas.lat/sites/default/files/garcia_canclini.ciudadanos_reemplazados_por_algoritmos.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://www.calas.lat/sites/default/files/garcia_canclini.ciudadanos_reemplazados_por_algoritmos.pdf</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not only on Mexico and Latam, also projects on Africa: “Making a Feminist Internet Movement building in a digital age in Africa” </span><a href="https://genderit.org/resources/report-making-feminist-internet-movement-building-digital-age-africa"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://genderit.org/resources/report-making-feminist-internet-movement-building-digital-age-africa</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also advised Academia Mexicana de la Lengua </span><a href="https://twitter.com/AMLengua"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@AMLengua</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to include CC licensing for their digital library publications.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC México: Los proyectos que han optado por las licencias CC en México son muy diversos: La Secretaría de Cultura del gobierno de la Ciudad de México, el Instituto para la Investigación de la Universidad y la Educación, en la UNAM, algunos fotógrafos mexicanos como Rodrigo González, alias @eneas, la banda de rock mexicana Belafote. En Latinoamérica, el Centro de Estudios Avanzados en América Latina. Y también hemos hecho algunos enlaces con proyectos en otros continentes, como el realizado por APC, el informe: “Making a Feminist Internet Movement building in a digital age in Africa.” </span></em></p>
<p><b>CC: Anything else you want to share?</b></p>
<p><b>CC Mexico: </b></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We translated the book “Made with Creative Commons” into Spanish. Available <a href="http://www.iiec.unam.mx/publicaciones/libros_electronicos/hecho-con-creative-commons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our <a href="media/01c9bb7d.FileCreative_Commons_MC3A9xico_promocional_2019.webm" data-original-source="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creative_Commons_M%C3%A9xico,_promocional_2019.webm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">presentation video</a>!</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;The Creative Commons Caravan&#8221; with the &#8220;Stand-up comedy of Copyright&#8221; A very funny stand up comedy, when the CC MX lawyer, Salvador Alcántar, on stage, and our musician José Serralde, will tell you about some fundamentals about copyright and intellectual property; It will answer your doubts, questions, and above all, it will seek to surprise you with the best jokes, coming from the humor of traditional models of management, profit and circulation of creative works. You can see it <a href="https://www.facebook.com/529570760884412/videos/810705932627556" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </span></li>
</ul>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC México:</span></em></p>
<ul>
<li><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hicimos la traducción al español del libro: “Hecho con Creative Commons”, lo puedes conseguir <a href="http://www.iiec.unam.mx/publicaciones/libros_electronicos/hecho-con-creative-commons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">aquí</a>.</span></em></li>
<li><em><span>También, llevamos a cabo la </span><a href="https://centroculturadigital.mx/actividad/Caravana-Creative-Commons-Mexico-en-el-CCD-B1bpPbgK4"><span>“Caravana Creative Commos,”</span></a><span> donde incluímos “El Stand-up de los Derechos de Autor”. Una plática al estilo del stand-up, donde un abogado en el escenario, con un micrófono, nos contó sobre algunos fundamentos de derecho autoral y propiedad intelectual. Respondió las dudas, preguntas, y sobre todo, buscó sorprendernos con los mejores chascarrillos, provenientes del humorismo de los modelos tradicionales de gestión, lucro y circulación de las obras creativas.</span></em></li>
</ul>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>Thank you to the</b> <a href="https://mx.creativecommons.net/"><b>CC Mexico team</b></a><b>, especially Irene for contributing to the CC Network Fridays feature, and for all of their work in the open community! To see this conversation on Twitter, click <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/1337413699951341574" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. To become a member of the CCGN,</b><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/"> <b>visit our website</b></a><b>!</b></p>
<p><img src="media/2080e09a.1f4f8.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f4f8.png" alt="📸" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />: Featured image has icons by <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=world%20&amp;i=2676720" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Guilherme Furtado</a> and <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=convertible%20car&amp;i=3268361" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vectors Point</a> via Noun Project (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/legalcode" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>).</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/11/meet-cc-mexico-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/">Meet CC Mexico, Our Next Feature for CC Network Fridays!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62649
title: Spreading Joy and Giving Gratitude: A Toast to This Year’s Silver Linings
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content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s almost over. The year that shall not be named will soon end with a collective sigh and a half-hearted wave from humanity. However, before we stumble into what one can only hope will be a less disastrous year, we’re determined to spread some joy and share our gratitude.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re grateful for every image, video, song, book, and article that millions of you continue to share using a CC license or public domain mark. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">2 billion and counting! </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">From 3D models of </span><a href="https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/orbiter-space-shuttle-ov-103-discovery-5f7176a2ae284d6b99fc970c9d265c04" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">spacecraft</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to vital </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/wikipedia-who-coronavirus-health.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">public health information</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. During this festive season especially, we’re grateful for the countless photographs of pets in holiday-themed outfits, like these pictures of our favorite pugs on Flickr</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">! </span></p>

<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/14/spreading-joy-giving-gratitude-silver-linings/boo-lefou-the-christmas-tree-by-dapuglet-cc-by-sa/'><img width="300" height="300" src="media/92d2d28a.2Boo-Lefou-The-Christmas-Tree22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Boo-Lefou-The-Christmas-Tree22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Boo-Lefou-The-Christmas-Tree22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Boo-Lefou-The-Christmas-Tree22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Boo-Lefou-The-Christmas-Tree22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Boo-Lefou-The-Christmas-Tree22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Boo-Lefou-The-Christmas-Tree22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Boo-Lefou-The-Christmas-Tree22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Boo-Lefou-The-Christmas-Tree22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA.jpg 726w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /></a>
<a href='https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/14/spreading-joy-giving-gratitude-silver-linings/santas-secret-weapon-by-dapuglet-cc-by-sa/'><img width="300" height="300" src="media/c04cdcc4.22Santas-Secret-Weapon22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-300x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Santas-Secret-Weapon22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Santas-Secret-Weapon22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Santas-Secret-Weapon22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Santas-Secret-Weapon22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Santas-Secret-Weapon22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Santas-Secret-Weapon22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Santas-Secret-Weapon22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Santas-Secret-Weapon22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA-155x155.jpg 155w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22Santas-Secret-Weapon22-by-DaPuglet-CC-BY-SA.jpg 777w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" /></a>

<p><b>More importantly, we’re grateful for the tireless efforts of the open community, our donors, and our staff to create a more open and inclusive world. </b></p>
<h3><b>What you helped us achieve</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Promoting and facilitating open access in collaboration with members of the open community felt more important than ever this year. The urgent need for scientific research and data on COVID-19, open educational resources for students forced to stay home, open-source medical hardware due to PPE shortages, and more motivated us to carry onward.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That context makes this year’s accomplishments and “big wins” at Creative Commons uniquely meaningful, and we’re excited to share just a few of them with you below. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">If pugs in holiday outfits don’t spark joy in your heart, then hopefully these will! </span></i></p>
<p><b>This year, Creative Commons&#8230;</b><b></b></p>
<p><b><img src="media/2034aabb.1f3db.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f3db.png" alt="🏛" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Collaborated with the Smithsonian on Smithsonian Open Access,</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/27/smithsonian-releases-2-8-million-images-data-into-the-public-domain-using-cc0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">releasing 2.8 million images and data into the public domain</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> using Creative Commons Zero! This announcement in February came after years of collaborative efforts from CC staff including Director of Open Education Cable Green, General Counsel Diane Peters, and CC GLAM platform lead Evelin Heidel. <b></b></span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/e5d5854d.1f916.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f916.png" alt="🤖" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Submitted statements to WIPO on artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP)</b> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/08/10/no-copyright-protection-for-ai-generated-output/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">explaining why</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> we’re against copyright protection for AI-generated output. </span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/7f6dfc14.1f4dd.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f4dd.png" alt="📝" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Completed research on sharing Indigenous cultural heritage online</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, advocating</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that</span> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/08/08/sharing-indigenous-cultural-heritage-online-an-overview-of-glam-policies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GLAMs should acknowledge</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that access and reuse restrictions might be justified in certain situations. </span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/1f53e2b5.1f458.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f458.png" alt="👘" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Collaborated with the European Fashion Heritage Foundation and the Onassis Foundation</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on the 2020 symposium </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/11/16/open-glam-reshape-the-fashion-heritage-narrative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">exploring issues</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> regarding the tensions between digitizing fashion cultural heritage and remaining mindful and respectful of cultural rights and values.</span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/c60b140b.1f52c.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f52c.png" alt="🔬" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Helped create and lead the Open COVID Pledge</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, resulting in over 30 Pledgors, including Founding Adopters Facebook, Amazon, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, and more, effectively unlocking hundreds of thousands of patents to the public to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. </span><a href="http://opencovidpledge.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take the Pledge</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/d10706af.1f1f2-1f1fd.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f1f2-1f1fd.png" alt="🇲🇽" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Presented in front of the Mexican Senate</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> addressing copyright exceptions and limitations, GLAMs, and the fundamental rights of access to knowledge and culture. </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rv2FQkV67iuBuhoAqdyeX2OFurOway02-IZezHw8Lxw/edit#heading=h.s6qi6qo94lgf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Read the written statement here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/fd6891cb.1f44b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Welcomed three new chapters to the CC Global Network</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/09/03/welcome-to-the-new-cc-chapter-in-peru/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Peru</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/09/09/cc-chapter-cc-austria/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Austria</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/02/introducing-the-newest-cc-chapter-cc-czech-republic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Czech Republic</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) and supported 32 projects across 20 countries—from Argentina and Bangladesh to Uruguay and Venezuela—through the Community Activities Fund, totaling $30,000 USD! </span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/fec3268b.1f30f.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f30f.png" alt="🌏" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Held the first-ever virtual CC Global Summit</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which included over 1300 participants, 200 presenters, and 170 sessions across 60 countries. We also introduced a new session, a global land acknowledgement, where we examined ideas of colonialism, power dynamics, and our own biases. Look back at this year’s CC Summit </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/11/12/a-look-back-at-the-2020-virtual-cc-global-summit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/965b17de.1f4aa.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f4aa.png" alt="💪" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Joined the UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition and the Network of Open Organizations</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who are both working to help national governments and institutions implement the UNESCO Recommendation on OER.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> More information </span><a href="https://en.unesco.org/themes/building-knowledge-societies/oer/dynamic-coalition" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </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;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/bd8c0aaf.1f4da.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f4da.png" alt="📚" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Participated in open education campaigns and initiatives</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, including the </span><a href="https://www2.openstax.org/freethetextbook" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Free the Textbook Campaign</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://translateastory.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Translate a Story</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We also joined the </span><a href="https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse/globalcoalition" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UNESCO Global Education Coalition</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an international response to ensure the continuity of education for all learners during and after COVID-19.</span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/f32d3529.1f468-200d-1f393.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f468-200d-1f393.png" alt="👨‍🎓" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Completed the second year of CC Certificate scholarships</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, enabling 28 new CC Global Network members from 25 countries to take the CC Certificate. We also graduated hundreds of new CC Certificate participants—by the end of 2020, there will be over 800 graduates from 50 countries! Register for January or June 2021 courses </span><a href="https://certificates.creativecommons.org/about/packages/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/a4cf8087.1f4bb.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f4bb.png" alt="💻" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Launched the new CC Open Source Community Team initiative</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a team of volunteers to help us develop and maintain our open source projects and community. Learn more </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/community/community-team/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/entries/say_hello_to_ct/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/67edf205.1f469-200d-1f4bb.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f469-200d-1f4bb.png" alt="👩‍💻" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Completed four open source internship programs with 13 interns</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> total from Turkey, Nigeria, Brazil, India, Australia, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and Malaysia. Thanks to their help, we’ve been able to launch the CC Legal Database, the new CC Open Source website, the CC Linked Commons, and </span><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/internships/history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">much more</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p>
<p><b><img src="media/57119258.1f4ac.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f4ac.png" alt="💬" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Hosted webinars on important topics like copyright, OpenGLAM, open access,</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and many more in partnership with other actors, like Europeana, the Museum Computer Network (summaries </span><a href="https://medium.com/open-glam/glam-collections-on-social-media-navigating-copyright-questions-7a4065332f39" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://medium.com/open-glam/introduction-to-structured-rights-information-a-conversation-about-rights-statements-6645d31a889" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://medium.com/open-glam/copyright-open-access-for-glams-in-the-age-of-covid-3a35e67f7a1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><a href="https://medium.com/open-glam/copyright-clearance-and-labeling-works-a-primer-ab40d0992582" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">), and the UNESCO-Bangkok/Memory of the World Committee Asia Pacific (</span><a href="https://bangkok.unesco.org/content/promoting-universal-access-documentary-heritage-asia-pacific-openglam-webinar-series" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">details here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">).</span></p>
<h3><b>Into 2021 we go, older and bolder</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, we’re grateful for the opportunity to celebrate 20 years of Creative Commons in 2021 by embarking on a new era with a bolder organizational strategy that matches the challenges and opportunities ahead. While we will continue to face the difficulties that come with change, we’re excited for this new chapter and we hope you’ll support us by:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.classy.org/give/306414/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=blog&amp;c_src2=2020Wins" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Becoming a donor</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://mail.creativecommons.org/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Signing up for the CC monthly newsletter</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Using a CC license or public domain mark!</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joining the CC Global Network </span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://opensource.creativecommons.org/community/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Contributing to CC Open Source</span></a></li>
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<p><strong>Every action you take to create a more open and inclusive world is a precious gift to us—and we thank you for it. <img src="media/adac2318.1f64f.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f64f.png" alt="🙏" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></strong></p>
<p><em><img src="media/2080e09a.1f4f8.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f4f8.png" alt="📸" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />: Featured image is a remix of this 19th-century <a href="https://www.si.edu/object/advertisement-beer:chndm_1967-59-26?edan_q=smile&amp;oa=1&amp;edan_fq%5B0%5D=media_usage:CC0&amp;destination=/search/collection-images&amp;searchResults=1&amp;id=chndm_1967-59-26" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">beer advertisement</a> (CC0) shared by the <a href="https://shop.cooperhewitt.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Smithsonian Design Museum</a>.</em></p>
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<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/14/spreading-joy-giving-gratitude-silver-linings/">Spreading Joy and Giving Gratitude: A Toast to This Year’s Silver Linings</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62682
title: The Improved CC Search
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url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/15/the-improved-cc-search/
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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 Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2020 and Outreachy. <span>Ayan Choudhary</span> was one of those contributors and we are grateful for his work on this project.</em></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The CC Search website is a tool that is available to everyone on the internet, but its accessibility is quite low. The reasons for its low accessibility are varied in nature which affects different sections of people. Due to this reduced accessibility, it is not possible for everyone to completely utilize all the features that CC search provides and thus it becomes imperative to fix this issue. The final deliverable of this project will be a highly accessible website which everyone on the web can access from any device or region and which fully accommodates every visitor to enable them to utilize the search to its fullest.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These were the initial lines of my proposal for the GSoC 2020. Accessibility is often one of the more overlooked aspects of any website but this is no excuse to neglect the need for important accessibility improvements as it could be the difference between a large number of users being able to use the site and those who could not.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search underwent major accessibility changes. One of these involved the internationalization of the website. Internationalization is crucial to making accessibility improvements as it opens up the resource to a whole new populace, one that was restricted from its use just because of language barriers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The improved CC Search offers varied language choices to cater to all the users without bringing any kind of linguistic barriers. Apart from the internationalization changes, other accessibility features have been added, which include but are not limited to:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Improved screen reader support</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Easier keyboard navigation</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Better visual representation and contrast ratios</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A lot of these changes are noticeable in the daily use of the website. These changes also provide a smooth and seamless user experience for those who don’t necessarily use conventional methods of website navigation.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_62687" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62687" style="width: 542px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62687" src="media/280f6ee0.CC-Search-Homepage-EN-300x151.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-EN-300x151.png" alt="" width="542" height="273" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-EN-300x151.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-EN-1024x515.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-EN-768x386.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-EN-1536x773.png 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-EN-80x40.png 80w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-EN-50x25.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-EN-270x136.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-EN-1200x604.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-EN.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 542px) 85vw, 542px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62687" class="wp-caption-text">The English version of the CC Search homepage</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62688" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62688" style="width: 544px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62688" src="media/cd860d5a.CC-Search-Homepage-FR-300x151.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-FR-300x151.png" alt="" width="544" height="274" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-FR-300x151.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-FR-1024x515.png 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-FR-768x386.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-FR-1536x773.png 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-FR-80x40.png 80w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-FR-50x25.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-FR-270x136.png 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-FR-1200x604.png 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-Search-Homepage-FR.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 544px) 85vw, 544px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62688" class="wp-caption-text">The CC Search homepage translated into French. Note: this is a translation done by Google Translate and thus may contain inaccuracies.</figcaption></figure>
<h3><b>What’s Next?</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The presence of a 100% accessible website is the ideal state that every website should achieve and CC Search is no exception. The present version of CC Search, even though highly accessible, still has room for improvement. By improving it over time can we ensure that the accessibility guidelines are always met and we continue to give each and every user the same exquisite experience unconditionally.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/15/the-improved-cc-search/">The Improved CC Search</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62692
title: Announcing Our New Strategy: What’s Next for CC
uri: Announcing-Our-New-Strategy-What-s-Next-for-CC
url: https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/16/announcing-our-new-strategy-whats-next-for-cc/
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<p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10rQDv5Hzuss38oi1ovGuoxHagmFzqn_f/view"><img loading="lazy" class="alignright wp-image-62701" src="media/188dcf6d.CC-strategy-2021-2025-cover-1.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-strategy-2021-2025-cover-1.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="462" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-strategy-2021-2025-cover-1.jpg 785w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-strategy-2021-2025-cover-1-260x300.jpg 260w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-strategy-2021-2025-cover-1-768x886.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-strategy-2021-2025-cover-1-35x40.jpg 35w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-strategy-2021-2025-cover-1-43x50.jpg 43w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-strategy-2021-2025-cover-1-134x155.jpg 134w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px" /></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am delighted to announce the launch of <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10rQDv5Hzuss38oi1ovGuoxHagmFzqn_f/view?usp=sharing">Creative Commons’ new strategy for 2021-2025</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This strategy is the result of over three months of stakeholder engagement, dozens of consultations, and hundreds of conversations held among Creative Commons’ multiple collaborators, including staff, funders, the CC Board of directors, as well as a wide range of individuals within the CC community, particularly members of the </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN)</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The strategy development process was designed to be inclusive and transparent with the aim of co-creating a strategy that is ambitious, nuanced, and relevant to the people that make up Creative Commons around the globe.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This strategy truly represents a fresh start for Creative Commons. It provides clarity on the values that define us as an organization: leadership, intention, inclusivity. It depicts our vision for the world we want to see: a world where equitable sharing of knowledge and culture purposefully serves the public interest. It also expresses our mission: to empower the people and communities that we serve by equipping them with legal, technical, and policy solutions that they require in order to address real challenges on the ground.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This strategy provides an exciting development for CC. It sharpens our focus on core goals that emphasize shared knowledge and culture; facts, ideas, and dreams shared equitably, with long term impact and resilience. It emphasizes that our objective is not necessarily only to promote </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">more</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> sharing, but to foster </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">better</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> sharing of knowledge and culture. It builds upon our copyright licenses and tools, and I am thrilled for us to embrace a broad-based approach to open sharing. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the course of the next five years, Creative Commons will deliver on the strategy’s three core goals by engaging in activities involving advocacy, infrastructure innovation, and capacity building.</span></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="alignright wp-image-62693" src="media/a0c67b39.ccstrategy2021.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ccstrategy2021.png" alt="" width="400" height="415" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ccstrategy2021.png 1590w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ccstrategy2021-289x300.png 289w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ccstrategy2021-987x1024.png 987w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ccstrategy2021-768x797.png 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ccstrategy2021-1480x1536.png 1480w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ccstrategy2021-39x40.png 39w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ccstrategy2021-48x50.png 48w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ccstrategy2021-149x155.png 149w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ccstrategy2021-1200x1245.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Developing the strategy has been a joint effort and a true testament to the values of collaboration and inclusivity that we at CC hold dear. I want to thank all of those–you know who you are–who provided advice, guidance, and wisdom to help craft this document. I want to acknowledge my colleagues at Creative Commons who have shared their ideas and helped shape the strategy; their energy and commitment throughout the process were unflinching. In particular, I am immensely grateful to Sarah Pearson, Senior Counsel; and Brigitte Vézina, Policy Manager, who led the strategy development process with commendable dedication.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I look forward to embarking on this journey and working with all of CC’s collaborators, supporters, and partners in the open movement and beyond to secure a successful future. </span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/16/announcing-our-new-strategy-whats-next-for-cc/">Announcing Our New Strategy: What&#8217;s Next for CC</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62705
title: Creative Commons Board Tribute to Departing General Counsel Diane Peters
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s customary at Creative Commons for the Board of Directors to pause during our annual meeting to acknowledge any departing Board members and staff and thank them for their contributions to the CC mission and community. Among the exceptional Commoners we acknowledged this year, there is one who has touched more projects, individuals, and institutions in the CC community than any other. And so I’m writing to share the CC Board’s tribute to our departing General Counsel <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/dianecreativecommons-org/">Diane Peters</a>, with heartfelt gratitude on behalf of the entire CC Board. We all look forward to continuing together on this journey as fellow CC community members, and as beneficiaries of everything that we owe to the foremost architect and steward of the Commons.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">For twelve years as General Counsel at Creative Commons, and even before that as a member of the greater open knowledge community, Diane Peters has been the embodiment of CC’s innovations and ideals. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diane was the chief architect of the current generation of Creative Commons legal tools&#8211;the mastermind of their universal design principles and detailed provisions, and the leader who harnessed the insights of the entire CC community to ensure their precision and excellence. Through this work, Diane not only built our legal tools but also built our network&#8211;mentoring and collaborating with lawyers and other community members around the world to perfect the CC tools and spread the CC philosophy.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diane is a legal hacker in the best sense of the phrase. She has harnessed the law to avoid organizational pitfalls and legal jeopardy, and also to accomplish our loftiest goals. She has done this from her crucial and complex post as General Counsel, Board member, and Board Counsel and Secretary. This role as trusted counselor can be a challenging and even lonely one, requiring a lawyer who is both embedded in and objective about a beloved organization. Diane served in this difficult role with deft skill, wisdom, and grace.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">At CC HQ and among the CC community, Diane has been not just a lawyer but a senior leader, working in partnership with CEOs, directors, staff, and community members to ensure CC’s adherence to our vision, mission, and highest ideals of integrity in times of both triumph and trouble. Diane has served as our institutional memory and the keeper of the CC flame. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Open COVID Pledge is a testament to Diane the lawyer and Diane the leader. It is a great legal hack that also demonstrates Diane&#8217;s management and direction-setting skills, and the emotional intelligence necessary to quickly accomplish a critical goal through the collective efforts of a diverse group of contributors with their own institutional affiliations, priorities, and personalities. OCP is a beacon that shines a light towards CC&#8217;s future, thanks in large part to Diane.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diane has also been a visionary regarding sharing by scholarly, educational, and cultural institutions. Her expertise and collaboration with partners including MIT, UNESCO, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution were essential to achieving the release of countless works of culture and knowledge into the commons.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is hard to imagine CC without Diane Peters. And we won’t. Because Diane’s legal talent and collaborative leadership have left an indelible mark on every aspect of CC’s work. She has ensured that this work will stand the test of time, evolving to meet new opportunities and challenges while remaining true to CC’s ideals.</span></em></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/18/creative-commons-board-tribute-to-departing-general-counsel-diane-peters/">Creative Commons Board Tribute to Departing General Counsel Diane Peters</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62722
title: Meet CC Argentina, Our Next Feature for CC Network Fridays!
uri: Meet-CC-Argentina-Our-Next-Feature-for-CC-Network-Fridays
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/01/08/meet-cc-argentina-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After introducing the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/07/10/cc-network-fridays-cc-italy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Italy Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to you in July, the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/08/14/meet-cc-netherlands-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Netherlands Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in August, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/09/14/meet-cc-bangladesh-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Bangladesh Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in September, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/10/09/cc-tanzania-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Tanzania Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in October, and the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/11/13/meet-cc-india-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC India Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in November, and the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/11/meet-cc-mexico-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Mexico Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in December, we are staying in Latin America to introduce the CC Argentina Chapter! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Global Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (CCGN) consists of 46 CC Country Chapters spread across the globe. They’re the home for a community of advocates, activists, educators, artists, lawyers, and users who share CC’s vision and values. They implement and strengthen open access policies, copyright reform, open education, and open culture in the communities in which they live.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To help showcase their work, we’re excited to continue our blog series and social media initiative: </span><b>CC Network Fridays</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. At least one Friday a month, we’re traveling around the world through our blog and on Twitter (using</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/i/events/1281214811687305217?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>#CCNetworkFridays</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) to a different CC Chapter, introducing their teams, discussing their work, and celebrating their commitment to open! </span></p>
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<h3><b>Say hello to CC Argentina!</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The CC Argentina Chapter was formed in 2018. Its Chapter Lead is </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/members/mbut/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matías Butelman</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and its representative to the CC Global Network Council is </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/members/9/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Franco Giandana</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. CC Argentina is involved in all of the Network Platforms (Copyright, OpenGLAM and OpenEducation) and actively advocates for open in Argentina. For this post, we spoke to Franco who told us a bit more about the Chapter’s work. He responded in both English and Spanish! </span></p>
<p><b>CC: What open movement work is your Chapter actively involved in? What would you like to achieve with your work? What exciting project has your Chapter engaged in recently? What projects in your country are using CC licenses that you’d like to highlight? (Please provide their Twitter handles if you have them.)</b></p>
<p><b>CC Argentina:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Creative Commons Argentina y sus integrantes se encuentran involucrados en diferentes proyectos de capacitacion y difusion de la cultura libre:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fundación Vía Libre: (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/FViaLibre" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@FViaLibre</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) En conjunto con CCAr, desarrollará el sitio web ‘derechodeautor.org.ar’ para difundir información sobre el derecho de autor, su usos, limitaciones, excepciones, vinculación con diferentes sectores, así como para ofrecer herramientas específicas en defensa de la Libertad de Expresión Online para usuarios de plataformas en internet.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Universidad Nacional de Cuyo: (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/UNCUYO" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@uncuyo</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) Lila Pagola llevó adelante un curso sobre Derechos de Autor en el ecosistema educativo, donde presentó a Creative Commons y sus licencias. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Los miembros de Creative Commons hemos participado activamente en la difusión de la cultura libre y las licencias en una diversidad de charlas, presentaciones, conversatorios y conferencias online, entre las cuales vale mencionar la Feria del libro de La Rioja, el Instituto Superior de Estudios Pedagógicos de Córdoba, Fundación Vía Libre, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Secretaría de Cultura de Río III, la Biblioteca Virtual, encuentros con estudiantes y docentes de escuelas, entre otros.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Se colaboró en el desarrollo de los Términos de Usos del portal, </span><a href="https://recursos.juanamanso.edu.ar/condiciones" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">repositorio de recursos eduacativos</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> abiertos del Ministerio de Educación de Argentina.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">El Plan Nacional de Lecturas del Ministerio de Educación de la Nación presentó las colecciones que serán distribuidas en las escuelas de todo el país. Dentro del listado de libros recomendados por la Comisión Asesora Nacional CAN hay títulos de editoriales que trabajan con licencias CC, como Superpoder Editorial, Prebanda, Muchas Nueces, Ediciones de la Terraza. Cabe destacar que el Plan prevé que los libros seleccionados formen parte de la plataforma Juana Manso con sus ediciones digitales.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FLISOL: (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/FLISoLCordoba" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@flisolcordoba</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) Festival de Software Libre. Presentación sobre Creative Commons y licencias CC.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matías Butelman (@mbutel) y Juan Pablo Suárez (@derechoaleer) con su proyecto @bibliohack continúan el desarrollo de escáneres de bajo costo y trabajan sostenidamente en la transformación digital de museos, bibliotecas y archivos en el país</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Universidad Nacional de Córdoba: (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/unc_cordoba" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@unc_cordoba</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)  Se incorporan licencias CC a las herramientas digitales que se desarrollan a los fines de la implementación de políticas públicas de participación para gobiernos locales. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Universidad de Champagnat, Mendoza: Se capacitó a los alumnos de la Diplomatura en Derecho y Gobierno Digital sobre el uso de licencias CC en el estado. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nuestra representante en el ámbito editorial, Barbi Couto trabaja en el relevamiento y articulación de editoriales publicando con licencias CC en todo el país, relevadas al momento 25 proyectos; asesora proyectos editoriales que evalúan el uso de CC (como el proyecto Cuerpos Urgentes de la Colectiva Escritoxs por la IVE de Mendoza o el proyecto de Música para el Alma entre otros), con perspectivas de más editoriales para sumarse en los próximos años. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia Ines Simon (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/Vi_Simon" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@vi_simon</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) público diferentes papers sobre el Tratado de Marrakesh utilizando licencias CC. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="http://librebase.org.ar" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">LibreBase</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, organización emblema de la Cultura Libre en la Ciudad de Córdoba continúa organizando el espacio “Encuentro por la Libertad en el Software y la Cultura”. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Se participa en las discusiones para la incorporación de las licencias libres en los contenidos a enseñar de Educación Digital en las escuelas de la Provincia de Córdoba en el marco de los </span><a href="https://www.educ.ar/sitios/educar/resources/150123/nap-de-educacion-digital-programacion-y-robotica/download" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Núcleos de Aprendizaje Prioritario de Educación Digital Programación y Robótica</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proteger nuestra cultura es liberarla | Barbi Couto | TEDxCordoba (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/eneroenlaciudad" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@eneroenlaciudad</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) La cultura la creamos entre todos, pero no es tan fácil compartirla. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iytbxekMIG4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barbi</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> pone sobre la mesa los problemas del sistema editorial tradicional y de las leyes de derechos de autor. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Participación de Beatriz Busaniche (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/beabusaniche" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@beabusaniche</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) y Barbi Couto en el libro &#8220;Sobre los hombros de un gigante. Reflexiones sobre la propiedad intelectual y la cultura libre” editado por editorial La Casa de los Conejos.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Se conformó una nueva organización social llamada Clementina que trabaja sobre la difusión, formación y debate de la cultura libre y software libre en educación. Ya cuenta con sitio web en clementina.org.ar algunos de los miembros de CCAR se encuentran en la comisión organizadora de este nuevo espacio.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<p><b>CC: What do you find inspiring and rewarding about your work in the open movement?</b></p>
<p><b>CC Argentina: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is a constant learning process. The CCAr members are involved in different types or sectors, doing all kinds of jobs related to copyright, from working at universities or museums, running NGOs, being private legal consultants or competing in the editorial industry, so everyday there is a good chance of learning new perspectives or insights. In that sense, even if we share the interest and will to advocate in the Open Movement, we have different knowledge and experiences, which is only making the whole process of being involved in a CC Chapter more interesting and nurturing. </span></p>
<p><b>CC: What are your plans for the future? </b></p>
<p><b>CC Argentina: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Argentina is an active Chapter of the CC Global Network, composed by a diverse group of people coming from different sectors and regions within the country. As a CC Chapter, we have managed to function efficiently under a common goal, to promote and advocate for the use of CC licenses and the growth of the Open Movement in our region. We are proud to have specialists in copyright law, OpenGlam and OER, CC Ar members who are performers, artists, educators or publishers, engaging with each other and collaborating permanently in our Telegram group.   </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the near future, we foresee ourselves strengthening the bonds and work that are already in place, bringing in new challenges with more expertise and organization, collaborating with more museums, libraries, archives, universities, government and individuals. To add more, even if Argentina is an immense country, we are always in contact with our fellow CC Latin American Chapters, looking for new opportunities to connect and share ideas and resources, and so far, that has been as important as what we have already stated before. </span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>Thank you to the</b> <a href="http://www.creativecommons.org.ar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>CC Argentina team</b></a><b>, especially Franco for contributing to the CC Network Fridays feature, and for all of their work in the open community! To see this conversation on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/1347575042423615488" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>. To become a member of the CCGN,</b><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <b>visit our website</b></a><b>!</b></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62740
title: The 2020 CC Global Summit Keynotes Are Here!
uri: The-2020-CC-Global-Summit-Keynotes-Are-Here
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/01/11/the-2020-cc-global-summit-keynotes-are-here/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have exciting news&#8230;we published the keynotes from the 2020 CC Global Summit!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to the 170+ sessions hosted at last year’s virtual event, we hosted three keynotes that helped us think through how to connect the events of 2020 with our work—and find a path forward in hope and optimism. We’re excited to share these recordings of the keynotes with you today!</span></p>
<h5><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nyHD_dm2TU&amp;t=11s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Culture of Peace</a> </strong></h5>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This keynote featured Bushra Ebadi (Canadian Commission for UNESCO), Deepak Ramola (Project FUEL), Leonardo Párraga (Juventudes Por La Paz), and Asha Siad (Memories of Mogadishu). It fostered a necessary discussion on the role “open” plays in advancing peace, challenging the audience to critically examine preconceived notions of open access, open culture, and open knowledge, and to understand the role decolonized and democratized conceptions of these terms will serve in building the future we want. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more on this keynote, check out </span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/ccglobalsummit/status/1318523819712253953" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">this Twitter thread</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></i></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1nyHD_dm2TU" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<h5><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlfnr2tlqsc&amp;t=158s&amp;ab_channel=CreativeCommons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Hacer Feminista Lo Abierto: Poniendo Nuevos Engranes a La Cultura Libre</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></h5>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This keynote featured Irene Soria (CC Mexico). Given in Spanish, it set the stage for exploring new definitions of “open.” Using intersectionality as a framing, Irene helped us navigate the relationships between race, gender, and social class as new ways of seeing the open movement. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more on this keynote, check out </span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/ccglobalsummit/status/1318931703671513088" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">this Twitter thread</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></i></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tlfnr2tlqsc" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<h5><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhDT6Vw3gFU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Democracy for Sale</a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong> </strong></span></h5>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This keynote featured Catherine Stihler (CC CEO) and Alek Tarkowski (CC Board Member) speaking with Peter Geoghegan (author of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Democracy for Sale</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">). They discussed the links between fighting for our democracies and fighting for “open” and the public interest. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more on this keynote, check out </span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/ccglobalsummit/status/1319292876145135619" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">this Twitter thread</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></i></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mhDT6Vw3gFU" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<h3><b>What’s next?</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re still working on receiving permission from the speakers to publicly release all of the CC Global Summit video recordings. Once that process is completed, we’ll start creating a catalog on the CC Global Summit website of the approved videos. We ask for your patience and understanding during this process. Thank you!</span></p>
<p><b>Missed the CC Global Summit? Take a look at </b><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/11/12/a-look-back-at-the-2020-virtual-cc-global-summit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>our wrap-up</b></a><b>!</b></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>As a nonprofit, Creative Commons relies on the generosity of the public to make events like the CC Global Summit possible. If you attended and loved your time at the CC Summit, <a href="http://creativecommons.org/donate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">please consider donating</a> what you can. <img src="media/f9bca8a5.270c.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/270c.png" alt="✌" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Thank you!</b></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62731
title: Open Education Lightning Talks: Recordings and Slides
uri: Open-Education-Lightning-Talks-Recordings-and-Slides
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/01/12/open-education-lightning-talks-recordings-and-slides/
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<p style="font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic;"><img style="display: block;" src="media/e5d65eb0.4842220237_953ced6817_b.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4087/4842220237_953ced6817_b.jpg" alt="lightning" /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/32127264@N08/4842220237">&#8220;lightning&#8221;</a><span> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/32127264@N08">duane.schoon</a></span> is licensed under <a style="margin-right: 5px;" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=html">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0</a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In December, the </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-open-education-platform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Open Education Platform</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> hosted a series of open education “lightning talks” (7 minutes + Q&amp;A) in which open education practitioners </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">discussed their work and answered questions with a global audience</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We are grateful to all 24 speakers for sharing their open education work!</span></p>
<p>To maximize access, we recorded all of the talks with the permission of the speakers. Many of the speakers have also shared their slides and other resources. Enjoy!</p>
<p><b>8 December 2020</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sue Jones: Cognitively Accessible Math OER (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaFpZgR3A4o&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17eZchMSnQ7VXaPyVg3No1rVeqSFiicHv4uswz_pQLLE/edit#slide=id.gabbc64e4aa_2_138" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">David Wiley: Sustaining and Improving OER (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiJriJx-QBU&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HKBwIwBlcST2fR738GvnwEnJl-YjFoTPRZbOQAMkses/edit#slide=id.gb048d951d0_0_0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris Morrison &amp; Jane Secker: How openness helped us address the challenge of copyright and online teaching at a time of crisis (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDgFCDGr_Hw&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=23" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Video</a> / <a href="https://wonkhe.com/blogs/will-the-pandemic-force-universities-to-address-the-challenges-of-copyright-2/?doing_wp_cron=1592331756.6350090503692626953125" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Resource</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nathan Smith: Starting a local consortium to increase collaboration around OER (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE9obntDPOs&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=12">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hw6v6EXQDgJLf7SEP8bu2ANrjSFwldhq6iSf44C-PYc/edit#slide=id.p">Slides</a> / <a href="http://houstonoer.com/">Resource</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yasin Dahi: Learnful: An open platform for OER authoring and collaboration in Canada (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyOOIqQpOk0&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=2">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1W9DO2YEQtDtCo8hBOBSaCockjtm3OX7vGL56LwgUx6s/edit#slide=id.p">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christer Gundersen: Crowdsourcing translation of early grade reading resources at scale (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZqoMLGqynI&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=22">Video</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TJ Bliss: Open Education in Idaho Higher Education (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-40q5kaTj8&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=4">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QGaSFg8Rw8J3wFb6q7IG4eNAfiRWOdWc-bMxzkl1zxE/edit#slide=id.p">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grif Peterson: Increasing equity with OER through learning circles (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLRpNteRZmQ&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=18">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Aabgz5cNzmeuwlFq46PNnLWlOAPIyNZC-j_69XQVQLE/edit#slide=id.gb01125bc3d_0_797">Slides</a>)</span></li>
</ul>
<p><b>11 December 2020</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Judith Sebesta: Texas Learn OER (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkI8n6DotAA&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=16">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z_4hsD7Zvm7bikjQZrQLdHWpx2E5YI4qcWMQ1eJ_cO8/edit#slide=id.gb00e6bf92d_0_114">Slides</a> / <a href="https://sites.google.com/austincc.edu/texaslearnoer/module-1-introduction-to-this-course?authuser=0">Resource</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">André Rocha: Fabschools (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_pNUcCyHeU&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=24">Video</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Suma Parahakaran: Educating for Human Values and Ethics in Schools (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MGgrtuppEE&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=5">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cbRLhRejoahvRzL6CvaVLQrfyOj-vTov8YT9WLSJMIM/edit#slide=id.gabbb9c97f7_2_75">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yogesh K S: Wikimedia and MediaWiki in Open Education (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPqOkcEctI4&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=1">Video</a> / <a href="media/964c12b7.MediaWiki-and-Wikimedia-for-Open-Education.pdf" data-original-source="https://itforchange.net/sites/default/files/2020-12/MediaWiki-and-Wikimedia-for-Open-Education.pdf">Slides</a> / <a href="https://itforchange.net/education">Resource</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stephen Downes: A Personal Learning Platform (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVelUFAhqJw&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=7">Video</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hugh McGuire: Where can I find Pressbooks books? Why, the Pressbooks Directory (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aay8U0CrG0w&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=17">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xsjVZctW8RrsEFMUWdP9wtyEAEhBg1wb5iLy2G0psdM/edit#slide=id.p">Slides</a> / <a href="https://pressbooks.com/2020/12/02/introducing-pressbooks-directory/">Resource</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Omshivaprakash: Digital archiving to build OER for local languages (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkGOPuN0V34&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=11">Video</a> / <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/127EQA38kR7QasvwCrP2lhv9qQyo-R0y1/view">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nate Angell: Open Learning Experience Bingo (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWYTJebDygI&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=13">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zFxxrRZBkX7yf_okBZGKrGd8V-YO-9Fz6DVwVpE59aw/edit#slide=id.p">Slides</a> / <a href="http://xolotl.org/lightning-talk-open-learning-experience-bingo/">Blog</a>)</span></li>
</ul>
<p><b>17 December 2020</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roxanne Russell: Part you, part text, part machine, all learning (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6q0z2tgVi8&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=9">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Is68qq82WBXsCPjfK34vVcw7Ot6bLDRyEBgXXJfifBo/edit#slide=id.p">Slides</a> / <a href="https://readahead.ai/">Resource</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fernando Daguanno: OER are not always textbooks (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql9tKsmvHjA&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=19">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1685qGcG5RGMrSDd-Lj1zuFQsqRJhN6ydoG-2otLiIWs/edit#slide=id.gb1c9c95f9b_1_13">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meri McCoy-Thompson: We Are Resilient (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfzofhdFbfo&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=14">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1djtKtJku5wIFc-mzkB56z0g7rMljrCSXwjuHhxvM9eQ/edit#slide=id.ga117f59dee_0_0">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werner Westermann: Offline OER to mitigate learning loss (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yENFkIo3SHU&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=3">Video</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah Hutton: Open from the Start: Strategies for Integrating OER and Open Pedagogical Practice Into First-Year and General Programs at UMass Amherst (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0FTf1Mtz_U&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=8">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xRPUs9cnapSn_OCenfGXNEauTZkzcdRhuGn1FCsBMbQ/edit#slide=id.p">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lance Eaton: The Public Dollar: Finding &amp; Flipping the Value of the Commons (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0dugfzQQ_E&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=15">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CK-KQ3NW73nFCRkORnjjkXEz4ygtmSH-fUTO8qriIe8/edit#slide=id.p">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rajeeb Dutta: Hello Santali (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBiANTjG4wA&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=10">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1F6wJaFcpDc4MncvK3_vlIzkvHpcxL4mxD4MkrFGn8AA/edit#slide=id.p">Slides</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dan McGuire: Geogebra + Illustrative Mathematics + your LMS = Great Teaching and Learning (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XphCqWZf5D4&amp;list=PLIyg-RWtQN6DxdAFZBdLHnyAUYejnCrQh&amp;index=21">Video</a> / <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rUx_oMEYbXHZ21RhY8wpLTqc7xENE2Y_cCIIhenRXBQ/edit#slide=id.p">Slides</a> / <a href="http://sabier.org/try.it/">Resource</a>)</span></li>
</ul>
<p><em><strong>If you like the video bumpers &#8211; you can download them <a href="https://vimeo.com/showcase/5791214">here</a>.</strong></em></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62778
title: Say Hello to CC Belgium!
uri: Say-Hello-to-CC-Belgium
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/01/29/say-hello-to-cc-belgium/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are happy to introduce CC Belgium—the new CC Chapter in the heart of Europe.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have been running as an informal chapter for more than 10 years with different people as Chapter Leads. For several years, a team led by Severine Dussolier from CRID at the University of Namur, stewarded the translations of the CC License Suite (adapting them to Belgian law). The Chapter was then led by Yannick H&#8217;Madoun (with KU Leuven at that time), followed by Gwen Franck who has been very active as an EIRE representative. As a former member of the international Creative Commons’ team, Gwen has provided many important connections. In 2020, she passed the lead to </span><a href="https://nicolas.pettiaux.be"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nicolas Pettiaux</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We are now a formal CC Chapter, organizing new activities and focusing on:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Museums</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Poetry</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arts</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GLAMs </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Publishing works of known Belgian authors under CC-BY-SA </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Getting actively involved in the CC Open Education initiative as we believe education is the key to securing a more peaceful future. (Plus, Nicolas is a teacher!) </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With Severine, then Yannick, Gwen and Nicolas, the Chapter has managed to have diverse leadership, both in gender and language (French and Dutch are the two main languages of Belgium). This is proof of a strong will to be inclusive and consensual (probably a characteristic of the Belgian people)! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chapter has been quite active in promoting the CC licenses during events and has organized conferences; especially related to education, art, poetry and GLAMs. Close coordination has also taken place with the Belgian Wikimedia team and CC Belgium is also part of the </span><a href="https://okfn.be"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Knowledge Foundation Belgium</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Belgium counts just a small group of official members: Agnez Bewer, Jan Ainali, Gwen Franck, Maxim Lambrecht, and Nicolas Pettiaux. However, we are supported by other activists and promoters of free licenses and common goods that help to carry the idea across Belgium and keep the discussions going. We also have great connections with the French and Dutch CC Chapters, and will hopefully build connections with other European and international ones.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Belgium exclusively uses free software tools (as defined by the </span><a href="https://www.fsf.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Free Software Foundation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). For us, it&#8217;s very important to be truly inclusive and to maintain our integrity by using these open tools to fully control our information systems and to not force anyone to release private data or use the logins controlled by Google or Microsoft, for example. Our collaboration tools are hosted and kindly offered by </span><a href="https://www.domainepublic.net"><span style="font-weight: 400;">DomainePublic</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a libre hoster. We’re grateful for their support.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We would love to see the culture of sharing, including the CC License Suite, taught in schools in order to replace the default copyright that prevents sharing. Sharing is the key to knowledge dissemination without borders. Everyone is richer when our culture and knowledge are shared extensively and openly, especially when the exclusive reappropriation is forbidden (the SA clause). This creates a beneficial virtuous circle.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are one of the newest CC Chapters and we are very pleased to join this extremely important network of official CC Chapters, where every member can change the world through collaboration. </span></p>
<p><b>Join us! </b></p>
<figure id="attachment_62780" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62780" style="width: 175px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62780" src="media/2b78fb83.Bruksela_Manneken_Pis_Aw58KS-219x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bruksela_Manneken_Pis_Aw58KS-219x300.jpg" alt="Bruksela, Manneken Pis" width="175" height="240" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bruksela_Manneken_Pis_Aw58KS-219x300.jpg 219w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bruksela_Manneken_Pis_Aw58KS-29x40.jpg 29w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bruksela_Manneken_Pis_Aw58KS-37x50.jpg 37w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bruksela_Manneken_Pis_Aw58KS-113x155.jpg 113w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bruksela_Manneken_Pis_Aw58KS.jpg 585w" sizes="(max-width: 175px) 85vw, 175px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62780" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="media/4e636a58.Manneken_Pis_van_Brussel" data-original-source="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Manneken_Pis_van_Brussel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bruksela, Manneken Pis</a>,&#8221; CC BY-SA 4.0.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’re welcome in Belgium! If you’re around, we’d love to show you our nice little country with friendly multilingual people who appreciate cycling and football, good chocolate, waffles, beers and surrealism. <em>Fun fact: Our national mascot is a peeing child!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you live in Belgium and care about CC licences, please don&#8217;t hesitate to get in contact with us at </span><a href="mailto:cc-be@creativecommons.domainepublic.net"><span style="font-weight: 400;">cc-be@creativecommons.domainepublic.net</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We&#8217;d love to know all the activists, promoters, and curious people interested in sharing, education, and related subjects.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you, from the CC Belgium team! </span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>Thank you to the</b> <b>CC Belgium team</b><b> for contributing to the CC Network Fridays feature, and for all of their work in the open community! To see this shared on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/1355194733514141697" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>. To become a member of the CCGN,</b><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <b>visit our website</b></a><b>!</b></p>
<p><img src="media/2080e09a.1f4f8.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f4f8.png" alt="📸" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />: Featured image has icons by <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=world%20&amp;i=2676720" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Guilherme Furtado</a> and <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=convertible%20car&amp;i=3268361" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vectors Point</a> via Noun Project (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/legalcode" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>).</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62765
title: Welcome CC Morocco to the Open Community!
uri: Welcome-CC-Morocco-to-the-Open-Community
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/01/29/welcome-cc-morocco/
content:
<p><em>Information access and sharing is the commitment of the new CC Morocco!</em></p>
<p>The establishment of the CC Chapter Morocco is an outcome of many years of interest of its members in developing open access to scientific information and creating open repositories. The main objective of CC Morocco is to strengthen skills about open access, Creative Commons, and open educational resources in the country. The Chapter aims to also provide an <a href="http://www.edream.ma/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">open access library</a> to disseminate scientific publications and contribute to the development of local research which meets the needs of Moroccan society.</p>
<p>We organized the first virtual CC Chapter meeting on 16 December 2020 to have an exchange around open access and to understand the opportunities offered by CC licenses to both share and protect creations. I, Hanae Lrhoul, was elected as the representative to the Global Network Council and Moroccan Chapter Lead to promote open access to information and usage of CC licenses locally, regionally, and internationally.</p>
<p><strong>We want you to get involved!</strong></p>
<p>Join us at CC Morocco:</p>
<ul>
<li>To participate in innovative projects for the development of Creative Commons licenses, open-access resources and open culture;</li>
<li>To participate in our scientific events, training, and international conferences;</li>
<li>To integrate a team of professionals from various backgrounds who share the same vision of knowledge creation and dissemination (librarians, educators, information professionals, researchers, creators, etc.);</li>
<li>To enrich your professional network and integrate our international network of trainers.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you are a researcher, an information professional, an artist, a creator or just interested in the open movement and if you share our values of openness, transparency, creativity, and equitable access to information, it’s time to join CC Morocco and realize exciting new opportunities!</p>
<p>We invite you to visit the <a href="http://ma.creativecommons.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Morocco chapter website</a> for more information. You can also contact us directly at <a href="mailto:openaccessmorocco@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">openaccessmorocco@gmail.com</a> or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/438584697507930" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>.</p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>Thank you to the</b> <b><a href="https://ma.creativecommons.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Morocco</a> team, especially Hanae Lrhoul, </b><b>for contributing to the CC Network Fridays feature, and for all of their work in the open community! To see this shared on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/1355169509032796160" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>. To become a member of the CCGN,</b><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <b>visit our website</b></a><b>!</b></p>
<p><img src="media/2080e09a.1f4f8.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f4f8.png" alt="📸" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />: Featured image has icons by <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=world%20&amp;i=2676720" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Guilherme Furtado</a> and <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=convertible%20car&amp;i=3268361" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vectors Point</a> via Noun Project (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/legalcode" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>).</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62792
title: The Postal Worker, a Sea Shanty and the Public Domain
uri: The-Postal-Worker-a-Sea-Shanty-and-the-Public-Domain
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/03/the-postal-worker-a-sea-shanty-and-the-public-domain/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Until recently, I had never heard of the sea shanty “The Wellerman”. My sea shanty repertoire consisted of “What can you do with a drunken sailor” to sea-songs on the soundtrack of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Master and Commander</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. However, Nathan Evans, a fellow Scot who hails, like me, from North Lanarkshire, has changed all of this. His rendition of “The Wellerman” <a href="https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/12/22226992/tiktok-sea-shanty-wellerman-longest-johns-of-thieves" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">went viral</a>, with people building on the song through duets and remixes. (Even Kermit the Frog made a version!)  </span></p>
<figure id="attachment_62793" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62793" style="width: 442px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62793" src="media/ca8d5738.Saturday_night_at_sea-300x183.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Saturday_night_at_sea-300x183.jpg" alt="Group of sailors singing together" width="442" height="269" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Saturday_night_at_sea-300x183.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Saturday_night_at_sea-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Saturday_night_at_sea-768x468.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Saturday_night_at_sea-66x40.jpg 66w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Saturday_night_at_sea-50x30.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Saturday_night_at_sea-255x155.jpg 255w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Saturday_night_at_sea-1200x731.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Saturday_night_at_sea.jpg 1527w" sizes="(max-width: 442px) 85vw, 442px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62793" class="wp-caption-text">Illustration from the book &#8220;Songs, naval and national&#8221; by Thomas Dibdin, published in London, England in 1841. <a href="media/5e4c67d7.Sea_shanty" data-original-source="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_shanty" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Original image here.</a></figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sea shanties have caught the public imagination. Perhaps it is because the thought of an adventure at sea is a magical escape during a global pandemic. When we can’t sing together, play music, or go to a live performance in person, our experiences in the physical world are restricted. Our experiences in the virtual world, however, are expanding. This burst of creativity is enriching the public domain. Globally, people are inspired to remix, rework, and re-use cultural content with life-changing effects. After his sea shanty rendition went viral on TikTok, Nathan was signed by Polydor Records, with his debut single reaching number three in the UK charts.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>The public domain is a shining light in today’s darkness, but it is not guaranteed.</strong> </span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is important to note that this flourishing creative scene is only possible because sea shanties are in the public domain—not under restrictive copyright rules. Therefore, they can be played, reused, dueted, remixed, and transformed. This, combined with the internet, means a postal worker in Airdrie can reach a global audience within seconds. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks to emerging technologies and social platforms, the public domain can both enable creativity and benefit from it with the invention of new works that are also free of copyright restrictions. (</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The hope is that these new works are put back into the public domain!</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></i> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This expressiveness in new works and collaborations is bringing joy and uplifting our spirits as we continue to face daunting challenges.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The public domain is a shining light in today’s darkness, but it is not guaranteed. This year, for example, marked only the third year in a row in which published works <a href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">entered the public domain</a> due to copyright expiration in the United States following the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">1998 Copyright Term Extension Act</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. In many countries, similar acts have extended copyright protection, restricting the ability of the public to reuse, remix, and re-share creative works. Further, at </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, we believe that some works are too important to be protected by copyright, such as </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/11/20/reproductions-of-public-domain-works/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">digitized cultural artefacts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or scientific research. That&#8217;s one reason we created </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Zero</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a public domain mark that anyone can use to &#8220;opt-out of copyright and database protection.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We all benefit when knowledge, culture, and history are made accessible and shareable, that’s why we must protect the public domain and <a href="https://creativecommons.org/category/policy-advocacy-copyright-reform/">continue to advocate</a> for open access to knowledge and culture. Whether it is sea shanties today or Gaelic boat songs tomorrow, the public domain is ours and ours alone, no matter where you are in the world. For this, we should be truly grateful.   </span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62803
title: A Snapshot in Time: A Look at the Creative Commons Global Network
uri: A-Snapshot-in-Time-A-Look-at-the-Creative-Commons-Global-Network
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/10/a-snapshot-in-time-a-look-at-the-creative-commons-global-network/

content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GOCxm_EUMLF7LscA7PqqCOjCTOoKIgF8/view"><img loading="lazy" class="alignright wp-image-62810" src="media/07117b1d.CCGN-Snapshot-in-Time-Report-Cover-231x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCGN-Snapshot-in-Time-Report-Cover-231x300.jpg" alt="Front cover of the CCGN report" width="278" height="361" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCGN-Snapshot-in-Time-Report-Cover-231x300.jpg 231w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCGN-Snapshot-in-Time-Report-Cover-790x1024.jpg 790w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCGN-Snapshot-in-Time-Report-Cover-768x996.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCGN-Snapshot-in-Time-Report-Cover-31x40.jpg 31w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCGN-Snapshot-in-Time-Report-Cover-39x50.jpg 39w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCGN-Snapshot-in-Time-Report-Cover-120x155.jpg 120w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCGN-Snapshot-in-Time-Report-Cover.jpg 1066w" sizes="(max-width: 278px) 85vw, 278px" /></a>In 2017, the structure of the Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN) </span><a href="media/19013a68.GlobalNetworkStrategy-Final.pdf" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/GlobalNetworkStrategy-Final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">was finalized</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. After two years of implementing structural changes flowing from this, it felt timely to have a conversation with CCGN members. We wanted to gather feedback and carry out research on the perspectives of network members, at a specific point in time. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">What was working? What wasn’t working? Why are people here?</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We drafted a </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DkVtowxD3HpLggnoxZXSEkY7ytxH4wjsomBORH34e-8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">research brief</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in April 2019 which set out what aspects we wanted to learn about and how to collect the information. Open community member Isla Haddow-Flood from South Africa conducted a survey and interviews between December 2019 and February 2020. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many of our CCGN members were involved in this and we are grateful! </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this blog, we’ve outlined some of the findings. <em>For the full report, please <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GOCxm_EUMLF7LscA7PqqCOjCTOoKIgF8/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">follow this link</a>. For the executive summary, <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FY2QdtfOXLon_dOb5XDE7qROz5NhMhvn/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">follow this link</a>. </em></span></p>
<h3><b>A sense of belonging</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A key motivation for people joining and actively engaging in the CCGN ties to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">belonging</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. People are driven to be part of a group working together towards a common goal. Our members value each other and value the ability to exchange ideas and expertise. Most important is the feeling of being part of something bigger.</span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The main element is people. To meet the right people. To convince them that CC is important and can be an alternative for institutions. I always believe that people are at the core of everything.” </span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Common threads for belonging were:</span></i></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Doing important work together</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working for the greater good of society </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trust</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Friendship and community</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finding one&#8217;s ‘tribe&#8217;</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Impact and recognition, both locally and globally</span></li>
</ul>
<h3><b>Involvement in the movement</b></h3>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I am doing this work as an implementer, creator, trainer, and license user because I believe in the power of sharing and the content. I do it because it is good for society.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reasons why people are involved, not only with the Creative Commons community but with the CCGN specifically, are plentiful. Some of the main drivers include building and maintaining a global community for the good of society, as well as advocating for change on a local and global level. People are engaged and involved in the work of the CCGN to make the world a better place. Our community is one of advocates, implementers, project creators, community builders, and many others. We come together around the idea of open sharing.</span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Common threads for involvement were:</span></i></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Advocacy and policy</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Furthering the good of society</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Building local community and being part of a global community</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peer to peer learning</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meeting one’s &#8216;heroes&#8217;</span></li>
</ul>
<h3><b>Opportunities to improve</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Several needs were identified that need to be addressed so that the CCGN can be as valuable as possible to its members, allowing them to reach their full potential as participants in the open movement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Implementation plans to address these needs will be incorporated into the overall work plans for the CCGN in 2021 and 2022. Major needs identified by the research include:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pathways and processes to guide people and institutions into and through the Network</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coordination and discoverability of existing resources for Network members to access and reuse, ranging from documentation to individual expertise</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Detailing of recommended official positions within each Chapter, to allow for better internal Chapter structures and cross-Chapter collaboration</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Formalizing peer-to-peer connections to enable pathways to Network entrance, opportunities for knowledge sharing, and mentorship</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Exploring opportunities for regional coordination</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Having communications and resources more broadly available in languages other than English</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong><b>For more information, please <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/a-snapshot-in-time/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">visit the CCGN website</a>. Finally, we encourage anyone who may be interested to <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GOCxm_EUMLF7LscA7PqqCOjCTOoKIgF8/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">download</a> and read the full report. </b>Not a CC Global Network member? Get involved today as an <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/sign-up/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">individual member</a> or by joining a <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/chapter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Chapter</a>!</strong></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62815
title: Open Sharing Is Caring: A Valentine’s Day Challenge
uri: Open-Sharing-Is-Caring-A-Valentine-s-Day-Challenge
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/10/open-sharing-is-caring/
content:
<p><span>February is the time to share virtual hugs, chocolates, and witty cards with family and friends for Valentine&#8217;s Day <img src="media/6524b39c.2665.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/2665.png" alt="♥" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> (or &#8220;</span><a href="https://www.visitfinland.com/article/celebrating-finnish-twist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Friend&#8217;s Day</a><span>&#8221; in Finland!) </span></p>
<p><strong>This Valentine&#8217;s Day, we want you to share something a little different:<span> </span><em>your<span> </span></em>creative work. </strong></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-62816 aligncenter" src="media/00960768.Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1-300x169.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="513" height="289" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1-71x40.jpg 71w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1-50x28.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1-270x152.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Open-Sharing-is-Caring-1.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 513px) 85vw, 513px" /><span>In our </span><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/1359198860623634434" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Sharing is Caring</a><span> </span></strong><span>challenge, we&#8217;re asking you to openly share an image, song, artwork, research paper, poem, GIF&#8230;whatever it may be with the world by gifting it to the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">public domain</a><span>. (You can use </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC0</a><span>!) </span></p>
<p><span>Let us know what you&#8217;re sharing using </span><strong>#OpenSharingIsCaring<span> </span></strong><span>and tagging us on <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/creative-commons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/creativecommons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/creativecommons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>. You can also share your work directly with us by emailing <a href="mailto:victoria@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">victoria@creativecommons.org</a>! </span><em>At the end of the challenge, we&#8217;ll publish a blog post with some of our favorite shared content! </em></p>
<p><strong>Let&#8217;s celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day by generously giving to the public domain!</strong></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62826
title: Still Life: Art That Brings Comfort in Uncertain Times
uri: Still-Life-Art-That-Brings-Comfort-in-Uncertain-Times
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/11/still-life-art-that-brings-comfort-in-uncertain-times/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is a quiet, familiar beauty found in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_life" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">still life</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a type of art that depicts primarily inanimate objects, like animals, food, or flowers. These comforting images offer a sense of certainty and simplicity in uncertain and complex times. This could explain why over six million Instagram users </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/07/a-picture-of-domestic-bliss-why-weve-fallen-in-love-with-still-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">have fallen in love with still life</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> during the latest round of global lockdowns due to COVID-19.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For many, our lives have become more still—the patterns of daily existence are bounded more than ever by the interior walls of our homes. Therefore, finding comfort in the everyday can bring about some internal peace. At its essence, the still life form has meaning far beyond the physical objects it depicts: it deals with the human condition and life itself. For most of human history, the comfort found in still lifes during precarious times would have been exclusive to those who owned these paintings, hanging them on their walls or keeping them locked away in safes. Today, however, due to the internet and the public domain, millions more have access to these comforting images.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As champions of the public domain and open access to culture, we wanted to share some of our favourite still lifes. Thanks to efforts by <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/11/19/its-been-a-good-year-for-open-glam-heres-why/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open GLAM</a> (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) advocates and cultural heritage institutions, these images are accessible to anyone, anywhere to share, reuse, remix, and enjoy.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_62832" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62832" style="width: 436px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62832" src="media/1f8e0683.22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-300x208.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-300x208.jpg" alt="" width="436" height="302" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-300x208.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-768x532.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-1536x1065.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-2048x1420.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-58x40.jpg 58w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-50x35.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-224x155.jpg 224w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Pumpkins-and-Cucumbers22-1-1200x832.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 436px) 85vw, 436px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62832" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/07101/O_3844" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Still life with pumpkins and cucumbers</a>” by Štefan Michal-Vörös Izbighy, 1734. Image provided by the Slovak National Gallery (public domain).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62834" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62834" style="width: 364px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62834" src="media/78ec9ff4.22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-230x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-230x300.jpg" alt="" width="364" height="475" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-230x300.jpg 230w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-785x1024.jpg 785w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-768x1001.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-1178x1536.jpg 1178w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-1571x2048.jpg 1571w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-31x40.jpg 31w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-38x50.jpg 38w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-119x155.jpg 119w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-1200x1565.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Vase-of-Flowers22-scaled.jpg 1964w" sizes="(max-width: 364px) 85vw, 364px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62834" class="wp-caption-text">“<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436634" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Vase of Flowers</a>” by Margareta Haverman, 1716. Provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62833" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62833" style="width: 366px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62833" src="media/dcf407ed.22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-239x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-239x300.jpg" alt="" width="366" height="460" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-239x300.jpg 239w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-814x1024.jpg 814w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-768x966.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-1222x1536.jpg 1222w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-1629x2048.jpg 1629w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-32x40.jpg 32w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-40x50.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-123x155.jpg 123w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-1200x1509.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22A-Bouquet-of-Flowers-in-a-Crystal-Vase22-scaled.jpg 2036w" sizes="(max-width: 366px) 85vw, 366px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62833" class="wp-caption-text">“<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437867" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Bouquet of Flowers in a Crystal Vase</a>” by Nicolaes van Veerendael, 1662. Provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62837" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62837" style="width: 365px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62837" src="media/2653e229.Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-238x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-238x300.jpg" alt="" width="365" height="460" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-238x300.jpg 238w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-811x1024.jpg 811w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-768x970.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-1216x1536.jpg 1216w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-1621x2048.jpg 1621w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-32x40.jpg 32w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-40x50.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-123x155.jpg 123w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-1200x1516.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Roses-Still-Life22-Robert-S.-Duncanson-1842-1848-CC0-scaled.jpg 2027w" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 85vw, 365px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62837" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://www.si.edu/object/roses-still-life:saam_1983.95.167?edan_q=still%2Blife&amp;edan_fq%5B0%5D=media_usage:CC0&amp;oa=1&amp;destination=/search/collection-images&amp;searchResults=1&amp;id=saam_1983.95.167" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Roses Still Life</a>&#8221; by Robert S. Duncanson, 1842-1848. Provided by the Smithsonian American Art Museum (CC0).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62836" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62836" style="width: 434px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62836" src="media/767a8d8a.22Still-Life22-300x233.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life22-300x233.jpg" alt="" width="434" height="337" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life22-300x233.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life22-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life22-768x596.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life22-1536x1191.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life22-2048x1589.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life22-52x40.jpg 52w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life22-50x39.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life22-200x155.jpg 200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life22-1200x931.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 434px) 85vw, 434px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62836" class="wp-caption-text">“<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436305" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Still Life</a>” by Georg Flegel, probably ca. 1625-30. Provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62835" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62835" style="width: 434px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62835" src="media/63e653b6.22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-300x255.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-300x255.jpg" alt="" width="434" height="369" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-300x255.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-1024x869.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-768x652.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-1536x1304.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-2048x1739.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-47x40.jpg 47w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-50x42.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-183x155.jpg 183w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-LIfe22-Marsden-Hartley-1932-1933-CC0-1200x1019.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 434px) 85vw, 434px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62835" class="wp-caption-text">“<a href="https://www.si.edu/object/still-life:saam_2005.5.38?edan_q=still%2Blife&amp;edan_fq%5B0%5D=media_usage:CC0&amp;oa=1&amp;destination=/search/collection-images&amp;searchResults=1&amp;id=saam_2005.5.38" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Still Life</a>” by Marsden Hartley, 1932-1933. Provided by the Smithsonian American Art Museum (CC0).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62828" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62828" style="width: 430px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62828" src="media/24796bac.2Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0-287x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0-287x300.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="449" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0-287x300.jpg 287w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0-980x1024.jpg 980w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0-768x802.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0-1470x1536.jpg 1470w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0-38x40.jpg 38w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0-48x50.jpg 48w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0-148x155.jpg 148w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0-1200x1254.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Tea-Cup22-by-Roger-Riordan-1876-CC0.jpg 1743w" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 85vw, 430px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62828" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://www.si.edu/object/still-life-tea-cup:chndm_1939-85-1?page=1&amp;edan_q=still%2Blife&amp;edan_fq%5B0%5D=media_usage:CC0&amp;oa=1&amp;destination=/search/collection-images&amp;searchResults=1&amp;id=chndm_1939-85-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Still Life with Tea Cup</a>&#8221; by Roger Riordan, 1876. Provided by the Smithsonian Design Museum (CC0).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62838" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62838" style="width: 427px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62838" src="media/2efb79c6.-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-300x251.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-300x251.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="357" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-300x251.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-1024x856.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-768x642.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-1536x1284.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-2048x1712.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-48x40.jpg 48w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-50x42.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-185x155.jpg 185w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22Still-Life-with-Fan-and-Roses22-by-Thomas-Hovenden-1874-CC0jpg-1200x1003.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 427px) 85vw, 427px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62838" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://www.si.edu/object/still-life-fan-and-roses:saam_1979.149?page=1&amp;edan_q=still%2Blife&amp;edan_fq%5B0%5D=media_usage:CC0&amp;oa=1&amp;destination=/search/collection-images&amp;searchResults=1&amp;id=saam_1979.149" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Still Life with Fan and Roses</a>&#8221; by Thomas Hovenden. 1874. Provided by the Smithsonian Museum of Art (CC0).</figcaption></figure>
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<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/11/still-life-art-that-brings-comfort-in-uncertain-times/">Still Life: Art That Brings Comfort in Uncertain Times</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


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title: Meet CC South Africa, Our Next Feature for CC Network Fridays!
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url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/12/meet-cc-south-africa/
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After introducing the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/07/10/cc-network-fridays-cc-italy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Italy Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to you in July, the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/08/14/meet-cc-netherlands-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Netherlands Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in August, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/09/14/meet-cc-bangladesh-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Bangladesh Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in September, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/10/09/cc-tanzania-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Tanzania Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in October, and the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/11/13/meet-cc-india-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC India Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in November, the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/11/meet-cc-mexico-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Mexico Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in December, and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/01/08/meet-cc-argentina-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Argentina Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in January, we are now travelling to Africa to introduce the CC South Africa Chapter! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Global Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (CCGN) consists of 48 CC Country Chapters spread across the globe. They’re the home for a community of advocates, activists, educators, artists, lawyers, and users who share CC’s vision and values. They implement and strengthen open access policies, copyright reform, open education, and open culture in the communities in which they live.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To help showcase their work, we’re excited to continue our blog series and social media initiative: </span><b>CC Network Fridays</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. At least one Friday a month, we’re traveling around the world through our blog and on Twitter (using</span><a href="https://twitter.com/i/events/1281214811687305217?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <b>#CCNetworkFridays</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) to a different CC Chapter, introducing their teams, discussing their work, and celebrating their commitment to open! </span></p>
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<h3><b>Say hello to CC South Africa!</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The CC South Africa Chapter was formed in 2019. Its Chapter Lead is </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/members/pgwest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paul West</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and its representative to the CC Global Network Council is </span><a href="https://twitter.com/weblearning" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Derek Moore</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. CC South Africa is a loose, value network of South African people and organizations who support the ideals and practices of the open movement. Members of the Chapter are committed to promoting and enabling the legal sharing of creative works, education, and other works with others. For this post, we spoke to Paul and Derek who told us a bit more about the Chapter’s work. </span></p>
<p><b>CC: What open movement work is your Chapter actively involved in? What would you like to achieve with your work? </b></p>
<p><b>CC South Africa:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We supported the approval of the copyright amendment bill and objected to ongoing delays by SA Presidency in signing it into law. The Bill is being held up for issues, including resistance by international lobbies that are opposed to developing countries including FAIR USE in their copyright legislation. You can find more information by following </span><a href="https://twitter.com/DeniseNicholson" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@DeniseNicholson</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and in </span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/y8hqv78v" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">this article</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also work with Open Content Finder, a collaboratively-sourced directory of #OER for teaching and learning materials. </span><a href="https://twitter.com/openuct" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@OpenUCT</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> content carries CC licenses. Find out more </span><a href="http://www.cilt.uct.ac.za/uct-open-content-finder" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and by following </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Glencox" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@GlenCox</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We were involved with the #feesmustfall resources for online and blended learning that were developed by four South African universities (UP, UJ. UCT &amp; UFS) and </span><a href="http://blendedlearningresources.co.za/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">were shared as open educational resources</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (CC BY SA NC) with other higher education institutions in South Africa. </span></p>
<p><b>CC: What exciting project has your Chapter engaged in recently?</b></p>
<p><b>CC South Africa: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">We work with the </span><a href="https://twitter.com/UNESCOICT4D" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@UNESCOICT4D</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> which resulted in the report &#8220;</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/y8sz4s2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Education for the most marginalised post‑COVID-19</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8221; and guidance note &#8220;</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/ydferd6x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sharing open educational resources (OER) with Creative Commons (CC) open licenses</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;. For more information follow </span><a href="https://twitter.com/pgwest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@PGWest</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><b>CC: What do you find inspiring and rewarding about your work in the open movement?</b></p>
<p><b>CC South Africa: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working in the open movement helps us create OPEN learning systems in 2021 that will provide free access to download, retain, reuse, revise, remix and redistribute to others. These require CC #OER licenses. See the </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ydferd6x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">guidance note</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and follow </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ccsa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@CCSA</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/pgwest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@PGWest</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for more information.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “</span><a href="https://weblearning.co.za/umbrella/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Umbrella</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” is a self-evaluation tool &amp; field-guide, intended for online education. This OER offers manageable steps to course improvement. Future plans include 8 self-study modules, webinars &amp; workshops over 3 years. For more information follow </span><a href="https://twitter.com/weblearning" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@weblearning</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><b>CC: What are your plans for the future? </b></p>
<p><b>CC South Africa: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Especially for the rest of the pandemic, we will continue to meet and conduct encouraging messages using video conferences and newsy emails. Members are being encouraged to develop their own projects and share information on projects that include CC licenses through the Chapter. </span></p>
<p><b>CC: What projects in your country are using CC licenses that you’d like to highlight? </b></p>
<p><b>CC South Africa: </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Early reading projects (Bookdash and African Storybook) are making a significant impact and their work is being enabled with Creative Commons</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beautifully told and illustrated early reading materials, packaged professionally and shared. Check this out via </span><a href="https://bookdash.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">their website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or follow </span><a href="https://twitter.com/bookdash" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@BookDash</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">  </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Textbook projects (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/dot4_d" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@dot4d</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) are being written and released    </span></li>
</ul>
<p><b>CC: Anything else you want to share?</b></p>
<p><b>CC South Africa</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Our Chapter membership has reached 50 people and there is even some interest from individuals in neighboring countries where Chapters have not yet been established. Everyone with a common interest to promote open education with CC licenses and to collaborate constructively with others is invited.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>Thank you to the <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/chapter/cc-south-africa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC South Africa team</a>, especially Paul and Derek for contributing to the CC Network Fridays feature, and for all of their work in the open community! To see this conversation on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/1347575042423615488" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>. To become a member of the CCGN,</b><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <b>visit our website</b></a><b>!</b></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62849
title: Save the Date for the 2021 CC Summit!
uri: Save-the-Date-for-the-2021-CC-Summit
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/16/save-the-date-cc-global-summit/
content:
<p>We’ve grown the <a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Global Summit</a> every year, with over 1300 participants and 200 presenters joining us in 2020 for discussion and debate, workshops and planning, talks and community building.</p>
<p>After consulting with our community, we’re excited to build on the success of last year’s virtual event and host the <strong>second-ever virtual CC Global Summit from 20-24 September 2021</strong>! Join thousands of leading activists, advocates, librarians, educators, lawyers, technologists, and more to discuss a range of topics, from the future of open and the unknowns of artificial intelligence to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on open science.</p>
<p><strong>For now, mark 20-24 September in your calendars and relive last year&#8217;s CC Summit by <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/01/11/the-2020-cc-global-summit-keynotes-are-here/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">watching the keynotes</a> or <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/11/12/a-look-back-at-the-2020-virtual-cc-global-summit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reading this summary</a>! </strong></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/16/save-the-date-cc-global-summit/">Save the Date for the 2021 CC Summit!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62859
title: Announcing Our New Podcast: “Open Minds … from Creative Commons”
uri: Announcing-Our-New-Podcast-Open-Minds-from-Creative-Commons
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/19/announcing-our-new-podcast-open-minds-from-creative-commons/
content:
<p class="p1"><a href="https://anchor.fm/creative-commons2"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-62861" src="media/c7a545f0.open_minds.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="1200" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds-768x768.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds-350x350.jpg 350w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds-155x155.jpg 155w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></a>Today we&#8217;re excited to launch a new podcast called <a href="https://anchor.fm/creative-commons2"><i>Open Minds … from Creative Commons.</i></a></p>
<p class="p1">It&#8217;s CC&#8217;s 20th anniversary this year. And to celebrate, we decided to launch this show, a series of conversations with people working on the issues we&#8217;re involved with and excited about. Expect <i>Open Minds </i>to feature folks from the worlds of open culture, open education, open science, open technology, and more. Expect interesting people with interesting ideas to share about sharing.</p>
<p class="p1">For our debut episode, we spoke with Creative Commons CEO Catherine Stihler. It seemed like a good place to start—hearing from our organization&#8217;s new leader about her career and her vision for what&#8217;s next for the Creative Commons movement.</p>
<p>Listen on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5bTf4Ok2R58bIul5LIHJVf?si=FPp5wlv4QneJnOsdlcrX9w">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wearecc/open-minds-podcast-catherine-stihler-ceo-of-creative-commons">SoundCloud</a>, and <a href="https://anchor.fm/creative-commons2">more</a> (Apple Podcasts coming soon). You can also subscribe via the show&#8217;s <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/4d70d828/podcast/rss">RSS feed</a>.</p>
<p class="p1">We hope you enjoy the show. Please subscribe to it in whatever podcast app you use, so you don&#8217;t miss any of our conversations with people working to make the internet and our global culture more open and collaborative.</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62877
title: Open Minds: Celebrating Smithsonian Open Access With Effie Kapsalis
uri: Open-Minds-Celebrating-Smithsonian-Open-Access-With-Effie-Kapsalis
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/24/open-minds-smithsonian-open-access-with-effie-kapsalis/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In two days, the Smithsonian will celebrate one year of </span><a href="https://www.si.edu/openaccess" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smithsonian Open Access</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This initiative </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/27/smithsonian-releases-2-8-million-images-data-into-the-public-domain-using-cc0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">removed copyright restrictions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from 2.8 million digital collection 2D and 3D images and nearly two centuries of data using Creative Commons’ public domain dedication tool (</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC0</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). Launched </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">just</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> before many of us went into lockdown due to COVID-19, Smithsonian Open Access unexpectedly became an invaluable resource for parents and educators alike as traditional education was disrupted due to the pandemic. </span></p>
<p><b><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-62879 alignright" src="media/c92dbb22.Kapsalis_outdoors-small-225x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kapsalis_outdoors-small-225x300.jpg" alt="Effie Kapsalis " width="226" height="301" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kapsalis_outdoors-small-225x300.jpg 225w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kapsalis_outdoors-small-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kapsalis_outdoors-small-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kapsalis_outdoors-small-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kapsalis_outdoors-small-30x40.jpg 30w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kapsalis_outdoors-small-38x50.jpg 38w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kapsalis_outdoors-small-116x155.jpg 116w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kapsalis_outdoors-small-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kapsalis_outdoors-small-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 226px) 85vw, 226px" />To mark this occasion, we reconnected with </b><a href="https://twitter.com/digitaleffie?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Effie Kapsalis</b></a><b> (Senior Digital Program Officer, Smithsonian) for our new 20th-anniversary podcast, “</b><a href="https://anchor.fm/creative-commons2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Open Minds&#8230;from Creative Commons</b></a><b>.”</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we talk through the history of Smithsonian Open Access, including the years of research and collaboration it took to get the initiative launched, where it’s going as new challenges have emerged (e.g. mis/disinformation on digital platforms), and Effie’s personal advice for other open advocates in the cultural heritage sector. <em>Hint: </em></span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leverage research like </span></i><a href="media/03d52a12.2016_03_10_OpenCollections_Public.pdf" data-original-source="http://siarchives.si.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/2016_03_10_OpenCollections_Public.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">this paper</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></i></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>The value of open &#8220;was always to be able to include many hands in the work we have to do to make this live on into perpetuity.” </strong></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll leave this episode energized by Effie’s telling of the journey of Smithsonian Open Access, which has undoubtedly reaffirmed her belief in the power and the value of open access. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We had a class of graduate data [visualization] students from Parsons [School of Design] this last semester and they created these really delightful explorations of different pockets of our collections,” she explained, “This is the value of open—it was always to be able to include many hands in the work we have to do to make this live on into perpetuity.” </span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong>Listen on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/effie-kapsalis-of-the-smithsonian/id1554356942?i=1000510449425" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0MnMmPit6qb54CR8Fha6Tm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wearecc/open-minds-from-creative-commons-episode-2-effie-kapsalis-of-the-smithsonian" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SoundCloud</a>, and <a href="https://anchor.fm/creative-commons2">more.</a> You can also subscribe via the show&#8217;s <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/4d70d828/podcast/rss">RSS feed</a>.</strong></p>
<p>We hope you enjoy the show. Please subscribe to it in whatever podcast app you use, so you don&#8217;t miss any of our conversations with people working to make the internet and our global culture more open and collaborative.</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62890
title: Panel: A New Era of Open? COVID-19 and the Pursuit for Equitable Solutions
uri: Panel-A-New-Era-of-Open-COVID-19-and-the-Pursuit-for-Equitable-Solut
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/25/panel-new-era-of-open/
content:
<p>In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Creative Commons published an article titled, &#8220;<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&#8217;s Why</a>&#8221; in March 2020. A lot has changed since then and it&#8217;s important to assess the progress made and take a hard look at the dangers ahead.</p>
<p>In this panel, we&#8217;ll examine the fields of Open Data, Open Science, and Open Source Medical Hardware with leading experts and practitioners, asking questions like: “What does “open” mean in the COVID-19 context?” &#8220;What role can open access and the open community play in ensuring there is timely and equitable access to medical and scientific research outputs and data, vaccines and treatments?&#8221; &#8220;Can open science and open data help prevent the next pandemic?&#8221; &#8220;What legal tools should be used to expedite the manufacturing of vaccines?&#8221; “How can we balance individual privacy with the need to share information about genome variation and patterns of infection?”</p>
<p><strong>Panellists include: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/brigittevezina/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://creativecommons.org/author/brigittevezina/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614348111548000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFjux9zfMw7R5cyZJ1_4Mu5JBzqpw">Brigitte Vézina</a><span> </span>| Director of Policy, Creative Commons (Moderator)</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarek_Loubani" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarek_Loubani&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614348111548000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHpe0cqOYvOEGuOY2gSgEK1TIScjw">Dr. Tarek Loubani</a><span> </span>| Medical Director and Physician, Glia</li>
<li><a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/tim-hubbard" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/tim-hubbard&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614348111548000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEpSuExe3dldf_lIUN_POqFTjJoGg">Dr. Tim Hubbard</a><span> </span>| Professor of Bioinformatics, Department of Medical &amp; Molecular Genetics at King&#8217;s College London</li>
<li><a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/suthersanen.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/suthersanen.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614348111548000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBjrwHejYHhRa-0VWxCYSCgFztpg">Dr. Uma Suthersanen</a><span> </span>| Professor of Global Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Date:<span> </span></b><span>Tuesday, 16 March 2021</span><br />
<b>Time:</b><span> 11:00 &#8211; 12:20 EST/15:00 &#8211; 16:20 GMT/16:00 &#8211; 17:20 CET</span><br />
<b>Location:<span> </span></b><span>Anywhere and everywhere! We’ll be using a virtual platform called </span><a href="https://hopin.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://hopin.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614348111548000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGQj80gW-WSG8iLgr--Xztp5sym7w">Hopin</a><span> to host the event.</span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.classy.org/event/a-new-era-of-open-covid-19-and-the-pursuit-for-equitable-solutions/e327790" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Join us</a> as we attempt to map out the present and the future of “open” in the era of COVID-19! </strong></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong><a href="https://www.classy.org/event/a-new-era-of-open-covid-19-and-the-pursuit-for-equitable-solutions/e327790" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pay-What-You-Can Registration</a>: We&#8217;re aiming to make this event as accessible to as many participants as possible. All ticket holders receive the same access to the event. <a href="https://www.classy.org/event/a-new-era-of-open-covid-19-and-the-pursuit-for-equitable-solutions/e327790" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Register by Monday, 15 March!</a></strong></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/25/panel-new-era-of-open/">Panel: A New Era of Open? COVID-19 and the Pursuit for Equitable Solutions</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62902
title: Thank You for Participating in Open Sharing Is Caring!
uri: Thank-You-for-Participating-in-Open-Sharing-Is-Caring
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/03/thank-you-for-participating-in-open-sharing-is-caring/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">February is usually the time to share virtual hugs, chocolates, and witty cards with family and friends for Valentine&#8217;s Day <img src="media/6cccb3c2.2764.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/2764.png" alt="❤" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />. (Or &#8220;<a href="https://www.visitfinland.com/article/celebrating-finnish-twist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Friend&#8217;s Day</a>&#8221; in Finland!) This past Valentine&#8217;s Day, we wanted you to share something a little different: your creative work. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/10/open-sharing-is-caring/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Sharing is Caring</a> challenge, we asked you to openly share an image, song, artwork, research paper, poem, GIF&#8230;whatever it may be with the world by gifting it to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">public domain</a>. By using <strong>#OpenSharingIsCaring</strong> on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook, we watched as you generously gave to the public domain. </span></p>
<p><strong>In this post, we’re sharing five of our favorite images!</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_62908" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62908" style="width: 417px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62908" src="media/8326c8cf.50932530801_9ae36574a8_c-300x225.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50932530801_9ae36574a8_c-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="417" height="313" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50932530801_9ae36574a8_c-300x225.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50932530801_9ae36574a8_c-768x576.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50932530801_9ae36574a8_c-53x40.jpg 53w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50932530801_9ae36574a8_c-50x38.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50932530801_9ae36574a8_c-207x155.jpg 207w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50932530801_9ae36574a8_c.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 417px) 85vw, 417px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62908" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/sushumna/50932530801/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Smoke in the dark</a>&#8221; Sushumna Rao Tadinada (CC0)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62906" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62906" style="width: 418px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62906" src="media/ad315fdd.50925861763_84ee45b159_c-300x225.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50925861763_84ee45b159_c-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="418" height="313" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50925861763_84ee45b159_c-300x225.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50925861763_84ee45b159_c-768x576.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50925861763_84ee45b159_c-53x40.jpg 53w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50925861763_84ee45b159_c-50x38.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50925861763_84ee45b159_c-207x155.jpg 207w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50925861763_84ee45b159_c.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 418px) 85vw, 418px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62906" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/90982371@N05/50925861763/in/photostream/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A reminder to you in 2021</a>&#8221; by Mari Moreshead (CC0)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62905" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62905" style="width: 325px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62905" src="media/2ff3785c.EuCv1YjXMAMayj3-207x300.jpeg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuCv1YjXMAMayj3-207x300.jpeg" alt="" width="325" height="471" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuCv1YjXMAMayj3-207x300.jpeg 207w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuCv1YjXMAMayj3-707x1024.jpeg 707w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuCv1YjXMAMayj3-768x1113.jpeg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuCv1YjXMAMayj3-28x40.jpeg 28w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuCv1YjXMAMayj3-35x50.jpeg 35w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuCv1YjXMAMayj3-107x155.jpeg 107w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuCv1YjXMAMayj3.jpeg 1020w" sizes="(max-width: 325px) 85vw, 325px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62905" class="wp-caption-text">Illustration created by Joëlle Botter (CC0)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62910" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62910" style="width: 324px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62910 alignleft" src="media/923028db.EuH0p-bXcAEfrJp-225x300.jpeg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuH0p-bXcAEfrJp-225x300.jpeg" alt="Valentine paper craft by Alison Pearce CC0" width="324" height="432" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuH0p-bXcAEfrJp-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuH0p-bXcAEfrJp-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuH0p-bXcAEfrJp-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuH0p-bXcAEfrJp-30x40.jpeg 30w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuH0p-bXcAEfrJp-38x50.jpeg 38w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuH0p-bXcAEfrJp-116x155.jpeg 116w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuH0p-bXcAEfrJp-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EuH0p-bXcAEfrJp.jpeg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 324px) 85vw, 324px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62910" class="wp-caption-text">Image by Alison Pearce (CC0)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_62912" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62912" style="width: 494px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62912" src="media/e0289de9.Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-300x225.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-300x225.jpg" alt="Urban sketch " width="494" height="370" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-300x225.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-768x576.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-53x40.jpg 53w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-50x38.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-207x155.jpg 207w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Urban_sketching_at_Bar_du_Matin_Brussels_Sam_Donvil-1200x900.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 494px) 85vw, 494px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62912" class="wp-caption-text">Illustration of &#8220;Bar du Matin in Brussels&#8221; by Sam Donvil (CC0)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Finally, we received a few touching and witty poems via email for Valentine&#8217;s Day. One of our favorites was shared by Lisanne.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-62923" src="media/c8ba9b01.Open-Caring-is-Sharing-Valentines-Poem-CC0-243x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Open-Caring-is-Sharing-Valentines-Poem-CC0-243x300.jpg" alt="Poem written by Lisanne" width="243" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Open-Caring-is-Sharing-Valentines-Poem-CC0-243x300.jpg 243w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Open-Caring-is-Sharing-Valentines-Poem-CC0-32x40.jpg 32w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Open-Caring-is-Sharing-Valentines-Poem-CC0-40x50.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Open-Caring-is-Sharing-Valentines-Poem-CC0-126x155.jpg 126w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Open-Caring-is-Sharing-Valentines-Poem-CC0.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 243px) 85vw, 243px" /></p>
<p><strong>Thank you to everyone who shared with us in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpenSharingIsCaring?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#OpenSharingIsCaring</a> challenge! Check out more openly shared creative works <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpenSharingIsCaring?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> and please continue to give back to the public domain all year long! </strong></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/03/thank-you-for-participating-in-open-sharing-is-caring/">Thank You for Participating in Open Sharing Is Caring!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62992
title: Should CC-Licensed Content be Used to Train AI? It Depends.
uri: Should-CC-Licensed-Content-be-Used-to-Train-AI-It-Depends
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/04/should-cc-licensed-content-be-used-to-train-ai-it-depends/
content:
<p>Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) raise several questions when it comes to the use of copyright material and Creative Commons-licensed content in particular.<span style="font-weight: 400;"><a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn1"><sup>1</sup></a></span> One of them is whether CC-licensed content (e.g. photographs, artworks, text, music, etc.) should be used as input to train AI. To get a sense of the various views on this question, we launched a <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/1354815932565135374?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter poll</a> where nearly half of respondents said, “it depends.” We agree and here’s why: while we generally support broad access to content to train AI, we also aim to increase our understanding of the ethical concerns that may constitute barriers to open sharing by creators.</p>
<h3><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/1354815932565135374?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" class="alignright wp-image-63001" src="media/26b366f7.AI-Twitter-Poll-Feb-2021-300x246.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AI-Twitter-Poll-Feb-2021-300x246.jpg" alt="" width="365" height="299" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AI-Twitter-Poll-Feb-2021-300x246.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AI-Twitter-Poll-Feb-2021-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AI-Twitter-Poll-Feb-2021-768x631.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AI-Twitter-Poll-Feb-2021-49x40.jpg 49w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AI-Twitter-Poll-Feb-2021-50x41.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AI-Twitter-Poll-Feb-2021-189x155.jpg 189w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AI-Twitter-Poll-Feb-2021.jpg 1196w" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 85vw, 365px" /></a>CC supports broad access to content in the public interest</strong></h3>
<p>CC is dedicated to <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10rQDv5Hzuss38oi1ovGuoxHagmFzqn_f/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">facilitating greater openness</a> for the common good. We believe that the use of openly accessible content can lead to greater innovation, collaboration, and creativity. We also believe that the limitations within copyright law, which generally privilege the reuse of the facts and ideas embodied in creative works, contribute to a rich and generative <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/24/public-domain-is-alive-and-well-for-now/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">public domain</a>. CC thus supports, in principle, broad access and use of copyright works, including openly licensed content, to train AI in the public interest. Such access can, for instance, help reduce bias, enhance inclusion, promote important activities such as education and research, and foster beneficial innovation in the development of AI.</p>
<h3><strong>Does the training of AI implicate copyright?</strong></h3>
<p>Whether one has to comply with the copyright regime (and hence with the CC license terms) depends on whether the type of AI training activity is an exercise of a right reserved to the rightsholder.</p>
<blockquote><p>There is no consensus on whether the use of copyright works as input to train an AI system is an exercise of an exclusive right.</p></blockquote>
<p>There remains significant legal uncertainty about whether copyright applies to AI training, which means it may not always be clear whether a CC license applies. In other words, there is no consensus on whether the use of copyright works as inputs to train an AI system is an exercise of an exclusive right (e.g., reproduction, adaptation, etc.). The situation is likely to vary across jurisdictions, as countries progressively regulate the copyright-AI nexus. In the US, the use of works to train AI is likely considered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fair use</a>. In the EU, Article 3 of the <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/790/oj" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market</a> (DSM) provides an exception for non-commercial text-and-data mining (TDM, a form of AI) by research and cultural heritage institutions, while Article 4 offers an exception regime for commercial TDM, from which rightsholders may opt-out.</p>
<figure id="attachment_63011" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-63011" style="width: 297px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-63011 size-medium" src="media/f2eaa383.udge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-297x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-297x300.jpg" alt="A collage of people with their faces covered" width="297" height="300" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-297x300.jpg 297w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-1014x1024.jpg 1014w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-768x775.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-1522x1536.jpg 1522w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-154x155.jpg 154w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-1200x1211.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr.jpg 1585w" sizes="(max-width: 297px) 85vw, 297px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-63011" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://flickr.com/photos/johnsloanartwork/5190283814/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How I Learned to Judge</a>&#8221; by <a href="https://flickr.com/photos/johnsloanartwork/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Sloan Photography</a>, licensed <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC-SA</a>.</figcaption></figure>
<p>At CC, we believe that, as a matter of copyright law, the use of works to train AI should be considered non-infringing by default, assuming that access to the copyright works was lawful at the point of input. For example, TDM in the context of research or education should be allowed under an exception to copyright, following the adage that “the right to read is the right to mine.” As one commentator stated in our abovementioned Twitter poll: “Copyright should not be used as an instrument to stop data mining and AI research.” Regarding the use of CC-licensed content, a short refresher about how the licenses operate is in order.</p>
<h3><strong>CC licenses refresher</strong></h3>
<p>Our licenses do not restrict reuse to any particular types of reuse or technologies, so long as the attribution (BY), share-alike (SA), no-derivatives (ND) and non-commercial (NC) <a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">terms</a> are respected. Therefore, strictly from a copyright perspective, no special or explicit permission is required from the licensor to use CC-licensed content to train AI applications to the extent that copyright permission is required at all.<a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn2"><sup>2</sup></a> In addition, our licenses do not override limitations and exceptions, such as fair use. If a use is <a href="https://creativecommons.org/faq/#do-i-always-have-to-comply-with-the-license-terms-if-not-what-are-the-exceptions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">not one that requires permission</a> under copyright or sui generis database rights (e.g. text and data mining allowed under an exception), one may conduct the AI training activity without regard to the CC license.</p>
<p>It’s also important to recall that our licenses operate within the copyright system. Privacy, personality, publicity and other types of rights or ethical considerations are not covered by the licenses.<a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn3"><sup>3</sup></a> We do our best to ensure that those releasing their creations under our licenses understand the scope of the copyright rights that are managed under our licenses. For example, while a CC license may offer users permission to reuse a photo, it would not offer the permission users would need to make use of the personal likenesses of other people in the photo, which may be governed by image or personality rights.</p>
<h3><strong>Uncertainty around AI can raise additional barriers to sharing</strong></h3>
<p>Beyond the framework of freedoms that the licenses provide, there are concerns on the part of creators that their CC-licensed content can be used for problematic purposes, such as AI designed for facial recognition.</p>
<p>In 2019, we learned that researchers at companies like IBM were <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/03/13/statement-on-shared-images-in-facial-recognition-ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">training their facial recognition AI programs</a> by feeding their algorithms with CC-licensed photos from publicly available collections (e.g. one million photos on Flickr). IBM had not asked permission from the people photographed or the photographers. Some Flickr users were dismayed to learn that IBM had used their CC-licensed photos to train the AI, all the more so as it was done for commercial advantage. They had questions about the ethics and privacy implications of such a dataset being used for algorithmic training.<a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn4"><sup>4</sup></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/12/18262646/ibm-didnt-inform-people-when-it-used-their-flickr-photos-for-facial-recognition-training" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-63006" src="media/9c5e287b.IBM-Verge-Article-Screenshot-300x81.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IBM-Verge-Article-Screenshot-300x81.jpg" alt="" width="555" height="150" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IBM-Verge-Article-Screenshot-300x81.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IBM-Verge-Article-Screenshot-1024x277.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IBM-Verge-Article-Screenshot-768x208.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IBM-Verge-Article-Screenshot-140x38.jpg 140w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IBM-Verge-Article-Screenshot-50x14.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IBM-Verge-Article-Screenshot-270x73.jpg 270w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IBM-Verge-Article-Screenshot-1200x325.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IBM-Verge-Article-Screenshot.jpg 1212w" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 85vw, 555px" /></a></p>
<p>The incident magnified the tension between the value of open data vs. legitimate concerns about ethical, moral and responsible use of openly licensed content. The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres acknowledged that “advances in artificial intelligence-related technologies, such as facial recognition software and digital identification, must not be used to erode human rights, deepen inequality or exacerbate existing discrimination.”<a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn5"><sup>5</sup></a> As with any fundamental ideal, the “openness” of data is not an absolute end in itself and must be balanced with equally valid considerations to ensure <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/16/announcing-our-new-strategy-whats-next-for-cc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sharing ultimately benefits the public</a>.</p>
<h3><strong>Our thoughts moving forward: an inclusive approach to support better sharing</strong></h3>
<p>Beyond copyright issues, AI is likely to affect the sharing of creative content and the open community in general. The legal uncertainty caused by ethical concerns around AI, the lack of transparency of AI algorithms, and the patterns of privatization and enclosure of AI outputs, all together constitute yet another obstacle to better sharing. Indeed, for many creators, these concerns are a reason not to share.</p>
<blockquote><p>As one actor in a vibrant community of open advocates defending the interests of the millions of people who use CC licenses, we want to engage in rich conversations on AI’s multiple facets to promote better sharing in the public interest.</p></blockquote>
<p>That’s why to promote the use of CC-licensed content to train AI, we need a community-led, coordinated and inclusive approach to consider not only the copyright system in which CC licenses operate, but also issues of accountability, responsibility, sustainability, cultural rights, human rights, personality rights, privacy rights, data protection, and ethics. As one actor in a vibrant community of open advocates defending the interests of the millions of people who use CC licenses, we want to engage in rich conversations on AI’s multiple facets to promote better sharing in the public interest.</p>
<p>To that end, the <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-copyright-platform-activity-fund/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Copyright Platform</a> of the Creative Commons Global Network will examine, throughout the year, the intersection of AI and open content. Through discussions and collective action, we look forward to exploring options in licensing and infrastructure, policy,<a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn6"><sup>6</sup></a> norm building,<a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn7"><sup>7</sup></a> and awareness-raising.</p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong>Are you interested in joining the conversation with policy experts from all over the world? Become a member of the CC Copyright Platform by joining our <a href="https://groups.google.com/a/creativecommons.org/g/cc-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Policy Mailing List</a>.</strong></p>
<h4 id="footnote">Notes</h4>
<p>1. <a id="fn1"></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our previous blog posts on AI include: </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/20/cautious-approach-to-copyright-and-artificial-intelligence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why We’re Advocating for a Cautious Approach to Copyright and Artificial Intelligence</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/08/10/no-copyright-protection-for-ai-generated-output/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Artificial Intelligence and Creativity: Why We’re Against Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Output</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/08/10/can-machines-write-like-jane-austen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Artificial Intelligence and Creativity: Can Machines Write Like Jane Austen?</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> See also our official submissions to the World Intellectual Property Organization (</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;">CC Submission to WIPO Consultation on AI and IP Policy (February 2020)</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="media/7fa7efd8._Commons_final_statement_on_AI_and_copyright_for_publication.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/0/05/Creative_Commons_final_statement_on_AI_and_copyright_for_publication.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Statement at WIPO Conversation on IP and AI (2nd session) (July 2020)</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) and the European Commission (</span><a href="media/51f2c591._European_Commission_Consultation_on_Artificial_Intelligence.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/3/3d/Creative_Commons_Submission_to_European_Commission_Consultation_on_Artificial_Intelligence.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Submission to the European Commission Consultation on Artificial Intelligence (June 2020)</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">).</span><br />
2. <a id="fn2"></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">For further information on our licenses and AI see our FAQ: </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/faq/#artificial-intelligence-and-cc-licenses" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://creativecommons.org/faq/#artificial-intelligence-and-cc-licenses</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-conduct-textdata-mining-on-a-cc-licensed-database" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-conduct-textdata-mining-on-a-cc-licensed-database</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span><br />
3. <a id="fn3"></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The licenses do, however, include a waiver from the licensor not to assert </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">their own</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> moral, publicity, privacy, and/or similar personality rights against reusers.</span><br />
4. <a id="fn4"></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">A tool called</span> <a href="https://exposing.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">exposing.ai</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has since been developed to allow Flickr users to check if their CC-licensed photos were used to train facial recognition AI.</span><br />
5. <a id="fn5"></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guterres, A. (2020, Feb 24). </span><a href="https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2020-02-24/secretary-generals-remarks-the-un-human-rights-council-%E2%80%9Cthe-highest-aspiration-call-action-for-human-rights-delivered-scroll-down-for-all-english" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Highest Aspiration: A Call to Action for Human Rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Geneva, Switzerland, UN Human Rights Council. </span><br />
6. <a id="fn6"></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">We want our policy work to focus on global, representative and inclusive advocacy efforts, notably in the context of the UNESCO </span><a href="https://en.unesco.org/artificial-intelligence/ethics" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recommendation the ethics of artificial intelligence</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the </span><a href="https://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/artificial_intelligence/conversation.html#:~:text=The%20WIPO%20Conversation%20on%20Intellectual%20Property%20(IP)%20and%20Artificial%20Intelligence,impact%20of%20Al%20on%20IP.&amp;text=The%20date%20and%20the%20topic,be%20announced%20in%20due%20course." target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span><br />
7. <a id="fn7"></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lessons from the data collection</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">practices of </span><a href="https://montrealethics.ai/research-summary-lessons-from-archives-strategies-for-collecting-sociocultural-data-in-machine-learning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">archives</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have been touted as useful guidance for developing codes of conduct and ethical guidelines in machine learning systems.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/04/should-cc-licensed-content-be-used-to-train-ai-it-depends/">Should CC-Licensed Content be Used to Train AI? It Depends.</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


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title: Her Story: Facing Our Greatest Challenges
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url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-facing-our-greatest-challenges/
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<figure id="attachment_62968" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62968" style="width: 265px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62968" src="media/c3af4266.2Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA-215x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA-215x300.jpg" alt="An illustration of a little girl on a swingset" width="265" height="370" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA-215x300.jpg 215w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA-732x1024.jpg 732w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA-768x1074.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA-1099x1536.jpg 1099w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA-29x40.jpg 29w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA-36x50.jpg 36w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA-111x155.jpg 111w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA.jpg 1201w" sizes="(max-width: 265px) 85vw, 265px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62968" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://thegreats.co/artworks/dreaming-is-believing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Seeing is Believing</a>&#8221; by <a href="https://thegreats.co/artists/linoca-souza" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Linoca Souza</a>, licensed <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC-SA</a>.</figcaption></figure>
<p>For over 40 years, millions across the globe have collectively celebrated the achievements, histories, ideas, and contributions of women on March 8 and increasingly, throughout March for Women’s History Month using <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HerStory&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#HerStory</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BecauseOfHerStory&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#BecauseOfHerStory</a>. This year, we wanted to do something special to celebrate this annual event, so we reached out to several members of the <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creative Commons Global Network</a> and the broader open community to ask them to share their personal stories, ideas, and insights by responding to five questions. The result is this five-part blog series called, “Her Story.” <span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout this series, we’ll also be highlighting the work of women artists who submitted pieces to </span><a href="https://thegreats.co/artworks?theme=reimagining-human-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fine Acts’ Reimagining Human Rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> challenge. </span></p>
<p>Our hope is that these conversations will inspire you to reflect on your own stories and ideas. We also hope it will motivate you to think about how you can help make open sharing more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable. Put simply, we want to <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/16/announcing-our-new-strategy-whats-next-for-cc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">make sharing better</a>—to do that, we need your help.</p>
<p><em><strong>In part two of this series, participants responded to the following questions: </strong><b>What is the biggest challenge facing the open movement today? And what&#8217;s the solution?</b></em></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Anthere" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Florence Devouard</b></a><b> | Co-Lead, Wiki Loves Women; Wikimedian for 19 years; Former Chairwoman, Wikimedia Foundation</b></li>
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<p>Je pense que notre plus gros challenge aujourd&#8217;hui est de parvenir à rester pertinent au regard des évolutions actuelles, quelles soient technologiques ou sociétales. Par exemple prendre en compte la fragmentation des réseaux et les actes de censure qui limitent la libre participation et la libre circulation des contenus. Ou par exemple être capables de donner accès aux informations sous différents formats technologiques, faciliter le partage d&#8217;information entre plateformes. Par exemple améliorer l&#8217;expérience utilisateur-trice, en fournissant un service respectueux des besoins de chaque personne. A beaucoup d&#8217;égard, notre mouvement était très novateur il y a 15-20 ans. Est-ce toujours le cas aujourd&#8217;hui ? On ne peut sans doute pas rivaliser avec les innovations technologiques des <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GAFA</a>, mais notre mouvement est certainement capable de montrer le chemin et inspirer sur le plan humain au regard d&#8217;innovations liées à notre fonctionnement collectif.</p>
<p><em>EN: I think that our biggest challenge today is to remain relevant with regard to current developments, whether technological or societal. For example, take into account the fragmentation of networks and acts of censorship which limit free participation and the free circulation of content, or being able to provide access to information in different technological formats or facilitate the sharing of information between platforms. For example, improving the user experience by providing a service that respects the needs of each person. In many ways, our movement was very innovative 15-20 years ago. Is this still the case today? We can undoubtedly not compete with the technological innovations of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GAFA</a>, but our movement is certainly capable of showing the way and inspiring people on the human level with regard to innovations linked to our collective functioning.</em></p>
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<li><b><a href="https://twitter.com/nyakwakah?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hildah Nyakwaka</a> | <span>Community Coordinator, Center for Digital Resilience</span></b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Volunteerism and Eurocentrism—the idea that if someone loves doing something they can do this for free—is unsustainable and exploitative, to say the least. There is also more recognition for white men in anything open culture and this to me considers that they&#8217;re more knowledgeable and important to the movement; I say every day that for every <em>one</em> brilliant white man you know in the open movement, there are at least <em>ten</em> brilliant Black women doing the same thing without receiving any recognition or support because of this white exceptionalism.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ilkayholt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>İlkay Holt </b></a><b>| Representative to the CC Global Network Council, CC Turkey</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are many challenges in the open movement. I guess the most prominent ones today are equity and diversity. Equity in access to knowledge and diversity in terms of language and communities. The COVID-19 pandemic proved how large the gap is in access to knowledge around the world but also proved the status quo can be changed if challenged. A short, great article on this is available</span><a href="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2020/09/24/covid-19-has-profoundly-changed-the-way-we-conduct-and-share-research-lets-not-return-to-business-as-usual-when-the-pandemic-is-over/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/arenitasoria" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Irene Soria Guzmán</b></a><b> | </b><b><b>Representative to the Global Network Council, </b></b><strong>CC México; feminista; académica y activista de la cultura libre</strong></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uno de los retos es luchar contra la idea &#8220;individualista&#8221; de &#8220;autor único&#8221; que crea solo, por que no nos permite ver que se &#8220;crea&#8221; en comunidad y para los demás. La solución podría ser, hacerle ver al mundo que pensar en &#8220;comunidad&#8221; nos beneficia más. &#8220;Soy por que somos&#8221;</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">EN: One of the challenges is to fight against the &#8220;individualistic&#8221; idea of a &#8220;unique author&#8221; who creates alone because it does not allow us to see that they are &#8220;creating&#8221; in a community and for others. The solution could be to make the world see that thinking about &#8220;community&#8221; benefits us more. Put simply, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I am because we are.&#8221;</span></em></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/havingaflood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Isla Haddow-Flood</b></a> <b></b><b>| Chair and Advancement Lead, Wiki In Africa; CoProject Lead, Wiki Loves Women</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The open movement has come so far in the nearly 10 years since I have been officially involved. Ultimately the open movement is a brave new world—so different from the corporate mindset. Like anything new, it has had teething problems and difficulties settling. Perhaps the elements that have been holding it back are those very elements that make it so powerful: the multiple voices, needs, and requirements that all the various and diverse stakeholders have. The strategic discussions that have been happening among some of the major players are definitely helping to drive the movement beyond its awkward teenage years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With regards to individual involvement, I think the main challenge is still the lack of multiple fun and engaging pathways open to people so they can see how they can benefit personally or professionally. Most people still come to the movement through word of mouth or professional advancement. Across Africa, there is still a lot of confusion and a lack of applied knowledge around copyright and the open movement. So much more could happen if people understood the benefits and applications better. I would encourage greater visibility drives at the national and thematic level with fun ways to engage with and adopt the many open movement tools and resources that are available. Local aligned open organisations, affiliates, and chapters should work together more towards this aim.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mrnvlnt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Mariana Valente</strong></a> <b></b><b>| Director, InternetLab; Professor, Insper University; 2019-2020 CC Brazil lead</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The internet has changed—new challenges have emerged that divide our attention. The environment is much more complex than it was 20 years ago in terms of business models for the entertainment industry, new controls over users, and the opaqueness of injustices in the knowledge ecosystem. I think our message used to be simpler and clearer. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, the open movement has crucial solutions for many of the issues we are facing today, such as misinformation, walled gardens, online violence and discrimination, and geopolitical inequalities in the digital environment. Thankfully, many people in the open community have realized this. We must face these problems boldly and proactively—and make the connections to openness crystal clear. Free knowledge and culture are at the center of the digital transformation agenda and are critical for overcoming global inequalities in the information era. </span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/PrimahKwagala" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Primah Kwagala</b></a><b> | Executive Director, Women’s Probono Initiative (Uganda)<br />
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The biggest challenge in my opinion is the fear by content creators that they won&#8217;t be able to realise royalty for their creations if their work is made freely available to the public. This is a fear that we have to dispel. If the work is openly licenced online but commercialised in hardcopies, I find it a bigger and better marketing strategy. People still prefer flipping papers and the smell and sound of paper. They can still buy physical copies of the work and the creators can still make significant gains out of their creation.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b><img src="media/fd6891cb.1f44b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> There&#8217;s more! You can now <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-becoming-an-advocate-for-open/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read part one of our &#8220;Her Story&#8221; blog series here</a>. Part three, four, and five will be published Monday mornings (EST) throughout the month of March. Stay tuned!</b></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-facing-our-greatest-challenges/">Her Story: Facing Our Greatest Challenges</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=62927
title: Her Story: Becoming an Advocate for Open
uri: Her-Story-Becoming-an-Advocate-for-Open
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-becoming-an-advocate-for-open/
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<figure id="attachment_62929" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-62929" style="width: 267px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-62929" src="media/1f7046c9.Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-214x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-214x300.jpg" alt="" width="267" height="374" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-214x300.jpg 214w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-731x1024.jpg 731w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-768x1075.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-29x40.jpg 29w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-36x50.jpg 36w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-111x155.jpg 111w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-1200x1680.jpg 1200w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-scaled.jpg 1829w" sizes="(max-width: 267px) 85vw, 267px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62929" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://thegreats.co/artworks/womens-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Women&#8217;s Day</a>&#8221; by <a href="https://thegreats.co/artists/elsa-martino" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elsa Martino</a>, licensed <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC-SA</a>.</figcaption></figure>
<p>For over 40 years, millions across the globe have collectively celebrated the achievements, histories, ideas, and contributions of women on March 8 and increasingly, throughout March for Women’s History Month using <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HerStory&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#HerStory</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BecauseOfHerStory&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#BecauseOfHerStory</a>. This year, we wanted to do something special to celebrate this annual event, so we reached out to several members of the <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creative Commons Global Network</a> and the broader open community to ask them to share their personal stories, ideas, and insights by responding to five questions. The result is this five-part blog series called, “Her Story.” <span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout this series, we’ll also be highlighting the work of women artists who submitted pieces to </span><a href="https://thegreats.co/artworks?theme=reimagining-human-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fine Acts’ Reimagining Human Rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> challenge. </span></p>
<p>Our hope is that these conversations will inspire you to reflect on your own stories and ideas. We also hope it will motivate you to think about how you can help make open sharing more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable. Put simply, we want to <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/16/announcing-our-new-strategy-whats-next-for-cc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">make sharing better</a>—to do that, we need your help.</p>
<p><em><strong>In part one of this series, participants responded to the following question: What motivated you to join the open movement and become an advocate for open access to knowledge and culture?</strong></em></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Anthere" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Florence Devouard</b></a><b> | Co-Lead, Wiki Loves Women; Wikimedian for 19 years; Former Chairwoman, Wikimedia Foundation</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">J&#8217;ai rejoint le mouvement libre il y a 19 ans, lorsque j&#8217;ai découvert l&#8217;encyclopédie Wikipédia. Je n&#8217;avais pas la moindre idée du fait que je rejoignais le mouvement libre ! Je n&#8217;en avais en fait jamais entendu parler. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wikipedia m&#8217;a séduite par sa vision, l&#8217;accès à la connaissance au plus grand nombre, ainsi que par les valeurs que professent sa communauté, en particulier le fait que tout le monde puisse y participer et le positionnement éditorial ferme que nous appelons &#8220;la neutralité de point de vue&#8221;. Mais tout comme Mr Jourdain faisait de la prose sans le savoir, je faisais la promotion du mouvement libre sans le savoir. Par exemple, je n&#8217;ai commencé à vraiment comprendre les particularités des &#8220;licence libre&#8221; qu&#8217;au bout de 2 ans de contribution. </span></p>
<p><em>EN: I joined the free movement 19 years ago when I discovered the Wikipedia encyclopedia. I had no idea that I was joining the free movement! I had never actually heard of it. Wikipedia seduced me with its vision, access to knowledge to as many people as possible, as well as the values ​​professed by its community. In particular, I like the fact that everyone can participate and the firm editorial positioning that we call &#8220;point of view neutrality.&#8221; But, just as Mr Jourdain was doing prose without knowing it, I was promoting the open movement without knowing it. For example, I only started to really understand the specifics of &#8220;open licenses&#8221; after two years of contribution.</em></p>
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<li><b><a href="https://twitter.com/nyakwakah?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hildah Nyakwaka</a> | <span>Community Coordinator, Center for Digital Resilience</span></b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My long time friend Simeon Oriko encouraged me to find a way of sharing the knowledge and skills I had accrued with students from less-fortunate backgrounds here in Kenya and who aspired to the same things in life as I did. While building on this work, I realized that a lot of the content we consume erases the work done by women—especially Black women—and did not encourage learners to create projects that would preserve their communities&#8217; histories, culture, and knowledge.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ilkayholt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>İlkay Holt </b></a><b>| Representative to the CC Global Network Council, CC Turkey</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I joined the open movement a long time ago. Although I can’t remember my initial motivation, what keeps me in it is the public good. It doesn’t matter which area of &#8220;open&#8221; that you work in or advocate for, doing something good for the public and acting like it are the most rewarding aspects. Acting collectively for the public good motivates me to do more. </span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/arenitasoria" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Irene Soria Guzmán</b></a><b><b> | Representative to the Global Network Council, </b></b><strong>CC México; feminista; académica y activista de la cultura libre</strong></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Me motiva que todas las personas del mundo puedan acceder al conocimiento y la cultura para tomar las mejores decisiones en su proyecto de vida, sobre todo a quienes menos acceso tienen, y no solo unas cuantas personas privilegiadas.</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">EN: That all people in the world can access knowledge and culture to make the best decisions in their life—especially for those who have less access, not just a few privileged people.</span></em></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/havingaflood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Isla Haddow-Flood</b></a> <b></b><b>| Chair and Advancement Lead, Wiki In Africa; CoProject Lead, Wiki Loves Women</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was first introduced to the open movement when working in the arts and culture scene in Cape Town. It just felt right. It encapsulated all the ideals I hadn&#8217;t yet given a voice to: sharing, collaboration, equity, openness, transparency. These were all incorporated within the movement and were easy to contribute and benefit from. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">My main contribution has been to activate, drive and support the <a href="https://www.wikiafrica.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WikiAfrica</a> movement across the African continent, ensuring that Africa&#8217;s voices, cultures, and knowledge were given an equal opportunity within the Wikimedia movement. So, I guess it was a combination of personal beliefs and the passion to ensure the voices, cultures, and knowledge of Africa were heard—not only globally, but more importantly by those in Africa. This passion led to <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wiki Loves Africa</a>, <a href="https://www.wikiloveswomen.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wiki Loves Women</a> and multiple education projects and offline tools through Wiki In Africa.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mrnvlnt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Mariana Valente</strong></a> <b></b><b>| Director, InternetLab; Professor, Insper University; 2019-2020 CC Brazil lead<br />
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was a law student at the University of São Paulo when I first learned about Creative Commons in 2009. I was thrilled! I was interested in cultural policies, had begun studying copyright law on my own and was developing a critical perspective. I remember quite well how it felt to find that there were people all around the world actually using the law to produce very concrete, transforming results in access to culture and knowledge.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The thrill never left me. I became more interested and wrote my master’s dissertation about Free Software and Creative Commons at the University of São Paulo. When I was finished in 2012, I had the chance to join the team that then represented CC Brazil—the Center for Technology and Society at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. I jumped right in, started joining CC international meetings, developed several collaborations, and made good friends in the community. Over the years, my interest only grew for the other subjects CC introduced me to, including internet policy and human rights. Both of which I currently work on.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/PrimahKwagala" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Primah Kwagala</b></a><b> | Executive Director, Women’s Probono Initiative (Uganda)</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Women and girls are disproportionately affected by limited access to knowledge goods and resources. Finances are traditionally in the hands of men in our society. There are more men than women on the internet. The inability to access resources for women and girls intersects with the inability to access knowledge and culture outside their traditional environment. The desire to bring knowledge goods closer to women who cannot otherwise afford them when copyrighted spurred me to become an advocate for open access to knowledge and culture in Uganda and Africa as a whole.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b><img src="media/fd6891cb.1f44b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> There&#8217;s more! You can now <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-facing-our-greatest-challenges/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read the next part of our &#8220;Her Story&#8221; blog series here</a>. Part three, four, and five will be published Monday mornings (EST) throughout the month of March. Stay tuned!</b></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-becoming-an-advocate-for-open/">Her Story: Becoming an Advocate for Open</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63027
title: Our Response To Canada’s Copyright Term Extension Consultation
uri: Our-Response-To-Canada-s-Copyright-Term-Extension-Consultation
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https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/09/our-response-to-canadas-copyright-term-extension-consultation/

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On 29 January 2020, the Canadian federal government introduced </span><a href="https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-1/bill/C-4/first-reading" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bill C-4</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “An Act to Implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States” (CUSMA).<a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn1"><sup>1</sup></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The bill includes a proposal to extend copyright’s term of protection<a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn2"><sup>2</sup></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by 20 years, moving it from “life of the author + 50 years” (the international minimum standard as per the Berne Convention and TRIPS Agreement) to “life + 70 years.” An open </span><a href="http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/693.nsf/eng/00189.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">consultation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> process is open until 12 March 2021 and Creative Commons, together with </span><a href="https://ca.creativecommons.net/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Canada</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, submitted </span><a href="media/d4bc27c6.n_Canada_Term_Extension_USMCA_Consultation_Creative_Commons_.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/4/43/Submission_Canada_Term_Extension_USMCA_Consultation_Creative_Commons_.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">comments</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to remind the Government of Canada of the imperative to preserve the public domain and safeguard the public interest in access to copyright works despite an inevitable term extension. </span></p>
<h3><strong>Extending copyright’s term harms the public domain</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Creative Commons, we believe that copyright policy should encourage creativity, not hamper it. In a balanced copyright system, the rights and interests granted to both creators and the general public are necessary to stimulate vibrant creativity and foster the sharing of knowledge. We’ve previously made it clear that </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2018/01/15/copyright-term-extension-finally-done/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">excessive copyright terms</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> inhibit our ability to build upon and rework creative content. A 20-year extension effectively keeps creative works out of the public domain for two extra decades. This is an incredible loss given the role of the public domain as the trove of materials on which contemporary creativity depends. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is no reason for copyright protection to last as long as it already does—let alone be further extended. In fact, we argue for the term of protection to be significantly reduced. A </span><a href="media/957a9668.economists.pdf" data-original-source="https://cyber.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/supct/amici/economists.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">brief</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> filed by leading economists in the 2002 </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_v._Ashcroft" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eldred v. Ashcroft</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> case demonstrated how the costs of a term extension outweigh the benefits. In a 2009 </span><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1436186" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">paper</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, economist Rufus Pollock estimated the optimal copyright term to be about 15 years. Adding 20 years is a huge step in the wrong direction.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An extension is also going to negatively impact the sectors hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, namely the education, academic and GLAM<a title="Jump to Footnote on footnote styles" href="#fn1"><sup>3</sup></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">/cultural sectors, as pointed out by Canadian copyright academic Michael Geist who called the copyright term extension “</span><a href="https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2021/02/afraid-to-lead/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">bad policy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.” With copyright erecting so many unnecessary barriers preventing the free flow of knowledge and culture, extending its length flies in the face of policy efforts made to increase </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/31/education-in-times-of-crisis-and-beyond-maximizing-copyright-flexibilities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">access to knowledge in times of crisis</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and of </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/06/04/our-community-is-reducing-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-science-education-and-culture/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">community efforts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to reduce the effects of the pandemic. </span></p>
<h3><strong style="font-size: 23px;">Canada must uphold the public domain</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As stated in the Industry Committee’s 2019 </span><a href="media/5e223f95.indurp16-e.pdf" data-original-source="https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/INDU/Reports/RP10537003/indurp16/indurp16-e.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">recommendations</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> — which we </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2019/06/06/new-canadian-report-offers-balanced-recommendations-for-progressive-copyright-reform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">praised</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> upon their release — there is no way around Canada’s obligation to extend the term under the CUSMA  trade agreement. Despite the inevitable term extension, Canada’s copyright policy should still strive to promote a robust and universally accessible public domain. In fact, Canadian ministers have indicated in the past some </span><a href="https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2017/12/bains-joly-copyright-review-letter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">support of the public domain</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, stating that copyright law “should ensure […] that users benefit from a public domain.” Accompanying mitigation measures must include a </span><a href="https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2019/12/making-the-best-of-a-bad-provision-why-canada-should-work-toward-a-copyright-term-extension-registration-requirement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">registration</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> obligation (as generally </span><a href="media/ccc50b73.Communia_postcard8.pdf" data-original-source="https://www.communia-association.org/wp-content/uploads/Communia_postcard8.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">recommended</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by the COMMUNIA Association) or other types of formalities for creators wishing to benefit from the extra 20 years of protection. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Despite the inevitable term extension, Canada’s copyright policy should still strive to promote a robust and universally accessible public domain.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In line with our </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/16/announcing-our-new-strategy-whats-next-for-cc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2021-2025 strategy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, we encourage collaboration among open advocates defending the public interest in Canada to push for a balanced copyright regime that truly rewards creators and upholds the rights of users to access, reuse, and further contribute to the public domain.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We will also continue to make available to creators a simple tool to enable them to waive their copyright </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">using CC0</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">share their creations</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> under open CC licenses to recalibrate a copyright system that is too tilted </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">against</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> sharing and collaboration. Around the world, we will also continue to hold our strong stance </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2014/07/09/an-open-letter-to-tpp-negotiators-copyright-term-extension-makes-no-sense/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">against any copyright term extension</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to ensure better sharing and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/03/the-postal-worker-a-sea-shanty-and-the-public-domain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">uphold the public domain as our shining light in times of darkness</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<h4 id="footnote">Notes</h4>
<p>1. <a id="fn1"></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement CUSMA (or USMCA) is a trade agreement between the three North American countries that entered into force on July 1, 2020.</span></p>
<p>2. <a id="fn2"></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The copyright term is the period of time during which creators can enjoy exclusive rights over how their works are used.</span></p>
<p>3. <a id="fn3"></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">GLAM refers to galleries, libraries, archives and museums. </span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/09/our-response-to-canadas-copyright-term-extension-consultation/">Our Response To Canada&#8217;s Copyright Term Extension Consultation</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63042
title: Meet CC Nepal, Our Next Feature for CC Network Fridays!
uri: Meet-CC-Nepal-Our-Next-Feature-for-CC-Network-Fridays
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/12/meet-cc-nepal-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After introducing the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/07/10/cc-network-fridays-cc-italy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Italy Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to you in July, the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/08/14/meet-cc-netherlands-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Netherlands Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in August, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/09/14/meet-cc-bangladesh-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Bangladesh Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in September, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/10/09/cc-tanzania-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Tanzania Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in October, and the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/11/13/meet-cc-india-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC India Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in November, the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/11/meet-cc-mexico-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Mexico Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in December, and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/01/08/meet-cc-argentina-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Argentina Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in January, and  </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/02/12/meet-cc-south-africa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC South Africa Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in February, we are now back to Asia to introduce CC Nepal! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Global Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (CCGN) consists of 48 CC Country Chapters spread across the globe. They’re the home for a community of advocates, activists, educators, artists, lawyers, and users who share CC’s vision and values. They implement and strengthen open access policies, copyright reform, open education, and open culture in the communities in which they live.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To help showcase their work, we’re excited to continue our blog series and social media initiative: </span><b>CC Network Fridays</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. At least one Friday a month, we’re traveling around the world through our blog and on Twitter (using</span><a href="https://twitter.com/i/events/1281214811687305217?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <b>#CCNetworkFridays</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) to a different CC Chapter, introducing their teams, discussing their work, and celebrating their commitment to open! </span></p>
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<h3><b>Say hello to CC Nepal!</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The CC Nepal Chapter was formed in 2018. Its Chapter Lead is </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/members/kshitizkhanal7/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kshitiz Khanal</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and its representative to the CC Global Network Council is </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/members/roshankumarkarn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roshan Kumar Karn</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. CC Nepal is involved in advocacy, open education and copyright reform. For this post, we spoke to Roshan who told us a bit more about the Chapter’s work. </span></p>
<p><b>CC: What open movement work is your Chapter actively involved in? What would you like to achieve with your work? </b></p>
<p><b>CC Nepal:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> CC Nepal is actively involved in the promotion and advocacy of CC licenses, open education and copyright reform. We’re involved in the creation, curation and digitization of textbooks under appropriate CC licenses. We organize workshops and seminars to advocate for CC licenses.</span></p>
<p><b>CC: What exciting project has your Chapter engaged in recently?</b></p>
<p><b>CC Nepal: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">We organized Open Access “Back to School” teachers’ training recently. With the emerging need for virtual education and content development, the proper use of content with appropriate licenses has become equally important. CC licenses are of great impact for <span>low and middle-income countries </span>like Nepal as they will reduce knowledge barriers.</span></p>
<p><b>CC: What do you find inspiring and rewarding about your work in the open movement?</b></p>
<p><b>CC Nepal: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">The open movement allows researchers, students, and professionals from all fields to access relevant and up-to-date information enabling them in their careers, assisting them in making better decisions, and producing better outcomes—this is what we find rewarding. The pleasure of imparting knowledge without any barriers is eternally satisfying.</span></p>
<p><b>CC: What are your plans for the future? </b></p>
<p><b>CC Nepal: </b></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Establishing an OER unit in the Ministry of Education to plan, implement and evaluate OER activities.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make a robust network to digitize educational resources/textbooks provided by the Nepal government and implement appropriate CC licenses in it.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Organize workshops, webinars, boot camps, roadshows and other live engagements to raise awareness and facilitate communication.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><b>CC: What projects in your country are using CC licenses that you’d like to highlight? </b></p>
<p><b>CC Nepal: </b>A f<span style="font-weight: 400;">ew resources provided by the Ministry of Education use CC licenses: </span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://moecdc.gov.np/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://moecdc.gov.np/</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://moe.gov.np/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://moe.gov.np/</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Medical journals of Nepal (for instance): </span><a href="https://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="http://www.olenepal.org/e-pustakalaya/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://www.olenepal.org/e-pustakalaya/</span></a></li>
</ul>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b>Thank you to the <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/chapter/cc-nepal-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Nepal team</a>, especially Roshan for contributing to the CC Network Fridays feature, and for all of their work in the open community! To see this conversation on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/1370415686791598082" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>. To become a member of the CCGN,</b><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <b>visit our website</b></a><b>!</b></p>
<p><img src="media/2080e09a.1f4f8.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f4f8.png" alt="📸" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />: Featured image has icons by <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=world%20&amp;i=2676720" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Guilherme Furtado</a> and <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=convertible%20car&amp;i=3268361" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vectors Point</a> via Noun Project (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/legalcode" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>).</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/12/meet-cc-nepal-our-next-feature-for-cc-network-fridays/">Meet CC Nepal, Our Next Feature for CC Network Fridays!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63048
title: Her Story: Transforming Open Through Feminism
uri: Her-Story-Transforming-Open-Through-Feminism
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/15/her-story-transforming-open-through-feminism/
content:
<figure id="attachment_63053" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-63053" style="width: 265px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-63053" src="media/8863bb8d.Ipsita-Divedi-Support-215x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ipsita-Divedi-Support-215x300.jpg" alt="" width="265" height="370" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ipsita-Divedi-Support-215x300.jpg 215w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ipsita-Divedi-Support-732x1024.jpg 732w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ipsita-Divedi-Support-768x1074.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ipsita-Divedi-Support-1099x1536.jpg 1099w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ipsita-Divedi-Support-29x40.jpg 29w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ipsita-Divedi-Support-36x50.jpg 36w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ipsita-Divedi-Support-111x155.jpg 111w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ipsita-Divedi-Support.jpg 1201w" sizes="(max-width: 265px) 85vw, 265px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-63053" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://thegreats.co/artworks/support-is-everything" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support is Everything</a>&#8221; by <a href="https://thegreats.co/artists/ipsita-divedi" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ipsita Divedi</a>, licensed <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC-SA</a>.</figcaption></figure>
<p>For over 40 years, millions across the globe have collectively celebrated the achievements, histories, ideas, and contributions of women on March 8 and increasingly, throughout March for Women’s History Month using <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HerStory&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#HerStory</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BecauseOfHerStory&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#BecauseOfHerStory</a>. This year, we wanted to do something special to celebrate this annual event, so we reached out to several members of the <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creative Commons Global Network</a> and the broader open community to ask them to share their personal stories, ideas, and insights by responding to five questions. The result is this five-part blog series called, “Her Story.” <span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout this series, we’ll also be highlighting the work of women artists who submitted pieces to </span><a href="https://thegreats.co/artworks?theme=reimagining-human-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fine Acts’ Reimagining Human Rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> challenge. </span></p>
<p>Our hope is that these conversations will inspire you to reflect on your own stories and ideas. We also hope it will motivate you to think about how you can help make open sharing more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable. Put simply, we want to <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/16/announcing-our-new-strategy-whats-next-for-cc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">make sharing better</a>—to do that, we need your help.</p>
<p><em><strong>In part three of this series, participants responded to the following question: </strong><b>How can feminism transform the open movement?</b></em></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Anthere" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Florence Devouard</b></a><b> | Co-Lead, Wiki Loves Women; Wikimedian for 19 years; Former Chairwoman, Wikimedia Foundation</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Les courants féministes sont de véritables bouillons de culture d&#8217;idées et des valeurs et accompagnent sous diverses formes notre histoire à travers des demandes d’égalité, de justice, de liberté, de visibilité. De son côté, le mouvement de la culture libre reste majoritairement masculin (par exemple  seule 10% de personnes participant à Wikipedia sont des femmes; il y également beaucoup moins de femmes dans le développement de logiciel libre que dans le développement de logiciel propriétaire) et l&#8217;ambiance parfois assez agressive, voire sexiste. Les féministes sont à l&#8217;origine de nombreuses initiatives innovantes destinées à sensibiliser, recruter, former, soutenir les novices du mouvement libre, et membres des groupes de travail réfléchissant aux moyens de développer un environnement plus amical, plus positif, plus réceptif et réactif aux situations individuelles (tels que développement de Charte de participation). </span></p>
<p><em>EN: Feminist currents are veritable broths for the culture of ideas and values, ​​and in various forms accompany our history through demands for equality, justice, freedom, and visibility. For its part, the free culture movement remains predominantly male (for example, only 10% of people participating in Wikipedia are women; there are also far fewer women in the development of free software than in the development of proprietary software) and the atmosphere is sometimes quite aggressive, even sexist. Feminists are behind many innovative initiatives aimed at sensitizing, recruiting, training, and supporting novices of the free movement, and are also members of working groups reflecting on ways in which to develop a more friendly, positive, receptive, and responsive environment.</em></p>
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<li><b><a href="https://twitter.com/nyakwakah?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hildah Nyakwaka</a> | <span>Community Coordinator, Center for Digital Resilience</span></b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abolishing the patriarchy and cisheteronormativity gives room in which we can foster creativity into the knowledge we consider important to share and preserve. Black women and Black queer folks have so much to share in knowledge and in brilliance, but this is shadowed daily by the small but meaningful and impactful things that go on within the open movement. Such as controlling or directing who receives funding, people not having the &#8220;necessary&#8221; networks that could get them into rooms where important and powerful decisions and conversations are made, Eurocentrism, a lack of diversity in leading organizations, inequality in labour and hiring procedures, etc. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Until these things are dealt with, nothing will change.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ilkayholt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>İlkay Holt </b></a><b>| Representative to the CC Global Network Council, CC Turkey</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am not an expert in this area but I can say that feminism would help to put equality in practise in the open community, not only in terms of gender but every level of social equality.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/arenitasoria" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Irene Soria Guzmán</b></a><b> | </b><b>Representative to the Global Network Council, </b><strong>CC México; feminista; académica y activista de la cultura libre</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Silvia Federici dice que los comunes no son &#8220;cosas&#8221; sino relaciones sociales. Por ello, hablar del acto de compartir, [commoning], los vínculos y la interdepencia, pueden ser ideas que desde el feminismo ayuden a derribar las jerarquías sociales impuestas y transformar el movimiento abierto.</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">EN: Silvia Federici says that the commons are not &#8220;things&#8221; but social relationships. For this reason, talking about feminist ideas like the act of sharing, commoning, social ties, and inter-dependence can help demolish the imposed social hierarchies and transform the open movement.</span></em></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/havingaflood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Isla Haddow-Flood</b></a> <b></b><b>| Chair and Advancement Lead, Wiki In Africa; CoProject Lead, Wiki Loves Women</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feminism is an integral part of the open movement. Equity and inclusion are building blocks of openness: you cannot be truly open if you are keeping people out. Most of the main players in this space are dedicated to ensuring gender equity. Within the Wikimedia movement alone, active feminism and gender-equity </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">projects</a> and groups exist across languages, themes, and regions. Accompanied by safety and security teams and policies (such as the <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/02/02/wikipedia-embraces-first-of-its-kind-universal-code-of-conduct/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Universal Code of Conduct</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy#:~:text=The%20Wikimedia%20Foundation%20is%20dedicated,expression%2C%20disability%2C%20physical%20appearance%2C">friendly space policy</a>), together and separately these projects and initiatives have transformed the Wikimedia movement. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is a LOT of work still to be done, but the movement is definitely a more gender-friendly space than it used to be. These projects have not only elevated women and encouraged female contribution but have also allowed for space where men can be gender sensitised and have the opportunity to work towards gender equity too.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mrnvlnt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Mariana Valente</strong></a> <b></b><b>| Director, InternetLab; Professor, Insper University; 2019-2020 CC Brazil lead</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obviously, we need to address gender equality in the open movement, but here I would like to go beyond that. Feminism has a lot to teach about forming communities, destabilizing crystallized power structures, and learning within differences. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are many affinities between the open movement and feminism. More than a legal solution, the open movement is about changing worldviews and creating—in the present—the living experience of what a different future could look like. Feminists are about that too. But one of the things which I think is exceptional is that feminists have learned over the decades how to fight in extremely adversarial environments, how to protect themselves from reactive waves, and how to reshape the movement in the face of internal power imbalances. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feminists have had to differentiate and define themselves too, politically, geographically, and in terms of values and principles—and at times, to join forces for common causes. Feminists have long understood the need to fight for both cultural and institutional change. These are all learnings that I think are very useful in addressing today’s challenges in the open movement. </span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/PrimahKwagala" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Primah Kwagala</b></a><b><b> | Executive Director, Women’s Probono Initiative (Uganda)</b></b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An ecofeminist approach to the open movement requires us to interrogate the patriarchal systems that continuously make it impossible for women to access, share, and consume openly accessible knowledge and content. Traditionally, it is men that are considered professionals whilst women were and are referenced/viewed as an aesthetic and a support system to their male colleagues in the open movement. Many women, to this date, are only able to exist as ghostwriters to their male colleagues in the open movement. This needs to end. The open movement needs to embrace and expose women&#8217;s works so we can equally celebrate and promote women as co-creators with their male colleagues. </span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b><img src="media/fd6891cb.1f44b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> There&#8217;s more! Read <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-becoming-an-advocate-for-open/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">part one</a> and <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-facing-our-greatest-challenges/">part two</a> of our &#8220;Her Story&#8221; blog series today. Part four and five will be published Monday mornings (EST) throughout the month of March. Stay tuned!</b></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/15/her-story-transforming-open-through-feminism/">Her Story: Transforming Open Through Feminism</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63070
title: Meet your new Global Network Council Executive Committee!
uri: Meet-your-new-Global-Network-Council-Executive-Committee
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/16/new-global-network-council-executive-committee/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In December 2020 the Creative Commons Global Network Council (GNC) voted on the new Executive Committee (ExCom). The ExCom took up its work in January 2021 and will be working throughout the next year and beyond by supporting the Network, fostering and strengthening connections, and encouraging activities around the new </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10rQDv5Hzuss38oi1ovGuoxHagmFzqn_f/view"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Strategy.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><b><i>Meet the six elected members of the ExCom below! </i></b></p>
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<li><b>Susanna Ånäs (2021-2022 term)</b></li>
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<p><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-63073 alignleft" src="media/6c1a5064.Susanna-Anas-copy.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Susanna-Ånäs-copy.jpg" alt="Image of Susanna Ånäs" width="163" height="163" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Susanna-Ånäs-copy.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Susanna-Ånäs-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Susanna-Ånäs-copy-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Susanna-Ånäs-copy-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Susanna-Ånäs-copy-155x155.jpg 155w" sizes="(max-width: 163px) 85vw, 163px" />Susanna <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a photographer and media artist by background. She works with Open GLAM at Avoin GLAM, a joint effort of Wikimedia, Open Knowledge and </span><a href="https://creativecommons.fi/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons in Finland</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (for which she is the GNC representative). Through this collaboration, we hope to explore the boundaries of Open Access when it comes to Traditional Knowledge or personal information. She develops</span><a href="https://wikidocumentaries-demo.wmflabs.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Wikidocumentaries</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a microhistory platform and a maker space for citizen historians. She likes weaving linked open cultural heritage data and personal memories into stories with the help of Wikibase and Wikimedia projects. Her recent projects include arranging the online cultural hackathon</span><a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/hack4openglam/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Hack4OpenGLAM</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the Creative Commons Summit 2020, the initiation of a local history wiki</span><a href="https://paikallishistoriawiki.miraheze.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Paikallishistoriawiki</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and a local archiving project </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Central Park Archives</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the neighbourhood of Maunula, Helsinki.</span></p>
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<li><b>Franco Giandana &#8211; the new ExCom Chair (2021 term)</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-63077 alignleft" src="media/fc416571.Franco-Giandana.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Franco-Giandana.jpg" alt="Image of Franco Giandana" width="160" height="160" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Franco-Giandana.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Franco-Giandana-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Franco-Giandana-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Franco-Giandana-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Franco-Giandana-155x155.jpg 155w" sizes="(max-width: 160px) 85vw, 160px" />Franco is a long time contributor to the Open Movement ecosystem, working at the Unviersidad Nacional de Córdoba as a Coordinator por Public Innovation, developing open technology to foster civil participation in local governments. As a private lawyer, he has participated in national and international cases representing artists and authors in different industries, such as the film, music or street art industries. Recently, he joined the Fundacion Via Libre as a legal and policy analyst and is currently working on a LACNIC funded project to counteract abusive DMCA content moderation in internet platforms in Latin America. He is the GNC representative for the </span><a href="http://creativecommons.org.ar/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Argentine Chapter.</span></a></p>
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<li><b>Arturo Sánchez Pineda (2021-2022 term)</b></li>
</ul>
<p><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-63078 alignleft" src="media/f6794818.Arturo-Sanchez-Pineda.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Arturo-Sánchez-Pineda.jpg" alt="Image of Arturo Sánchez Pineda" width="159" height="159" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Arturo-Sánchez-Pineda.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Arturo-Sánchez-Pineda-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Arturo-Sánchez-Pineda-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Arturo-Sánchez-Pineda-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Arturo-Sánchez-Pineda-155x155.jpg 155w" sizes="(max-width: 159px) 85vw, 159px" />Arturo <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a Venezuelan researcher (PhD) in physics, computer sciences and education. He lives in Europe and develops his professional activities at </span><a href="https://home.cern"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CERN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://lapp.in2p3.fr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">LAPP</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="http://ictp.it"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ICTP</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in Switzerland, France and Italy, respectively. Some of the relevant activities in the OER area are the management of the </span><a href="http://opendata.atlas.cern"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ATLAS Open Data</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> project for Education at CERN, the coordination of the </span><a href="http://www.cevale2ve.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CEVALE2VE</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and member of the EU Horizon 2020 project </span><a href="https://projectescape.eu"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ESCAPE</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the EU ERASMUS+ project </span><a href="https://laconga.redclara.net"><span style="font-weight: 400;">LA-CoNGA physics</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is also the co-founder and GNC representative of the </span><a href="https://ve.creativecommons.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Venezuela Creative Commons Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (founded in 2018) and is working on the re-establishment of a Creative Commons Chapter in Switzerland (2021). In general, he always tries to teach and outreach what he learns. In his opinion the best way to contribute to the Creative Commons objectives and society has been through education.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Irene Soria  (2021-2022 term)</b></li>
</ul>
<p><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-63079 alignleft" src="media/26adca6b.Irene-Soria.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Irene-Soria.jpg" alt="Image of Irene Soria" width="159" height="159" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Irene-Soria.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Irene-Soria-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Irene-Soria-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Irene-Soria-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Irene-Soria-155x155.jpg 155w" sizes="(max-width: 159px) 85vw, 159px" />Irene <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a PhD candidate in the Feminist Studies Department at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City. She is a part-time faculty member, academic, consultant, graphic designer and activist for the free software / free culture movement since 2009. Irene decided to explore and study her own practices when migrating to the exclusive use of free software as a graphic designer, which led her to the in-depth analysis of open knowledge, free access, the Commons and above all: social sciences crossed by feminism and decolonial studies. Around these topics, she has written a degree thesis, academic and general interest articles, books and compilations, as well as attended and presented at conferences in many countries. In 2018, she was invited to re-found the </span><a href="https://mx.creativecommons.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Mexico Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which she represents at the Global Network Council, in addition to being a member of the CC Global Network Council Membership Committee and, lately, part of the EXCom.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Alek Tarkowski (2021 term)</b></li>
</ul>
<p><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-63080 alignleft" src="media/5f508784.Alek-Tarkowski.png" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alek-Tarkowski.png" alt="Image of Alek Tarkowski" width="164" height="164" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alek-Tarkowski.png 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alek-Tarkowski-150x150.png 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alek-Tarkowski-40x40.png 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alek-Tarkowski-50x50.png 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alek-Tarkowski-155x155.png 155w" sizes="(max-width: 164px) 85vw, 164px" />Alek <span style="font-weight: 400;">is the Strategy Director of Open Future Foundation, a European think tank for the open movement. He is a sociologist, activist and strategist. Since 2004 he has been active, in Poland and globally, in organizations and social movements building an open internet. His focus has been on copyright, commons-based approaches to resource management and intellectual property. His interests include digital strategies for societies, regulation of emergent technologies, digital skills and openness of public resources.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is the co-founder of </span><a href="https://centrumcyfrowe.pl"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Centrum Cyfrowe</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a Polish think-and-do tank supporting open, digital society, where he currently chairs the Oversight Board. He also co-founded </span><a href="http://creativecommons.pl/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Poland</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="http://communia-association.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Communia</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (the European Association on the Digital Public Domain) and the </span><a href="http://koed.org.pl/pl/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Polish Coalition for Open Education (KOED)</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. He has co-chaired the strategic process for the new Creative Commons Global Network Strategy. He is an alumnus of the </span><a href="https://center-for-leadership.org/academy/overview/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leadership Academy of Poland</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Class of 2017), in 2016 he was named New Europe 100 Challenger.  Member of the Steering Committee of Internet Governance Forum Poland.  Formerly, member of the Board of Strategic Advisors to the Prime Minister of Poland (2008-2011), member of the Polish Board of Digitisation, an advisory body to the Minister of Digitisation (2011-2016) and Junior Fellow at the McLuhan Program on Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He co-authored a range of Polish strategic documents, including the strategic report “Poland 2030”, the “Digital Poland” strategy and the Polish official long-term strategy for growth. He advised as well multiple public institutions and civil society organizations on digital strategies and projects. Co-author, with Mirek Filiciak, of a collection of essays titled “Two zero. Alphabet of new culture and other texts”. Lecturer at Artes Liberales Faculty at University of Warsaw and SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Member of the Advisory Board of the </span><a href="https://connectedlearning.edu.mt/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Commonwealth Center for Connected Learning</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="http://soi.swps.pl/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">School of Ideas SWPS</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://coderdojo.org.pl/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CoderDojo Polska</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Tomo Watanabe (2021-2022 term)</b></li>
</ul>
<p><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-63081 alignleft" src="media/a086359d.Tomo-Watanabe.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tomo-Watanabe.jpg" alt="Image of Tomo Watanabe" width="171" height="171" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tomo-Watanabe.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tomo-Watanabe-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tomo-Watanabe-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tomo-Watanabe-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tomo-Watanabe-155x155.jpg 155w" sizes="(max-width: 171px) 85vw, 171px" />Tomo <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a long-time member of the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.jp/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Japan Chapter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, involved in its launch circa 2003 and continuously active since 2007. He has been leading the Japan team while being involved in license porting and translation, open data, copyright reform advocacy, and other activities. He is an academic at GLOCOM, the International University of Japan where he also manages the research division. His interests include social and policy issues related to openness, such as open data, open innovation through FabLab, multi-stakeholder policymaking process, open collaboration on Wikipedia, open strategies, open network infrastructure policies. He co-founded Open Knowledge Foundation Japan and was once a Wikipediholic. He holds a PhD from Indiana University.</span></p>
<p><strong>The ExCom also has three CC positions. These are filled by <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/catherine/">CC’s CEO Catherine Stihler</a>, CC’s Network Manager, and <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/deliabrowne/">CC’s Board member Delia Browne</a>. </strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credits: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Susanna and Irene: Sebastiaan ter Burg under (CC BY 2.0); </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Franco, Arturo, Tomo, and </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alek provided their photos. </span></em></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63086
title: Our 2020 State of the Commons Report Is Here!
uri: Our-2020-State-of-the-Commons-Report-Is-Here
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/18/our-2020-state-of-the-commons-report-is-here/
content:
<p>2020 was a year none of us will forget—and while there are many reasons to look back on last year with sadness and anger, we&#8217;ve chosen a different path: one of optimism and hope.</p>
<p><a href="media/4918342f.CC_State_of_the_Commons_2020.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/2/2e/CC_State_of_the_Commons_2020.pdf"><img loading="lazy" class="alignright wp-image-63098 " src="media/a55b9ab7.2020-State-of-the-Commons-Screenshot-231x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-State-of-the-Commons-Screenshot-231x300.jpg" alt="2020 State of the Commons Screenshot" width="256" height="332" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-State-of-the-Commons-Screenshot-231x300.jpg 231w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-State-of-the-Commons-Screenshot-790x1024.jpg 790w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-State-of-the-Commons-Screenshot-768x995.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-State-of-the-Commons-Screenshot-31x40.jpg 31w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-State-of-the-Commons-Screenshot-39x50.jpg 39w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-State-of-the-Commons-Screenshot-120x155.jpg 120w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-State-of-the-Commons-Screenshot.jpg 932w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 85vw, 256px" /></a>In our <a href="media/4918342f.CC_State_of_the_Commons_2020.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/2/2e/CC_State_of_the_Commons_2020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2020 State of the Commons</a> report, we take you through what we accomplished last year, from effectively unlocking hundreds of thousands of patents to the public through the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/?s=open+covid+pledge" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open COVID Pledge</a> to hosting over 1300 people in our first virtual <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/11/12/a-look-back-at-the-2020-virtual-cc-global-summit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Global Summit</a>. &#8220;Despite the year’s many challenges,&#8221; CEO Catherine Stihler writes in her opening message, &#8220;CC made great strides in our mission to build and sustain a thriving commons of shared knowledge and culture.&#8221; In this report, we also tried something new, featuring posts written by members of the CC Global Network (CCGN) originally published on the CCGN&#8217;s <a href="https://medium.com/creative-commons-we-like-to-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Medium publication</a>. From using open-source games to host artistic performances in Indonesia to creating a digital advocacy project that reached over 257,000 people in Nigeria, these individuals&#8217; work and words have both inspired and motivated us to continue onward. Hopefully, they&#8217;ll do the same for you.</p>
<p><a href="media/4918342f.CC_State_of_the_Commons_2020.pdf" data-original-source="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/2/2e/CC_State_of_the_Commons_2020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Read the 2020 State of the Commons report!</strong></a></p>
<p>Finally, we couldn&#8217;t do any of this work without the support of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>individual donors, foundations, and corporations who share our commitment to open knowledge and creativity. We&#8217;d like to take this moment to gratefully acknowledge past and present supporters, including:</p>
<ul>
<li class="p1">HMK</li>
<li class="p1">John Lilly and Kathy Howe</li>
<li class="p1">Paul and Iris Brest</li>
<li class="p1">Ron Conway</li>
<li class="p1">Stewart J. Guss, Attorney at Law</li>
<li class="p1">Ted Wang</li>
</ul>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63129
title: Open Minds Podcast: Coraline Ada Ehmke on Ethical Source
uri: Open-Minds-Podcast-Coraline-Ada-Ehmke-on-Ethical-Source
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/19/open-minds-podcast-coraline-ada-ehmke-on-ethical-source/
content:
<p>We&#8217;ve been getting such great feedback about our new podcast, <a href="https://anchor.fm/creative-commons2">Open Minds…from Creative Commons</a>. Thank you for listening!</p>
<p>On today&#8217;s episode, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/sarahcreativecommons-org/">Sarah Pearson</a>, CC&#8217;s Senior Counsel, talks to <a href="https://where.coraline.codes/">Coraline Ada Ehmke</a> about her work at the intersection of open source and social good.</p>
<figure id="attachment_63130" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-63130" style="width: 304px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-63130" src="media/ee77f499.Coraline_Ada_Ehmke.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Coraline_Ada_Ehmke.jpg" alt="" width="304" height="538" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Coraline_Ada_Ehmke-169x300.jpg 169w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Coraline_Ada_Ehmke-23x40.jpg 23w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Coraline_Ada_Ehmke-28x50.jpg 28w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Coraline_Ada_Ehmke-87x155.jpg 87w" sizes="(max-width: 304px) 85vw, 304px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-63130" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="media/7b05ef20.Coraline_Ada_Ehmke" data-original-source="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraline_Ada_Ehmke">Coraline Ada Ehmke</a> (CC BY-SA 4.0)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Ehmke is a developer, writer, speaker, musician, and activist. She&#8217;s the creator of <a href="https://www.contributor-covenant.org/">Contributor Covenant</a>, a code of conduct used by more than 100,000 open source projects and communities.</p>
<p>She describes herself as a &#8220;big-time open source troublemaker&#8221; and opposes the idea that open source software should be available to anyone for any purpose. Her view stands in contrast to what is known as the <a href="https://opensource.org/osd">Open Source Definition</a>, which says that open source licenses can not limit who may use a program—even if they are <a href="https://opensource.org/faq#evil">evil</a>.</p>
<p>In response, Ehmke created the <a href="https://firstdonoharm.dev/">Hippocratic License</a>, which prohibits software from being used in projects that violate human rights. She&#8217;s also behind the <a href="https://ethicalsource.dev/">Organization for Ethical Source</a>, an initiative that aims to ensure that the work of open source developers is being used for social good.</p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong>Listen on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/open-minds-from-creative-commons/id1554356942" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7BZYq1hUvIgzm4VF149Rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://anchor.fm/creative-commons2">more.</a> You can also subscribe via the show&#8217;s <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/4d70d828/podcast/rss">RSS feed</a>.</strong></p>
<p>Please subscribe to the show in whatever podcast app you use, so you don&#8217;t miss any of our conversations with people working to make the internet and our global culture more open and collaborative.</p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63133
title: Her Story: Promoting Inclusivity and Equity
uri: Her-Story-Promoting-Inclusivity-and-Equity
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/22/her-story-promoting-inclusivity-and-equity/
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<figure id="attachment_63136" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-63136" style="width: 237px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-63136" src="media/db04c307.ld-Each-Other_-Osheen-Siva-for-Fine-Acts_postcard_A5-212x300.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hold-Each-Other_-Osheen-Siva-for-Fine-Acts_postcard_A5-212x300.jpg" alt="" width="237" height="336" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hold-Each-Other_-Osheen-Siva-for-Fine-Acts_postcard_A5-212x300.jpg 212w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hold-Each-Other_-Osheen-Siva-for-Fine-Acts_postcard_A5-722x1024.jpg 722w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hold-Each-Other_-Osheen-Siva-for-Fine-Acts_postcard_A5-768x1089.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hold-Each-Other_-Osheen-Siva-for-Fine-Acts_postcard_A5-1083x1536.jpg 1083w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hold-Each-Other_-Osheen-Siva-for-Fine-Acts_postcard_A5-28x40.jpg 28w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hold-Each-Other_-Osheen-Siva-for-Fine-Acts_postcard_A5-35x50.jpg 35w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hold-Each-Other_-Osheen-Siva-for-Fine-Acts_postcard_A5-109x155.jpg 109w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hold-Each-Other_-Osheen-Siva-for-Fine-Acts_postcard_A5.jpg 1201w" sizes="(max-width: 237px) 85vw, 237px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-63136" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="https://thegreats.co/artworks/hold-each-other" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hold Each Other</a>&#8221; by <a href="https://thegreats.co/artists/osheen-siva" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Osheen Siva</a>, licensed <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC-SA</a>.</figcaption></figure>
<p>For over 40 years, millions across the globe have collectively celebrated the achievements, histories, ideas, and contributions of women on March 8 and increasingly, throughout March for Women’s History Month using <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HerStory&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#HerStory</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BecauseOfHerStory&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#BecauseOfHerStory</a>. This year, we wanted to do something special to celebrate this annual event, so we reached out to several members of the <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creative Commons Global Network</a> and the broader open community to ask them to share their personal stories, ideas, and insights by responding to five questions. The result is this five-part blog series called, “Her Story.” <span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout this series, we’ll also be highlighting the work of women artists who submitted pieces to </span><a href="https://thegreats.co/artworks?theme=reimagining-human-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fine Acts’ Reimagining Human Rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> challenge. </span></p>
<p>Our hope is that these conversations will inspire you to reflect on your own stories and ideas. We also hope it will motivate you to think about how you can help make open sharing more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable. Put simply, we want to <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/16/announcing-our-new-strategy-whats-next-for-cc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">make sharing better</a>—to do that, we need your help.</p>
<p><em><strong>In part three of this series, participants responded to the following question: <b>What efforts or actions should be taken by open organizations to ensure the movement is more inclusive?</b></strong></em></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Anthere" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Florence Devouard</b></a><b> | Co-Lead, Wiki Loves Women; Wikimedian for 19 years; Former Chairwoman, Wikimedia Foundation</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plusieurs initiatives du monde libre travaillent à la mise en place de code de conduite, charte de bonnes pratiques, lutte contre le harcèlement, usage de langage inclusif, respect du genre déclaré, prise en compte des besoins des personnes neuroatypiques ou en situation de handicap lors des évènements présentiels, réflexion sur les modes de représentation au sein des conseils d&#8217;administration, délocalisation des évènements depuis l&#8217;Europe/Etats-Unis vers d&#8217;autres continents, prise en charge des frais de nounous, prise en charge des frais de connexion internet, respect des préférences alimentaires etc.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Il serait bon d&#8217;être à l&#8217;écoute des démarches engagés par les autres organisations du mouvement libre, éventuellement d&#8217;</span><b>établir un observatoire des bonnes pratiques</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> de chacune d&#8217;entre elles (selon les étapes de discussion, pilote, implémentation, retours d&#8217;expérience) et multiplier les opportunités d&#8217;échanges et de partage de documents.</span></p>
<p><em>EN: Several initiatives in the [open movement] are working on the establishment of a code of conduct, a charter of good practices, fight against harassment, use of inclusive language, respect for declared gender, taking into account the needs of neuro-atypical people or people with disabilities during face-to-face events, reflection on modes of representation on boards of directors, relocation of events from Europe / United States to other continents, coverage of nanny fees, coverage of connection fees for the internet, respect for food preferences, etc.</em></p>
<p><em>It would be good to follow the steps taken by the other organizations in the open movement to establish an observatory of the good practices (e.g. stages of discussion, piloting, implementation, feedback, etc.) and increase the opportunities for exchange and sharing of documents.</em></p>
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<li><b><a href="https://twitter.com/nyakwakah?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hildah Nyakwaka</a> | <span>Community Coordinator, Center for Digital Resilience</span></b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pay people that are doing the hard work of fostering and building open communities outside of the United States and Europe. Without support, they cannot participate as they would like to. Hire black people, folks from the LGBTQI community, from Indigenous communities and honour their efforts. Move out of your comfort zone and find people that are creating a positive impact—and share their stories, introduce them to the powerful networks you have access to; put your allyship where your power and money is. Get rid of the volunteerism industrial complex.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ilkayholt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>İlkay Holt </b></a><b>| Representative to the CC Global Network Council, CC Turkey</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I can think of a long list of actions but overall I believe that supporting multilingualism, welcoming cultural diversity and community-driven governance, as well as openness in workflows, transparency in decisions and utilizing a collaborative approach around shared values could help create a more inclusive environment at the organisational level.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/arenitasoria" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Irene Soria Guzmán</b></a><b> | </b><b>Representative to the Global Network Council, </b><strong>CC México; feminista; académica y activista de la cultura libre</strong></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creo que la empatía es fundamental. Ir más allá de &#8220;incluir&#8221; y mejor, crear otros mundos y otras realidades diversas. Que podamos hablar abiertamente y en espacios seguros sobre los problemas que tenemos desde el sur global y otras periferias y márgenes.</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">EN: I think empathy is essential. Go beyond &#8220;include&#8221; and move on to create other worlds and other diverse realities. Build safe spaces where we can speak openly about the problems we face in the Global South and in other peripheries and margins.</span></em></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/havingaflood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Isla Haddow-Flood</b></a> <b></b><b>| Chair and Advancement Lead, Wiki In Africa; CoProject Lead, Wiki Loves Women</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recite the Wikimedia mantra: <em>be bold!</em> Recognise your own biases—both conscious and unconscious. Open up channels of communication for feedback, criticism and constructive suggestions. Don&#8217;t just pay lip-service to inclusivity, <em>be </em>it. Find ways to bring people in from the margins. Make sure your values reflect inclusivity and that you and your team live by those values.</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mrnvlnt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Mariana Valente</strong></a> <b></b><b>| Director, InternetLab; Professor, Insper University; 2019-2020 CC Brazil lead</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first step is to recognize the existing power imbalances and take concrete, bold steps to address them. One problem is the defensiveness and protectiveness of the past and how things used to be that causes silence and inaction. I&#8217;m not just referring to gender imbalances but to the many inequalities that exist across our organizations and our societies. We need to recognize these and move forward.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The second thing, in a movement like ours that works in so many different layers and levels, is understanding and internalizing that identities are constantly shifting and are contextual. Someone <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09502386.2016.1168114?journalCode=rcus20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">subalternized</a> in certain environments will probably be in situations of privilege when facing others. For example, in international environments, I face discrimination for being a Brazilian woman that is very different from the experiences I have back at home, where besides being a woman, I enjoy many privileges that are related to the racial and class-related local history and context. This also affects my international experiences. Women from other countries and continents might face these issues differently. Because we are a global community, this requires difficult conversations, as well as constant checking and evaluation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are, of course, referring to attitudes and practices, but change requires policies too. We can learn from the many experiences out there of organizational policies that have made rights and wrongs in addressing these issues: diversity, effective participation in decision-making, qualified hearing procedures, anti-harassment actions, etc. We know, of course, no rights have ever been granted without struggle—so, we need to organize. It is amazing to see how many women from this community have taken on feminist causes inside the community, have tirelessly addressed this in summits, talks, projects, and everyday actions. <em>Huge thanks to them!</em></span></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/PrimahKwagala" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Primah Kwagala</b></a><b><b> | Executive Director, Women’s Probono Initiative (Uganda)</b></b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Consider affirmative action positions in the leadership of the open movement. Let us be deliberate in appointing women to lead specific aspects of the open movement. Women in many aspects will not offer themselves for leadership, let us seek them out and offer them the spaces to lead and offer their works. Let us celebrate them as much as we celebrate the male gender.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b><img src="media/fd6891cb.1f44b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> There&#8217;s more! Read <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-becoming-an-advocate-for-open/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">part one</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-facing-our-greatest-challenges/">part two</a>, and <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/15/her-story-transforming-open-through-feminism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">part three</a> of our &#8220;Her Story&#8221; blog series today. Part five will be published soon. Stay tuned!</b></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/22/her-story-promoting-inclusivity-and-equity/">Her Story: Promoting Inclusivity and Equity</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63154
title: A New Era of Open? COVID-19 and the Pursuit for Equitable Solutions
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Creative Commons published an article titled, &#8220;</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/19/now-is-the-time-for-open-access-policies-heres-why/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now Is the Time for Open Access Policies—Here&#8217;s Why</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8221; in March 2020. We felt it imperative to underscore the importance of open access, specifically open science, in times of crisis. A lot has changed since March of last year and it&#8217;s important to assess the progress made and take a hard look at the dangers ahead. </span></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-63162 alignright" src="media/0044e4e7.COVID-19-Panel-Event-2021-Thank-you.gif" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/COVID-19-Panel-Event-2021-Thank-you.gif" alt="" width="401" height="226" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this panel, hosted on 16 March 2021, we examined the fields of Open Data, Open Science, and Open Source Medical Hardware with panelists </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarek_Loubani"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Tarek Loubani</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Medical Director and Physician, The Glia Project) </span><a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/tim-hubbard"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Tim Hubbard</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Professor of Bioinformatics, Department of Medical &amp; Molecular Genetics at King&#8217;s College London), and </span><a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/suthersanen.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Uma Suthersanen</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Professor of Global Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London).</span></p>
<p><b>Moderator </b><a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/brigittevezina/"><b>Brigitte Vézina</b></a><b> (Director of Policy, Creative Commons) opened the panel with this question: What does “open” mean in the context of COVID-19?</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Suthersanen explained that &#8220;open&#8221; can mean a lot of things—from open science to open data to open GLAM—but the past year and a half has especially illustrated the importance of open platforms. “You can have a lot of ‘openness,’ but if there are no bridges and if the platforms are all closed [behind a paywall, for instance] then is anything really open?&#8221; she asked. Open platforms are especially important for the dissemination of scientific research. “One of the things that have happened as a result of COVID,” Dr. Hubbard responded, “is we’ve seen a vast amount of people publishing in open journals or on free publication platforms.” In fact, the pandemic has pushed scientists into pre-publishing their work almost immediately rather than waiting for journals and/or peer review. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This pandemic illustrated the necessity and effectiveness of public pressure on companies to open up their intellectual property when it’s in the public’s interest.</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In general, the panelists agreed that the open movement had been strengthened through the crisis. Dr. Suthersanen, in particular, pointed out that the number of discussions around patents and intellectual property (IP) over the last year has grown immensely—this is a positive development because it means the IP conversation has taken on momentum. &#8220;IP has not descended from a god,&#8221; she explained, “they are state-granted property rights&#8230;What they give, they can take away.” To take advantage of this momentum, we need to change the narrative around IP to combat the fear that pharmaceutical companies have. Dr. Loubani also recognized that during the pandemic we saw what happens when the supply chains fall apart: the momentum behind open source medical hardware during COVID-19 came out of an urgent need for supplies and devices. He also mentioned that the pandemic illustrated the necessity and effectiveness of public pressure on companies to open up their IP when it’s in the public’s interest.</span></p>
<h3><b>So what does the future of “open” look like? </b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00305-7"><span style="font-weight: 400;">openly sequencing the genome</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the virus wasn&#8217;t really an issue, explained Dr. Hubbard, the primary challenge to more openness in science, especially healthcare, is sharing individual patient data for research purposes. We need to figure out how to protect people&#8217;s privacy regarding their health data but also openly share that information with scientists to inform medical innovation and research. “Maybe we&#8217;ll get away from the idea of data sharing,” he suggested, “and lean more towards sharing information that is the summary of a set of data while the raw data itself stays locked away.” Dr. Loubani agreed, saying that data privacy is a major issue in open-source medical hardware and open science because it can impact people&#8217;s trust in their healthcare systems and providers. That’s why, he explained, Glia is focused on designing with privacy and trust in mind. There is no other option. &#8220;Open isn&#8217;t only the most ethical way forward, it&#8217;s the most practical,” Dr. Loubani emphasized, &#8220;We can&#8217;t go back.”</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We’re convinced that you have to be a ‘giant’ to actually do something that matters, but you don’t—and I’m not. It’s all of these little movements that help us move forward&#8221;</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC&#8217;s Director of Policy Brigitte Vézina explained why hosting these conversations and asking these questions are so important. “The open movement doesn&#8217;t exist for its own sake, it&#8217;s there to try and achieve higher goals, such as access to education or healthcare,” she said, “The open movement enables citizens to exercise their fundamental rights.&#8221; </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, we ended the panel on a hopeful note as Dr. Loubani reminded everyone of the responsibility and capabilities we all have to carry this movement forward. “We’re convinced that you have to be a ‘giant’ to actually do something that matters, but you don’t—and I’m not,” he explained, “It’s all of these little movements that help us move forward&#8230;We’ve gone forward 20 or 25 years in open access in the past year during the pandemic, and now it’s ours to lose.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of course, there’s a lot more conversation that isn’t mentioned here—from questions about combatting vaccine hesitation to a discussion around marrying human rights and open access—that’s why we highly encourage you to </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ8GQUNUXGM&amp;ab_channel=CreativeCommons"><span style="font-weight: 400;">watch the full panel</span></a> (with subtitles in Français and Español)!</p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong>Curious about what the panelists are up to?</strong> Check out <a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/suthersanen.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dr. Suthersanen’s latest work</a> on reframing the TRIPS agreement into a dignity framework vs. trade, Dr. Hubbard’s work with <a href="https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Health Data Research UK</a> and the <a href="https://www.ukrn.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UK Reproducibility Network</a>, and Dr. Loubani’s work with <a href="https://glia.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Glia</a>, which <a href="https://twitter.com/fabricatorz/status/1371850270624387072" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recently announced</a> they’re producing and distributing open-source medical hardware in the United States!</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/04/02/a-new-era-of-open-covid-19-and-the-pursuit-for-equitable-solutions/">A New Era of Open? COVID-19 and the Pursuit for Equitable Solutions</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


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title: Her Story: Embracing the Here and Now
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url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/04/05/her-story-embracing-the-here-and-now/
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<p>For over 40 years, millions across the globe have collectively celebrated the achievements, histories, ideas, and contributions of women on March 8 and increasingly, throughout March for Women’s History Month using <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HerStory&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#HerStory</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BecauseOfHerStory&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#BecauseOfHerStory</a>. This year, we wanted to do something special to celebrate this annual event, so we reached out to several members of the <a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creative Commons Global Network</a> and the broader open community to ask them to share their personal stories, ideas, and insights by responding to five questions. The result is this five-part blog series called, “Her Story.” <span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout this series, we’ll also be highlighting the work of women artists who submitted pieces to </span><a href="https://thegreats.co/artworks?theme=reimagining-human-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fine Acts’ Reimagining Human Rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> challenge. </span></p>
<p>Our hope is that these conversations will inspire you to reflect on your own stories and ideas. We also hope it will motivate you to think about how you can help make open sharing more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable. Put simply, we want to <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/16/announcing-our-new-strategy-whats-next-for-cc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">make sharing better</a>—to do that, we need your help.</p>
<p><em><strong>In part five of this series, participants responded to the following question: </strong><b>What initiatives or projects in the open movement are you most excited about and why?</b></em></p>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Anthere" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Florence Devouard</b></a><b> | Co-Lead, Wiki Loves Women; Wikimedian for 19 years; Former Chairwoman, Wikimedia Foundation</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pour ma part, je suis une wikipédienne dans l&#8217;âme. J&#8217;aime la diversité des personnes qui forment sa communauté et j&#8217;aime cette approche de &#8220;neutralité de point de vue&#8221; car quelque soit notre bagage militant (notre positionnement politique, religieux etc.), on est prié d&#8217;essayer de le laisser à la porte lorsque l&#8217;on contribue. Bien loin de se retrouver dans l&#8217;entre-soi comme sur de nombreux réseaux sociaux, il est possible de multiplier les interactions avec des personnes totalement différentes de nous. Pour ma part, j&#8217;aime également appartenir à plusieurs sous-communautés, plutôt que de me consacrer à une seule, ce qui génère plus d&#8217;opportunités excitantes à explorer ! Puisqu&#8217;on me demande des exemples concrets, je vais en prendre trois.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8211; </span><b>Un groupe d&#8217;action : <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Les_sans_pagEs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">les sans pagEs</a>. </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">C&#8217;est un groupe francophone très actif né du besoin de combler le fossé et le biais de genre sur Wikipédia.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8211; </span><b>Un autre groupe d&#8217;action : le UserGroup &#8220;<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_offline_wikis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wikimedians for offline wikis</a>&#8220;. </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">C&#8217;est un groupe hétéroclite de personnes cherchant à faciliter l&#8217;accès à la connaissance et à la culture auprès des personnes peu ou pas connectées à internet.</span></p>
<p><em>EN: For my part, I am a Wikipedian at heart. I like the diversity of the people who make up its community and I like its approach of a &#8220;neutrality of point of view,&#8221; meaning whatever our background (e.g. political, religious positioning, etc.), we are asked to try to leave it at the door when contributing. Far from being in the inter-self as on many social networks, it is possible to multiply interactions with people who are totally different from us. For my part, I also like belonging to multiple sub-communities, rather than dedicating myself to just one, which generates more exciting opportunities to explore! Since I am asked for concrete examples, I will take three.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8211; An action group: <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Les_sans_pagEs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the sans pagEs</a>. It is a very active French-speaking group born from the need to bridge the gap and the gender bias on Wikipedia.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8211; Another action group: the UserGroup &#8220;<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_offline_wikis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wikimedians for offline wikis</a>.&#8221; It is a motley group of people seeking to facilitate access to knowledge and culture for people with little or no internet connection.</em></p>
<ul>
<li><b><a href="https://twitter.com/nyakwakah?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hildah Nyakwaka</a> | <span>Community Coordinator, Center for Digital Resilience</span></b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The <a href="https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/visiblewikiwomen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Visible Wiki Women</a> project is my favourite project. The <a href="https://www.wikiloveswomen.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WikiLovesWomen</a> project, the <a href="https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/decolonizing-the-internet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Decolonizing the Internet</a> project, <a href="https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/state-of-the-internets-languages/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">State of the Internet&#8217;s Languages</a>, The <a href="https://twitter.com/cc_bangladesh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Bangladesh Open Mapping</a> project are also all exciting initiatives that are bringing to light the work of brilliant and amazing people of colour who are making the open movement and the concept of open access more meaningful to communities across the globe.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/arenitasoria" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Irene Soria Guzmán</b></a><b> | </b><b>Representative to the Global Network Council, </b><strong>CC México; feminista; académica y activista de la cultura libre</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fuente <a href="https://github.com/Torneo-Tipografico-Comunidad/Torneo-2020/tree/master/%C3%81crata" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tipográfica libre Ácrata</a>—hecha por mujeres diseñadoras mexicanas, por que es la primera fuente abierta para destruir al patriarcado. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://twitter.com/la_pirateca" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lxs pitarecas</a>—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">porque es un proyecto que nos invita a cuestionar los derechos de autor y ha causado polémica en México por compartir libros en internet <img src="media/cc0813fc.1f61b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f61b.png" alt="😛" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">EN: </span></em><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The free open typeface &#8220;Ácrata&#8221; made by Mexican women designers—it&#8217;s the first open-source typeface to destroy the patriarchy. See it <a href="https://github.com/Torneo-Tipografico-Comunidad/Torneo-2020/tree/master/%C3%81crata" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </span></em><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://twitter.com/la_pirateca" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lxs pitarecas</a>—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">it&#8217;s a project that invites us to question copyright and has caused controversy in Mexico for sharing books on the internet.</span></em></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/havingaflood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Isla Haddow-Flood</b></a> <b></b><b>| Chair and Advancement Lead, Wiki In Africa; CoProject Lead, Wiki Loves Women</b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beyond the initiatives and projects I co-created and love so much, such as Wiki Loves Women (training women to seize their own agency on Wikimedia projects) and Wiki Loves Africa (using photography as a fun way to break down the barriers to contribution and rewrite the visual perception of Africa), there are so many other amazing projects within the Wikimedia movement, such as WikiDonne, Les sans pagEs, Art + Feminism, WikiGap, Women in Red, etc (more can be found <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap/Groups" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>).</span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/PrimahKwagala" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Primah Kwagala</b></a><b><b> | Executive Director, Women’s Probono Initiative (Uganda)</b></b></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am always excited about the opportunities Creative Commons offers artists (to create logos, for instance)—this is always a great opportunity to see and view a diversity of cultures across the globe. The <a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC Global Summit</a> in particular allows for creatives to share their work and progress in the open movement, which is also exciting. However, it&#8217;ll be even more exciting if the next CC Global Summits deliberately open spaces for feminist engagement on a global platform.</span></p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><b><img src="media/fd6891cb.1f44b.png" data-original-source="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> There&#8217;s more! Read <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-becoming-an-advocate-for-open/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">part one</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/08/her-story-facing-our-greatest-challenges/">part two</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/15/her-story-transforming-open-through-feminism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">part three</a>, and <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/22/her-story-promoting-inclusivity-and-equity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">part four</a> of our &#8220;Her Story&#8221; blog series today!</b></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/04/05/her-story-embracing-the-here-and-now/">Her Story: Embracing the Here and Now</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63212
title: New Season, New Beginnings at Creative Commons
uri: New-Season-New-Beginnings-at-Creative-Commons
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/04/06/new-season-new-beginnings-at-creative-commons/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dear CC Community,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This past year has been </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/18/our-2020-state-of-the-commons-report-is-here/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">full of change and challenges</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for all of us, and I’ve never been more grateful for (and amazed by!) the people that make up our CC community. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I joined Creative Commons in 2016 as a newbie to the open movement, eager to learn from this incredible community and grow the CC Global Summit. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since then, I’ve been immersed in all the awesome things our community has to offer and grown to deeply respect and appreciate the people that make up our movement. I’m excited about our next steps together as I take on the role of Community Engagement Manager here at CC. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our plans for the </span><a href="https://summit.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2021 virtual Global Summit</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are well underway, and to support this event, we’ll be searching for an Event Producer—stay tuned!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks to all of you for welcoming into the CC community, laughing at my silly questions, showing support, and keeping me humble. I’m committed to doing everything I can to help our community shine bright. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find me on Slack or send me an email at <a href="mailto:alison@creativecommons.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">alison@creativecommons.org</a>, I love hearing from you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In community, </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alison</span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63225
title: Open Minds Podcast: Lila Bailey of the Internet Archive
uri: Open-Minds-Podcast-Lila-Bailey-of-the-Internet-Archive
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/04/15/open-minds-podcast-lila-bailey-of-the-internet-archive/
content:
<p>We&#8217;ve got a new episode of our podcast to share. On today&#8217;s episode of <a href="https://anchor.fm/creative-commons2">Open Minds … from Creative Commons</a>, I talk to <a href="https://twitter.com/lilabailey">Lila Bailey</a>. She&#8217;s the policy counsel (i.e. the lead lawyer) for the <a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a>, the nonprofit digital library that makes millions of books, movies, websites, and other cultural works available for free to the public.</p>
<figure id="attachment_63226" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-63226" style="width: 411px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-63226 " src="media/9df7262a.4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-scaled.jpg" data-original-source="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="411" height="409" srcset="https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-768x765.jpg 768w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-1536x1530.jpg 1536w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-2048x2041.jpg 2048w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-40x40.jpg 40w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-50x50.jpg 50w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-156x155.jpg 156w, https://d15omoko64skxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4369319906_14cf87cf3e_o-1200x1196.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 411px) 85vw, 411px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-63226" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/4369319906">Lila Bailey</a> photo by Joi Ito (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a>)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Lila&#8217;s made it her mission to use policy and technology to democratize access to culture and knowledge. She&#8217;s a vocal advocate for libraries and archives—and the people they serve. Earlier in Lila&#8217;s career, she worked at Creative Commons, where she and I were colleagues.</p>
<p>In our conversation, Lila talks about what the Internet Archive does, and how her role there works. We also discuss digital lending, the Archive&#8217;s <a href="https://blog.archive.org/national-emergency-library/">National Emergency Library</a> project (and the publishing industry&#8217;s response to it), and our shared concern about the &#8220;platformization&#8221; of content that cannot be archived for posterity.</p>
<p style="border: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: #05b5da; padding: 1em;"><strong>Listen on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/open-minds-from-creative-commons/id1554356942" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7BZYq1hUvIgzm4VF149Rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://anchor.fm/creative-commons2">more.</a> You can also subscribe via the show&#8217;s <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/4d70d828/podcast/rss">RSS feed</a>.</strong></p>
<p>Please subscribe to the show in whatever podcast app you use, so you don&#8217;t miss any of our conversations with people working to make the internet and our global culture more open and collaborative.</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/04/15/open-minds-podcast-lila-bailey-of-the-internet-archive/">Open Minds Podcast: Lila Bailey of the Internet Archive</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63330
title: CC Search to Join WordPress
uri: CC-Search-to-Join-WordPress
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/05/03/cc-search-to-join-wordpress/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons is thrilled to confirm that </span><a href="https://search.creativecommons.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the search engine we built for openly licensed content, has found a new home and </span><a href="https://ma.tt/2021/04/cc-search-to-join-wordpress-org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">will soon be joining WordPress</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. With its talented team and active community of open source contributors from all around the globe, WordPress is the perfect partner to help keep the project growing and flourishing in the years ahead.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our teams are still finalizing details and timing, and we’ll be sharing updates with you as we get closer to the finish line.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every month around 300,000 users come to CC Search and discover CC-licensed content that they are free to use, share, and build upon. Our index of images totals over 500 million, and the meta search we built for audio and video allows broad discovery of those content types from other services. There is unlimited potential for what early on was referred to as the “front door to the Commons.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As it turns out, the greatest beneficiaries of CC Search thus far have been in the education space. The majority of </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/07/23/meet-the-users-of-cc-search/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Search users</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> identify as teachers, researchers, students, and librarians, who are studying and creating new materials on a daily basis.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the CC Global Summit in 2020, we shared early prototypes of audio search integration, with plans for video following closely behind. It is deeply gratifying that this vision for growth will be honored by the team at WordPress, with their publicly stated intentions to expand the service in both depth and breadth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are proud of having proven the CC Search concept and launched the product, and excited for it to benefit from the vast technical resources and enthusiastic community at the WordPress project. Please join us in celebrating this excellent match, and stay tuned for more details.</span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63334
title: PIJIP at American University to Steward the Open COVID Pledge
uri: PIJIP-at-American-University-to-Steward-the-Open-COVID-Pledge
url:
https://creativecommons.org/2021/05/04/pijip-at-american-university-to-steward-the-open-covid-pledge/

content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are pleased to announce today that our friends at the </span><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (PIJIP) at American University Washington College of Law have taken over stewardship of the </span><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open COVID Pledge</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (OCP).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last year, Creative Commons joined forces with an international group of volunteer researchers, scientists, academics, and lawyers who sought to spur innovation that could be used in the fight against COVID-19. The result was the OCP, a project that offers </span><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/licenses/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">simple, public licenses</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that anyone can use to make their patents and copyrights available to the public to be utilized in the global health crisis.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/20/tech-giants-join-the-cc-supported-open-covid-pledge/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon, Facebook, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NASA JPL, Sandia National Laboratories, and Uber</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are among the </span><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/partners/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">dozens of companies and institutions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that have used the OCP’s licenses to open up an estimated 500,000 patents and multiple copyrights in support of solving the COVID-19 pandemic. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In August, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/08/27/cc-ocp/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC formally assumed leadership and stewardship</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the project. As part of this work, we collaborated with members of the </span><a href="https://network.creativecommons.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC Global Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (CCGN) to bring information about the OCP to new communities and institutions around the world. We also led an effort to translate the OCP into </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2020/10/14/internationalizing-the-open-covid-pledge-translations-and-outreach/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">all six of the official languages of the United Nations</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">PIJIP is the perfect group to take on stewardship of the OCP at this critical moment, with <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/pfizer-talks-with-india-over-expedited-approval-covid-19-vaccine-2021-05-03/">infections continuing to soar</a> in large parts of the world. The PIJIP team is at the forefront of making and promoting intellectual property policy that brings about progress. The program also happens to be the home of </span><a href="https://creativecommonsusa.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons USA</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I want to offer my admiration for and sincere thanks to PIJIP, as well as to the </span><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/about/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">OCP steering committee</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who have done so much to make this project a success. And finally, thank you to the many people, companies, and institutions who have pledged their intellectual property to the public via the OCP.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For information about how to participate in the OCP’s ongoing efforts, </span><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/contact-us/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">visit the project’s website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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feed_id: https://creativecommons.org/?p=63341
title: At the Intersection of NFTs and Creative Commons Licenses
uri: At-the-Intersection-of-NFTs-and-Creative-Commons-Licenses
url: https://creativecommons.org/2021/05/04/at-the-intersection-of-nfts-and-creative-commons-licenses/
content:
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like lots of people on the internet, we here at Creative Commons have been thinking about NFTs, and the possibilities that unique digital assets might bring for artists and creators. (By the way, did you know that </span><a href="https://www.beeple-crap.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beeple</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the artist who famously </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/arts/design/nft-auction-christies-beeple.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">sold an NFT for $69 million</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, has been </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2018/01/18/art-every-day/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">using CC licenses for years</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">?)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most of the questions we&#8217;ve seen show up on CC’s social media feed relate to the intersection between CC licenses, which enable limitless copying (within the bounds of what the particular CC license&#8217;s terms allow, of course), and NFTs, which are designed to create digital scarcity and provide something unique to the NFT&#8217;s owner.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In short, if a CC license makes it legally possible to create infinite copies of a work, and NFTs are designed specifically to provide something that cannot be copied, is it problematic for a CC-licensed work to be minted as an NFT?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our view, there&#8217;s nothing contradictory about a creator offering their work to the public under a CC license as well as minting it as a single (or limited edition) NFT. It seems no different to us than someone publishing their work under CC while also selling limited edition prints of it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While we’re interested to see so much energy and inventiveness happening around enabling creators (whether they use CC licenses or not) to monetize their work, we’re also very concerned about the </span><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22328203/nft-cryptoart-ethereum-blockchain-climate-change"><span style="font-weight: 400;">environmental impact</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of NFTs and crypto art. We’re hopeful that the enthusiasm in this space leads to a next wave of innovation that is focused both on sustainability and valuing the work of artists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s important to note that there are many open questions about NFTs and copyright. A pair of posts on the </span><a href="http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/04/14/the-rise-of-non-fungible-tokens-nfts-and-the-role-of-copyright-law-part-i/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kluwer Copyright Blog</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> does a good job laying out the big picture (and points to several other resources that are helpful to read). The main question, as far as CC licensing is concerned, comes down to whether someone needs to either own or have a license to a copyrighted work in order to mint it as an NFT.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the one hand, an NFT is not a copy of the object itself, but instead, as the authors of the Kluwer post aptly put it: &#8220;metadata that represents and points to where the digital object and any details about it really reside.&#8221; This could indicate that creating an NFT does not implicate copyright.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the other hand, many argue that it’s not a completely settled issue, and certainly not so when it comes to artists’ expectations about the rights they have under copyright law. As Katarina Feder, a vice president at Artists Rights Society, says in a post for </span><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/know-your-rights-march-nft-1954800#:~:text=NFTs%20can%20be%20made%20from,%E2%80%94songs%2C%20Tweets%2C%20whatever.&amp;text=If%20you're%20an%20artist,to%20the%20source%20for%20permission."><span style="font-weight: 400;">Artnet</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">: &#8220;The dynamic is the same for an NFT as it is for a t-shirt: the copyright for an artwork rests with its creator … If you want to make an NFT of an artwork that’s not your own, you need to go to the source for permission.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obviously, these are questions we’re extremely interested in, and we&#8217;re looking forward to participating in the larger ongoing conversation about NFTs and copyright. In the meantime, I wanted to point to a situation involving NFTs and CC licensing that I think provides a useful thought exercise.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recently, podcaster </span><a href="http://petecogle.co.uk/blog/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pete Cogle</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> posted on the </span><a href="https://creativecommons.slack.com/archives/C2BQ815JR/p1618831484094500"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative Commons Slack</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (sign-up required) to ask about whether an artist whose music he included in one of his CC-licensed podcast episodes was allowed to mint the episode as an NFT:</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2010 I created a podcast where the digital artwork and two pieces of music were created by one artist. I collected (curated) 6 more pieces of music and released this as an MP3 file with a [CC BY-SA] license.</span></i></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">There have been no issues until today when the artist listed the MP3 as an NFT as part of their larger body of work.</span></i></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The artist asked my opinion about selling it as an NFT and I said no, partly because the podcast contained other CC licensed tracks and because I created it, not them, even though it contained some of their derivative works. …  I&#8217;m wondering if someone knows more about how NFTs and CC licenses should work together.</span></i></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s worth reading the full back-and-forth between Cogle and members of the CC team and broader CC community in the post&#8217;s replies thread (Cogle agreed to let us use his question in this case study). While we&#8217;re not presuming that the minting of an NFT does indeed implicate copyright, we felt Cogle&#8217;s concerns pointed to important related questions about the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">spirit </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">of CC licensing and people&#8217;s expectations around what can and should happen with a work once it&#8217;s been offered to the public under one of CC&#8217;s copyright licenses.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our thoughts, in a nutshell: Because Cogle&#8217;s podcast episode was originally made available under CC&#8217;s BY-SA license, it seems that as long as the person minting the NFT abides by the terms of the license (e.g. offers proper attribution and complies with anything that would be triggered by the SA clause), they are operating in line with what the license enables, both legally and in spirit. To extend the &#8220;limited edition prints&#8221; analogy from earlier, this would be a bit like pressing a limited run of vinyl records using CC-licensed audio.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Again, there are lots of unanswered questions about these subjects, and we&#8217;re excited to play an active role in helping to bring clarity to as much of it as we can. We&#8217;re also interested in knowing your thoughts, opinions, and ideas about the intersection of NFTs, copyright, and CC licensing. We’ll be watching Twitter and the CC Slack for your comments and questions. Additionally, I can imagine there being some really interesting presentations and conversations about these topics at the next Creative Commons Global Summit. </span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/05/04/at-the-intersection-of-nfts-and-creative-commons-licenses/">At the Intersection of NFTs and Creative Commons Licenses</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The news yesterday from US trade Ambassador Katherine Tait that the Biden-Harris administration </span><a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorTai/status/1390021205974003720"><span style="font-weight: 400;">supports waiving IP protections for COVID vaccines</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is not just welcome, it is laying a stake in the ground for others to follow. The deafening silence from both the EU and UK to support the US places them on the wrong side of history and will not be forgotten (to be clear, being </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57013096"><span style="font-weight: 400;">willing to discuss</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the US plan is not the same thing as supporting it). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we all know, there is a global shortage of vaccines. Taking action to ensure more people get access is the right thing to do. Full stop. It will also benefit all of us. If we do not get the world vaccinated at the same time, new variants of the virus will arise, which the current vaccines will not be able to protect us against. The US Government recognises this reality and does not want to jeopardise their hugely successful vaccine rollout without playing their part to help the rest of the world. As Ambassador Tait’s tweet said; “These extraordinary times and circumstances…call for extraordinary measures. The US supports the waiver of IP protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help end the pandemic and we&#8217;ll actively participate in WTO negotiations to make it happen.” Notice the choice of words: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">end the pandemic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">COVID knows no boundaries, does not recognise the nationality of its victims and if we do not have a global approach to vaccinations, we will never bring the virus under control and end the pandemic. If the global North gets vaccinated whilst the Global South does not, this is a tragedy of our own making and we will all ultimately suffer. You might be getting tired of the virus, but the virus is not tired of you. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tomorrow I will get my first vaccine—my husband too. We are lucky. I want everyone to have the same opportunity to be vaccinated as I have. I hope other countries will follow the US’s lead and make history at the WTO for the sake of all humanity. Thank you, Ambassador Tait.</span></p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/2021/05/06/creative-commons-calls-on-the-eu-to-show-clear-support-for-waiving-vaccine-patents/">Creative Commons Calls on the EU to Show Clear Support for Waiving COVID Vaccine Patents</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>


