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Announcing the 2025 Open Culture Platform Activity Fund Awardees

Announcing the 2025 Open Culture Platform Activity Fund Awardees

Creative Commons is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 Open Culture Platform Activity Fund! These six projects reflect the…
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Dee Harris
May 16
Join us in celebrating our Spring 2025 CC Certificate scholarship winners

Join us in celebrating our Spring 2025 CC Certificate scholarship winners

The Creative Commons (CC) Certificate courses develop people’s expertise in CC licenses in order to openly share and engage in our digital…
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Shanna Hollich
Apr 11
An Act of Love: The Importance of Developing Community for OER

An Act of Love: The Importance of Developing Community for OER

An Act of Love: The Importance of Developing Community for OER
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James Thibeault
Apr 4
New CC Open Education Platform Resources: What to do if you think your CC-licensed work is being…

New CC Open Education Platform Resources: What to do if you think your CC-licensed work is being…

Upon community members’ requests, the Creative Commons Open Education Platform spent time in 2024 collectively focusing on what to do in…
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Jennryn Wetzler
Mar 27
CC Certificate Alumni activity fund winners for 2025!

CC Certificate Alumni activity fund winners for 2025!

Creative Commons is pleased to announce the winning activity proposals for the inaugural CC Certificate Alumni activity funds.
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Shanna Hollich
Mar 25
Winning Proposals of the 2025 CC Open Education Platform Activity Competition

Winning Proposals of the 2025 CC Open Education Platform Activity Competition

The CC Open Education Platform is a community group of over 1000 open education enthusiasts, advocates and practitioners around the world…
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Jennryn Wetzler
Mar 4
Open Education Community: 2024 Year in Review

Open Education Community: 2024 Year in Review

By Jennryn Wetzler
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Creative Commons
Jan 23
A Ready-to-Use Policy Template for Launching Open Access

A Ready-to-Use Policy Template for Launching Open Access

Co-producing an open policy template for Creative Commons’ Open Culture Platform
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Lucy Moore
Jan 15
Empowering Global Communities Through Open Culture: Highlights from the 2024 Outreach Working Group

Empowering Global Communities Through Open Culture: Highlights from the 2024 Outreach Working Group

Creative Commons (CC) has long championed the vision of openness and inclusivity, particularly in cultural heritage. In 2024, the Outreach…
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Ibooklar Info-Hub
Jan 15
Navigating Risks in Open Access: Insights and Strategies for Cultural Heritage Institutions

Navigating Risks in Open Access: Insights and Strategies for Cultural Heritage Institutions

Final Report of the 2024 Risk Management Working Group  of the Creative Commons Open Culture Platform
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Revekka Kefalea
Jan 15
Creative Commons Open Education Lightning Talks: January 2025

Creative Commons Open Education Lightning Talks: January 2025

By Jennryn Wetzler
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Creative Commons
Jan 7
Access to Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age

Access to Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age

Ensuring Access to Public Domain Treasures in Italy and the UK.
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Lucy Cunningham
Nov 25, 2024
Open Culture: Background and Context

Open Culture: Background and Context

How did “open” enter the field of “culture”? What does open access mean for cultural heritage materials held in the collections of…
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Matt Voigts, PhD
Nov 21, 2024
Creative Commons and the Balance of Interests in Authors’ Rights/Copyright

Creative Commons and the Balance of Interests in Authors’ Rights/Copyright

Disclaimer: This article showcases community scholarship, written independently by a member of the Creative Commons community. It has not…
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Rafic Hachem
Jun 30, 2024
Open licensing for legacy at LEEDS 2023

Open licensing for legacy at LEEDS 2023

LEEDS 2023 was an independent year of culture that took place in Leeds, in the north of England. The city had hoped to be nominated as…
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Lucy Moore
May 27, 2024
Reflections on the Creative Commons Global Summit in Mexico City

Reflections on the Creative Commons Global Summit in Mexico City

CC Australia Co-Lead Elliott Bledsoe shares insights from the 2023 Creative Commons Global Summit.
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Elliott Bledsoe
Oct 31, 2023
Growing Getty’s Coverage of Visual Artists from India and Wikidata’s Citations

Growing Getty’s Coverage of Visual Artists from India and Wikidata’s Citations

With a donation of 700 Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) on visual artists from Odisha, India, we also brought more citations to Wikidata.
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Subhashish Panigrahi
Oct 24, 2023
Collaborate, Communicate, and Navigate Ethical Considerations with the Ethical Sharing Card Game

Collaborate, Communicate, and Navigate Ethical Considerations with the Ethical Sharing Card Game

The Creative Commons Ethics of Open Sharing Working Group under the Open Culture Platform has identified some of the tricky ethical…
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Isaac Oloruntimilehin
Apr 26, 2023
Traditional Knowledge and Copyright Intersections

Traditional Knowledge and Copyright Intersections

The aim of this brief report is to summarize the outputs of the CC Open Culture Platform Working Group (WG) focused on Traditional…
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Connor Benedict
Feb 23, 2023
Report of the  Working Group to Investigate Use of CC BY to designate holders of public domain…

Report of the  Working Group to Investigate Use of CC BY to designate holders of public domain…

Summary CC Open Culture Platform WG 5 to Investigate Use of CC BY to designate holders of public domain collections
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Deborah De Angelis
Feb 6, 2023
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