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World Bank Live Event Report: Open Access Policy and Development
On Monday, the World Bank hosted an event called What the World Bank’s Open Access Policy Means for Development (you can view the video recording of the event at the link or embedded below). Participants included Peter Suber from Harvard University, Michael Carroll from American University (Mike is on the Board of Directors at Creative [...] Continue reading
Posted in Creative Commons, Michael Carroll, open access, Open Access Policy, open licensing, Peter Suber, Weblog, World Bank
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Creative Commons at WIPO for the 9th meeting of the Committee on Development and IP
Recently, Andrés Guadamuz from CC Costa Rica was in Geneva at the 9th session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) at WIPO. Andrés has represented Creative Commons over the past few years at WIPO. CDIP was established in 2008 and deals with intellectual property issues relevant to developing nations. CC gained permanent [...] Continue reading
Posted in CDIP, intervention, public domain, Weblog, WIPO
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Sign the U.S. Petition to Support Public Access to Publicly Funded Scientific Research
This week, open access advocates in the United States and around the world are rallying around a petition that urges public access to publicly funded research. The petition is now live on Whitehouse.gov’s We the People platform: Require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research. We believe in the [...] Continue reading
Posted in Obama, open access, petition, public access, Weblog, white house
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REMINDER to enter the Why Open Education Matters video competition
In March, Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Institute launched the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition. The goal of the competition is to raise awareness of Open Educational Resources (OER) and solicit short, creative videos that help explain what Open Educational Resources are and how they can be beneficial [...] Continue reading
Posted in CC BY, competition, OER, OER Video Competition, open educational resources, open society institute, U.S. Department of Education, video contest, Weblog
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Launch of the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition
Creative Commons, U.S. Department of Education, Open Society Institute launch high profile video competition to highlight potential of free educational materials Mountain View, California and Washington, D.C., — March 5, 2012 Today Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Institute announce the launch of the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition. [...] Continue reading
Posted in Department of Education, OER, open educational resources, Open Society Foundations, Press Releases, video competition, Weblog, Why Open Education Matters
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Act now to support public access to federally funded research
Last week the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) was reintroduced with bipartisan support in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. According to SPARC, the bill would “require federal agencies to provide the public with online access to articles reporting on the results of the United States’ $60 billion in publicly funded [...] Continue reading
Posted in frpaa, Legislation, open access, policy, publicly funded research, United States, Weblog
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COMMUNIA’s response to the proposed amendments to PSI Directive
This post is an adaptation from the COMMUNIA International Association blog and is cross-posted at the Open Knowledge Foundation website. Creative Commons and the Open Knowledge Foundation are institutional members of COMMUNIA. The mission of COMMUNIA is to educate about, advocate for, offer expertise and research about the public domain in the digital age within [...] Continue reading
Posted in communia, policy, PSI, PSI directive, public sector information, Weblog
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Mozilla releases Learning, Freedom & the Web (e)book
Anya Kamenetz and Mozilla have released a great book called Learning, Freedom & the Web. It details many of the activities and ideas generated at Mozilla’s eponymous festival held last year, “a 500 person meta-hackfest that took place in a Barcelona city square,” says Ben Moskowitz from Mozilla. The book features participant interviews, project highlights, [...] Continue reading
Posted in book, eBook, Learning Freedom & the Web, Mozilla, OER, Open Attribute, open education, Weblog
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Apply for the 2012 Google Policy Fellowship with Creative Commons
We’re happy to announce that for the fourth year Creative Commons will take part in the Google Policy Fellowship program. Submit your application by February 3, 2012. The Google Policy Fellowship program offers undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on [...] Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Google Policy Fellowship, internship, public policy, Weblog
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Comments to the White House Inquiry on Public Access to Publicly Funded Research Publications, Data
In November we wrote that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was soliciting comments on two related Requests for Information (RFI). One asked for feedback on how the federal government should manage public access to scholarly publications resulting from federal investments, and the other wanted input on public access to the [...] Continue reading →