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The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
CC-BY Sage Ross On Friday, THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY: The Story of Aaron Swartz, opens at Washington’s West End Cinema, located at 23rd St, NW. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic internet...
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CCUSA Public Lead Michael Carroll’s Congressional Testimony on “Moral Rights,...
Michael Carroll will testify today at 1:00 before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on the topic “Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty, and...
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Why the Open Internet Matters for Creative Commons Users and the Public
Last week, CCUSA submitted a comment to the Federal Communications Commission on Net Neutrality. The full comments, by Michael Carroll and Meredith Jacob, are available here as a PDF. Creative Commons...
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Letter to Department of Education on Open Educational Resources As a Priority...
Today, Creative Commons and Creative Commons U.S.A. are sending a letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan supporting the Department of Education’s (DOE) adoption of the Hewlett Foundation’s...
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President Obama Commits to Promote Open Educational Resources
White House photo of President Obama addressing UN OGP. This week, President Obama spoke at the United Nations Open Government Partnership, where he described his Administration’s efforts to “open up...
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Department of Education Announces “First In the World” Grants to Create...
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education announced the awarding of $75 million in educational grants to 24 universities through its First in the World (FITW) program. FITW provides “grants to...
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Hal Plotkin Named as First Senior Open Policy Fellow at Creative Commons USA
Photo: halplotkin.com (CC-BY-NC-ND) For More Information Please Contact: Meredith Jacob Creative Commons USA is pleased to announce that longtime open education advocate Hal Plotkin has accepted a...
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CCUSA Statement Supporting Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s New Open...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an Open Access Policy to grant “unrestricted access and reuse of all peer-reviewed published research funded, in whole or in part, by the...
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CCUSA Statement Supporting Open Educational Resources Amendment to H.R. 5...
Photo: Glyn Lowe (CC-BY) This week, the House Rules Committee agreed to allow the full House to consider an Open Education amendment proposed by Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO). The amendment would permit...
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TAACCCT Standout Vignettes
[Paul Stacey, Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY)] Starting with the first round of grants in 2011 Creative Commons and a team of partners have been actively supporting US Department of Labor (DOL), Trade...
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Supporting User Rights for Mass Digitization of Culture
Photo: Mollyali, Link CC-BY-NC 2.0 [Timothy Vollmer, Creative Commons HQ, (CC-BY)] A few months ago the United States Copyright Office issued a request for comments on an extended collective licensing...
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U.S. Department of Education #GoOpen Campaign to Expand Openly Licensed...
On Thursday, October 29, 2015 the U.S. Department of Education announced the #GoOpen campaign, which it defined as a major commitment to “significantly expand and accelerate the creation, curation,...
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CC USA Comments to the Office of Management and Budget on Managing...
Creative Commons USA has submitted a comment to the White House Office of Management and Budget for its review of Circular No. A-130: Managing Information as a Strategic Resource. Circular No A-130...
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