EU Parliament just voted in favor of the most harmful pieces of the © directive: #Article13 #Censorshipmachines and #Article11 #linktax. The last line of defense against these terrible provisions will be the Member States. #SaveYourInternet
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The University of California has cancelled its subscriptions with Elsevier in a push for open access to publicly funded research. universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc- #OpenAccess
Experience the new CC Search, now with 300 million images from 19 collections, easier attribution, an elegant redesign, faster load times, and more relevant results. 🔍
. has adopted both Article 11 (#linktax) and Article 13 (#CensorshipMachines). It’s a dark day for the open web, but the fight will continue in the upcoming plenary vote in the European Parliament. #SaveYourInternet #SaveTheLink #FixCopyright
You're not dreaming.
The really did just release *2.8 million images and nearly two centuries of data* (🤯) into the public domain using CC0! #SmithsonianOpenAccess
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The Smithsonian's treasures belong to you. Now you can download, remix, reuse and share them with #SmithsonianOpenAccess, for free, for any purpose. Explore at si.edu/OpenAccess.
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👋 Please join us in welcoming Catherine Stihler as the next CEO of Creative Commons!
Catherine has been a champion for openness as both a legislator and practitioner for more than 20 years, and we're thrilled to have her on board. Welcome, !
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Today the U.S. Senate voted 52-47 to save #NetNeutrality. A huge win and important step to protecting the open web. battleforthenet.com
Article 13 would require online platforms to monitor all users’ uploads and try to prevent © infringement through automated filtering.
It’s an extreme dragnet that will harm creativity and fundamental rights. Delete it.
saveyourinternet.eu #SaveYourInternet #FixCopyright
👋 BIG NEWS:
Amazon, Facebook, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Microsoft, and Sandia National Laboratories have all joined the #OpenCOVIDPledge to make *patents freely available* in the fight against #COVID19!
We...just...👏😭
When sharing a CC-licensed photo, always 👏 provide 👏 proper 👏 attribution!
Here's a simple guide: bit.ly/2ZSfX1d
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Mr. President, thanks for taking advantage of @ProPublica's Creative Commons policy, which lets anyone republish our content for free. However, you should note this photo is not new, but from 2016 and, per our policy, you should've credited @AlecMacGillis as photographer. twitter.com/realDonaldTrum…
Did you know that NASA images are free to use and reuse? Through the power of #PublicDomain, the images have inspired millions, started movements, and helped spawn the information revolution.
Happy #NASA60th
Aaron Swartz has been gone 3 years now. He is forever an inspiration to those working to free culture.
Copyright lasts a really, really long time. But 2019 is a turning point. Join CC, and friends as we celebrate the Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain in the U.S. next year!
The European Parliament has adopted the copyright directive 348-274. The EU will get #uploadfilters and a counterproductive right for press publishers. #Article13 #Article11 #SaveYourInternet
We stand with libraries, schools, state governments, cultural heritage organizations, investors, businesses, nonprofits, creators of all kinds, small businesses, state governments, and more than 70% of Americans. #NetNeutrality
20 years ago today was founded! #CCTurns20🎉
Thanks to all the Creative Commoners around the world 🌎 who have joined us along the way. Cheers to another 20 awesome years!
Join us as we celebrate with our Better Sharing campaign ➡️ creativecommons.org/20-years
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👋 Hey, we've got a new plugin!
The CC Search Browser Extension is an #opensource, lightweight #plugin that can be installed by anyone with an updated , or web browser to find CC-licensed and #publicdomain works.
(It's awesome.😎)
In 2002, we introduced the license to promote the innovative reuse of all types of intellectual works, unlock the power of sharing, and transform others’ work. #Web30 #FortheWeb
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Did you know? We share a birthday with !
On January 15, 2001, we registered our website – the same day was established.
Happy 18th to us! Should we get matching tattoos?
#HappyBirthdayWikipedia #BirthdayBuddies #GreatMindsThinkOpen #CoincidenceIThinkNot
Yesterday, filed a motion for summary judgment calling to reject the lawsuit against the brought by four big publishers that threatens IA's controlled digital lending program.
Creative Commons fully supports this motion. Here’s why👇
An open internet is crucial for all creators, thinkers, and makers on the web. We will continue the fight! #NetNeutrality
The 20 year #PublicDomain drought is over! Tens of thousands of works are now free of copyright, and it’s time to celebrate. Join , , and friends on January 25 for a Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain. eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-re-o
Happy Open Access Week! Recently we produced new educational resources on open licensing for preprints, with and . Check it out. asapbio.org/new-licensing- #OAWeek #OAweek18
"Anyone, anywhere in the world should have free, unhindered access to not just my research, but to the research of every great and enquiring mind across the spectrum of human understanding." – Stephen Hawking #RIP
WIN. The European Parliament has rejected the #LinkTax and #Censorshipmachines. Now the copyright reform will be debated in plenary in Sept. The tireless advocacy to #SaveYourInternet is working. Keep it up!
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Great success: Your protests have worked! The European Parliament has sent the copyright law back to the drawing board. All MEPs will get to vote on #uploadfilters and the #linktax September 10–13. Now let's keep up the pressure to make sure we #SaveYourInternet!
Thank you to for this commitment to protecting CC licensed works! An update from CEO
Statement on the death of CC friend and colleague Bassel Khartabil
☝️ Did you know that has a fantastic feature for #CCSearch?!
Add "!cc" before your search query on DuckDuckGo (image 1), and you'll be taken directly to CC Search for the results (image 2)! 🐶
🚨 BIG NEWS: The is granting free use 🔓 of its published information, graphics, and videos—making its work openly available for reuse, resharing, and importantly, for translations. #openaccess
IT'S HERE...😮!
The program for the 2020 virtual #CCGlobalSummit (19-23 Oct.) is live and registration is open 🎉!
With 150+ sessions and 200+ speakers across 40 countries, we think this will be the Best Summit Ever.
(Did we mention it's free? 👏😉)
Sharing is fundamental to how we promote discovery, innovation, and collaboration in the digital age. goo.gl/N6Cn7K #MetOpenAccess
Join the rally tomorrow Sat 8 Apr in #SanFrancisco! Big Media is suing to cut off #libraries’ ownership and control of digital books, opening new paths for #censorship & #surveillance. Join to demand #DigitalRightsForLibraries ✊🏻📚
RSVP:loom.ly/8Vus_6o
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We're thrilled to announce open registration for the CC Certificate, a course to support librarians and educators who want to gain open licensing expertise ow.ly/1OqQ30jurSP #ccsummit
20 years ago today, made its first edit.
A billion+ edits later, they've helped fuel the global open movement built on a belief in the power of #openaccess to knowledge and creativity—a belief we share.
Here's 🥂 to 20 more years of changing the world! #Wikipedia20
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IT IS OUR 20TH BIRTHDAY! 
Wikipedia started as an ambitious idea. Over 20 years, people like you have made it possible. If you are a Wikipedia reader, contributor, donor, or fan — today is for you.
Join the celebration: 20.wikipedia.org #Wikipedia20
Wikipedia started as an ambitious idea. Over 20 years, people like you have made it possible. If you are a Wikipedia reader, contributor, donor, or fan — today is for you.
Join the celebration: 20.wikipedia.org #Wikipedia20
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At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day the public domain will re-open in the US. Join CC, , and many others for a celebration on Jan 25. Sign up now! eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-re-o
Our thoughts on 3D reproduction and the misapplication of CC licenses.
1/8 20 years ago, we revolutionized the #copyright system with our open licenses 🔓, creating a more permissive model of sharing that recalibrated the balance between creators' rights 👩🎨 and the public interest.
But, our work isn’t finished...⤵️ #WorldIPDay #CCTurns20
Save the date: the 2019 CC Global Summit will be held in Lisbon, Portugal May 9-11, 2019!
Announcing CC0 : 30,000 high quality digital images now available #cmaopenaccess #openGLAM #GLAM #CC0
Governments using CC licenses to share knowledge makes us happy. 🙃
The Indian state of Odisha just relicensed 21 dictionaries — in all the 21 indigenous languages that are spoken in the province — under CC-BY 4.0. 🙌
They can all be downloaded here: ova.gov.in/de/anubada/?ca
Today is Public Domain Day! 🎉
Celebrate with us on 19 January at 1pm PST/4pm EST! Join CC, and others for a virtual ‘The Best Things In Life Are Free’ themed party to welcome new public domain works.
🎟 Register now ➡️ loom.ly/QbpOLmI #PublicDomainDay
Last week the European Commission announced it has adopted CC BY 4.0 and CC0 to share published documents, photos, videos, reports, studies, and data. Good.
We're curious:
Raise your hand (✋) if you think social media platforms should give users the opportunity to put licensing rights directly on their content. 🤔 #copyright
We're at a pivotal moment in history—we must cooperate effectively to respond to an unprecedented global health emergency caused by #COVID19. 🌏
The mantra, “when we share, everyone wins” applies now more than ever. 🙏 #openscience
The EU © reform will break the internet as we know it. On Thursday the European Parliament will vote on whether to fast-track the proposal, or to reopen the discussions so improvements can be made.
Tell your MEPs to reopen it.
goo.gl/DzbpHw #SaveYourInternet
⏰ Public Domain Day (1 Jan) is fast approaching!
Next year’s public domain celebration will be one for the history books, as 400,000 sound recordings 🎙 from the pre-1923 era will join the #publicdomain for the very first time. (1/3)
Europeans should tell Parliament to vote NO to #uploadfilters. The continued inclusion of #Article13 makes the directive impossible to support as-is. creativecommons.org/2019/03/21/eur #SaveYourInternet
Announcing the Bassel Khartabil Memorial Fund, which will support projects in the spirit of Bassel’s work
We’re gonna party like it’s 1923! Join us for a Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain on Jan 25, and check out a few quick reflections from the CC community on some of their favorite works that entered the public domain this year. creativecommons.org/2019/01/16/pub #CopyrightWeek
We know #copyright can be boring—so we love fun infographics like this! 😍
👏 This beautiful #infographic was created by CC Certificate participant Christina Riehman-Murphy!
It's been exactly one year since we announced 375,000 images released under CC0. What's changed? A major increase in image downloads, for one. Read more from
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's CC Summit in the beautiful city of Lisbon! 🇵🇹
We were thrilled to welcome you for the last three days of gathering for the movement for the Commons. Until next year, Commoners! #ccsummit #ccsummit2019
Elsevier just bought SSRN, the popular open access repository. What could possibly go wrong? medium.com/@PaulGowder/ss
Replying to
: “Publishing our scholarship behind a paywall deprives people of the access to and benefits of publicly funded research. That is terrible for society.”
Students shouldn’t go to prison for sharing research. Support Diego by donating today. goo.gl/PRrCzi #CompartirNoEsDelito
📣 We're on a mission to make open sharing of research outputs the norm in climate science! 🧪
, & are proud to launch a 4-year #OpenClimate Campaign funded by building on planning funds from 👇
Here are just some of the creative works entering the #publicdomain on January 1, 2020—including George Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue"! 🎶😎
We can't wait to see and hear how you reuse, remix, and share these works! #PublicDomainDay
Act now to stop the EU’s plan to censor the web. #Article13 puts into jeopardy the sharing of video remixes, memes, parody, and code. goo.gl/ogxyMx #SaveYourInternet #CensorshipMachines #FixCopyright
Announcing Bassel Khartabil Memorial Fund Grants and Fellowship, two new opportunities to advance collaboration, community building, and leadership development in open communities ow.ly/o93X30ifZBx
Academic literature (much of it funded by the public) remains locked behind paywalls. Why? forbes.com/sites/kalevlee
10,000 awesome openly-licensed photos from the European Science Photo Competition blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/15/eur
As a global not-for-profit, with a community across the world that believes in democratic values, we stand with those Ukrainians upholding democracy, defending freedom and the rule of law. #StandWithUkriane #creativecommons
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The Met also saw a 500% increase in Wikipedia articles using Met content and a 64% increase in image downloads!
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Looking back on 2017: @metmuseum licensed 375k images under the @creativecommons zero license. blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/07/the
Good news for people and groups working on ways to empower creators:
announced , a new $100 million fund to benefit creators and promote the open Web Monetization standard. 🙌
Learn more, including CC's role in the project, below:
It's almost #PublicDomainDay!
Each year, on 1 January, new works enter the public domain and are free to enjoy, share and reuse for any purpose. share a sneak peek 👀 of what lies in store for 2022 👇
We're making open licensing even easier. Proud to announce the Wordpress One-Click Attribution tool, now in beta.
"Please use them freely within the scope of common sense.”
☝️ This is an interesting example of how creators make things "free" (and to some degree "open") through social rather than legal means. Thoughts?
We're proud to announce the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship ow.ly/7CA330ekXXf #wikimania2017
A friendly reminder—You can use CC-licensed materials as long as you follow the license conditions. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution. 👍
Unsure how to attribute? Here's a quick guide!
We are thrilled to announce the 2023 in Mexico City! 🇲🇽
🗓 Join us 3-6 Oct to unite, share ideas, and advance #BetterSharing in this vibrant city in collaboration with . Don't miss this unforgettable experience!
🔗 Full details: loom.ly/wEpJ9Y8
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Government-funded scientific data should be put it in the public domain for unrestricted use by anyone. whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/01/0 #opendata
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We are excited to announce that there are now over 300,000 free downloadable 3D models available on Sketchfab!
All available under easy to understand @creativecommons licenses
How will you use them in your next project?
Read the full announcement 
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How will you use them in your next project?
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📢 We’re pleased to announce that CC is taking on *leadership and stewardship* of the #OpenCOVIDPledge: a simple way for anyone to make their patents and copyrights openly available to help combat #COVID19.
We're honored to carry this project forward.
An update from CEO on how we're working with to protect over 400 million CC licensed works
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Job opportunity! We're looking for someone to help us increase open access in the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) sector. Is this you or someone you know? creativecommons.org/about/team/opp
Time is running out. Tomorrow the European Parliament votes on whether to rubber-stamp the problematic copyright proposal. If you’re in the EU go to saveyourinternet.eu and email, call, tweet your MEPs. Tell them to reopen the debate. #SaveYourInternet
The new Hubble pic of the Bubble Nebula is awesome, and in the public domain. Thanks ! theatlantic.com/science/archiv
What happens when puts 8,400 public domain lunar mission photos online? Massive creativity and awesome remixes
There’s no doubt #Article13 will force most EU platforms to implement #uploadfilters. These technologies simply cannot distinguish between infringing and non-infringing uses of a work. Creativity and freedom of expression will suffer. communia-association.org/2019/03/05/fin #SaveYourInternet
You: TBH, I don't really understand #copyright, #openaccess, or the point of CC licenses. 🤷♂️
Us: Here's a book that explains everything.👇
Happy birthday ! Did you know that Flickr boasts 415.1 million CC licensed photos, over a quarter of all CC Licensed works on the web?
Thanks for the memories, Flickr! 📷
DRM in textbooks puts a lock on our learning. We're proud supporters of 's International #DayAgainstDRM on October 12. Get involved: defectivebydesign.org/dayagainstdrm/
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#DRM creates a damaged good, making e-textbooks and other software endlessly annoying to use: u.fsf.org/2x3 Join us to protest DRM in textbooks and much more on the International Day Against DRM, October 12: u.fsf.org/2wo
Rijksmuseum case study: Sharing free, high quality images without restrictions makes good things happen creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4 #openglam
Creative Commons applauds the unanimous ratification of the Recommendation on Open Science—this landmark document is a major step forward towards creating a world in which better sharing of science is open and inclusive by design ⬇️
Universities shouldn’t sell patents to trolls. Let’s ‘Reclaim Invention’ to benefit everyone goo.gl/JPqMIR
For the 2nd year in a row, published works entered the #publicdomain in the United States due to #copyright expiration. 👏🥳
But don't get too comfortable—we still have to be vigilant, innovative, and collaborative to maintain momentum.
In our ongoing community consultation, CC has engaged a wide variety of stakeholders about how to help make generative #AI work better for everyone. Today, we’re publishing an open letter from over 70 artists and creators who use generative AI:
Kicking off #CopyrightWeek 2017! The public domain and 5 things not covered by copyright goo.gl/ipQhOo
The vote on the EU copyright directive is tomorrow. There’s one last chance to tell MEPs to say NO to #Article13. creativecommons.org/2019/03/21/eur #SaveYourInternet
