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Thank you, community. Our time on X has come to an end, but we'll be on Mastodon and Bluesky as @creativecommons. Follow us there to stay connected.
- 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
- 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
- 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. 🔍
- You're not dreaming. The @smithsonian really did just release *2.8 million images and nearly two centuries of data* (🤯) into the public domain using CC0! #SmithsonianOpenAccessThe 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.
00:00 - .@EP_Legal 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
- 👋 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, @C_Stihler! bit.ly/321o9Og
- Today the U.S. Senate voted 52-47 to save #NetNeutrality. A huge win and important step to protecting the open web. battleforthenet.com
- 👋 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...👏😭
- 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 @NASA
- When sharing a CC-licensed photo, always 👏 provide 👏 proper 👏 attribution! Here's a simple guide: bit.ly/2ZSfX1dMr. 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.
- Aaron Swartz has been gone 3 years now. He is forever an inspiration to those working to free culture.
- 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
- Copyright lasts a really, really long time. But 2019 is a turning point. Join CC, @internetarchive and friends as we celebrate the Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain in the U.S. next year!
