Victorian Government Commits to CC as Default Licensing System
The UK government recently made a splash with its move towards opening government data. Now CC Australia’s Jessica Coates shares a promising government initiative in her home country. The Victorian...
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Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its long-awaited National Broadband Plan. The plan aims to “stimulate economic growth, spur job creation, and boost capabilities in education,...
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Submit open content to the Sunlight Foundation’s “Design for America” contest
The Design for America contest is the Sunlight Foundation‘s latest effort to modernize the United State’s information architecture and presentation. Their goal is “to make government data more...
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New Dutch government portal uses CC0 public domain waiver as default...
The Netherlands government has launched Rijksoverheid.nl, a new website that all Dutch ministries will migrate to (English; other links in this post are Dutch). Creative Commons Netherlands notes that...
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CC Australia releases 3.0, explains improvements
Our CC jurisdiction teams are always hard at work on critical license maintenance and version upgrades. Currently, many of these talented local teams are adapting Version 3.0, released February 2007,...
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Governments demonstrating leadership in openness with Creative Commons
Dr. Hessa Al Jaber, Secretary General, ictQATAR / ictQATAR / CC BY Qatar’s Supreme Council for Information and Communication Technology, ictQatar, is among the many governments making waves by...
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Creative Commons reporting from the International Open Government Data...
Surburban Trends is one of the winners of the MashupAustralia Contest, and uses several CC BY licensed datasets. David Bollier writes in Viral Spiral, “Governments are coming to realize that they are...
View ArticleLicense or public domain for public sector information?
Mike Masnick at Techdirt asks Does It Make Sense For Governments To Make Their Content Creative Commons… Or Fully Public Domain? Ideally all Public Sector Information (PSI; government content and data)...
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Open Government Data in Austria
City Hall (Rathaus) by http2007 / CC BY For a while now, government data for the City of Vienna has been open for reuse under the CC Attribution license. In a more national effort, the City of Vienna,...
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Government and Library Open Data using Creative Commons tools
The last few months has seen a growth in open data, particularly from governments and libraries. Among the more recent open data adopters are the Austrian government, Italian Ministry of Education,...
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CC at 10: Government Resources + Open Licensing = Win
On this 10th anniversary of CC, there’s much to celebrate: Creative Commons licenses and tools have been embraced by millions of photographers, musicians, videographers, bloggers, and others sharing...
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Third Round of TAACCCT Grants Announced by US Department of Labor
On April 19, 2013 US Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris announced the third annual round of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Program (TAACCCT) grant program....
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French Ministry of Culture and Communication embraces CC licenses (and makes...
Aurélie Filippetti – Salon du Livre 2014 / ActuaLitté / CC BY-SA In late 2013, we blogged about a set of initiatives that French minister of culture and communications Aurélie Filippetti had unveiled....
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Affiliate Project Grants Wrap Up
opensource.com / CC BY-SA One year ago, CC announced the Affiliate Project Grants to support and expand CC’s global network of dedicated experts. With a little help from Google, we were able to...
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State Department Publishes Open Licensing “Playbook” for Federal Agencies
Cover of Federal Open Licensing Playbook, CC0 Today the U.S. Department of State released the Federal Open Licensing Playbook, a list of considerations, use cases, and recommendations for federal...
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Access to Information Is Not Universal: Here’s Why That Matters
Today is the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). Image credit: UNESCO, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO You may be wondering why this day is necessary—particularly in 2019, when the average...
View ArticleIndian State of Odisha Releases 21 Dictionaries Under CC BY
When governments choose to use Creative Commons licenses to preserve and share cultural knowledge, like Indigenous languages, it illustrates how our licenses can help create a more accessible and...
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