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If you’re passionate about making knowledge and culture accessible, we have a course for you! The CC Certificate for Open Culture/GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) is a 10-week virtual professional development training course designed for institutions and community groups dedicated to cultural heritage preservation. Sign up for the Jan 26-Apr 5 course here:

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When shared openly, cultural heritage collections… 👁️‍🗨️ …are easier to find 👥 …reach broader and more diverse audiences 🤲 …can be preserved, safeguarded and refined in digital form 💯… can be (re)used with more legal certainty Learn more about what openness does for cultural heritage here: https://buff.ly/DUe2hf7 Image: Library - Staircase © 2022 by Traveller_40 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

We recently published a video titled Open Licensing for Research with Creative Commons. It explains how CC licenses work, why CC BY is the most open option, and how openly licensing your research with CC can strengthen the collective power of the scientific community. Watch it here, and help us spread the word by sharing it with your network: .

CC is elated to announce that we have officially become an NGO partner with @npub1tft6...yaat 👏! Learn more about what this means for our organization:

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Creative Commons Becomes an Official UNESCO NGO Partner - Creative Commons

UNESCO © 2023 by Brigitte Vézina is licensed under CC BY 4.0 We are proud to announce that we are now established as an official NGO partner to U...

We just kicked off the public consultation phase of CC signals, with a few hundred of our closest collaborators showing up to celebrate this milestone with us. We're opening the doors for public input to help shape the next phase of this work. Learn more & share your thoughts:

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Introducing CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI - Creative Commons

CC Signals © 2025 by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons (CC) today announces the public kickoff of the CC signals proje...

We're kicking off public feedback on a new framework we're developing: 🌱 CC signals. CC signals are designed to give stewards of large content collections a clear way to express how they want AI developers to give back to the commons. Come explore this first phase and help shape what comes next! Register→ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/DEHmT8fRTNeV1BjNaKZisQ#/registration

Have you heard about the CC Certificate 🤔? It is a 10-week long online course, requiring about 6-10 hours of work per week. While you can work mostly on your own time, there are graded materials due every week and a minimum of four optional webinars to attend. Image: Studying © 2022 by Dr. Matthias Ripp is licensed under CC BY 2.0

The CC Open Education Platform works to support the CC mission through education, advocacy, and outreach with a focus on using open licenses and related policies to maximize the power of open education. 🏋️ If you’re interested in getting involved in the world of open education advocacy, learn more here:

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CC Open Education Platform - CC Global Network

What is the Open Education Platform? The Creative Commons Open Education Platform is a space for open education advocates and practitioners to iden...

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FYI: you don’t need to register with CC before obtaining a license for your work. We offer our licenses, code, and tools to the public for free and without obligation! 🙌 Your CC license is legally valid as soon as you apply it to any material you have the legal right to license. 💪 Any other pressing questions? Check out our FAQ page:

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Calling all creatives! 🎨 We’re looking for marketing agencies and service providers to collaborate with us on our communications initiatives. If you’re passionate about our brand and what we can achieve together, submit your expression of interest by March 21. Details: 📄.pdf