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U.S. Register of Copyright calls for significant copyright reforms 25 Mar 2013 | 03:08 am
On 20 March 2013, the U.S. Register of Copyrights, Maria Pallante called upon Congress to consider an overhaul to U.S. Copyright Law. In Ms Pallante’s statement to the U.S. House of Representatives...
Open Data and European Law: Towards a New Research Paradigm? 26 Feb 2013 | 10:35 am
On Monday, 15 April 2013, Professor Marco Ricolfi from Turin University, Italy, will present a free seminar on the subject of “Open Data and European Law: Towards a New Research Paradigm?” Prof Ricol...
Professor Brian Fitzgerald re-appointed to Advisory Council on Intellectual Property for a second term 12 Feb 2013 | 12:24 pm
Professor Brian Fitzgerald has been appointed for a second three year term as a member of the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP). Professor Fitzgerald, who has been co-Project Lead for C...
Free Public Seminar: Creative Commons and Innovation 17 Jan 2013 | 11:54 am
Creative Commons increasingly underpins innovation, engagement and growth in various areas, including government, education and research. This seminar will build on our previous seminar series ‘Creati...
CC licensing underpins Queensland’s Open Data Revolution 11 Jan 2013 | 12:13 pm
The Queensland Government has implemented its ’open data revolution’ by launching the Queensland Government Data website – data.qld.gov.au. The initiative was first announced by Premier Campbell Newm...
Geoscience Australia to license Landsat 8 images under CC BY 27 Jul 2012 | 08:08 am
The Landsat 8 satellite, to be launched in early 2013, is expected to be fully operational by May or June of that year. Once it begins capturing images and beaming them back, Geoscience Australia (GA)...
4 million CC licensed videos on YouTube 27 Jul 2012 | 07:38 am
It’s been a year since YouTube launched its CC video library, and since then, users have added 40 years worth of video under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. From 25 July 2012, users...
Increasing support for Open Access to research 4 Jul 2012 | 08:11 am
Elliott Harmon of Creative Commons, in this recent blog post, highlights a few initiatives calling for Open Access to research. One such example is a Washington Post opinion piece by Matt Cooper and ...
Paris OER Declaration formally adopted 4 Jul 2012 | 07:48 am
The 2012 World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress was hosted by UNESCO in Paris, on 20-22 June 2012. In addition to showcasing the world’s best practices in OER policies, initiatives and exper...
Nature Publishing Group introduces CC BY option 28 Jun 2012 | 09:52 am
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has announced that it will introduce a CC Attribution (BY) as a licensing option for its authors publishing in Scientific Reports. The CC BY licence will be available to ...
