The World Bank today announced a new Open Access policy for research conducted in-house or supported by its grants. Beginning July 1, the bank will “require open access under copyright licensing from Creative Commons—a non-profit organization whose copyright licenses are…
Diane Peters, Creative Commons creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/32138 April 2, 2120 We are pleased to post for public comment the first discussion draft of version 4.0. This draft is the product of an extended (and unprecedented) requirements gathering period involving input from CC…
Last week, Carolina Rossini announced a new Open Educational Resources project website: “we aim to provide vast information on OER for Portuguese speakers. We have developed a large FAQ, pointed to reference documents, media, etc. We have also listed projects…
The Sunday Times has reported on Siyavula, a project started by Mark Horner that has provided over 2.4 million textbooks to high schools in South Africa. Siyavula volunteers write textbooks for 10th-to-12th grade math and science classes, which are published…
From the Creative Commons Website: “Today Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Institute announce the launch of the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition. The competition will award cash prizes for the best short videos…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Commonwealth of Learning have published guidelines on Open Educational Resources. Its purpose is to “encourage decision makers in governments and institutions to invest in the systematic production, adaptation and use…
The city of Sao Paulo has adopted a law supported by REA-Brazil that requires the city to purchase open educational resources. Specifically the resources must be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC-BY-NC-SA). The law will also require future…
YouTube now offers people who upload video the option of licensing their videos under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which gives others the right to use and to remix the work as long as they give the credit to the…
Consumers International has published its third annual IP Watchlist, which “assesses the fairness of the world’s intellectual property laws and enforcement practices from an important yet under-represented perspective: that of an ordinary consumer.” The best-rated countries are Moldova, the U.S.,…
Gaëlle Krikorian and Amy Kapczynski, editors. Complete Text: Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property. Contributors: Ahmed Abdel Latif, Philippe Aigrain, Jeffrey Atteberry, Yochai Benkler, Yann Moulier Boutaing, Carlos Correa, Laura DeNardis, Sarah Deutsch, Peter Drahos, Hala Essalmawi,…
The Brazilian Ministry of Culture has removed the logo of the Creative Commons license from its website. Since Gilberto Gil was ahead of the Ministry (2003-2008), all the content of the website has been licensed in Creative Commons.