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Creative Commons: How to get involved in Creative Commons

The Creative Commons community

Creative Commons is much more than just the licenses.

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free, legally sound tools for individuals and organizations to share and license their creative works.

All the work that is placed in securing legal stability and sustainablility in the Creative Commons licenses are only possible if users of CC also get involved in the Creative Comons Community.
The CC community work, as they say themselves (found via the full mission statement)  for a "culture [where] we need to address the world's most pressing challenges.."  via creating the ability to share knowledge legally within copyright by giving tools to extend this.
You can find the full mission statement here: https://creativecommons.org/mission/

The Creative Commons community offers many possibilities to either give information about the licenses and their work, as well as offering ways to get involved.

Find the way to get involved that suits you best below.

Donation

If you don't want to get directly involved in the many CC-activities, you can choose to make a donation to Creative Commons (or do both of course).
You can find more information about donations here: https://creativecommons.org/support-cc/

Kan Donate today! med hjertet fra samme side bruges?

Get CC-certificated!

Via the the CC Certificate program you get in-depth knowledge about CC licenses and open practices. During a 10 week-course you will via readings, quizzes, discussions, and practical exercises develop comprehensive knowledge about Creative Commons. The expert facilitators of the course all have experience with (or are) copyright lawyers in the field and provide personalized engagement to all participants.

Creative Commons offer a CC Certificate for Open Culture/ GLAM, a CC Certificate for Academic Librarians, and a CC Certificate for Educators. The courses are open to everyone, from university students and entry-level professionals to experts in the fields of library science, education, and cultural heritage.

Take a look at https://certificates.creativecommons.org/

If you have any questons about the course, you are welcome to contact Sidse Schelde from Roskilde University Library, currently in the process of being CC-licensed, to learn more about her experiences with the course. She can be reached via sils@kb.dk

Please note that earning a Creative Commons (CC) digital credential will not authorize you to provide legal advice,

Get involved

Join the Creative Commons Global Network: https://network.creativecommons.org/get-involved/

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More information about CC

Creative Commons' main page: https://creativecommons.org/

See this Wiki page to find all you ever wanted to know about Creative Commons: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/

Subscribe to CC's Mailing List and recieve their newsletter, get event notifications, announcements and much more via this page: https://mail.creativecommons.org/subscribe

 

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