We are pleased to announce today that our friends at the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) at American University Washington College of Law have taken over leadership and stewardship of the Open COVID Pledge (OCP). Last year, Creative Commons joined forces with an international group of volunteer researchers, scientists, academics, and lawyers …Read More“PIJIP at American University to Lead the Open COVID Pledge”
“United Nations Headquarters” by United Nations Photo is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 As an important part of our stewardship of the Open COVID Pledge, we are pleased to announce that the Pledge is now available in all six of the official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. This …Read More“Internationalizing the Open COVID Pledge: Translations and Outreach”
We’re pleased to announce today that Creative Commons is taking on leadership and stewardship of the Open COVID Pledge. Earlier this year, CC joined forces with an international group of researchers, scientists, academics, and lawyers seeking to accelerate the development of diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, medical equipment, and software solutions that might be used to assist …Read More“Creative Commons Is Now Leading the Open COVID Pledge—Here’s What That Means”
Momentum continues to swell in support of the Open COVID Pledge, with the announcement today by Amazon, Facebook, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Microsoft, and Sandia National Laboratories, that they are pledging their patents to the public to freely use in support of solving the COVID-19 pandemic. Following in the footsteps of Intel, Fabricatorz Foundation, and …Read More“Tech Giants Join the CC-Supported Open COVID Pledge”
Creative Commons has joined forces with other legal experts and leading scientists to offer a simple way for universities, companies, and other holders of intellectual property rights to support the development of medicines, test kits, vaccines, and other scientific discoveries related to COVID-19 for the duration of the pandemic. The Open COVID Pledge grants the …Read More“Open COVID Pledge: Removing Obstacles to Sharing IP in the Fight Against COVID-19”
Last month, the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) and Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) released a publication entitled Global Britain for an open world? Open societies around the world and the international system that supports them are under growing threat. This publication examines the importance of open societies to the UK’s ‘force for good’ ambitions. Edited …Read More“Digital Democracy from the ‘Global Britain for an open world?’ publication”
COVID-19 has changed many things about how we all learn, work, and play. In fact, it has drastically changed how we lead our lives. But in these exceptionally distressing times, one thing that hasn’t changed is the dynamism and resilience of the Creative Commons (CC) community. In this blog post, we’re thrilled to share some …Read More“Our Community is Reducing the Impact of COVID-19 on Science, Education, and Culture”
1969年7月20日。9岁的克里斯·哈德菲尔德(Chris Hadfield)和6亿人一样，目不转睛地盯着电视，看着美国宇航员尼尔·阿姆斯特朗(Neil Armstrong)从登月舱的梯子上滑下来，然后猛地一扑，就接触到了一个熟悉却陌生的世界的尘埃。His words forever immortalized, “That’s one small step for man, …Read More“From Historic Images to Galactic Datasets: A Look at NASA’s Mission to Be Open”
You’ve heard the stories: engineers 3D printing face shields in their basements; do-it-yourself hobbyists sewing face masks; and fashion designers crafting personal protection gowns. Globally, people are trying to help fill the medical supply gap caused by the COVID-19 pandemic through open-source medical hardware. It’s a heartwarming display of global ingenuity, innovation, and collaboration. In this …Read More“Open-Source Medical Hardware: What You Should Know and What You Can Do”
The Open COVID Pledge calls on organizations around the world to make their patents and copyrights freely available in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pledge was originally developed by an international group of researchers, scientists, academics and lawyers seeking to accelerate the rapid development and deployment of diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, medical equipment, and …Read More“Creative Commons’ Response to COVID-19”
