Copyright the Card Came: Australian Edition (By Nerida Quatermass & Elliott Bledsoe. Originally published by UK Copyright Literacy 5 April, 2019) In the Australian GLAM sector, copyright knowledge and decision making is required for many aspects of operation, and to…
The First Global Network Council Meeting and Australia’s Next Chapter Meeting
By Jessica Stevens The first Global Network Council (GNC) meeting was held on Friday 23rd/Saturday 24th of November 2018 and was chaired by our Director of Ecosystem Strategy, Claudio Ruiz. The agenda for the meeting focused on two key items;…
Welcome to the Creative Commons Australian Chapter! Here’s how you can engage and get involved with the CC Community
By Jessica Stevens Hi, my name is Jessica and I’m the Global Network Council Representative for the Creative Commons Australian Chapter. The Australian Creative Commons Chapter held its first meeting in May this year. This meeting marked the establishment of…
Designing equitable foundations for open knowledge: Creative Commons and Open Access
Open Access Week is a time to talk with our communities about making open access ‘a new norm in scholarship and research’. This year’s theme Designing equitable foundations for open knowledge focuses on designing open scholarly communications systems ‘to ensure…
2018- An exciting year of change and growth in Creative Commons
This is a year of change for the CC organisation and its members culminating in exciting opportunities to participate and collaborate.
When Musicians Use Creative Commons Licenses: Australian context
Professional musicians in Australia face major problems in releasing their work under a Creative Commons licence. Most professional musicians in Australia are members of APRA (the Australasian Performing Right Association). In order to allow APRA to collect licence fees on…
Fair Use Week Retrospective
We started 2018 with a fantastic recap of Australian copyright law reform achieved in 2017, by Delia Brown, National Copyright Director, National Copyright Unit | CC Law Reform Platform and CC Australia Chapter. Delia pointed out that although the reforms ‘fixed many of the education…
Australia- Copyright Law Reform Update- a lot to celebrate and a lot to look forward to
By Delia Browne National Copyright Director, National Copyright Unit | CC Law Reform Platform and CC Australia Chapter 2017 was the year that Copyright was a gift that kept on giving in Australia as a raft of new copyright laws and regulations…
Innovation in open access publishing
The digital world is creating many new ways for the dissemination of publications to be ‘free to the end user’ while still respecting copyright and ensuring proper remuneration for creators and those engaged in the publishing process. The obstacles are…
Made with Creative Commons
Returning from the 2017 Creative Commons Global Summit my bags were heavier than when I left. No surprise there! It wasn’t what you might expect, although Librarians might suspect. The extra weight was in the multiple copies of Made with Creative…