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…
Is copyright an immovable barrier? Taking up Poynder’s call for strategic thinking in the OA Movement
In February of this year Open Access scholar Richard Poynder, wrote an article calling out Open Access advocates for failing to appreciate the importance of copyright; for not “offer[ing] an effective strategy for achieving open access”; and, in doing so,…
Creative Commons 2017 Global Summit: Sharing and the Commons: What’s Next?
The community of the Creative Commons global network, supporters, and followers of the Commons met in Toronto Canada during the last weekend of April to discuss the future of Creative Commons and showcase projects in the commons.
Creative Commons Australia supports the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable) principles for improving the accessibility and impact of Australian research outputs.
Framework for F.A.I.R. Access to Australia’s research* The National Science and Innovation Agenda has sharpened the focus on leveraging commercial and public value from Australia’s research. Research outputs, whether data, software, methods or publications, underpin innovation and are a critical component of…
Open Education & the Future of Publishing Business Models
Recently, the Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Research Program at QUT hosted an event examining ‘Open Education and the Future of Publishing Business Models.’ The day feature two parts; interactive workshops on Open Education and Licensing, and a panel event…