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The recording from the Open Heritage Statement Launch is now available! Watch how experts from around the world came together to shape a shared vision for equitable access to public domain heritage in the digital environment. 📹 Watch now: https://buff.ly/dVBAvXs 🎈 Learn more & sign the Statement: openheritagestatement.org #OpenHeritageStatement #TAROCH #UNESCO 

The Museum Journal featured the launch of our Open Heritage Statement in their latest article, delving into the barriers to open access identified in the Statement as well as our commitments to action. Read the article: https://buff.ly/vpsN8em The Wikimedia Foundation also published an article underlining their decision to sign the Statement, citing their longterm dedication to human knowledge as a shared resource. Read the article: https://buff.ly/VU56Abb

Open Newswire is an aggregator of news articles available for free use under CC licenses! Their goals are to boost readership, expand coverage (they include articles in over 90 languages!), and free up resources for reporting staff to chase under-reported local news in their own communities. Check out this incredible new resource: www.opennewswire.org

The Open Heritage Statement is a collective call to action. It affirms that equitable access to public domain heritage is a fundamental right and sets out commitments to remove unnecessary barriers, promote sustainable digital practices, and strengthen collaboration across borders. Join us for the launch webinar on 14 October to learn why the Statement was developed by the TAROCH Coalition, what it calls for, and how it connects to global cultural goals, alongside voices from around the world sharing experiences, challenges, and opportunities for the future. https://lnkd.in/gt4Uv4Ky

Today we launch the Open Heritage Statement, a global call to action to break down barriers and shape the future of access to heritage in the public domain. Sign to help keep heritage open and equitable for everyone: https://buff.ly/CfNFufB Then, join us for the launch webinar on 14 October at 14:00 UTC to explore its vision, impact, and how you can get involved. Register: https://buff.ly/UnD5yTJ

This quarter, we've moved forward in engaging policy makers around the world as they discuss data access and text and data mining. CC has weighed in to reinforce the importance of appropriate limitations and exceptions to copyright and a tailored, balanced approach to TDM exceptions. Learn more about our recommendations in our latest policy review.

The third and final part of our blog series leading to the launch of the #OpenHeritageStatement from the CC-led TAROCH Coalition is live! After exploring the barriers to open heritage (Part 1) and the benefits openness unlocks (Part 2), this final piece outlines the path forward: a collective global vision through the Open Heritage Statement. Learn more: https://buff.ly/yGrz5Ig ✍️ Then register for the Statement launch webinar on 14 October, 14:00 UTC https://buff.ly/fJ2Bf8m

Pioneers of Open Culture, a report by Creative Commons published in 2023, a couple of years ago, contains three case studies of early adopters of open GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums): The National Gallery of Art, Statens Museum for Kunst, and New York Public Library. The report shows how each institution embarked on its open-access journey 🚀. Read it here: https://buff.ly/z4lpzE2 Image: National Gallery of Art, West Building © 2010 by Josh is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

In January 2025, life science preprint servers bioRxiv & medRxiv updated their license selector, placing CC BY at the top of the list. Just six months later, the number of CC BY-licensed preprints has increased for the first time in five years. Encouraging researchers to select CC BY as the license of choice for preprints is vital. It maximizes reuse and minimizes the complexity of navigating legal terms when sharing research. As researchers study issues like climate change and cancer with increasing urgency, licensing with CC BY allows people to access findings immediately. Learn more about why researchers should choose CC BY to license their preprints: https://buff.ly/nd2wRdi

The CC community asked, and we listened: we’re moving from Slack to Zulip! 🥳 Better permissions ✅ Global-friendly conversations ✅ Values that match ours  ✅ Read the full announcement + join us here: http://bit.ly/4pvb1cz