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Celebrating 25 years of CC

View this email in your browser Hi concerns2me, It’s our 25th Anniversary! As you know, it’s our 25th anniversary! Support our Keep the Internet Human campaign and help us meet our ambitious goal to raise $5 million. Ever wondered about the impact of the CC licenses? Read on.    CC licenses make sharing possible without erasing origins. Consider what the Open Culture Nigeria project accomplished in 2023. A team of librarians and Wikimedians traveled to galleries, law libraries, and museums across the country, photographing collections, applying CC licenses, and uploading everything to Wikimedia Commons.  They visited an art gallery in Ibadan housing Batik tapestries and beadwork, the Arewa House in Kaduna, and a museum preserving the history and traditions of Northern Nigeria's many peoples. Their goal was simple and profound: build an open digital repository to share these works with the world. Attribution made it possible, anchoring each image to its institution, its community, its story. Nigeria's cultural heritage didn't disappear into a generic digital archive. It arrived on the global internet with a name, a place, and a people attached. CC is more than just a toolset. It’s a social fabric made up of millions of people choosing to share.  Want to flex your creative muscle and contribute to the commons? We’re currently accepting submissions of visual art, short writing, comics, and more for our 25th Anniversary Zine. Submissions should explore the theme “Remix is Resistance.” Click here to learn more and submit your work.   Will you support our 25th anniversary campaign to Keep the Internet Human? Here's how you can help:     Donate Make a donation - the first 250 donors who give $125 or more will receive a signed copy of Cory Doctorow’s exclusive art book, Canny Valley! Can you commit to a recurring or annual gift? Become a member of our Open Infrastructure Circle. Would you prefer to send a check or wire transfer or add CC to your will? See our Donor FAQ for other ways to make a donation.    Share Share why you want to Keep the Internet Human or how CC has impacted your work on social media, with the hashtag #CCTurns25 and tagging @creativecommons. Submit to our Zine! We’re collecting stories from 25 years of CC to create a special Zine to commemorate our community’s contributions, achievements and memories exploring the theme “Remix is Resistance.”  Tell us about how you first got involved CC! What was your CC origin story? Share it here.   Meet the CC Team Save the date for our upcoming virtual and in-person events: May 5 - 8, 2026 | CC @ RightsCon26 in Lusaka, Zambia June 3, 2025 @ 2pm EDT / 6pm UTC | Legal Office Hours (register here) June 8, 2026 @ 5pm EDT / 9pm UTC | Community Office Hours (register here) June 17, 2026 @ 10am EDT / 2pm UTC | CC 101: Intro to the CC Licenses (register here) Thank You! CC Team  Donate to Creative Commons This email is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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