GLOBALVOICES.ORGHow our CC license spawned a world class

translation community and never slowed us down

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JER IS AN EARTHLING WEB DEVELOPER

• Communications Studies at Concordia University.

• HTML+CSS since 2003

• Montreal WordPress Organizer

• Code & Design for Global Voices

“THAT’S ALL OVER,YOU NEED TO

LET GO.”- IAIN COOK

WHY CREATIVE COMMONS?

SINCE 2004

• Founded in 2005 by Rebecca Mackinnon and Ethan Zuckerman

• Incorporated in the Netherlands 2008

• ~4000 contributors over 11 years

“THE WORLD IS TALKING,ARE YOU LISTENING?”

“CITIZEN MEDIA STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD”

“ALL CONTENT CREATED BY GLOBAL VOICES IS PUBLISHED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION-ONLY LICENSE.

YOU ARE FREE TO SHARE, REPUBLISH, TRANSLATE OR REMIX OUR STORIES SO LONG AS YOU ATTRIBUTE AND LINK TO

GLOBAL VOICES AND THE AUTHOR CLEARLY AS THE ORIGINAL SOURCE.”

GOALS ❤ CC-BY

• Create content collectively ✅

• Disseminate stories widely ✅

• Encourage researchers to use our data ✅

• Incorporate free multimedia ✅

CC-BY = PARTNERS

PARTNERSHIPS• We want them to use our content

• They will pay for our unique perspectives

• Action-oriented organizations want content and want it spread widely

• Republishers increase reach enormously

• They ask permission anyway

GROWING A COMMUNITY• Make it easy to contribute

• Delegate leadership

• Show appreciation

• Value-driven decisionmaking

• Real-life meetings

• Meet people where they’re at

THE COMMONS:BACK AND FORTH FOREVER

94k stories125k translations

10 years of free culture!

HELP

• Read and share our global stories

• Write about the local perspectives around you

• Translate stories so everyone can read them

• Donate to help our mission continue

GLOBALVOICES.ORGHow our CC license spawned a world class

translation community and never slowed us down

http://jeremyclarke.org • @jeremyclarke

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