Let's Open Up Cancer Research

[logo] Hello from Creative Commons! Welcome to our refreshed email newsletter. In each edition, we'll round up a few choice links and bits of CC-related news that you might be interested in. We'll be refining this thing over the next few weeks, and we very much welcome your feedback. Send us your thoughts by replying to this email. For more updates, follow us on [Twitter] and [Facebook]. And please consider [making a donation] to support our work to build, expand, and light up the Commons. Thanks for reading! [Creative Commons] [CC's Ryan Merkley in WIRED: "Let's Open Up Cancer Research."] Yesterday, WIRED published Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley's [op-ed about Sci-Hub], a controversial online archive that shares scientific research articles freely and openly. "There is a growing consensus that open access drives more and faster innovation and discovery," Merkley says. "President Obama recently issued a challenge to double the rate of progress to cure cancer. So let’s do what scientists do and test our hypothesis—let’s open up all the cancer research and invite the world to meet the challenge laid out by President Obama." [Read More] [Creative Commons] [New Open Education Search App] A [new app] that simplifies the process of searching for high quality Open Educational Resources is now available from OpenEd.com and Microsoft as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s #GoOpen campaign. [Creative Commons] [CC Japan's Beatmaking Event] Earlier this month, a quartet of up and coming Japanese electronic music producers were given just four hours to create brand new remixes of CC-licensed tracks they found online. [Listen to the (awesome) results]. [Going Beyond Open Licensing Policies to Achieve "Active OER"] In a [guest post] on the Creative Commons blog, Centrum Cyfrowe director (and CC Poland co-founder) Alek Tarkowski argues for policies that encourage educators and learners to actively engage with open resources. [Read More] [Creative Commons License] To unsubscribe from the Creative Commons newsletter: [ To opt-out of any future mailings from Creative Commons, simply visit this URL: [ Creative Commons PO Box 1866 Mountain View, CA 94042 United States [ Contact CC at info@creativecommons.org.