[Open-education] CC Search (Beta) & Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)

Tue Feb 7 22:11:16 UTC 2017

Greetings Open Education and Open Policy Friends:

Two big announcements from Creative Commons today:

*1. The new CC Search is now in Beta: *https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org

   - Blogs:
      - https://creativecommons.org/2017/02/07/new-cc-search
      -
      https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/07/creative-commons-unveils-a-new-photo-search-engine-with-filters-lists-social-sharing

      - Tweets:
   - https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/828987122359083008
      - https://twitter.com/TechCrunch/status/829022520581963776

*2. Metropolitan Museum of Art releases 375,000 digital works for remix and
re-use online via CC0*

   - MET Open Access Policy:
   http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/image-resources

   - Blogs:
      - https://creativecommons.org/2017/02/07/met-announcement
      -
      http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/digital-underground/2017/open-access-at-the-met
      -
      https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/07/the-met-public-art-creative-commons
      -
      http://www.artnews.com/2017/02/07/metropolitan-museum-of-art-puts-375000-public-domain-images-in-creative-commons
      -
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/met-museum-open-access-public-domain_us_5899fc40e4b09bd304bdd249?ir=Arts&

   - Video (by Wikimedia) to celebrate the MET announcement:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPZTh2NKTm4

   - Tweets:
      - https://twitter.com/metmuseum/status/828982210187374593
      - https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/828986488612384769
      - https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/828993397855776769
      - https://twitter.com/HuffPostArts/status/829055776383782913

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Cable Green, PhD
Director of Open Education
Creative Commons
@cgreen <http://twitter.com/cgreen>
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