CC Search (Beta) & Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)

[Cable Green]

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
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