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Calling All Copyright Advocates: CC Copyright Platform Now Accepting Funding Proposals

March 15, 2023

Brigitte Vézina, the Director of Policy and Open Culture, has facilitated the CC Copyright Platform for the past three years since the Platform’s relaunch in 2020. This year, the CC legal team—Kat Walsh and Yuanxiao Xu—is taking over the facilitator role for the Copyright Platform.  The Creative Commons Copyright Platform is a collaborative space for … Read More “Calling All Copyright Advocates: CC Copyright Platform Now Accepting Funding Proposals”

Policy / advocacy / copyright reform

Creative Commons Bootcamp for California Community Colleges

March 8, 2023

Open Education Week offers a global festival of open education efforts. As we take stock of the offerings, it’s heartening to look at how individual efforts can feed into larger system’s change. In our Open Education Week 2023 blog post, we highlight community members’ approaches and tools, opening access to education and knowledge. Below, we … Read More “Creative Commons Bootcamp for California Community Colleges”

Education / OER
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CC Community Input: Better Sharing for Generative AI

March 7, 2023

Over the last year, innovation and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has proliferated, providing new ways for people to create content from art to zines, and everything in between. At CC, we’ve been watching these experiments in creativity while considering what it all means for what we call better sharing: sharing that is contextual, … Read More “CC Community Input: Better Sharing for Generative AI”

Better Sharing
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Angie Cervellera — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 5

March 7, 2023

Angie shares that “…if memory does not pass from one person to another then it is forgotten.” In this episode we learn about the unique barriers faced by institutions and organizations in an Argentinian and South American context as well as the unique ways Wikimedia Argentina supports efforts to open up collections of cultural heritage … Read More “Angie Cervellera — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 5”

Open Culture VOICES

New official translations of CC legal tools published in Danish, Frisian, and German

March 6, 2023

We are thrilled to announce that the Creative Commons 4.0 License Suite and deeds have been officially translated into two new languages: Danish and Frisian, bringing the total number of official translations of the legal codes to 30! This achievement wouldn’t have been possible without the dedication and hard work of our community volunteers. We … Read More “New official translations of CC legal tools published in Danish, Frisian, and German”

Legal tools / licenses
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Open Education Week 2023: Creative Commons Celebrates Community Members

March 3, 2023

As we gear up for Open Education Week 2023 (6 – 10 March), Creative Commons wants to recognize the contributions of our open education and related open communities. In the past several months, our community members have shared their knowledge and inquiry through lightning talks, panel discussions, presentations, and working groups. The list below offers … Read More “Open Education Week 2023: Creative Commons Celebrates Community Members”

Education / OER

CC’s #BetterSharing Collection | March: Better Sharing, Brighter Future

March 1, 2023

As part of our #20CC anniversary, last year we joined forces with Fine Acts to spark a global dialogue on what better sharing looks like in action. Our #BetterSharing collection of illustrations was the result — we gathered insights from 12 prominent open advocates around the world and tasked 12 renowned artists who embrace openness … Read More “CC’s #BetterSharing Collection | March: Better Sharing, Brighter Future”

Better Sharing
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Charles Riondet — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 4

February 28, 2023

Charles shares that “open access [in cultural heritage] allows institutions to shine a light on lesser known works” that would otherwise go unnoticed. In this episode we get to learn about how a major French cultural institution creates value by making incredibly detailed data of collections available to the public online. Open Culture VOICES is … Read More “Charles Riondet — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 4”

Open Culture VOICES
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Zarya of the Dawn: US Copyright Office Affirms Limits on Copyright of AI Outputs

February 27, 2023

In a recent post, we explained why, absent significant and direct human creative input, generative AI outputs should not qualify for copyright protection. We noted that exactly what constitutes enough human input is not entirely clear; while a simple text prompt shouldn’t be enough, other areas will present more complex questions. Like the rest of … Read More “Zarya of the Dawn: US Copyright Office Affirms Limits on Copyright of AI Outputs”

Better Sharing