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CC at 20: CEO Catherine Stihler Reflects on 2022 and Where CC Is Headed Next

December 20, 2022

Last Friday (16 December 2022), Creative Commons proudly celebrated twenty years of CC licensing and all the groundbreaking collaboration it has enabled. As we look back on this remarkable journey, time seems to pass more quickly than ever — yet our gratitude for each milestone remains unwavering, as do words of thanks towards everyone who … Read More “CC at 20: CEO Catherine Stihler Reflects on 2022 and Where CC Is Headed Next”

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Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Funds New CC Initiative to Open Large Climate Datasets

December 19, 2022

Today, Creative Commons (CC) is excited to announce one million US dollars in new programmatic support from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) to help open large climate datasets. The twelve-month grant will enable CC to conduct key climate data landscape analyses and expand our work, bringing people together to create policy and practices to … Read More “Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Funds New CC Initiative to Open Large Climate Datasets”

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CC Publishes Global Open Culture Call to Action to Policymakers

December 19, 2022

Since its creation in 2001, Creative Commons (CC) has helped release nearly 5 million digital open images of cultural heritage held in cultural heritage institutions using CC tools. We have also been promoting open culture to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world, and it is based on this rich experience that our Open … Read More “CC Publishes Global Open Culture Call to Action to Policymakers”

Open Culture

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As European Council Adopts AI Act Position, Questions Remain on GPAI

December 13, 2022

As we’ve discussed before, the European Union has been considering a new AI Act, which would regulate certain uses of artificial intelligence (AI). In particular, it seeks to ban certain uses of AI, such as broad-based real-time biometric identification for law enforcement in public places, and to ensure that certain precautions are taken before deployment … Read More “As European Council Adopts AI Act Position, Questions Remain on GPAI”

Policy / advocacy / copyright reform

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Our Work in Policy at CC: Data

December 9, 2022

As the year comes to a close, we’re spotlighting Creative Commons’ public policy work, recapping what we’ve done and looking ahead to the new year. In this edition, we turn to our work on better sharing of data. The sharing of open data can be incredibly beneficial to society: facilitating enhanced scientific collaboration and reproducibility, … Read More “Our Work in Policy at CC: Data”

Policy / advocacy / copyright reform

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20CC: Open Works from CC’s 20th Anniversary

December 5, 2022

During 2021–2022, CC has been celebrating the 20th anniversary of our founding in 2001 and the first release of the CC licenses in 2002, successfully concluding an ambitious fundraising campaign to support programs like Open Culture, Open Climate, and Open Education, and to help ensure CC’s ongoing sustainability. In November 2022, CC brought the 20th anniversary celebration to an official … Read More “20CC: Open Works from CC’s 20th Anniversary”

Events

Reimagine Open Culture with the Newly Relaunched Curationist.org

December 2, 2022

Exciting news — an initiative of the MHz Foundation, Curationist.org, a free-to-use platform that connects users to over 4.4 million digital artworks and cultural objects, recently relaunched with some amazing new features. On 7 December, they will host a guided experience of the new platform, and we hope to see you there. Register now. The … Read More “Reimagine Open Culture with the Newly Relaunched Curationist.org”

Open Culture

Two images generated by AI side-by-side: On the left: A brightly colorful painting in the style of Hieronymus Bosch showing vaguely human figures climbing on and attending to a wooden Medieval-looking Rube Goldberg contraption involving wheels, levers, and spheres. On the right: A white robot with a look of concentration on their face, wearing a red cap and robe, holding a painter’s palette, painting something beyond the frame with a brush that has an abstract flower growing up from its handle.

Experts Weigh In: AI Inputs, AI Outputs and the Public Commons

December 2, 2022

On 9 and 10 November 2022, Creative Commons hosted a pair of webinars on artificial intelligence (AI). We assembled two panels of experts at the intersection of AI, art, data, and intellectual property law to look at issues related to AI inputs — works used in training and supplying AI — and another focused on … Read More “Experts Weigh In: AI Inputs, AI Outputs and the Public Commons”

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CC’s Engagement on the EU Data Act

November 21, 2022

Recently, we provided an update on Creative Common’s engagement on the European Union’s draft Artificial Intelligence Act. We’ve also worked with policymakers and other stakeholders on another flagship EU legislative file — the draft Data Act. The European Commission published the Data Act proposal earlier this year, as a continuation of its EU’s overall data … Read More “CC’s Engagement on the EU Data Act”