Last week, Creative Commons (CC) participated in the 45th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). In this post, we report on the session discussions on exceptions and limitations for cultural heritage institutions (CHIs), a topic of utmost relevance to our Open Culture Program.

We are pleased to present Creative Commons’ 2023 Annual Report.  This past year, our Open Culture program and Open Climate Campaign entered their third and second years, respectively. We also launched our Open Infrastructure Circle to ensure that our CC Licenses and public domain tools are funded well into the future. We are so grateful…

Creative Commons is proud to announce the launch of “Introduction to Open Educational Resources,” our first professional development microcredential course and partnership with the University of Nebraska at Omaha, commencing on 31 May. This microcredential pilot started with one CC Certificate alumnus’s enthusiasm for open education. Craig Finlay, OER and STEM Librarian at the University…

Rebecca is the Communications Manager for the Open Climate Campaign, a multi-year campaign that aims to increase equitable collaboration in finding faster solutions to the climate crisis through open access. Prior to joining Creative Commons, Rebecca led the strategy and engagement portfolios at a national academic library association. She has also held executive communication roles…

CC staff photos are licensed under CC BY 4.0. Gratitude to Sara Jordan Photography.

The Board of Directors of Creative Commons (CC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Tumadóttir as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CC. 

Erika Drushka is the Director of People and Operations at Creative Commons. She has spent the last 15 years in social impact and technology organizations, leading teams and projects in mission-based work. An expert cat-herder with a background in global program management, she uses process and collaboration to channel creativity around an idea into intentional,…

What role do books play in training AI models, and how might digitized books be made widely accessible for the purposes of training AI? What dataset of books could be constructed and under what circumstances? A new paper investigates the concept of a responsibly designed, broadly accessible dataset of digitized books to be used in training AI models.

“The Artist's Father, Reading a Newspaper” by Albert Engström - 1892 - Nationalmuseum Sweden, Sweden - Public Domain.

Last month, the European Parliament and Council gave the green light to an important piece of legislation: the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). In this blog post, we look at the aims of the EMFA and why it matters for Creative Commons (CC) and everyone’s right to access trustworthy information.

“Artificial Intelligence” by Oksana Latysheva from NounProject.com is licensed via CC BY 3.0.

CC joins civil society letter urging U.S. to support openness and transparency in AI.