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Tag: CC0
Understanding CC Licenses and Generative AI
by Kat Walsh Better Internet, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, TechnologyMany wonder what role CC licenses, and CC as an organization, can and should play in the future of generative AI. The legal and ethical uncertainty over using copyrighted inputs for training, the uncertainty over the legal status and best practices around works produced by generative AI, and the implications for this technology on the…
New official translations of CC legal tools published in Danish, Frisian, and German
by Creative Commons Licenses & ToolsWe 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…
CC Needs Assessment Report on Public Domain Tools in Cultural Heritage Sector Unveils Key Insights
by Brigitte Vézina Open CultureToday Creative Commons is proud to release our report on the Needs Assessment entitled Are the Creative Commons Public Domain Tools Fit-For-Purpose in the Cultural Heritage Sector?. From 1 January (Public Domain Day) to 15 February 2022, we ran a multilingual online survey using Google Forms to share a 50-question questionnaire in English, French and…
Celebrate Public Domain Day 2023 with Us: The Best Things in Life Are Free
by Ony Anukem Events, Licenses & Tools, Open HeritageJoin Creative Commons, Internet Archive, and many other leaders from the open world to celebrate Public Domain Day 2023. As of January 2023, a treasure trove of new cultural works has become as free as the moon and the stars — at least in the USA and many other countries. And what better way to…
New FAQ on NFTs and CC0
by Creative Commons Licenses & ToolsUnless you’ve been avoiding the internet entirely, you’ve probably heard about people buying and selling non-fungible tokens — or NFTs — unique data tokens that link to digital files, including artworks and other types of copyrightable works. CC has been following how people are creating and trading NFTs, and how the marketplace of creative works is…
Assessing Cultural Heritage Institutions’ Needs Related to CC’s Public Domain Tools
by Brigitte Vézina, Camille Françoise Open HeritageOn January 1, 2022, and throughout the month of January, Creative Commons (CC) is celebrating Public Domain Day, welcoming copyright works into the public domain, where they become freely available for the public to use, reuse and modify. As part of our Open Culture / GLAM program’s celebration of Public Domain Day, we are reaching…
Public Domain 2022: Join Us 20 January for a Celebration of Sound
by Ony Anukem Events, Open HeritageEvery year, on 1 January, advocates of free and open content celebrate the works of art that have entered the public domain around the world. Why New Year’s Day? Copyrighted works such as books, artworks or music are only protected for a certain number of years, and this protection ends on 1 January. On 20…
Thanking Diane Peters for Her Service to Creative Commons
by Catherine Stihler About CCI’d like to offer a heartfelt thanks to Creative Commons’ longtime General Counsel, Diane Peters, who will be leaving CC at the end of the month to take on new opportunities in 2021. She has served in her staff role at CC since 2008 and as a member of the CC board of directors for…
CC License Suite 4.0 and CC0 Are Now Available in Romanian!
by Victoria Heath Licenses & ToolsCreative Commons is excited to announce the publication of the Romanian language translations of version 4.0 of the CC License Suite and of the CC0 public domain dedication. These translations will enable approximately 30 million people to understand our licenses in their first or second language! We could not be more pleased to see this…
The CC License Suite 4.0 and CC0 Are Now Available in Slovenian!
by Sarah Hinchliff Pearson Licenses & ToolsWe are very excited to announce the publication of the official translations of the CC License Suite 4.0 and CC0 into Slovenian. These legal code translations are the products of years of painstaking work by a team of volunteers at the Intellectual Property Institute in Slovenia, led by Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič. The first drafts…