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Tag: IP Policy
Why We’re Advocating for a Cautious Approach to Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
by Brigitte Vézina, Diane Peters CopyrightOn 14 February 2020, Creative Commons (CC) submitted its comments on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)’s Issues Paper* as part of WIPO’s consultation process on artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) policy. In this post, we briefly present our main arguments for a cautious approach to regulating AI through copyright or any new…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to require CC BY for all grant-funded research
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedPhilanthropic foundations fund the creation of scholarly research, education and training materials, and rich data with the public good in mind. Creative Commons has long advocated for foundations to add open license requirements to their grants. Releasing grant-funded content under permissive open licenses means that materials may be more easily shared and re-used by the…