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"Black Singer Performs At The International Amphitheater In Chicago, 10/1973" and "Black soul singer Isaac Hayes performs at the International Amphitheater in Chicago..." by John H. White, here cropped and remixed, are in the public domain.

From Signals to Infrastructure: Strengthening the Commons for the AI Era

by Anna Tumadóttir, Sarah Hinchliff Pearson Licenses & Tools, Policy
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In this post, we outline our plans to build upon and strengthen CC signals in order to support our goal of sustained access to human knowledge. We do not have all the answers yet. What we do have is a framework for how we will work toward them.

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  • A photo at the UNESCO House in Paris, France, during the Open Heritage Statement Exploratory Dialogue event in 2026.

    Photo by Anna Tumadóttir is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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  • The cover of the report Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data with a dark-blue blog and stars made of C's as part of CC's visual brand.

  • A group of people standing in a room during a CC event.

    Photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg, licensed with CC BY 2.0.

  • A grayscale photo of two participants at a CC Global Summit.

    Photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg, licensed with CC BY 2.0.

  • Brigitte Vézina gives welcoming remarks at an Open Heritage Statement event in Amsterdam in March 2026.

    Photo by Creative Commons, 2026, CC BY 4.0.

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