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personCreative Commons and University of Nebraska at Omaha Partner on a Microcredential Course
by Jennryn Wetzler, Craig Finlay CC Certificate, Open Education post![Badge listing “University of Nebraska Omaha x Creative Commons” and “Intro to OER” on left. Image of a person reaching for images associated with learning, flowing out of a book on the right. Images include a check mark, paper, light bulb band atom symbol.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-4.09.06-PM-1024x750.png)
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…
EU adopts landmark Artificial Intelligence Act
by Brigitte Vézina, Mark Foster Copyright post![An old open book showing a map of Europe.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MapEuropeAI-1024x576.png)
Creative Commons welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act. We engaged intensively with EU policymakers to safeguard the appropriate interplay with EU copyright legislation. The EU must now ensure implementation allows broad, open access to harness the full potential of generative AI whilst enforcing the safeguards provided.
Getty Museum releases 88K+ images of artworks with CC0
by Brigitte Vézina Open Heritage post![Close up of vivid orange flowers and blue irises growing above red-ochre soil.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Irises-feature-1024x576.png)
The J. Paul Getty Museum just released more than 88 thousand works under Creative Commons Zero (CCØ), putting the digital images of items from its impressive collection squarely and unequivocally into the public domain. This is in line with our advocacy efforts at Creative Commons (CC): digital reproductions of public domain material must remain in the public domain. In other words, no new copyright should arise over the creation of a digitized “twin.”
Open Climate Campaign at UNFCCC Conference of the Parties 28
by Monica Granados Open Climate post![Image of a recreated wetland at the Expo City Dubai](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Wetland-1024x768.jpg)
The complexity of climate change is on display at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP). The conference is arranged into two major zones, blue and green, with the former accessible only by parties with UNFCCC accreditation. The green zone is a landscape dotted by venues with booths…
CC Responds to the United States Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
by Creative Commons Better Internet, Copyright, Licenses & Tools, Technology post![Generated by AI: A white robot with a look of concentration on their face, wearing a red cap and robe, painting an empty gold picture frame with a brush that has an abstract flower growing up from its handle.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AIOutputsDetail16x9-1024x576.png)
In August, the United States Copyright Office issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking public responses to 34 questions (and several sub-questions) about the intersection of copyright law and artificial intelligence. The comment period closed on 30 October with over 10,000 individuals and organizations responding, representing a broad spectrum of interests on how copyright should apply in relation to generative AI. CC joined in the conversation to provide our own thoughts on copyright and AI to the copyright office.
Maarten Zeinstra — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 31
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict Open Culture post![Screenshot from Maarten Zeinstra from Open Culture Voices by Creative Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/maarten.png)
Maarten believes that “Open GLAM is a necessity of a disbalanced copyright framework.” Maarten talks about how open access policies help institutions achieve their public missions. Open access policies in instutions provides good evidence that society and communities need access to cultural heritage to flourish. Open Culture VOICES is a series of short videos…
Alifia Qonita Sudharto
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Marta Belcher
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Marta Belcher holds multiple esteemed positions in the tech and legal sectors, notably serving as President and Chair of the Filecoin Foundation and the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. Additionally, she is the General Counsel and Head of Policy at Protocol Labs. She also lends her expertise to the Electronic Frontier Foundation as a…
An Open Letter from Artists Using Generative AI
by Creative Commons Better Internet, Open Creativity, Technology post![A bluish surrealist painting generated by the DALL-E 2 AI platform showing a small grayish human figure holding a gift out to a larger robot that has its arms extended and a head like a cello.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BetterSharingWithAI-1024x576.png)
As part of Creative Commons’ ongoing community consultation on generative AI, CC has engaged with a wide variety of stakeholders, including artists and content creators, about how to help make generative AI work better for everyone. Certainly, many artists have significant concerns about AI, and we continue to explore the many ways they might be…