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Getty Museum releases 88K+ images of artworks with CC0
by Brigitte Vézina Open Heritage postThe 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.”
New FAQ on NFTs and CC0
by Creative Commons Licenses & Tools postUnless 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…
CC License Suite 4.0 and CC0 Are Now Available in Romanian!
by Victoria Heath Licenses & Tools postCreative 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 & Tools postWe 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…
Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images + Data into the Public Domain Using CC0
by Cable Green, Victoria Heath Open Culture postThe Smithsonian—the world’s largest museum and research institution—announced yesterday Smithsonian Open Access, an initiative that removes copyright restrictions from 2.8 million digital collection 2D and 3D images and nearly two centuries of data. This major initiative uses CC0—Creative Commons’ public domain dedication tool—to make millions of images and data freely available to the public. “Our…
Progress Soars on Official Translations of 4.0 and CC0!
by Diane Peters About CC, Licenses & Tools postCreative Commons welcomes progress on official language translations of both 4.0 and CC0 due to our dedicated network of volunteers and a commitment by the European Commission (EC) to ensure the legal code for each is available in all official languages of the European Union.
Welcome the Official Spanish Language Translation of CC0! (¡Les damos la bienvenida a la traducción oficial de CC0 al idioma castellano!)
by Diane Peters About CC postThe official Spanish language translation of the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0) is now available.
European Commission adopts CC BY and CC0 for sharing information
by Timothy Vollmer Licenses & Tools, Open Data postLast week the European Commission announced it has adopted CC BY 4.0 and CC0 to share published documents, including photos, videos, reports, peer-reviewed studies, and data. The Commission joins other public institutions around the world that use standard, legally interoperable tools like Creative Commons licenses and public domain tools to share a wide range of…
CC0 at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 30,000 high quality digital images now available
by Jennie Rose Halperin About CC postToday, we are announcing a release of 30,000 high quality, free and open digital images from the museum’s collection under CC0 and available via their API.
Latvian 4.0 and Basque 4.0 and CC0 translations now available
by Sarah Hinchliff Pearson Licenses & Tools postCreative Commons is proud to announce the release of the official translations of the Latvian 4.0 licenses and Basque 4.0 licenses, as well as the Basque CC0 translation.