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Join us for “Disruption: Creator Edition” — An Event Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Creators
by Creative Commons Events post![An AI generated image of a group of individual faceless humans in all different colors walking on the lunar surface in three dimensions](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Humans-walking-together-1024x576.png)
Join us on 14 June at ‘Disruption: Creator Edition’ as we explore the profound influence of generative AI on creativity across multiple industries. CC has long focused on the ways that artificial intelligence (AI) can build on, contribute to, and exploit the commons and impact sharing of knowledge and creativity. The rapid rise of generative…
Everything might be OK! Warhol v. Goldsmith
by Kat Walsh, Stephen Wolfson Copyright post![An orange and black Andy Warhol silk-screen painting of Prince, circa 1984.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Prince_by_Andy_Warhol.jpg)
The United States Supreme Court released its opinion today in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith. While it’s hard to predict the full ramifications of this decision at this point, our initial opinion is that this decision is not ideal, but also not the death knell for transformative fair use that many feared it could have…
Elevating Emerging Audiences: Share Your Experience
by Catherine Stihler, Naily Nevarez Better Internet post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Emerging-Audiences-Feature-Image-1024x576.png)
Calling all AI developers, NFT creators, and entrepreneurs As our world faces increasingly complex and interconnected challenges, it becomes clear that innovation and collaboration are essential to finding viable solutions. Creative Commons is proud of the thousands who make our global community. And this year, we’re expanding. We’re endeavoring to connect with groups who we’ve…
State of the Commons 2022
page![Detail of the cover of the Creative Commons State of the Commons 2022 in black text on a yellow background over details from three illustrations with text: THE MORE WE SHARE, OPEN IS BEAUTIFUL, and OPEN PALMS, NOT CLUTCHING FISTS.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/State-of-the-Commons-2022-Cover-Detail-1024x576.png)
Our Mission Creative Commons is an international nonprofit organization that empowers people to grow and sustain the thriving commons of shared knowledge and culture that we need to address the world’s most pressing challenges and create a brighter future for all. Together with our global community and multiple partners, we build capacity and infrastructure, we…
CC’s #BetterSharing Collection | April: The More We Share, The More We Have
by Ony Anukem About CC, Open Creativity post![An illustration of a chain of yellowish cartoon people passing blue pages hand-to-hand, with some writing on the pages as they pass, as blue paper airplanes fly down, surrounded by the text:](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/22.10.14_better_sharing_TWITTER-1024x576.jpg)
As part of our #20CC anniversary, last year we joined forces with Fine Acts to spark a global dialogue on what better sharing looks like in action. Our #BetterSharing collection of illustrations was the result — we gathered insights from 12 prominent open advocates around the world and tasked 12 renowned artists who embrace openness…
The Complex World of Style, Copyright, and Generative AI
by Stephen Wolfson Better Internet, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology post![Illustration of four superheroes, wearing masks and punk outfits and two holding guitars, standing in a washed out cityscape.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grunge-Heroes-1024x576.png)
In my previous posts on generative AI, I discussed fair use and AI training data, copyright over AI outputs, and a recent U.S. Copyright Office decision on registration for a work produced by generative AI. In the next posts in our series, I will look at claims (exemplified in a recent case against Stable Diffusion…
Zarya of the Dawn: US Copyright Office Affirms Limits on Copyright of AI Outputs
by Stephen Wolfson Better Internet, Copyright, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology post![Close up of the face of Zarya, from the comic Zarya of the Dawn, looking intent in a dark urban landscape with glowing lights.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Zarya-of-the-Dawn-1024x576.jpg)
In a recent post, we explained why, absent significant and direct human creative input, generative AI outputs should not qualify for copyright protection. We noted that exactly what constitutes enough human input is not entirely clear; while a simple text prompt shouldn’t be enough, other areas will present more complex questions. Just this week, the…
This Is Not a Bicycle: Human Creativity and Generative AI
by Stephen Wolfson Better Internet, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology post![An image generated by the DALL-E 2 AI platform showing a slightly distorted yellowish-white bicycle with a basket, rear rack, and orange chain guard leaning against a brick building with a white stucco base near a gray standpipe.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Bicycle_cropped-1024x576.jpg)
“Generative AI” has been the subject of much online conversation over the past few months. “Generative AI” refers to artificial intelligence (AI) models that can create different kinds of content by following user input and instructions. These models are trained on massive datasets of content — images, audio, text — that is harvested from the…
Fair Use: Training Generative AI
by Stephen Wolfson Better Internet, Copyright, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology post![Generated by AI: An oil painting in the style of Pieter Jansz Saenredam of a robot learning to follow a recipe in a Dutch kitchen with a large collection of tiny artworks arranged haphazardly on shelves.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RobotTraining-1024x576.png)
While generative AI as a tool for artistic expression isn’t truly new — AI has been used to create art since at least the 1970s and the art auction house Christie’s sold its first piece of AI artwork in 2018 — the past year launched this exciting and disruptive technology into public awareness. With incredible…
Aparta la fecha: la Cumbre Global de Creative Commons 2023 llegará a la Ciudad de México
by Creative Commons Events post![A photo tinted blue of a giant Mexican flag flying over Mexico City’s Zocalo Square with the Cathedral in the background, decorated with CC Global Summit logo and text that says “Mexico City | 3-6 Oct 2023” and “SUMMIT.CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG”](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CC-Global-Summit-Mexico-City-3-6-Oct-2023-1024x576.png)
[Read this post in English >] La Cumbre Global de Creative Commons volverá a ser un evento presencial este 2023, y esta vez se llevará a cabo en una de las ciudades más imponentes y llenas de cultura del mundo: ¡la Ciudad de México! Del 3 al 6 de octubre de 2023, nos reuniremos en…