Search
Open Culture Platform Activity Fund Winners 2024
by Brigitte Vézina, Jocelyn Miyara Open Culture post![Green and orange flowers illustrated in a scientific style.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Amazonian--1024x576.png)
As part of the Open Culture Platform’s 2024 work plan, we at Creative Commons are offering funding for community activities. We called for proposals and invited the community to vote on the activities. The projects needed to have a focus on building community through outreach and helping institutions move toward open. Here are the four…
Join us at Common(s) Cause: Towards a shared advocacy strategy for the Knowledge Commons – a side event to Wikimania 2024
by Creative Commons Open Knowledge post![On a gradient purple and teal background, the text reads “Common(s) Cause” in a large font with the subtitle “Towards a Shared Advocacy Strategy for the Knowledge Commons…. 6 August 2024, Katowice Poland…a Wikimania side event by Creative Commons, Open Future and Open Knowledge”.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/commons-cause-final-1-1024x576.png)
Creative Commons, Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Future, and Wikimedia Europe are hosting a day-long side event to Wikimania 2024. The event will take place in Katowice, Poland, on 6 August 2024, the day before Wikimania kicks off on 7 August 2024.
Learn More with Creative Commons: Recent Training Highlights
by Jennryn Wetzler, Shanna Hollich CC Certificate, Open Education post![On a black background, the symbols “? ! : )” appear. Directly underneath the symbols are the words “learn,” “teach,” “help,” and “enjoy.”](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lthe-1024x576.jpg)
In this blog post, we share some highlights and recordings from recent trainings offered by the Creative Commons Learning and Training team.
Webinar: Open Culture in the Age of AI: Concerns, Hopes and Opportunities
by Brigitte Vézina, Jocelyn Miyara, Connor Benedict Open Culture post![Black and grey image of speckled orbs in the background. In the foreground the text reads](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Open-Culture-Live-AI-1024x576.png)
On Wednesday, 8 May 2024, at 2:00 pm UTC, CC’s Open Culture Program will be hosting a new webinar in our Open Culture Live series titled “Open Culture in the Age of AI: Concerns, Hopes and Opportunities.”
What are the Benefits of Open Culture? A new CC Publication
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict Open Culture, Open Heritage post![An illustration of a prehistoric landscape with dinosaurs and reptiles.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Duria_Antiquior.jpg)
Today we in the Open Culture Program are releasing a new publication: Don’t be a Dinosaur; or, The Benefits of Open Culture.
CC at WIPO: Slow progress on copyright exceptions for cultural heritage institutions
by Brigitte Vézina Copyright, Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Design-sans-titre-1-1024x576.png)
Last week, Creative Commons (CC) participated in the 45th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). In this post, we report on the session discussions on exceptions and limitations for cultural heritage institutions (CHIs), a topic of utmost relevance to our Open Culture Program.
Annual Reports
page![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-22-at-2.22.34 PM-791x1024.png)
We are pleased to present Creative Commons’ 2023 Annual Report. This past year, our Open Culture program and Open Climate Campaign entered their third and second years, respectively. We also launched our Open Infrastructure Circle to ensure that our CC Licenses and public domain tools are funded well into the future. We are so grateful…
Rebecca Ross
person![CC Logo](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CC_Logo.png)
Rebecca is the Senior Manager, Strategy and supports the Open Climate Campaign, a multi-year campaign that aims to increase equitable collaboration in finding faster solutions to the climate crisis through open access. Prior to joining Creative Commons, Rebecca led the strategy and engagement portfolios at a national academic library association. She has also held executive…
Anna Tumadóttir Appointed as CEO of Creative Commons
by Creative Commons About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Anna-Tumadottir-headshot-16-9-1024x576.png)
The Board of Directors of Creative Commons (CC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Tumadóttir as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CC.
Exploring a Books Data Commons for AI Training
by Creative Commons Policy post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/182078.png)
What role do books play in training AI models, and how might digitized books be made widely accessible for the purposes of training AI? What dataset of books could be constructed and under what circumstances? A new paper investigates the concept of a responsibly designed, broadly accessible dataset of digitized books to be used in training AI models.