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Introducing Open Culture Live: A Webinar Series
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict, Jocelyn Miyara Open Culture post![The background image is the Wave of Kanagawa, a famous Japanese painting of a large wave with boats floating toward it. Creative Commons’ logo is in the upper right hand corner. Underneath reads “OPEN CULTURE LIVE” and “Back to Basics: Open Culture for Beginners, 27 July, 2023, 14 UTC.”](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Open-Culture-Live-1024x576.png)
The CC Open Culture Team is excited to announce a new webinar series, Open Culture Live. This series will feature conversations with experts on a number of topics, from the basics of open culture to discussions about traditional knowledge, artificial intelligence, respectful terminologies in collections, and more. As a first session, we wanted to introduce…
CC’s #BetterSharing Collection | July: Better Sharing For Brighter Future
by Ony Anukem About CC, Open Creativity post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Better-Sharing-For-Brighter-Future-Twitter-Post-1024x576.png)
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…
CC Joins Key AI Panel in Brussels
by Creative Commons Copyright post![A heavily pixelated blue European Union flag with pixels scattered across it in different colors.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/EU-Pixelated-1024x576.png)
As a part of CC’s continuing engagement in policy to shape generative artificial intelligence (AI), Brigitte Vézina, our Director of Policy and Open Culture, participated in a June session hosted by the European Internet Forum: Generative AI, Art & copyright: from creative machines to human-powered tools. The panel was held in the framework of EU…
Wikipedia Moves to CC 4.0 Licenses
by Creative Commons Licenses & Tools post![Black logos for the Wikimedia Foundation and Creative Commons, side by side.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WikimediaAndCC-1024x576.png)
We are thrilled to announce that Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects have now adopted version 4.0 of the Creative Commons BY-SA license! The project first began using version 3.0 of the CC licenses in 2009 following a community process, having previously used the GNU Free Documentation License. This decision, made as part of a Terms…
ccMixter: A Collaborative Music Community
by Creative Commons Open Culture post![The ccMixter logo: A black record with a green border and a white reversed, nested C inside a larger white C on a green center, all to the left of a lowercase “mixter” in gray with the X green, above “collaborative community” in gray.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ccMixter-1024x576.jpg)
Back in 2004, ccMixter.org was born when Creative Commons and Wired magazine collaborated to support communities engaged in remixing openly-licensed and public domain music. As it has evolved over the years, ccMixter has become an independent project that supports musicians and creators working in remix culture, connecting them with each other and their fans. To…
Stephen Wyber — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 20
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict Open Culture post![Screenshot from Stephen Wyber from Open Culture Voices by Creative Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-01-18-at-13.11.45-1024x573.png)
Did you know that access to cultural heritage is part of the UN Declaration of Human Rights? Stephen discusses this little known article among other important aspects of access, participation, and engagement of cultural heritage and the responsibilities of institutions in this regard. He also explains how Open Culture is a way to establish the…
European Parliament Gives Green Light to AI Act, Moving EU Toward Finalizing the World’s Leading Regulation of AI
by Creative Commons Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EU-AI-1024x576.png)
Today, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its position in plenary on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. This is the culmination of a months-long process whereby thousands of pages of amended text have been pored over by policymakers, civil society and industry alike. The strong, cross-party endorsement (499 votes in favor, 28 against and 93 abstentions)…
An Open Wave: New Calls for Open Access
by Cable Green, Monica Granados Open Climate post![Modern recut copy of The Great Wave off Kanagawa (神奈川沖波裏), from 36 Views of Mount Fuji, Color woodcut.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The-Great-Wave-off-Kanagawa-1600x900-1-1024x576.png)
The Open Climate Campaign is pleased to see the recent wave of announcements requiring open access to knowledge that support our goal to make the open sharing of research outputs the norm in climate science. The Campaign recognizes that in order to generate solutions and mitigations to climate change, the knowledge (i.e. research papers, data,…
Disruption: Creator Edition — Unveiling the Program & Speakers
by Creative Commons Events post![A photo of people attending a talk at a conference, bright colors, cartoon style.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DALL·E-2023-06-09-13.01.52-People-attending-a-talk-at-a-conference-bright-colors-cartoon-style-1600x900-1-1024x576.png)
Join us in-person on 14 June at “Disruption: Creator Edition” as we explore the profound influence of generative AI on creativity across multiple industries. In collaboration with the team at EQTY Lab, and with Nonny de la Peña of the Arizona State University California Center, Creative Commons welcomes our community to join us next week…
Ellen Euler — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 18
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict Open Culture post![Screenshot from Ellen Euler from Open Culture Voices by Creative Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-10-at-11.01.02-e1681121739984-1024x587.png)
Ellen shares that “by making cultural heritage openly available it can foster innovation and creativity.” This is a key aspect of why Ellen advocates for opening up cultural heritage and what drives her passion for open access in the cultural heritage sector. Open Culture VOICES is a series of short videos that highlight the benefits…