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Generative AI and Creativity: New Considerations Emerge at CC Convenings
by Brigitte Vézina, Catherine Stihler Better Internet, Events, Open Creativity, Open Heritage, Technology postThis week, Creative Commons (CC) convened 100+ participants during two events in New York City to discuss the important issues surrounding generative artificial intelligence (AI), copyright, and creativity. For many years, we at CC have been examining the interplay between copyright and generative AI, exploring ways in which this technology can foster creativity and better…
Supporting Open Source and Open Science in the EU AI Act
by Creative Commons Better Internet postAs the EU seeks to finalize its landmark AI Act, CC has joined with Eleuther AI, GitHub, Hugging Face, LAION, and Open Future in offering suggestions for how the Act can better support open source and open science. As we’ve said before, we welcome the EU’s leadership on defining a regulatory framework around AI and…
CC’s #BetterSharing Collection | July: Better Sharing For Brighter Future
by Ony Anukem About CC, Open Creativity postAs 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…
Everything might be OK! Warhol v. Goldsmith
by Kat Walsh, Stephen Wolfson Copyright postThe 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…
Open Culture Platform Activity Fund Winners 2023
by Brigitte Vézina, Jocelyn Miyara Open Culture postAs part of the Open Culture Platform’s work this year, we accepted proposals and invited the community to vote on community funded activities. Here are the six proposals that have been funded. We look forward to sharing more about the projects when they are complete. Archiving History of Ghana: Case Study of Forts and Castles…
State of the Commons 2022
by Catherine Stihler About CC postWe are pleased to present the 2022 Creative Commons State of the Commons annual report. This report highlights key innovations, achievements, collaborations, conversations, and partnerships from CC and our global community over the past year. In 2022 we were incredibly proud to mark twenty years of CC licensing and all the groundbreaking collaboration it has…
State of the Commons 2022
pageOur 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 at WIPO SCCR 43: Progress Made on Exceptions and Limitations and Draft
by Brigitte Vézina, Catherine Stihler Copyright postFrom 13 to 17 March 2023, Creative Commons (CC) participated in the 43rd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, Switzerland. In this blog post, we look back on the highlights of the SCCR/43 week. Excited to be @WIPO in Geneva to attend the…
Style, Copyright, and Generative AI Part 2: Vicarious Liability
by Stephen Wolfson Better Internet, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology postIn my last blog post, I looked at whether copyright protects artistic style, particularly in the context of generative AI (GAI) art tools like Stable Diffusion and Midjourney. However, in the class action litigation against Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, the plaintiffs are not only concerned that people can use the GAI tools to produce works…
The Complex World of Style, Copyright, and Generative AI
by Stephen Wolfson Better Internet, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology postIn 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…