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Meet CC Nepal, Our Next Feature for CC Network Fridays!
by Julia Brungs Community post![CC Nepal Feature Image with Flag](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CC-Nepal-Feature-Final-1024x536.jpg)
After introducing the CC Italy Chapter to you in July, the CC Netherlands Chapter in August, CC Bangladesh Chapter in September, CC Tanzania Chapter in October, and the CC India Chapter in November, the CC Mexico Chapter in December, and CC Argentina Chapter in January, and CC South Africa Chapter in February, we are now…
Her Story: Facing Our Greatest Challenges
by Julia Brungs, Victoria Heath Community post![An illustration of a little girl on a swingset](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22Dreaming-is-Believing22-by-Linoca-Souza-CC-BY-NC-SA-Feature-1024x536.jpg)
For over 40 years, millions across the globe have collectively celebrated the achievements, histories, ideas, and contributions of women on March 8 and increasingly, throughout March for Women’s History Month using #HerStory and #BecauseOfHerStory. This year, we wanted to do something special to celebrate this annual event, so we reached out to several members of…
Her Story: Becoming an Advocate for Open
by Julia Brungs, Victoria Heath Community post![Women's Day Illustration by Elsa Martino](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Elsa-Martino_poster_50x70-Feature-Version-1024x536.jpg)
For over 40 years, millions across the globe have collectively celebrated the achievements, histories, ideas, and contributions of women on March 8 and increasingly, throughout March for Women’s History Month using #HerStory and #BecauseOfHerStory. This year, we wanted to do something special to celebrate this annual event, so we reached out to several members of…
Should CC-Licensed Content be Used to Train AI? It Depends.
by Brigitte Vézina, Sarah Hinchliff Pearson Copyright post![A collage of people with their faces covered](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/22How-I-Learned-to-Judge22-John-Sloan-Photography-CC-BY-NC-SA-via-Flickr-1014x1024.jpg)
Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) raise several questions when it comes to the use of copyright material and Creative Commons-licensed content in particular.1 One of them is whether CC-licensed content (e.g. photographs, artworks, text, music, etc.) should be used as input to train AI. To get a sense of the various views on this question,…
Panel: A New Era of Open? COVID-19 and the Pursuit for Equitable Solutions
by Victoria Heath Events, Open Science post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joey-Guidone_Need-for-Hope_social-media-cropped-1024x534.jpg)
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Creative Commons published an article titled, “Now Is the Time for Open Access Policies—Here’s Why” in March 2020. A lot has changed since then and it’s important to assess the progress made and take a hard look at the dangers ahead. In this panel, we’ll examine the fields of…
Announcing Our New Podcast: “Open Minds … from Creative Commons”
by Eric Steuer About CC post![Cartoonish illustration of a human hand holding a torch with a lightbulb radiating yellow light next to the words Open Minds above a #20CC icon and Creative Commons wordmark, all on a faded purplish-blue sky with white clouds.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/open_minds-1024x1024.jpg)
Today we’re excited to launch a new podcast called Open Minds … from Creative Commons. It’s CC’s 20th anniversary this year. And to celebrate, we decided to launch this show, a series of conversations with people working on the issues we’re involved with and excited about. Expect Open Minds to feature folks from the worlds of…
Save the Date for the 2021 CC Summit!
by Alison Pearce Community, Events post![CC Global Summit 2021 Feature Image](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CC-Global-Summit-2021-Feature-1024x536.jpg)
We’ve grown the CC Global Summit every year, with over 1300 participants and 200 presenters joining us in 2020 for discussion and debate, workshops and planning, talks and community building. After consulting with our community, we’re excited to build on the success of last year’s virtual event and host the second-ever virtual CC Global Summit…
Meet CC South Africa, Our Next Feature for CC Network Fridays!
by Julia Brungs Community post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CC-South-Africa-Feature-1024x536.jpg)
After introducing the CC Italy Chapter to you in July, the CC Netherlands Chapter in August, CC Bangladesh Chapter in September, CC Tanzania Chapter in October, and the CC India Chapter in November, the CC Mexico Chapter in December, and CC Argentina Chapter in January, we are now travelling to Africa to introduce the CC…
Open Sharing Is Caring: A Valentine’s Day Challenge
by Victoria Heath Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22St.-Valentines-Day-The-Old-Story-in-All-Lands-186822-by-Harper-Bros.-Cooper-Hewitt-CC0-Cropped-scaled-1-1024x638.jpg)
February is the time to share virtual hugs, chocolates, and witty cards with family and friends for Valentine’s Day ♥️ (or “Friend’s Day” in Finland!) This Valentine’s Day, we want you to share something a little different: your creative work. In our Open Sharing is Caring challenge, we’re asking you to openly share an image, song, artwork, research paper, poem, GIF…whatever it…
A Snapshot in Time: A Look at the Creative Commons Global Network
by Anna Tumadóttir, Julia Brungs Community post![Picture featuring different CC members at the CC Summit in 2019](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCGN-Snapshot-in-Time-Feature-1024x704.jpg)
In 2017, the structure of the Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN) was finalized. After two years of implementing structural changes flowing from this, it felt timely to have a conversation with CCGN members. We wanted to gather feedback and carry out research on the perspectives of network members, at a specific point in time. What…