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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…
CC’s take on the European Media Freedom Act
by Brigitte Vézina, Mark Foster, Jennryn Wetzler Open Journalism post![Man lying on bench reading newspaper.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Europeana.eu-2064116-Museu_ProvidedCHO_Nationalmuseum__Sweden_20996-f698094e36ab703b8bc8e1dc900c85b7.jpeg)
Last month, the European Parliament and Council gave the green light to an important piece of legislation: the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). In this blog post, we look at the aims of the EMFA and why it matters for Creative Commons (CC) and everyone’s right to access trustworthy information.
CC Joins Civil Society Letter Urging U.S. to Support Openness and Transparency in AI
by Creative Commons Policy post![Artificial Intelligence icon by Oksana Latysheva from NounProject.com](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-design-1024x576.png)
CC joins civil society letter urging U.S. to support openness and transparency in AI.
Celebrating the Public Domain in the Capital of Europe
by Connor Benedict, Brigitte Vézina Open Culture post![Atomium in Brussels, photographed from below, in front of a clear blue sky. Prize winner of the Wikimedia Belgium Wiki Loves Monuments Photo Contest in 2023.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Close-up_of_the_Brussels_Atomium_on_a_clear_day_cropped-1024x576.jpg)
Last week, Creative Commons took part in the International Public Domain Day celebration at the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. Two engaging roundtables were hosted, delving into copyright issues concerning the public domain and its future. The event united advocates for open access to cultural heritage, featuring presentations on topics like the monetization and decolonization of the public domain, as well as updates on the Europeana Public Domain Charter. Creative Commons introduced new guidelines published in February aimed at encouraging users to reference institutions when utilizing public domain cultural heritage materials.
EU adopts landmark Artificial Intelligence Act
by Brigitte Vézina, Mark Foster Copyright post![An old open book showing a map of Europe.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MapEuropeAI-1024x576.png)
Creative Commons welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act. We engaged intensively with EU policymakers to safeguard the appropriate interplay with EU copyright legislation. The EU must now ensure implementation allows broad, open access to harness the full potential of generative AI whilst enforcing the safeguards provided.
Getty Museum releases 88K+ images of artworks with CC0
by Brigitte Vézina Open Heritage post![Close up of vivid orange flowers and blue irises growing above red-ochre soil.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Irises-feature-1024x576.png)
The J. Paul Getty Museum just released more than 88 thousand works under Creative Commons Zero (CCØ), putting the digital images of items from its impressive collection squarely and unequivocally into the public domain. This is in line with our advocacy efforts at Creative Commons (CC): digital reproductions of public domain material must remain in the public domain. In other words, no new copyright should arise over the creation of a digitized “twin.”
Recap & Recording: Maximizing the Value(s) of Open Access in Cultural Heritage Institutions
by Brigitte Vézina, Jocelyn Miyara, Connor Benedict Uncategorized post![Four barrels full of cash printed in black, green and red are overflowing. The text in front reads “Maximizing the Value(s) of Open Access in Cultural Heritage Institutions: 28 February 2024 | 2:00 PM UTC”.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Maxmizing-the-Values-of-Open-Culture-1024x576.png)
In February, we hosted a webinar in our Open Culture Live series titled “Maximizing the Value(s) of Open Access in Cultural Heritage Institutions.” In this blog post, we summarize the key points raised in the discussion and share a link to the recording.
What Lies Ahead in 2024
by Anna Tumadóttir About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Bridging_Ana-Lopes-cropped-1024x576.jpeg)
Greetings to the CC Community! A lot of exciting and critical work awaits us in 2024. While I steer Creative Commons as interim CEO, I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and share details of our key priorities in the upcoming year.
Where in the world is… this public domain material? Helping users refer to host institutions.
by Connor Benedict, Brigitte Vézina Open Heritage post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sharing_Public_Domain_Collections_CC-BY___-1.png)
CC’s new guidelines aim to encourage users to refer to host cultural heritage institutions when using public domain materials. Rooted in the Behavioural Insights Team’s EAST Model, they offer institutions practical design ideas to nudge users into referring back to them.
Updates on Open Culture Platform Activity Fund Winners 2023
by Brigitte Vézina, Jocelyn Miyara Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OC-Platform-Activity-Fund-1024x576.png)
In 2023, the Creative Commons (CC) Open Culture Platform ran an open call for funded activities as part of our efforts to develop local, non-Western models of open culture, and to support the growth of the open culture movement around the world.