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More California Community Colleges Get CC Certified!
by Shanna Hollich, Jennryn Wetzler CC Certificate, Events, Open Education post![Sunset over San Bernardino skyline](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CC-Bootcamp-California-Community-Colleges-4-1024x576.jpg)
This December, Creative Commons led a CC Certificate Bootcamp, or condensed Certificate training, for faculty and staff from 16 different California Community Colleges implementing Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) degree programs. This marked the second CC Bootcamp for California Community Colleges after the California legislature invested $115 million to expand ZTC degrees and the use of…
Celebrate Public Domain Day 2024 with us: Weird Tales from the Public Domain
by Creative Commons Copyright post![A clipped image with](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Weird-Tales-Clip-1024x576.png)
Join Creative Commons, Internet Archive, and many other leaders from the open world to celebrate Public Domain Day 2024. The mouse that became Mickey will finally be free of his corporate captivity as the copyright term of the 1928 animated Disney film, Steamboat Willie, expires along with that of thousands of other cultural works on…
Open Climate Campaign at UNFCCC Conference of the Parties 28
by Monica Granados Open Climate post![Image of a recreated wetland at the Expo City Dubai](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Wetland-1024x768.jpg)
The complexity of climate change is on display at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP). The conference is arranged into two major zones, blue and green, with the former accessible only by parties with UNFCCC accreditation. The green zone is a landscape dotted by venues with booths…
Celebrating Two Years of CC’s Open Culture Voices
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict, Jocelyn Miyara Open Culture post![The end of Open Culture Voices card](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/OCV-The-End-1024x640.jpg)
Today we conclude the Open Culture Voices series, which over two years has showcased more than 65 open culture experts and practitioners from around the world. Over these two years we have had the privilege of engaging with remarkable individuals, each bringing their unique insights and stories to our community. Thank you!
CC Certificate Translations in Slovak, Bengali, and localized French
by Jennryn Wetzler, Shanna Hollich CC Certificate, Community, Open Education, Uncategorized post![Circle of people holding hands on blue background](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-design-1024x577.jpg)
Side by Side, by Anina Takeff, licensed Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-SA) As we end 2023, we want to showcase the incredible work of CC community members to translate the CC Certificate content. Thanks to 21 volunteers this year and numerous volunteers in the past, the reading content of our CC Certificate training is now…
On Openness & Copyright, EU AI Act Final Version Appears to Include Promising Changes
by Creative Commons Better Internet, Policy post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AI-1024x510.jpg)
The EU’s political institutions announced that they have reached a tentative final agreement. While details are still not finalized and many questions remain regarding treatment of certain high-risk systems, the agreement appears promising relative to the recent Parliament text and from the perspective of supporting open source, open science, as well as on copyright.
Highlights from GLAM Wiki by the CC Open Culture Team
by Brigitte Vézina, Jocelyn Miyara, Jennryn Wetzler, Connor Benedict Open Culture post![From left to right, the team stands together with GLAM Wiki Lanyards. Jocelyn has short brown curly hair and wears a black and white dress with a black shirt. Brigitte has light brown hair and wears jeans and a pink jacket. Connor wears a white button up shirt and jeans, glasses. Jennryn has long blonde hair and colorful hoop earrings with a CC t-shirt. The team is featured in front of an ornate door and checkered black and white tiled floor.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GLAM-Wiki-Coverphoto-1024x576.png)
From 16 to 18 November, members of the Creative Commons (CC) Open Culture and Learning and Training teams attended GLAM Wiki in Montevideo Uruguay. In this blog post we look back at the event’s highlights from CC’s perspective.
Open Culture Live Webinar: Changing the Subject & Respectful Terminologies
by Brigitte Vézina, Jocelyn Miyara Open Culture post![A detail from the painting showing a scene of Indian princesses gathered around a fountain with multi-colored dresses, overlaid with the CC Open Culture logo and Open Culture Live wordmark, and text saying “Changing the Subject & Respectful Technologies 29 November 2023 | 4:00 PM UTC” and including an attribution for the image: “Princesses Gather at a Fountain, ca. 1770 Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.”](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2-1024x576.png)
For centuries, cultural heritage institutions have been undertaking the work to document and catalog objects in their collections — sometimes this work suffers from a legacy of colonialism and discrimination in the way their collections are labeled and categorized. Some institutions are working to update these labels with more respectful terminology. Hear more from some of the changemakers working to update labels and metadata with more respectful terminologies during this CC panel.
CC’s Key Insights from WIPO’s Meeting on Copyright
by Brigitte Vézina, Catherine Stihler Copyright, Open Heritage post![A screenshot of the SCCR webcasting with Brigitte Vézina delivering a statement on behalf of Creative Commons.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/WIPO-SCCR-1024x576.png)
From 6 to 8 November 2023, Creative Commons participated remotely in the 44th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. In this blog post, we look back on the session’s highlights on broadcasting, exceptions and limitations, and generative AI, from CC’s perspective.
CC Responds to the United States Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
by Creative Commons Better Internet, Copyright, Licenses & Tools, Technology post![Generated by AI: A white robot with a look of concentration on their face, wearing a red cap and robe, painting an empty gold picture frame with a brush that has an abstract flower growing up from its handle.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AIOutputsDetail16x9-1024x576.png)
In August, the United States Copyright Office issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking public responses to 34 questions (and several sub-questions) about the intersection of copyright law and artificial intelligence. The comment period closed on 30 October with over 10,000 individuals and organizations responding, representing a broad spectrum of interests on how copyright should apply in relation to generative AI. CC joined in the conversation to provide our own thoughts on copyright and AI to the copyright office.