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Creative Commons’ Response to Wikimedia Foundation’s WIPO Observer Application Being Blocked
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Yesterday, we were disappointed to learn that the Wikimedia Foundation’s application for observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was blocked due to opposition by China for the second time after its initial application in 2020. Creative Commons has been an accredited observer at WIPO since 2005. WIPO is the UN agency that…
Reflections from my first year as Creative Commons’ CEO
by Catherine Stihler About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Catherine-Banner-social-1024x576.jpg)
Today marks my first year anniversary at CC. It is such an honour and a privilege to lead this organization whose relevance could not be more important at this time. However, as I sit and write this reflection, I know for so many in our global community and network that our thoughts and prayers are…
Calling all creatives: Grant for the Web’s Call for Proposals Is Open Now
by Ony Anukem Technology post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/applynow-1024x576.png)
Here’s an opportunity you won’t want to miss! Grant for the Web–a global fund to boost open, fair, and inclusive standards and innovation in Web Monetization has announced a new public Call For Proposals open from Monday, July 26th, 2021, and running until Wednesday, September 15th, 2021, at 7 PM UTC. Grant for the Web…
SDG Academy & Creative Commons
by Cable Green Open Education post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SDG_academy_logo-blue.png)
+ By Cable Green: Director of Open Education, Creative Commons, and Chandrika Bahadur: Director, SDG Academy Open access to knowledge has never been more important than it is today. The promise of connectivity and the democratization of knowledge has made it possible for anyone, anywhere, to learn. In an increasingly connected and complex world, society…
Creative Commons Receives $5M Grant from Arcadia to Advance Open Access at Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
by Eric Steuer About CC, Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/arcadia-square-scaled-1-1024x1024.jpg)
Today Creative Commons (CC) announced that it has received a five-year $5 million grant from Arcadia, to advance open access in the Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM) sector. The generous grant will enable CC to develop a robust Open GLAM Program that builds upon the organization’s two decades’ worth of successes in facilitating openness…
Four Creative Commons Working Groups Will Explore Policy Issues. Meet Their Leads!
by Brigitte Vézina Community post![creative commons logo](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cc.xlarge.png)
Throughout 2021, four working groups of the Creative Commons Copyright Platform are undertaking an exploration of policy issues affecting the open ecosystem, in line with the Creative Commons 2021-2026 strategy. In this blog post, we present the four working groups and introduce you to their leads. Generally, the Platform is a space for copyright and…
Our 2020 State of the Commons Report Is Here!
by Victoria Heath About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CC-ICONS-opt-scaled-1-1024x811.jpg)
2020 was a year none of us will forget—and while there are many reasons to look back on last year with sadness and anger, we’ve chosen a different path: one of optimism and hope. In our 2020 State of the Commons report, we take you through what we accomplished last year, from effectively unlocking hundreds…
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,…
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…
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…