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A Tale of Two Global Challenges: Climate research is not as open as COVID-19 research
by Cable Green, Monica Granados Open Climate, Open Science post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SDGs-vs-COVID-1024x364.png)
In early 2020, something unusual happened in the academic community. A normally guarded community accustomed to holding their data and research papers close, began to adopt much more open practices. Researchers came in droves to preprint servers to post versions of their research papers – that had not yet been peer reviewed – to make…
CC’s #BetterSharing Collection | September: Open Is Beautiful
by Corrine Murray About CC, Open Creativity post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Copy-of-Sharing-Is-Growing-1200-×-678-px-1-1024x579.png)
“Open Is Beautiful” by Tetiana Korniichuk for Creative Commons and Fine Acts is licensed via CC BY-SA 4.0. As 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…
Exploring Preference Signals for AI Training
by Catherine Stihler Better Internet, Open Culture, Technology post![Close up photo of three round metal signs lying haphazardly on a stony path, each with a big white arrow pointing in a different direction, embossed on a greenish-blue background.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/choices-1024x576.png)
One of the motivations for founding Creative Commons (CC) was offering more choices for people who wish to share their works openly. Through engagement with a wide variety of stakeholders, we heard frustrations with the “all or nothing” choices they seemed to face with copyright. Instead they wanted to let the public share and reuse…
How CC Will Advance Open Licensing Understanding Within 25 California Community Colleges
by Creative Commons Open Education post![A teal and light purple graphic of lines and arrows with the text: Open Educational Resources 2023 Spark Grantees next to the Creative Commons and The Michelson 20MM Foundation logos and wordmarks.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/OER_2023-SG-Funding-Cycle_20230423-3.png)
Crossposted with permission from The Michelson 20MM Foundation 23 Aug 2023 blog post. Creative Commons licenses enable much of the open content across the arts, sciences, and academia, including open educational resources (OER). Creative Commons (CC) offers CC Certificate courses, or training on CC licensing and open tools, which have become a key tool for…
Open Culture Resources
page![Black and white photo of a dandelion](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/R_Lau_233983-1024x616.jpg)
The Open Culture program is dedicated to making our resources available to our diverse global audience. Many of our resources are available in multiple languages and we are grateful to our community of volunteers for expanding CC’s linguistic reach. Note that the original English version is the authoritative version on which all unofficial translations are…
Understanding CC Licenses and Generative AI
by Kat Walsh Better Internet, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology post![A black and white illustration of a group of human figures in silhouette using unrecognizable tools to work on a giant Creative Commons icon.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CCIconStatue-1024x576.png)
Many wonder what role CC licenses, and CC as an organization, can and should play in the future of generative AI. The legal and ethical uncertainty over using copyrighted inputs for training, the uncertainty over the legal status and best practices around works produced by generative AI, and the implications for this technology on the…
CC at Wikimania 2023
by Creative Commons Events post![A graphic with white text](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wikimania2023CC-1024x576.png)
CC is thrilled to be partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation to make Wikimania 2023 a reality. The gathering takes place 16–19 August both in Singapore and online. Whether you can make it to Singapore or not, register now to attend, participate, and access recorded sessions. The CC and Wikimedian communities overlap in many ways and…
NYC Symposium: Generative AI & the Creativity Cycle
by Creative Commons Events 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)
Are you thinking about how generative artificial intelligence (AI) intersects with creativity? Or how it draws from existing works and collections? Or enables new understandings of culture? Join Creative Commons in NYC on 13 September 2023 for a full-day symposium focused on the intersection of generative artificial intelligence, cultural heritage, and contemporary creativity. This event…
Surveying the Open Climate Data Landscape
by Taylor Campbell, Cable Green Open Climate, Open Data post![A satellite image of the Volga River delta at the Caspian Sea, showing scattered white ice floating in greenish water around patches of brownish land.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/VolgaRiverCaspianSea-1024x576.png)
At CC we believe that to solve big problems, the knowledge and culture about those problems needs to be open and freely accessible. In line with our Open Climate Campaign, which focuses on opening up climate research, we recently launched the Open Climate Data project, to facilitate better sharing of climate data on a global…
CC’s #BetterSharing Collection | August: Sharing Is Growing
by Corrine Murray About CC, Open Creativity post![An illustration of a violet face speaking SHARING IS GROWING in stylized speech bubbles that tiny violet human figures climb across, all on a grayish-green background.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Untitled-design-1024x576.png)
As 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 openness…