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Kirsty von Gogh — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 17
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict Open Culture post![Screenshot from Kristy von Gogh from Open Culture Voices by Creative Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-01-18-at-12.52.33-1024x573.png)
“Opening up cultural artifacts from African organizations might change how we’re represented in online spaces” says Kirsty von Gogh from Johannesburg. She also shares how increasing production of culturally, linguistically, and contextually aware and relevant content can ensure a more representative digital space for Africans, and how open licensing increases accessibility to this content.…
Join us for “Disruption: Creator Edition” — An Event Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Creators
by Creative Commons Events post![An AI generated image of a group of individual faceless humans in all different colors walking on the lunar surface in three dimensions](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Humans-walking-together-1024x576.png)
Join us on 14 June at ‘Disruption: Creator Edition’ as we explore the profound influence of generative AI on creativity across multiple industries. CC has long focused on the ways that artificial intelligence (AI) can build on, contribute to, and exploit the commons and impact sharing of knowledge and creativity. The rapid rise of generative…
A look at CC’s Open Culture Roundtable in Lisbon
by Brigitte Vézina Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CC-OC-Roundtable-Lisbon-1024x576.png)
As part of our Open Culture Program, we at Creative Commons (CC) are exploring avenues to build momentum towards a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Culture. On 11 May, 2023, we hosted our first in-person Open Culture event, in Lisbon, Portugal. In this blog post, we look back at the day’s highlights and map out next…
Everything might be OK! Warhol v. Goldsmith
by Kat Walsh, Stephen Wolfson Copyright post![An orange and black Andy Warhol silk-screen painting of Prince, circa 1984.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Prince_by_Andy_Warhol.jpg)
The United States Supreme Court released its opinion today in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith. While it’s hard to predict the full ramifications of this decision at this point, our initial opinion is that this decision is not ideal, but also not the death knell for transformative fair use that many feared it could have…
CC Celebrates International Museum Day 2023 — Museums, Sustainability and Well-being
by Creative Commons Open Culture post![Animated leaves, grass, a rabbit and windmills in the background.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Untitled-design-1024x576.jpg)
It’s International Museum Day today, and at Creative Commons (CC), we are thrilled to celebrate museums under this year’s theme of Museums, Sustainability and Well-being. Museums play an important role in sustainable development — they are in fact instrumental in achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — and in supporting the well-being of…
Knowledge & Cultural Institutions Defend Net Neutrality in EU
by Creative Commons Copyright post![A photo of The EU Flag overlayed on top of statues of Castor and Pollux](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/The-EU-Flag-and-Castor-and-Pollux-by-waldopics-is-licensed-under-CC-BY-2.0-1024x576.png)
"The EU Flag and Castor and Pollux" by waldopics is licensed under CC BY 2.0 .
Earlier this year, the European Commission started a new consultation on “The future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure.” On the one hand, it’s good that policymakers are examining how to expand broadband access and ensure the capacity of networks continues to expand and support helpful innovation. On the other hand, the consultation…
CC Supports Trans Rights
by Creative Commons About CC post![The transgender pride flag: horizontal stripes of light blue on top, pink, white in the center, pink and light blue again on the bottom.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image1-1.png)
At Creative Commons, we vehemently condemn the extensive violations of trans rights that are occurring across the world, and the current climate of fear and violence directed at trans individuals. We stand firmly against any and all forms of transphobia, including but not limited to bigotry, violence or persecution based on gender identity, and we…
Shanna Hollich — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 13
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict Open Culture post![Screenshot from Shanna Hollich from Open Culture Voices by Creative Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-04-10-at-10.49.26-1024x572.png)
Shanna shares how “keeping content locked up and isolated keeps us separate from one another” so opening up collections brings people together and bridges our shared humanity, across cultures and continents. In this episode we learn about how publicly funded institutions should provide online access to the public which is funding it and held accountable…
Generative AI: Opportunities, Concerns & Solutions from MozFest 2023
by Creative Commons Better Internet post![Mozilla Festival icon and wordmark and Movement for a Better Internet wordmark on a background of multicolored, differently-sized carets pointing in different directions.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Movement-for-a-Better-InternetMozFest-1024x576.png)
CC has been exploring what artificial intelligence means for our strategy to support better sharing and the public interest commons that we help steward. In March, we joined with our partners in the Movement for a Better Internet to discuss generative AI with the MozFest 2023 community: What opportunities does AI offer? What are its…
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)
As part of the Open Culture Platform’s work this year, we accepted proposals and invited the community to vote on community funded activities. Here are the six proposals that have been funded. We look forward to sharing more about the projects when they are complete. Archiving History of Ghana: Case Study of Forts and Castles…