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CC’s #BetterSharing Collection | May: The Future Is Open
by Ony Anukem About CC, Open Creativity post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/The-Future-is-Open-1600x900-1-1024x576.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…
Elevating Emerging Audiences: Share Your Experience
by Catherine Stihler, Naily Nevarez Better Internet post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Emerging-Audiences-Feature-Image-1024x576.png)
Calling all AI developers, NFT creators, and entrepreneurs As our world faces increasingly complex and interconnected challenges, it becomes clear that innovation and collaboration are essential to finding viable solutions. Creative Commons is proud of the thousands who make our global community. And this year, we’re expanding. We’re endeavoring to connect with groups who we’ve…
CC’s #BetterSharing Collection | April: The More We Share, The More We Have
by Ony Anukem About CC, Open Creativity post![An illustration of a chain of yellowish cartoon people passing blue pages hand-to-hand, with some writing on the pages as they pass, as blue paper airplanes fly down, surrounded by the text:](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/22.10.14_better_sharing_TWITTER-1024x576.jpg)
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…
CC at WIPO SCCR 43: Progress Made on Exceptions and Limitations and Draft
by Brigitte Vézina, Catherine Stihler Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WIPO-1024x576.png)
From 13 to 17 March 2023, Creative Commons (CC) participated in the 43rd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, Switzerland. In this blog post, we look back on the highlights of the SCCR/43 week. Excited to be @WIPO in Geneva to attend the…
Style, Copyright, and Generative AI Part 2: Vicarious Liability
by Stephen Wolfson Better Internet, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Art-Meets-Technology-1-1024x576.png)
In my last blog post, I looked at whether copyright protects artistic style, particularly in the context of generative AI (GAI) art tools like Stable Diffusion and Midjourney. However, in the class action litigation against Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, the plaintiffs are not only concerned that people can use the GAI tools to produce works…
The Complex World of Style, Copyright, and Generative AI
by Stephen Wolfson Better Internet, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology post![Illustration of four superheroes, wearing masks and punk outfits and two holding guitars, standing in a washed out cityscape.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grunge-Heroes-1024x576.png)
In my previous posts on generative AI, I discussed fair use and AI training data, copyright over AI outputs, and a recent U.S. Copyright Office decision on registration for a work produced by generative AI. In the next posts in our series, I will look at claims (exemplified in a recent case against Stable Diffusion…
CC Community Input: Better Sharing for Generative AI
by Nate Angell Better Internet, CC Global Network, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology post![Veins of hot glowing orange lava flowing through vein-like channels in dark black volcanic rock.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Input-1024x576.jpg)
Over the last year, innovation and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has proliferated, providing new ways for people to create content from art to zines, and everything in between. At CC, we’ve been watching these experiments in creativity while considering what it all means for what we call better sharing: sharing that is contextual,…
CC’s #BetterSharing Collection | March: Better Sharing, Brighter Future
by Ony Anukem About CC, Open Creativity post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bettersharing-twitter-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…
Zarya of the Dawn: US Copyright Office Affirms Limits on Copyright of AI Outputs
by Stephen Wolfson Better Internet, Copyright, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology post![Close up of the face of Zarya, from the comic Zarya of the Dawn, looking intent in a dark urban landscape with glowing lights.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Zarya-of-the-Dawn-1024x576.jpg)
In a recent post, we explained why, absent significant and direct human creative input, generative AI outputs should not qualify for copyright protection. We noted that exactly what constitutes enough human input is not entirely clear; while a simple text prompt shouldn’t be enough, other areas will present more complex questions. Just this week, the…
CC’s Open Culture Platform 2022: Five Working Groups Share Their Highlights
by Brigitte Vézina Open Culture post![The Creative Commons icon and the words](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CC-CP-1-1024x576.png)
In 2022, five working groups of the Creative Commons Open Culture Platform collaborated on a diverse range of topics related to better sharing of cultural heritage. In this blog post, we highlight their incredible contribution to the open culture community. Digital Community Heritage Led by Bettina Fabos and Mariana Ziku, the Digital Community Heritage Working…