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Introducing Our Google Season of Docs 2020 Participants
by Kriti Godey Community, Technology post![Google Season of Docs 2020 Participants](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Google-Season-of-Docs-2020-Feature-1024x536.png)
Code is just one part of open source; good documentation is essential for both users and contributors in order for open source projects to succeed. We’re excited to announce that Creative Commons is participating for the first time in Google Season of Docs, a program that pairs experienced technical writers with open source projects in…
Why cOAlition S’ Rights Retention Strategy Protects Researchers
by Brigitte Vézina Copyright post![2010 PopTech Science and Public Leadership Fellows talking together](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/224910869765_95d7e03bed_k22-2010-PopTech-Science-and-Public-Leadership-Fellows-via-PopTech-CC-BY-SA-2.0-1024x628.jpg)
Last month, cOAlition S released its Rights Retention Strategy to safeguard researchers’ intellectual ownership rights and suppress unreasonable embargo periods—Creative Commons (CC) keenly supports this initiative. Modernizing an outdated academic publishing system Under a traditional publishing model, researchers who want to publish their articles in a journal typically need to assign or exclusively license their…
Meet CC Netherlands, Our Next Feature for CC Network Fridays!
by Julia Brungs Community post![CC Network Fridays: CC Nederland](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CC-Nederland-Feature-Image-1024x536.jpg)
Last month we introduced the CC Chapter in Italy to you! This month we’re traveling north to the CC Chapter in The Netherlands! The Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN) consists of 43 CC Country Chapters spread across the globe. They’re the home for a community of advocates, activists, educators, artists, lawyers, and users who share…
Your Chance to Perform for the CC Global Summit!
by Alison Pearce Events, Open Culture post![CC Global Summit logo with two icons](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CC-Global-Summit-Call-for-Artists-1024x536.jpg)
The wrap-up party for the annual CC Global Summit is always incredible, featuring local artists and musicians who send us off in style. Of course, things are a little different this year as we’ve transformed our in-person event to an entirely virtual one—but that doesn’t mean we can’t find a way to party together like…
Artificial Intelligence and Creativity: Can Machines Write Like Jane Austen?
by Brent Moran, Brigitte Vézina Copyright, Technology post![Jane Austen portrait among wires](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Jane-Austen-Feature-Collage-1024x536.jpg)
In the second part of our series on artificial intelligence (AI) and creativity, we get immersed in the fascinating universe of AI in an attempt to determine whether it is capable of creating works eligible for copyright protection. Below, we present two examples of an AI system generating arguably novel content through two different methods:…
Artificial Intelligence and Creativity: Why We’re Against Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Output
by Brent Moran, Brigitte Vézina Copyright post![A collage of a scientist staring at computer screens](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/22Love-Art-Science-9522-by-Kollage-Kid-CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0-1024x553.jpg)
Should novel output (such as music, artworks, poems, etc.) generated by artificial intelligence1 (AI) be protected by copyright? While this question seems straightforward, the answer certainly isn’t. It brings together technical, legal, and philosophical questions regarding “creativity,” and whether machines can be considered “authors” that produce “original” works. In search of an answer, we ran…
Sharing Indigenous Cultural Heritage Online: An Overview of GLAM Policies
by Brigitte Vézina Copyright post![Ndebele Tribe in South Africa](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2215318215771_72c527508c_k22-Photo-of-the-Ndebele-Tribe-in-South-Africa-by-UN-CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0--1024x694.jpg)
This post was co-authored by CC’s Open Policy Manager Brigitte Vézina and Legal and Policy Intern Alexis Muscat. Tomorrow is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, a day that seeks to raise awareness of and support Indigenous peoples’ rights and aspirations around the world. We at Creative Commons (CC) wish to highlight this important…
Nearly 500 CC-licensed Education Images are Now Available!
by Victoria Heath Open Education post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Alliance-for-Excellent-Education-Screenshot-scaled-1-1024x568.jpg)
The Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) just released the second edition of their openly licensed digital image collection, “American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action.” This edition features nearly 500 high-quality images of teachers and students licensed Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0). Captured by Allison Shelley (photojournalist; co-founder and co-director of…
From Educators to Illustrators: Meet the Users of CC Search
by Anna Tumadóttir, Victoria Heath Technology post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CC-Search-Meet-Our-Users-1024x536.jpg)
Have you ever wondered who looks for openly licensed images? Or how those images are used? Before we launched CC Search in April 2019, we assumed that the search engine would serve three broad groups of creators: Those making designs, imagery, and art Those illustrating text, such as bloggers, journalists, or educators Those creating videos…
CC License Suite 4.0 and CC0 Are Now Available in Romanian!
by Victoria Heath Licenses & Tools post![CC BY in Romanian](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Romanian-License-Translation-1024x536.jpg)
Creative Commons is excited to announce the publication of the Romanian language translations of version 4.0 of the CC License Suite and of the CC0 public domain dedication. These translations will enable approximately 30 million people to understand our licenses in their first or second language! We could not be more pleased to see this…