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The Hewlett and Packard Foundations Share Women’s Stories Through Openly Licensed Images
by Victoria Heath Uncategorized post![Bhavna Ben Ramesh in front of her sewing machine](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22Bhavna-Ben-Ramesh22-by-Paul-Bronstein-2015-CC-BY-NC-1024x683.jpg)
Storytelling is a powerful tool because it can change perceptions and inspire action—and images are an essential component. As Depression-era American photojournalist and documentarian Dorothea Lange said, “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” Unfortunately, finding high-quality and diverse openly licensed images, particularly those of women, is a…
Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images + Data into the Public Domain Using CC0
by Cable Green, Victoria Heath Open Culture post![Smithsonian Open Access (Social Graphic)](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Social-graphic-for-Open-Access-horizontal-scaled-1-1024x576.jpg)
The Smithsonian—the world’s largest museum and research institution—announced yesterday Smithsonian Open Access, an initiative that removes copyright restrictions from 2.8 million digital collection 2D and 3D images and nearly two centuries of data. This major initiative uses CC0—Creative Commons’ public domain dedication tool—to make millions of images and data freely available to the public. “Our…
The Public Domain is Alive and Well (for Now)
by Victoria Heath Open Culture post![Public Domain Day Celebration Cover Art](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Public-Domain-Day-Celebration-Cover-Art-1024x536.jpg)
Public domain advocates celebrated on January 1 because, for the second year in a row, published works newly entered the public domain in the United States due to copyright expiration. To mark the occasion, Creative Commons (CC) collaborated with the Internet Archive, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Creative Commons USA, the Institute…
Why We’re Advocating for a Cautious Approach to Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
by Brigitte Vézina, Diane Peters Copyright post![Public Domain artwork](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/WIPO_AI_IP-1024x536.jpg)
On 14 February 2020, Creative Commons (CC) submitted its comments on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)’s Issues Paper* as part of WIPO’s consultation process on artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) policy. In this post, we briefly present our main arguments for a cautious approach to regulating AI through copyright or any new…
Welcome Our Newest Staff Members!
by Victoria Heath About CC post![New Staff CC (2020)](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/New-Staff-CC-2020-1024x536.jpg)
Over the past few months, we have added four new staff members to our team: Network Manager Julia Brungs; Development Manager Moumita C.; Data Engineer Brent Moran; and Open Policy Manager Brigitte Vézina. Learn more about our newest staff members below! Julia Brungs, Network Manager Prior to joining CC, Julia led the cultural heritage work…
Meet the Artists Commissioned for the Public Domain Day Celebration
by Victoria Heath Events, Open Culture post![CC Tiles](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC_Tiles-1024x577.jpg)
Creative Commons is pleased to be a part of the second annual Public Domain Day (PDD) celebration held in Washington D.C. on January 30, in collaboration with the Internet Archive, the Institute for Intellectual Property & Social Justice, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, and SPARC. In order to celebrate the public domain…
Join Us in Washington D.C. to Celebrate Culture and Heritage on Public Domain Day
by Victoria Heath About CC post![Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Domain-Day-2020-v2-1024x536.jpg)
Creative Commons is pleased to be a part of the second annual Public Domain Day celebration held in Washington D.C. on January 30, 2020! In collaboration with the Internet Archive, the Institute for Intellectual Property & Social Justice, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, and SPARC, this event will “bring together a diverse group…
Thoughts on “Non-Amicable” Enforcement of CC Licenses
by Diane Peters Licenses & Tools post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5156128782_258f027185_b.jpg)
Broken Hill Wall Mural-07= by Sheba_Also 43,000 photos is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 This post was co-authored by Diane Peters (CC’s General Counsel) and Alexis Muscat (CC’s 2019 legal intern) For the past year or so, CC has been tracking and thinking about strict, less than-amicable enforcement activities involving CC licenses. These activities present…
Paris Musées Releases 100,000+ Works Into the Public Domain
by Victoria Heath Open Culture post![Portrait de l'écrivaine libertaire et féministe Caroline Rémy dite Séverine (1855-1929), sur son balcon.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image_cardon_paul_dit_dornac_ou_paul_marsan_portrait_de_lecrivaine_libertaire_et_feministe_caroline_remy_dite_severine_1855-1929_sur_son_balcon_boulevard_montmatre._ph9047_649636-scaled-1-1024x599.jpg)
The Paris Musées’ recently released more than 100,000 works under Creative Commons Zero (CCØ), putting the works into the public domain. They also released their collections’ Application Programming Interface (API), allowing users to “recover, in high definition, several royalty-free images and their records from cross-searches on the works.” Users can scroll through the collection via…
U.S. Appellate Court Enforces CC’s Interpretation of NonCommercial
by Diane Peters Licenses & Tools, Open Education post![NC Button](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-BY-NC_featured.jpg)
Update: On February 7, 2020, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied Great Minds’ petition for rehearing (opinion (PDF)). As a result, the decision (PDF) of the panel in favor of CC’s interpretation of the licenses remains final. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reaffirmed Creative Commons’ interpretation of activities that are permissible under the…