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Disruption: Creator Edition — Unveiling the Program & Speakers

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A photo of people attending a talk at a conference, bright colors, cartoon style. “Interactive conference” by Anna Tumadóttir for Creative Commons was generated by Dall-E with the text prompt “People attending a talk at a conference, bright colors, cartoon style.” CC dedicates any rights it holds to the image to the public domain via CC0.

Join us in-person on 14 June at ‘Disruption: Creator Edition’ as we explore the profound influence of generative AI on creativity across multiple industries. Register now >> In collaboration with the team at EQTY Lab, and with Nonny de la Peña of the Arizona State University California Center, Creative Commons welcomes our community to join…

Join us for ‘Disruption: Creator Edition’ — An Event Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Creators

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An AI generated image of a group of individual faceless humans in all different colors walking on the lunar surface in three dimensions “Humans walking together” by Anna Tumadóttir for Creative Commons was generated by Dall-E with the text prompt “a group of individual faceless humans in all different colors walking on the lunar surface in three dimensions.” CC dedicates any rights it holds to the image to the public domain via CC0.

Join us on 14 June at ‘Disruption: Creator Edition’ as we explore the profound influence of generative AI on creativity across multiple industries. Register now >> 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…

The Complex World of Style, Copyright, and Generative AI

Better Internet, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology
Illustration of four superheroes, wearing masks and punk outfits and two holding guitars, standing in a washed out cityscape. “Grunge Heroes” by Stephen Wolfson for Creative Commons was generated by the Midjourney AI platform with the text prompt “a grunge band from the 1990s made up of superheroes.” CC dedicates any rights it holds to the image to the public domain via CC0.

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…

Zarya of the Dawn: US Copyright Office Affirms Limits on Copyright of AI Outputs

Better Internet, Copyright Reform, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology
Close up of the face of Zarya, from the comic Zarya of the Dawn, looking intent in a dark urban landscape with glowing lights. “Zarya of the Dawn”: detail of an image generated by Midjourney AI from the full graphic novel by Kristina Kashtanova.

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. Like the rest of…