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Tag: public domain
Assessing Cultural Heritage Institutions’ Needs Related to CC’s Public Domain Tools
by Brigitte Vézina, Camille Françoise Open Heritage
On January 1, 2022, and throughout the month of January, Creative Commons (CC) is celebrating Public Domain Day, welcoming copyright works into the public domain, where they become freely available for the public to use, reuse and modify. As part of our Open Culture / GLAM program’s celebration of Public Domain Day, we are reaching…
Public Domain 2022: Join Us 20 January for a Celebration of Sound
by Ony Anukem Events, Open Heritage
Every year, on 1 January, advocates of free and open content celebrate the works of art that have entered the public domain around the world. Why New Year’s Day? Copyrighted works such as books, artworks or music are only protected for a certain number of years, and this protection ends on 1 January. On 20…
Our Response To Canada’s Copyright Term Extension Consultation
by Brigitte Vézina Copyright
On 29 January 2020, the Canadian federal government introduced Bill C-4, “An Act to Implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States” (CUSMA).1 The bill includes a proposal to extend copyright’s term of protection2 by 20 years, moving it from “life of the author + 50 years” (the…
Thank You for Participating in Open Sharing Is Caring!
by Victoria Heath Open Culture
February is usually the time to share virtual hugs, chocolates, and witty cards with family and friends for Valentine’s Day ❤️. (Or “Friend’s Day” in Finland!) This past Valentine’s Day, we wanted you to share something a little different: your creative work. In our Open Sharing is Caring challenge, we asked you to openly share…
Still Life: Art That Brings Comfort in Uncertain Times
by Catherine Stihler Open Culture
There is a quiet, familiar beauty found in still life, a type of art that depicts primarily inanimate objects, like animals, food, or flowers. These comforting images offer a sense of certainty and simplicity in uncertain and complex times. This could explain why over six million Instagram users have fallen in love with still life…
Open Sharing Is Caring: A Valentine’s Day Challenge
by Victoria Heath Open Culture
February is the time to share virtual hugs, chocolates, and witty cards with family and friends for Valentine’s Day ♥️ (or “Friend’s Day” in Finland!) This Valentine’s Day, we want you to share something a little different: your creative work. In our Open Sharing is Caring challenge, we’re asking you to openly share an image, song, artwork, research paper, poem, GIF…whatever it…
The Postal Worker, a Sea Shanty and the Public Domain
by Catherine Stihler Open Culture
Until recently, I had never heard of the sea shanty “The Wellerman”. My sea shanty repertoire consisted of “What can you do with a drunken sailor” to sea-songs on the soundtrack of Master and Commander. However, Nathan Evans, a fellow Scot who hails, like me, from North Lanarkshire, has changed all of this. His rendition…
Artificial Intelligence and Creativity: Can Machines Write Like Jane Austen?
by Brent Moran, Brigitte Vézina Copyright, Technology
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
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
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…