Lithuanian translation of 4.0 available for use
[Public domain or Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsThe Lithuanian translation of the 4.0 CC licenses and CC0 is now completed. Both the licenses and CC0 translation can be viewed on the Creative...
View ArticlePortuguese Translation of 4.0 now available
In a unique joint translation process, community members from Creative Commons Portugal and Brazil came together to release a single Portuguese translation of the CC 4.0 license suite. Portuguese is...
View ArticleWe’ve Redesigned the CC License “Legal Code” Pages
Last week, we launched a redesign of Creative Commons’ various license (aka “legal code”) pages. See one for yourself. In this post, I’ll spell out what the changes are and why we made them. The most...
View ArticleTraditional Knowledge and the Commons: The Open Movement, Listening, and...
CC licenses and public domain tools help individuals, organisations, and public institutions better disseminate digital resources and data, breaking down the typical barriers associated with...
View ArticleCC submits proposed Amicus Brief to 9th Circuit on Proper Interpretation of...
Photo copier by David Hall, CC BY 2.0 Creative Commons (CC) has asked a U.S. appeals court for permission to file an amicus brief in a lawsuit brought by Great Minds against Office Depot, to aid the...
View ArticleLatvian 4.0 and Basque 4.0 and CC0 translations now available
Creative Commons is proud to announce the release of the official translations of the Latvian 4.0 licenses and Basque 4.0 licenses, as well as the Basque CC0 translation. After one and a half years...
View ArticleUse and Fair Use: Statement on shared images in facial recognition AI
Yesterday, NBC News published a story about IBM’s work on improving diversity in facial recognition technology and the dataset that they gathered to further this work. The dataset includes links to one...
View ArticleEuropean Commission adopts CC BY and CC0 for sharing information
Last week the European Commission announced it has adopted CC BY 4.0 and CC0 to share published documents, including photos, videos, reports, peer-reviewed studies, and data. The Commission joins other...
View ArticleProgress Soars on Official Translations of 4.0 and CC0!
Creative Commons welcomes progress on official language translations of both 4.0 and CC0 due to our dedicated network of volunteers and a commitment by the European Commission (EC) to ensure the legal...
View ArticleNew official translations of CC legal tools published for Korean and Czech
The version 4.0 license suite and CC0 are now available in Korean as a result of the collaborative work of CC Korea volunteers. The 4.0 licenses are also now available in Czech, thanks to the work and...
View ArticleReproductions of Public Domain Works Should Remain in the Public Domain
It has come to the attention of Creative Commons that there is an increased use of CC licenses by cultural heritage institutions on photographic reproductions and 3D scans of objects such as...
View ArticleU.S. Appellate Court Enforces CC’s Interpretation of NonCommercial
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reaffirmed Creative Commons’ interpretation of activities that are permissible under the NonCommercial (NC) licenses, which allow bona fide noncommercial...
View ArticleThoughts on “Non-Amicable” Enforcement of CC Licenses
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...
View ArticleHere’s a Sneak Peek at the Updated Creative Commons License Chooser
This is part of a series of posts introducing the projects built by open source contributors mentored by Creative Commons during Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2019. Ari Madian was one of those...
View ArticleUpdate to CC’s Policy on Legal Code Corrections
Creative Commons is changing its legal code correction policy for official translations of the Version 4.0 licenses and the CC0 public domain dedication. In order to maintain the integrity of our firm...
View ArticleWhy Sharing Academic Publications Under “No Derivatives” Licenses is Misguided
The benefits of open access (OA) are undeniable and increasingly evident across all academic disciplines and scientific research: making academic publications1 freely and openly accessible and reusable...
View ArticleUsing CC Licenses and Tools to Share and Preserve Cultural Heritage in the...
On the occasion of both Earth Day and World Intellectual Property Day, which this year centers on the theme of Innovation for a Green Future, we’d like to underline the importance of cultural heritage...
View ArticleThe CC License Suite 4.0 and CC0 Are Now Available in Slovenian!
We are very excited to announce the publication of the official translations of the CC License Suite 4.0 and CC0 into Slovenian. These legal code translations are the products of years of painstaking...
View ArticleThe Increasingly Open World of Photography: A Conversation With Exposure’s...
Over 300 million images are uploaded to Facebook a day. Yes, just Facebook. Once other social media and photo-sharing platforms like Flickr, Unsplash, Instagram, etc. are taken into account, that...
View ArticleCC License Suite 4.0 and CC0 Are Now Available in Romanian!
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...
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