Creative Commons

Questions around data reuse, accessibility and governance are becoming increasingly important for national statistical offices. As NSOs integrate AI into their workflows, licensing frameworks play a critical role in defining how data can be shared, reused and integrated responsibly into AI applications. Join Valérie Bizier from FAO and Monica Granados and Taylor L. Campbell from Creative Commons for a discussion on open licensing in the age of AI, including practical approaches, safeguards and implications for official statistics. 📅 Tuesday 7 July 2026 ⏰ 15:00–16:00 CEST 🌍 Languages: English, French & Spanish (simultaneous interpretation) 👉 Register: https://lnkd.in/ed4qCcGP

You can now use a CC license on eBird.org! Photos, recordings, and videos uploaded to eBird are added to one of the world's most valuable repositories of wildlife media for scientific research. And now, they're easier to share than ever! Happy sharing, bird enthusiasts 🦜 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

“Remix culture and, really, all of culture is most meaningful because it taps into our shared humanity. I feel like connecting with other humans through culture, it generates what we want art and culture to generate: empathy. It makes us feel less isolated and more seen to make a connection with another human through the works that they have created.” —Molly Van Houweling You do not want to miss the recording of our Founders Fireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, Molly Van Houweling, and Glenn O. Brown, where they discuss the growth of Creative Commons into a global movement, how they are thinking about AI and the commons, and stories from the very earliest days of CC. https://buff.ly/HPnXjOL

This special founders fireside chat is tomorrow, June 23, from 1-2:30 EDT! Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, Molly Van Houweling, and moderator Glenn O. Brown will come together to discuss Creative Commons in its earliest days, and you do not want to miss it. Register now!

Congratulations to Research Ireland who joined our preprint policy framework this spring! Research Ireland's open research policy encourages posting preprints to facilitate prompt promotion of research findings. Open preprint practices are crucial for immediate sharing of scientific research, and our preprint policy framework is a model for promoting preprints. Creative Commons has partnered with ASAPbio and the Gates Foundation to build policy alignment for open preprint practices among research funders and research performing organizations. Members of cOAlition S and other research funders and organizations around the world can choose to be added to the framework too. Learn more on the ASAPBio preprint policy framework website: https://lnkd.in/g78Fcq7Y Ashley Farley

Artists, educators, researchers, librarians, or anyone curious about sharing on the internet— this video is for you! Watch the recap of our CC101 webinar for an accessible deep dive into the CC licenses.

Thank you to everyone who joined this fantastic panel event on the legacy and history of the Open Culture movement. If you weren't able to make it, check out the event recording!

Don't forget to register for CC101: Intro to the CC Licenses, which is tomorrow, June 17 at 10-11:30 am EDT!

Our virtual panel event "The Legacy & History of Open Culture" is tomorrow, June 16, at 2:30 pm–3:30 pm UTC! You won't want to miss this panel featuring Medhavi Gandhi, Merete Sanderhoff, Andrea Wallace, and Giovanna Fontenelle, moderated by Brigitte Vézina and Dee Harris. Register today!

Join us for a rare and intimate conversation with some of the voices who helped build the commons in this virtual Founders Fireside Chat on June 23 from 1-2:30 pm EDT. To mark 25 years of Creative Commons, this special founders fireside chat brings together Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, and Molly Van Houweling, in conversation with moderator Glenn O. Brown. Together, they’ll go beyond the official history to share what it actually felt like to build Creative Commons in its earliest days. Hear about the uncertainty, the debates, and the moments that made them believe this idea could reshape how the world shares knowledge and creativity. Thank you to Champion sponsor Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP for supporting this event!