CNET

Creative Commons--an answer to the copyright debate?

Have you heard of Creative Commons? If not, you may soon. Creative Commons consists of a U.S. charitable corporation and a not-for-profit company in the United Kingdom. It believes that all-out ...
JD Supra

Creative Commons Works: Free to License, But Not Necessarily Free to Use

Companies love to use third-party content for free. In this era of belt-tightening and slashed marketing budgets, why pay to create photos and videos for advertising and other commercial uses when ...
Yahoo

“More copyright is not the answer.” The organization behind Creative Commons says AI has broken the social contract – but it's proposing an unusual fix

The signals that indicate how to use a Creative Commons photograph could soon serve as inspiration for enabling creators to flag how an AI is allowed to use that image in training datasets. The ...
The Verge

Creative Commons says copyright can’t protect your photos from ending up in a facial recognition database

This week, NBC reported that facial recognition researchers at companies like IBM often feed their algorithms photos from publicly available collections, only protected by a Creative Commons license, ...
The Washington Post

Creative Commons Is Rewriting Rules of Copyright

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- When Chuck D and the Fine Arts Militia released their latest single, "No Meaning No," several months ago, they didn't try to stop people from circulating free copies on the ...
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Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several ...
JD Supra

Should I Get a Copyright or a Creative Commons License?

In short, yes. It often makes sense to both register your work with the US Copyright Office and get a Creative Commons License if you want an easy way to share your ...
CNET

Creative Commons license upheld by court

A court in the Netherlands has ruled that a Creative Commons license is binding, in a case brought against a Dutch gossip magazine by an ex-MTV star. This is one of the first times that the ...
WFAA8

The progress pride flag is copyrighted, but only restricted for commercial use

Every June, rainbow flags are on display to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month. The most common Pride Month symbol, the rainbow-striped flag was designed in 1978 by Gilbert Baker. It is in the public domain ...
The Verge

How Creative Commons drives collaboration

This video is part of a series brought to you by Intel and Vox Creative. There are people online who are donating their brain power and their time, sharing their knowledge to make the world a smarter ...