Creative Commons shares eight takeaways from the Open Heritage Roundtable, which is working toward a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Heritage.

Join practitioners from Creative Commons, NISO, AXM, and the Wikimedia Foundation for a grounded community conversation about why attribution should be the norm in AI systems, and how the field is…

Creative Commons shares the key takeaways from their annual community survey and what 2027 will bring for community engagement.

Register for CC's virtual event as part of the Community Voices on AI series.

Creative Commons' CEO, Anna Tumadóttir, reflects on lessons learned from the symposium on open collaboration on the margins of UNGA 81.

Creative Commons has been exploring questions around artificial intelligence for a long time: how this profound technological shift might affect people’s motivations to share, whether the intentions…

Creative Commons hosts an event discussing the importance and possibility of attribution in AI current and future AI systems.

Creative Commons launches "Guidance for Indigenous Collections and Indigenous Data: Recommendations from Creative Commons and Local Contexts."

Creative Commons publishes guidance on sharing openly using CC licenses and tools to meet your goals in the age of AI.

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Creative Commons (CC) has launched the Open Infrastructure Circle (OIC)  to ensure our organization is around for years to come. We are looking for institutions to commit to a recurring or multi-year ...

Join CC's office hours to ask questions about the CC community, share ideas for collaborations, and learn more about how to get involved.

AI Sovereignty, the Architecture of Participation, and our Rockefeller-sponsored Bellagio Convening

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Creative Commons shares how the rise of generative artificial intelligence has affected cultural heritage institutions and open sharing.

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Looking for great images, videos, music, or educational resources that you can actually use? This webinar as part of CC’s 25th anniversary shows you how to find CC-licensed content, properly…

Thursday August 13th 2026 • 10am - 11am EDT

We are excited to announce that we will be supporting four regional events for CC’s 25th Anniversary—representing regions around the world with groups who are working to advance open knowledge. We’re…

This event will explore how cultural institutions can balance openness with respect for Indigenous protocols, consent, and control.

CC reflects on key takeaways from Wikimania 2026 as well as the emerging conversations around the knowledge ecosystem and AI.

Creative Commons makes the case there are reasons to be optimistic that AI systems can credit their sources.

The Creative Commons Open Heritage Companion is a guide to help cultural heritage institutions navigate from closed to open collections.

Thank you for your interest in attending the Creative Commons Salon. This session will take place during the Wikimania 2026 pre-conference on July 21, 2026, from 09:30 to 13:00 at the Wikimania…

At the recent Founders Fireside Chat, Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig referred to himself as “hopelessly naive.” It struck me that this sort of naivete—the kind that is about believing in…

Over the past 25 years, Creative Commons has helped transform openness from an aspiration into a global practice. The Legacy Of series reflects on four interconnected movements and the people who helped shape them.

This event recap from the CC Fireside Founders event tells the story of the birth of Creative Commons twenty-five years ago.

The photos, audio recordings, and videos you add to your eBird checklists are archived in the Macaulay Library—one of the world’s most valuable repositories of wildlife media for scientific research.…

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.…

Register for this virtual conversation with some of the voices who helped form the commons.