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You still have time to submit to the CC 25th Anniversary zine! What does the theme "Remix is Resistance" mean to you, your life, your work? Submissions can be personal, political, messy, poetic, imperfect. This is your chance to get creative and contribute your self-expression to a community-created work!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVpc0z0G9B534AJZLKldyIxb6FrhPPBgSEIuAF8w0MMcwQdw/viewform
When AI systems produce outputs without attribution, important context can be lost. Information with no indication of where it came from makes it difficult to trust, check accuracy, and credit the people whose work made it possible.
Read our new issue brief for a primer on the challenges and opportunities of incorporating attribution into AI outputs.
This Friday, March 20 at 12:00 pm EST, we are holding our first Community Office Hours! Stop by to hear a brief presentation from Jocelyn Miyara, CC's Community Engagement & Strategy Manager, about what we're up to for the year, and then we'll open the floor for questions and conversation. We hope to see you there!
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FtgmpqjSQUifL38EwAS87w#/registration
Image by Mark Wang for Fine Acts x OBI, licensed with CC BY NC SA 4.0.
At a time of geopolitical uncertainty and tightening resources, digital public goods showed what is possible through shared, open approaches. The 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report captures a year of growth, real-world impact, and renewed collective action—and where further collaboration is needed next.
Read the report: https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/2025-DPG-Ecosystem-Report
@dpgalliance #DPG #DigitalPublicGoods #DPGA #2025DPGEcosytemReport
In response to large AI models’ extractive relationship with web content, new approaches to governing machine access are emerging. But all of these approaches are predicated on being able to distinguish between different forms of machine use.
Our newest issue brief describes why a common vocabulary for machine use is needed but proving difficult to achieve, and where definitions are currently being debated.
If you're headed to SXSW, we'd love to see you! Find Anna Tumadóttir and hear more about CC's work at two events while you're in Austin:
AI & Creative Capital: Consent, Governance, and the Future of the Open Web
March 13 | 2:00-6:00 CT
Register: https://buff.ly/feHE4d1
The Knowledge Paradox: When Does Sharing Become Theft?
March 14 | 2:30-3:30 CT
Register: https://lnkd.in/gmxFApXG
Do you want to be more involved with CC? Connect with others who share your passion for sharing? Geek out on data governance? Stay up to date on conversations in the open movement? Join the CC community! Fill out this easy form to be added to our community platform, Zulip, and subscribe to CC's newsletter.
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Another week, another #PublicDomainFriday!
"Leonid Meteor Shower over Niagara Falls" by Anonymous, 1892, National Digital Library of Poland.
